With a desire to make films for an audience of women, New Zealand writer and director Dorthe Scheffmann identified that her cohort of women are avid movie-goers and yet there was a shortage of stories made specifically for them. Introducing her first feature film, VERMILION which celebrates love and generosity in a richly female-centred household.
“It is rare in New Zealand drama films to see an older woman in the central role who is intellectually, creatively, economically and sexually independent, and it is a personal goal of mine to reflect this world that I know so well.”
VERMILION, an intimate, character-driven drama starring Jennifer Ward-Lealand, is a stunningly beautiful meditation on life, death and the strength of family and friends in a summer of crisis.
