Michael Woods is a Canterbury based film maker, writer, actor, and drummer from New Zealand.
Since 2015, Woods has been part of many theatre companies such as Dramasoc, Canterbury Repertory Theatre, Canterbury Children's Theatre, and Elmwood Players.
He has also made many film projects under his production company banner of Abyssinian Productions.
His most notable film projects is 'The Parcel' (2016) which was shown as part of the 12th International Autism Congress in Nice, France in 2019 and 'The Craftsmen's Castle' (2023) which was part of the Tokyo International Short Film Festival's official selection in 2024.
Alice Wonder, a young girl from New Zealand is haunted by the visions of her brother’s death, murdered by the impossible flash of a camera. But everyone is adamant her brother never existed. Alice travels the city of Christchurch for answers. She unravels the story of Plato; a supernatural photographer of the H.E.B. A photographer torn by guilt and yearning for enlightenment. And the story of renegade film students on the set of a cursed documentary, uncovering the power of a dreaded computer experiment. As imposing forces tighten their noose round Alice, she discovers her brother’s story is one that will break down reality itself.