Screen

Screenwriting

At the heart of Holy Bucket is a commitment to the craft of screenwriting, driven chiefly by the founder of the company, Mike Riddell. His long-term love of film and devotion to storytelling create an environment for writing scripts which engage the hearts of audiences. Below are some of the major projects currently in development through Holy Bucket Productions.

The Insatiable Moon

Screenwriter: Mike Riddell (based on the novel The Insatiable Moon by Mike Riddell)
Director: Rosemary Riddell
UK Producer: Pip Piper, Rob Taylor, BlueHippoMedia
NZ Producer: Mike Riddell, Holy Bucket Productions

"A small film that might just change the world"
When Arthur sets out to save the world he loves, life gets a little crazy. A UK/NZ
co-production, starring Rawiri Paratene, Sara Wiseman, Ian Mune, Greg Johnson. Shot over 5 weeks in Auckland November 2009. Completed in June 2010. NZ general release October 7 2010.

American Direct

Screenwriters: Dominic Green & Mike Riddell
UK Producer: Pip Piper, BlueHippoMedia
In development with Screen West Midlands

It is 1966. The French Alpine resort of Chamonix. Gary Hemming, adventurer, poet, bum, defies the authorities and the elements in an heroic alpine rescue. His audacious rescue bid plucks his stranded fellow mountaineers from the precipitous West Face of the Dru ahead of the unwieldy efforts of the official rescuers. Lionized by Europe's media, the ensuing fame casts him as an iconic hero: "Le Beatnik" but glory can't save him from his own despair. In development for shooting 2010.

Pompallier

Screenwriter: Mike Riddell
NZ Producer: Tim Sanders, Sensible Films
French Producer: Ilann Girard, Arsam

From the ferment of post-Revolution France, Bishop Jean Pompallier ventures forth to the
New World, fired by visionary faith and just a touch of arrogance. What he discovers there will
shake the foundations of his certainty and plunge him into crisis. He wanted to make his mark on
history, instead he is crushed under the weight of his own desire.
A NZ/French coproduction, in development for shooting 2011.