At a rural New Zealand paddock party, a fifteen-year-old girl fights to keep her place among the pack of boys she has grown up with. As day turns to night, she quickly falls into a power game with the pack's alpha - but it is the wrestle within herself that proves to be her hardest challenge.

Pack Rat was awarded He Kauahi Catalyst funding and support from the New Zealand Film Commission. Pack Rat premiered in October 2024 at New Zealand’s only Oscar®-qualifying festival, Show Me Shorts, where it won Best Screenplay. At the Australian Cinematographers Society Awards Pack Rat won GOLD in the Short Films category. 

Short Film | Narrative | Drama | 18 minutes | 1.85:1 | Colour | 2024

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TEAM

In Association with THE NEW ZEALAND FILM COMMISSION
Writer | Director | Editor LUCY SUESS
Producer JOHNNY LYON
Cinematographer RYAN ALEXANDER LLOYD
Casting Director STU TURNER, CATCH CASTING
Production Designer GLENN BLOMFIELD