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2024

Went Up the Hill

Australian Premiere.

Guest in attendance.

Red Carpet.

Jack travels to remote New Zealand to attend the funeral of his estranged mother, where he meets her grieving widow, Jill. But his mother’s spirit returns, inhabiting both Jack and Jill - instigating a life-threatening three-way nocturnal dance.

Director

Samuel Van Grinsven

Runtime

99 Minutes

Country

New Zealand, Australia

Classification

Unclassified 15+

Abandoned as a child, Jack (Dacre Montgomery) travels to remote New Zealand to attend the funeral of his estranged mother, Elizabeth. There he meets her grieving widow, Jill (Vicky Krieps) who offers him a place to stay.

Over the nights that follow, Elizabeth’s spirit returns and possesses Jack and Jill, using each of their bodies to speak to the other, but leaving them with no memories of what was said (and done). Caught in a life-threatening nocturnal dance, Jack and Jill must find a way to let go of Elizabeth’s hold before she pushes them to the edge.

Director Samuel Van Grinsven draws on memories of his childhood in New Zealand’s South Island to inspire this psychological drama. Went Up the Hill is an original ghost story that explores the extremities of grief in pursuit of letting go.

"Went Up the Hill is, after all, a ghost story, but one shaped in a fresh and artful way by a director who, in his second film, already has the control of a master."

The Hollywood Reporter

"The film is ferociously atmospheric, exquisitely creepy and languid to the point of obsession."

The Wrap

"There are moments in this film that are genuinely terrifying — the story oscillating between quiet drama and horror."

Autostraddle

Toronto

Film Credits

Director

Samuel Van Grinsven

Year

2024

Country

New Zealand & Australia

Language

English

Type

Feature & Fiction

Program Strand

Feature Fiction Competition & World Cinema

Producer

Vicky PopeSamantha Jennings & Kristina Ceyton

Writer

Samuel Van Grinsven & Jory Anast

Cinematographer

Tyson Perkins

Editor

Dany Cooper

Cast

Vicky KriepsDacre Montgomery & Sarah Peirse

Music

Hanan Townshend

Film Source

Vendetta Films

Genre

Drama & Thriller

Went Up the Hill Red Carpet

Red carpet – from 8:45pm
Screening – 9:15pm

When: Saturday 26 October
Where: The Piccadilly

Purchase Tickets

Saturday 26 Oct 2024

09:15 pm

Went Up the Hill

Guest in attendance

Red Carpet

The Piccadilly:

The Piccadilly: Cinema 1

Sunday 3 Nov 2024

05:00 pm

Went Up the Hill

The Piccadilly:

The Piccadilly: Cinema 2

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