Corona Cork Film Festival - Out Of The Blue

On November 13th 1990, in the small New Zealand seaside town of Aramoana, local man David Gray, a reclusive gun collector, took a high-powered automatic weapon and shot dead 13 people.

It remains the worst mass murder in New Zealand’s history.

As emergency services scrambled to reach Aramoana, a handful of young, under-armed local policemen risked their lives trying to find the gunman.

Terrified and confused residents were trapped in their homes for 24 hours, not knowing where David Gray was - or if they would become his next victim.

There were great feats of bravery on that terrible day - from ordinary people in the most extraordinary of situations.

Telling the stories of the residents in their own words, Out of the Blue courageously recounts one of the most significant events in New Zealand’s recent history, a gripping and powerful story of courage and survival.

A fitting and thoughtful artistic rendering of a terrible tragedy. - Toronto Film Festival