Grafted (2024)

Directed by

Sasha Rainbow

Genre

horror film

Country

New Zealand

Runtime

1h 33m

Rated

MA 15+

Rating

5.8 of 10 from 78 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

An awkward Chinese student wins a scholarship to a prestigious New Zealand university. She tries to complete a medical experiment that her late father started.

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What happens

Grafted is a 2024 New Zealand coming-of-age body horror film directed by Sasha Rainbow, and written by Mia Maramara, Hweiling Ow, Lee Murray, and Rainbow. The film stars Joyena Sun, Jess Hong, Eden Hart, Jared Turner, and Sepi Toa. The film follows an awkward but brilliant Chinese student (Joyena Sun), who wins a scholarship into a prestigious New Zealand University to study medical research and attempts to finish an experiment begun by her late father. Grafted premiered at the New Zealand International Film Festival on 9 August 2024, and was released in New Zealand on 12 September 2024. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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