Behind the Riverside (2007)

A short documentary about the making of Down by the Riverside (2007), a no budget feature length Film-Noir Horror film made in Te Aroha, New Zealand. The self-financed digi-feature went into production in October 2005, after producer Joe Hitchcock and co-director Marama Killen returned from Screamfest Horror Film Festival in Los Angeles, where Joe's animated short Kismet (2004) was playing. The duo were inspired to make a feature film regardless of financing, and recruited friend 'Brad Davison (I)' to co-direct with Marama. Down by the Riverside (2007) was shot in January 2006 in Te Aroha New Zealand, with local sponsorship and volunteer cast & crew. The crew encountered many production problems, delaying the finishing process until July 2007, when the film was finally acquired for DVD distribution by Vendetta Films (who's catalog includes Peter Jackson's Meet the Feebles (1989), New Zealand films _Irrefutable Truth About Demons, The (2000)_ & _Devil Dared Me to, The (2007)_ to name a few). Behind the Riverside explains how the filmmakers made the film with no money, from writing the screenplay, to editing it without an editor...