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Frontline - Kiwis Cannes Do
Television (Full Length) – 1994
I can barely speak because I think it's just a great great film.– Producer David Hannay after seeing one of the first screenings of Once Were Warriors
...we're trying to create a feeding frenzy. We're trying to sort of beat it up. And this is the way films are sold. We have to try and make our product the most sought after product on the market.– NZ Film Commission Chief Executive Richard Stewart on selling Once Were Warriors
We shot Lemming Aid cheaply on a clifftop in Titahi Bay, in three days of wind. I just never dreamt we'd be here with it.– Grant Lahood at Cannes, in the Listener, 11 June 1994, page 44
Out of nearly 300 films submitted from around the world for the official competition selection, eight films made it into the finals. Two of them were ours.– Ian Pryor in The Listener, 11 June 1994, page 44
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