Humble Kiwi Film Goes From Strength to Strength

New Zealand’s Oscar shortlisted documentary This Way of Life continues its winning run.

The film took out the top prize at the 8th Annual Big Sky Documentary Film Festival in Montana, USA, on the weekend. On awarding This Way of Life Best Feature Film, the jurors described the film as having “candid personal interviews, lots of gorgeous scenery and the filmmakers create an authentic portrait of a marginal, and marginalised, way of life, that has, at its center, a real heartbeat of human love.”

The win follows Prix Jury prize at the 8th Pacific International Documentary Film Festival in Papeete, Tahiti.

Producer Sumner Burstyn is proud a Kiwi film like This Way of Life is reaching audiences around the world.

“It’s clear the message of this small film, made with no crew apart from Tom and Sumner Burstyn, transcends all cultural boundaries with its universal story of family love.”

Shot over four years against the isolated Ruahine mountains and beautiful Waimarama beach in Hawke’s Bay, This Way of Life follows Peter and Colleen Karena as they raise their six children off the land – a far cry from modern day lifestyles.

This Way of Life can be purchased in New Zealand on DVD through www.thiswayoflifemovie.com

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