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Peccadillo Pictures have released the official UK Trailer for New Zealand coming of age drama Big Girls Don't Cry, that asks ...

In rural New Zealand in 2006, 14-year-old Sid navigates sexual curiosity and her need for acceptance from an older group of girls, setting off a rebellious summer with painful consequences. How long ...

Writer-director Paloma Schneideman’s wonderful film follows a 14-year-old in 2006 who pretends to be someone else in a chat room, with real-world consequences Get our weekend culture and lifestyle ...

Alex Casey reviews Big Girls Don’t Cry, the award-winning coming-of-age film directed by Paloma Schneideman. Every now and then, a film makes such a profound impact that the world looks a little ...

As Paloma Schneideman travels the globe with her first feature film to critical acclaim, it’s not lost on her how differently her story could have unfolded. At 15, the future filmmaker was lost, ...

What is Big Girls Don’t Cry about? A period piece set in the summer of 2006 (yes, yes, it hurts to call it that) and named after the Fergie tune that dropped that summer, Big Girls Don’t Cry focuses ...

Dwelling in the waves of conflicting emotions that lap at every not-yet-adult is what makes this Sundance-premiering, Biarritz Film Festival Nouvelle Vagues Grand Prix-winning gem so potent. Spectrum ...

What is Big Girls Don't Cry about? Over one transformative summer in rural New Zealand in 2006, 14-year-old Sid discovers desire, identity, and the internet as she imitates the pe ...

Growing up queer, especially in a rural community, isn’t easy. This is something “Big Girls Don’t Cry,” the debut from New Zealand writer-director Paloma Schneideman, knows intimately. Set in the ...

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Acclaimed Kiwi coming-of-age film Big Girls Don’t Cry follows 14-year-old Sid through friendship, identity, sexuality and the wild new world of the internet in 2006. After acclaimed international ...