HIDE THE DOG by Nathan Maynard, Jamie McCaskill & Hamish Bennett

Family Feature Film

Hide The Dog tells the story of twelve-year-old best friends, an impulsive palawa girl Niarra and disconnected Māori boy Tee, who must evade child-eating monsters and outwit the gods of both cultures to save an extinct Tasmanian Tiger from hunters – by hiding it in Aotearoa.

Key Specification

Title: Hide The Dog

Genre: Family 

Country of Origin:  Australia, New Zealand 

Language: English, Māori, palawa

Writers: Nathan Maynard, Jamie McCaskill & Hamish Bennett

AUS Producers: Richard Finlayson & Judy Troy

NZ Producer: Angela Cudd

Made in association with: Wooden Horse TV

Developed with support from: New Zealand Film Commission, Screen Australia, Screen Tasmania and Script 2 Screen Story Camp