Toi Acting Tutor Vaughan Slinn chats with Toi graduate Matthew Saville about his first feature film Juniper starring Charlotte Rampling!

Juniper is a coming of age story directed by Acting graduate Matthew Saville that's sure to tug on your heart strings. "On returning home from boarding school, a self-destructive teenager discovers his gin-soaked grandmother has moved in. A battle of wills ensues which enables him to embrace life again, and her to face her own mortality."

Juniper premiered at several film festivals, including FIN: Atlantic International Film Festival – Special Presentation, CINÉFEST Sudbury International Film Festival, Edmonton International Film Festival and won the Best Actress in a Leading Role for Charlotte Rampling in the 2021 BIF&AST Bari International Film Festival – International Panorama Competition.

This is Saville's first feature film and releases in theatres on 28 October.

You can watch the full interview here.

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Photo credit: New Zealand Film Commission

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