Drama | 18x 2min | Released May 2025
When six school prefects sneak away to a remote bach for a night of underage drinking and questionable decisions, they expect a chill evening - not total social annihilation. But as the clock strikes 10 P.M., their phones light up with messages from @thesender, an anonymous account sending scandalous photos that could destroy their carefully crafted lives.
Funded by New Zealand on Air
The Team
Jessica Todd
Co-Creator / Co-Writer / Producer
Jess is an independent producer who’s worked in the media industry in both Aotearoa and the UK for the last 10 years.
She’s a creative at heart and thrives on the challenge of getting important stories in front of an audience.
Ben Chesters
Editor
Ben is an editor with over 15 years experience cutting drama, documentary, commercials and music videos. He's lived and worked as an editor in New Zealand, Australia and the UK as well as cut for productions in the USA and Asia.
Liv McClymont
Co-Creator / Co-Writer / Director
Liv is a vibrant, feminine Director who uses film to create societal change.
She thrives on high-concept filmmaking that brings out the theatrical or surreal.
Isaac Newcombe
Director of Photography
Isaac is an award winning Cinematographer with over a decades experience working professionally in the Narrative and Narrative Commercial space. A prolific Cinematographer, Isaac is working in the ever changing landscape of social narratives and trends.
Media
$5m investment in content for New Zealand youth where they are
NZ On Air is taking a bold new approach to engaging young New Zealanders with local content
New local ‘Gossip Girl whodunnit’ takes aim at image based abuse
Alex Casey talks to Jess Todd and Liv McClymont, the creative team behind scandalous new social media series The Sender.
New digital whodunnit series spotlights epidemic of image-based abuse
A new digital whodunnit comedy series puts the spotlight on the dangers and growing epidemic of image-based abuse and bullying.
Screentime: Jurassic World: Rebirth, F1: The movie, The Sender
Tom Augustine reviews The Sender, which is a new TV mini-series on TikTok that follows a group of Kiwi students receiving mysterious messages.
