Script to Screen and the New Zealand International Film Festival present a special Writers Room with Australian writer/director David Michod (Animal Kingdom) and writer/director Sam Peacocke (Manurewa) looking at how they approached contemporary crime stories.

Winner of the Grand Jury Prize (World Cinema Drama) at Sundance this year, Michod’s Animal Kingdom is a fictional drama based on extensive research into Melbourne’s crime underworld and a corrupt police force. Peacocke’s Manurewa is a short film based on the recent murder of a South Auckland liquor store owner during a robbery and the unfortunate handling of the situation by police.

Join MC Simon Marler in a discussion with the filmmakers about how they dealt with these sensitive and potentially dangerous stories and the significance of these films to local culture.

Wednesday July 14, 6.30-7.30, The Wintergarden, Civic Theatre, Cnr Queen & Wellesley Sts, Auckland

Animal Kingdom screens on Tue 13 Jul at 8:45pm & Wed 14 Jul at 3:15pm

Manurewa screens in this year’s Homegrown Works on Film on Fri 9 Jul at 6:15pm and Sat 10 Jul at 11:30am