‘Rip it open’: Big Girls Don’t Cry director explores wounds of early love in film festival hit

Director Paloma Schneideman explores issues of consent and queerness in coming-of-age film set in New Zealand In Big Girls Don’t Cry, the New Zealand coming-of-age film quietly devastating film festivals, there is a scene on a moonlit beach. It…
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RegionsUnited Kingdom
Published2 h ago (Tue, 06 Oct 2026 23:29:18 GMT)
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AuthorMichelle Duff in Wellington