Nouvelles Vagues
Nouvelles Vagues

Edition 2026

Big Girls Don’t Cry

Paloma Schneideman

New Zealand 2026 100 min English
Jen Raoult

Over one transformative summer in rural New Zealand in 2006, 14-year-old Sid Bookman discovers desire, identity, and the internet as she imitates the people she longs to be loved by. 

Crédits

Interprètes

Ani Palmer, Rain Spencer, Noah Taylor 

Screenplay

Paloma Schneideman

Image

Maria Inés Manchego

Editing

Chia Chi Hsu , Cushla Dillon

Sound

James Hayday

Music

Cam Ballantyne

Production

Jane Campion (executive producer) Vicky Pope, Thomas Coppell, POP Film, Jane Campion

Séances

Friday 26 — 10:00

Le Théâtre de la Gare du Midi ATALAYA

VO + STF

Preceded by the short film in competition The Most Beautiful Girl in the World, directed by Vassili Schneider. 

Followed by a Q&A with the film team

Saturday 27 — 14:30

Cinéma Le Royal ROYAL 2

VO + STF

Paloma Schneideman

Paloma Schneideman is a queer New Zealand filmmaker and musician based in Auckland. A former participant in Jane Campion’s A Wave in the Ocean program, she directs Big Girls Don’t Cry, the first feature film to emerge from this initiative. 

Contact

Distribution : Blue Fox Entertainment