Thistle Films (formerly Girl on a Bike Films) is an independent video production company based in Tāmaki Makaurau, Auckland in Aotearoa, New Zealand. We provide creative professional video services.
Thistle Films videos feature fresh, thought-provoking and intimate storytelling, shot using available light, with a feel for capturing character and place.
Creative Producer/Director Kirsty MacDonald handles all aspects of your video from project brief, scriptwriting and directing to camera and editing. She specialises in helping you tell your story in your own words with personality, clarity and immediacy.
Please get in touch if you are a small business, a not-for-profit project, a creative or scientific mind with a story or service you want to bring to life.
or email kmacdonald@xtra.co.nz for more information.
Photo / Denise Batchelor.
Founded in 2009 by filmmaker Kirsty MacDonald, the company was originally set up to promote her award winning short documentary Black and White and feature documentary Assume Nothing.
For over a decade since then, Thistle Films has produced hundreds of short-form documentaries and behind-the-scenes videos, with a focus on social history, the environment and artist in residence / artist making-of videos.
Through her production company Kirsty has created content for clients as diverse as Auckland Council, honey giants Comvita, the Auckland Botanic Gardens, engineering company Urban Solutions, Waikato Hospital Art Trust, and interdisciplinary artist Yuki Kihara.
Photo - MTG Hawkes Bay, Tai Ahuriri