I am exceptionally driven and productive as a storyteller. Highly collaborative, I view myself as the steward of everyone’s best ideas.

Festival Selection & Awards

Just Kidding, I Actually Love You - Short Film (2023-2024)

  • Show Me Shorts Film Festival (New Zealand) World Premiere – Winner of People’s Choice Award

  • Flickerfest International Short Festival (Aus)

  • BendFilm Festival (USA)

  • Ningbo Short Film Festival (China)

  • Sale to Rialto Channel (New Zealand)

  • Sale to Samansa (Japan)

Full V - Short Film (2022)

  • Aesthetica Film Festival (UK)

  • Melbourne Women in Film Festival (Aus) Critic’s Choice Award

Love Bind - Music Video (2022)

  • INDIE Film Fest (USA) Best Indie Music Video

PAIN - Short Film (2020 - 2022)

  • New Zealand International Film Festival (New Zealand) World Premiere – Selected for ‘NZ’s Best’ Program

  • Stockholm Film Festival Junior (Sweden)

  • Aspen Shortsfest (USA)

  • Busan International Short Film Festival (South Korea)

  • Sarajevo Film Festival (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

  • Minikino Film Week (Indonesia)

  • Capri Hollywood Festival (Italy)

  • BOGOSHORTS - Festival de Cortos de Bogotá (Colombia)

  • Show Me Shorts Film Festival (New Zealand)

  • ClujShorts International Short Film Festival (Romania)

  • Melbourne Women in Film Festival (Aus)

  • Sanfici - Santander Festival Internacional De Cine Independiente (Columbia) Best International Short Film Award

  • Okotoks Film Festival (Canada)

  • Mieres International Short Film Festival (Spain)

  • Skepto International Film Festival (Italy)

  • IFSAK Short Film Festival (Turkey)

  • Dhaka - International Short and Independent Film Festival (Bangladesh)

  • Lone Star Film Festival (USA)

  • FILMETS Badalona Film Festival (Spain)

  • Naples International Film Festival (USA)

  • 20minmax International Short Film Festival (Germany)

  • BendFilm Festival (USA)

  • Tripoli Film Festival (Lebanon)

  • Cinemagic Belfast (Northern Ireland)

  • Filmfest Sundsvall (Sweden)

  • Independent Days International Film Festival (Germany)

  • Linz International Short Film Festival (Austria)

  • Visioni Corte International Short Film Festival (Italy)

  • Hexagon Film Festival (Italy)

  • Prishtina International Film Festival (Kosovo)

  • Festival Internacional De Cortometrajes Cine A La Calle (Colombia)

  • Anonimul International Independent Film Festival (Romania)

  • Lucania Film Festival (Italy)

  • Molise Cinema Film Festival (Italy)

  • La Guarimba Film Festival (Italy)

  • Dieciminuti Film Festival (Italy)

  • Reggio Calabria FilmFest (Italy)

  • Ismailia International Film Festival (Egypt)

  • DeadCenter Film Festival (USA)

  • ShorTS - International Film Festival (Italy)

    PSUSY - Episodic (2018)

  • LA Film Festival (USA) Best Episodic Jury Award

  • New Orleans Film Festival (USA)

  • DC Webfest (USA)

Mum Jeans - Short Film (2018)

  • New Zealand International Film Festival (New Zealand)

Interviews

  • New Zealand filmmaker Anna Rose Duckworth shares her love of the rom-com genre

    Interview with CinemaFemme Magazine

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  • “Children as scientists”: An interview with Anna Duckworth, writer/director of Pain

    An interview with Melbourne Women in Film Critics Lab.

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  • The importance of finding like-minded collaborators and the journey to discover your unique voice as a filmmaker

    Interview with Aotearoa Independent Film Podcast

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