Bookworm
Eleven-year-old Mildred’s life is turned upside down when her mother lands in hospital and estranged, American magician father, Strawn Wise, comes to look after her. Hoping to entertain the bookish tween, Strawn takes Mildred camping in the notoriously rugged New Zealand wilderness, and the pair embark on the ultimate test of family bonding – a quest to find the mythological beast known as the Canterbury Panther.
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family
Director: Ant Timpson
Actors: Elijah Wood, Michael Smiley, Millen Baird, Morgana O'Reilly, Nell Fisher, Nikki Si'ulepa, Theo Shakes, Vanessa Stacey
Country: New Zealand
Company: Firefly Films, New Zealand Film Commission, Nowhere
Worldwide Gross: $538,390