The decorated creative team include Emmy Award-winning director David Stubbs, Grammy Award-winning artist Kimbra inhabiting playing Maisie, and Rochelle Bright as the screenwriter adapting from her award-winning play. George Mason (Top of the Lake) and Rose McIver (iZombie) complete the cast.

Released theatrically in New Zealand, the film amassed over one million dollars making it the most successful local release since The Breaker Upperers.

DAFFODILS was produced by Richard Fletcher of Libertine Pictures and KHF Media with investment from the New Zealand Film Commission, NZ on Air, TVNZ, The Kelly Entertainment Co, Park Rd Post Production, Avalon Studios and Kiwibank.