Giselle

[Producer] Matthew [Metcalfe] came to me with real generosity and grace. He basically said here's some money to make a ballet film and it can be whatever you want. The parameters were both broad and narrow at the same time.

– Director Toa Fraser

The talent and charisma of the dancers shine through ... Leon Narbey's cinematography beautifully captures the details you might not see from theatre seats, portraying the action from high angles, or intimate close-ups, making the most of the dancers' acting skills, as well as bringing every important twitch of the legs into relief.

– Reviewer Lydia Jenkins in The NZ Herald, 24 August 2013

From beginning to end, this film is very much inspired by what the Royal New Zealand Ballet are doing on stage — the music, the movement and the emotion on stage does all the storytelling for you.

– Director Toa Fraser