Caterpillar

Caterpillar (2026)

Drama

Set in a run-down Wellington villa in 2003, CATERPILLAR follows three women living separate lives under one leaky roof. Sixteen-year-old Cassie is all bravado and vulnerability, drifting into risky territory as she searches for belonging. Her mother Maxine, 52, is a formidable single parent and filmmaker on the brink of a long-awaited breakthrough, finally offered a greenlight—if she can land a star. Holding everything together is Huia, Cassie’s grandmother, 80, whose life has been defined by quiet service to family and a private obsession with raising monarch caterpillars, dreaming of one day witnessing the legendary butterfly migration in Mexico.

Director: Chelsie Preston Crayford

Casts

	Marta Dusseldorp as Maxine
	Lisa Harrow as Huia
	Anais Shand as Cassie
	Kirimaia Noel as Awhi
	Matt Whelan as Cam
	Matty Rockel as Mason
	Tanea Heke as
	Cohen Holloway as
	Tara Canton as Waitress

Crew