This is Her
“This is me. This is my husband …” So narrates Evie as she watches her younger self labour with childbirth. “And this is the bitch who will one day steal him, and ruin my life.” When the bitch is shown as an angelic six-year-old the tone is set for Katie Wolfe’s award-winning black comedy (her debut short as a director). Writer Kate McDermott’s wry narration moves between then and now, as fate delivers a less-than-wonderful life in Auckland suburbia. Selected for the Sundance Film Festival, This is Her was a breakout festival success, earning Wolfe notice as a filmmaker to watch.
Awards
2010 Show Me Shorts Film Festival (New Zealand)
Best Film
2009 Aspen Shortfest (United States)
Best Comedy Film
2009 Palm Springs Shortfest (United States)
Future Filmmaker Award: Katie Wolfe
2009 Hamptons International Film Festival (United States)
Audience Award for Best Short Film
2009 Filmets – Badalona Short Film Festival (Spain)
Venus de Badalona for Best Short Film: This is Her
2008 Qantas Film & Television Awards
Outstanding Technical Contribution to a Short Film – Ginny Loane (for her Cinematography)
Nominated for Best Short Film
Nominated for Best Performance in a Short Film: Mia Blake
2008 Prague International Short Film Festival
Best Audience Film Award
2008 Antipodes Film Festival (France)
Best Short Film
Festivals include
2009 Sundance, 2009 Karlov Varlay, 2009 Flickerfest (Australia), 2009 Seattle, 2009 CFC Worldwide Short Film Festival, 2009 Palm Springs, 2008 Edinburgh, 2008 Telluride, 2008 New York, 2008 New Zealand, 2008 Melbourne