MILK - New Zealand Short Film set in WW2

January 1945: on a lonely farm in coastal New Zealand, a young widow confronts two crewmen from a German submarine who have come ashore on a secret mission - to get fresh milk.
Production: Punakaiki Productions, 2019
Writer/Director: Pennie Hunt
DOP: Kirk Pflaum
Editors: Richard Lord, Lyra Stewart
Funded by Short Film Otago
Main Sponsor: Queenstown Camera Company
Festivals:
- San Jose International Short Film Festival, US, Oct. 2019
- Austin International Film Festival, US, Oct. 2019
- Tri-Cities International Film Festival, US, Oct. 2019
- Alice nella Città International Film Festival, Italy, Oct. 2019
- Aesthetica Short Film Festival, UK, Nov. 2019
- Veterans Film Festival, Australia, Nov. 2019
- Shorts Are Not Pants, Canada, Nov. 2019
- China International New Media Short Film Festival, Dec. 2019
- Yountville International Film Festival, US, Feb. 2020
- 10th Eko International Film Festival, Nigeria, March 2020
- 8th International Changing Perspectives Film Festival, Turkey, March 2020
- 21 Islands International Short Film Festival, US, April 2020
- BraveMaker Film Fest, US, April 2020
- Lighthouse International Short Film Fest, US, June 2020
- Ischia International Film Festival, Italy, June 2020
- Pune International Film Festival, India, October 2020
- Bolton International Film Festival, UK, October 2020
- Rome International Film Festival, US, November 2020
- Sheffield International Film Festival, UK, November 2020

[@elenistavrati1047]

Wonderful film!!! Hoping to see more from you!!!

[@punakaikiproductions9125]

Thanks so much for your lovely feedback. More work is under way, indeed.

[@duncanupjohn1481]

Loved it. Loved the scenery - so quintesential Otago Peninsula and coast with the Macrocarpas. Reminds me of happy times when I was young. Thanks.

[@punakaikiproductions9125]

Thanks for your kind feedback @duncanupjohn1481

[@amanseyal1318]

Loved it. Keen to see more of your work.

[@punakaikiproductions9125]

Thanks Aman. Really appreciate this.

[@jaxstorey6734]

That was a wonderful short film, thanks! So well-acted and filmed.

[@punakaikiproductions9125]

Thanks so much for your kind feedback!

[@jaxstorey6734]

@@punakaikiproductions9125 you're most welcome...I neglected to mention I live in ChCh...

[@deanfitzgerald8063]

Jax Story Yeah, not to mention the story line.

[@punakaikiproductions9125]

@@deanfitzgerald8063 Thanks Dean. Appreciate it.

[@helcium2022]

I really enjoyed it and would like to see a continuation of the story.
Greetings from Brazil.

[@punakaikiproductions9125]

Many thanks for your lovely feedback and warm regards from NZ.

[@zkproject4700]

best short film! supporting from Malaysia 🇲🇾

[@punakaikiproductions9125]

Thanks so much, guys. Greetings from NZ.

[@JackSisniftee]

man if milk demand was this high New Zeland would be ballin

[@marietaetimani3067]

Hmmm

[@VandalHouseStudios]

crispy shot selection! this is dope!

[@punakaikiproductions9125]

Thanks mate, appreciate this!

[@t.v.fjordland558]

Found it :-) Great use of Otago Scenery and Skills guys.

[@punakaikiproductions9125]

Thanks for the lovely feedback!

[@astodart2493]

Great to see Peter Hayden.

[@user-tp9pd6ww1u]

Wish there was more of it to watch but that's why they call it short film's

[@da703]

Using this for an english assignment

[@jerebuck]

Good, nice and crisp.

[@mikewyatt4020]

Thoroughly enjoyable. Well done.

[@punakaikiproductions9125]

Thanks, Mike. Really appreciate it.

[@TheYellowman11]

Amazing! Well done

[@punakaikiproductions9125]

Thank you! Really appreciate this.

[@willtobias5280]

Great!

[@punakaikiproductions9125]

Thank you, Will. Really appreciate your feedback.

[@sophiegribble5176]

Loved it

[@punakaikiproductions9125]

Thanks so much for the lovely feedback, Sophie. May I ask how you came across the film?

[@smokinpipechannel9602]

Nice work!

[@sentinel531]

Good film but u boat crews used mp40 for shore raids not lugers

[@jerryb7954]

Great story, and great location of course.I believe there was an instance of a U-Boat being spotted in NZ waters was there not?

[@punakaikiproductions9125]

Thanks for this, Jerry. Indeed, there was a German u-boat (U-862) patrolling New Zealand's waters in January 1945, unbeknownst to the authorities.

[@dotlouie4863]

Hi Jerry, on the Gisborne and old/surrounding districts page, this was the first I learnt about a UBoat surfacing around Whangara on the East Coast. This was the incident that some of the folk remembered.

[@jerryb7954]

@@punakaikiproductions9125 Thank you.

[@jerryb7954]

Thank you Dot. I will have a look.

[@Jack-ul8nn]

Is that murdering beach I spot