First four films chosen under New Zealand low-budget initiative

Matt Whelan will star in Seraphim Blues

Guy Pigden, one-time employee of the UK’s Scala Productions, is one of four directors who will make the first ultra low-budget films under the New Zealand Film Commission’s (NZFC) “escalator” initiative.

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