Caterpillar (2026)
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
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Marta Dusseldorp as Maxine |
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Lisa Harrow as Huia |
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Anais Shand as Cassie |
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Kirimaia Noel as Awhi |
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Matt Whelan as Cam |
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Matty Rockel as Mason |
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Tanea Heke as |
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Cohen Holloway as |
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Tara Canton as Waitress |
| Directing | Chelsie Preston Crayford | Director |
| Writing | Chelsie Preston Crayford | Writer |
| Production | Georgina Allison Conder | Producer |
| Production | Andrew Marshall | Producer |
| Crew | Maria Ines Manchego | Cinematography |
| Editing | Jonathan Woodford-Robinson | Editor |
| Crew | Jonathan Crayford | Score Engineer |
| Art | Heather Hayward | Production Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Briar Vivian | Costume Designer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Michele Perry | Makeup & Hair |
| Production | Anna Houghton | Line Producer |
| Camera | Ryan Alexander Lloyd | Camera Operator |