EXCLUSIVE: Production has wrapped on the Piki Films (JoJo Rabbit, Hunt for the Wilderpeople) and Sandy Lane Productions (Bad Behaviour) family drama The Mountain from Kiwi filmmaker Rachel House.
The film marks House’s directorial debut. Producers are Desray Armstrong for Sandy Lane Productions and Morgan Waru for Piki Films with Carthew Neal, Taika Waititi, and Paul Wiegard serving as Executive Producers.
The film was shot on location around Taranaki on New Zealand’s west coast, with support from the Māori tribe Taranaki whānui.
Billed as a “heartfelt drama,” the pic follows three children on a mission to find healing under the watchful eye of the Taranaki Mounga mountain and discover friendship in the spirit of adventure.
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