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Global sales tipped for Kiwi comedy-drama 'Bellbird'

The New Zealand movie Bellbird, which had its first screenings at New Zealand and Sydney film festivals, will have a global release. Variety reports the world sales rights to the movie, a debut for director Hamish Bennett, have been sold to Scandinavian-based LevelK. Bellbird, produced by Orlando Stewart for Stella Maris Productions and Catherine Fitzgerald for Blueskin Films, spans four seasons in the life of a dairy farmer in Northland struggling to come to terms with the loss of his wife. Bill Gosden, the outgoing director of the New Zealand International Film Festival last week described Bennett, a former Auckland teacher, as "a film-maker to watch". READ MORE * Bill Gosden: A life devoted to film * Movie scenes recreated with 'sexiest' Kiwi accent * 'Yeah, nah' captures Kiwis perfectly He said the movie is a poignant comedy following two men – father and son – as they try to keep the dairy farm going after the death of the wife and the mother. "It's a very sweet movie. It's a classic." Bennett has said the characters were inspired by his own childhood memories of growing up in the small rural community of Tauraroa. He told Variety: "You don't see many outward displays of affection or emotion, (but) the love, the loyalty, the reliance – it can all be found in the little moments, buried under the layers of cheeky banter and cow shit." The movie is backed by the New Zealand Film Commission and stars Marshall Napier (The Light Between Oceans), Cohen Holloway (What We Do In The Shadows), Annie Whittle (The World's Fastest Indian) and Rachel House (Thor: Ragnarok).  Yet to be released in New Zealand by Transmission Films, the official trailer has had more than 3,000,000 views.