Vincent Ward

In the early 1860s, the young and Irish Sarah O'Brien (Morton) gets herself pregnant by a Maori lad. Several years later her son is kidnapped by his Maori grandfather...

Visionary director Vincent Ward's Palme d'Or nominated fantasy following Griffin (Hamish McFarlane), a young 14th Century boy with acute psychic powers. Ward describes the film: "What I wanted to do was to look at the 20th century through medieval eyes..."

Vigil has forever cemented its reputation in New Zealand cinematic history by being the first film to be in official competition at the uber prestigious Cannes Film Festival.

Chris Neilson dies to find himself in a heaven more amazing than he could have ever dreamed of. There is one thing missing: his wife.