Wairoa Catalogue 2019

Kahungunu Marae, Nuhaka Morere Hall, Morere Gaiety Theatre, Wairoa Matariki Queen’s Birthday Weekend May 31 to June 2 www.KiaOra.tv

Te Ahurei Kiriata Māori o Te Wairoa!

Pō Mai Matariki Huihui ai i mua I te mura ahi!

Kōrero paki Kei ngā rangi Kukume manawa!

Matariki emerges Out of the night Gatherings in front Of blazing fires!

Storytelling Heavenly bound Heart felt!

Kaiurungi – Festival Co-Directors Louisa Tipene Opetaia * Deborah Walker Morrison * Leo Koziol Whakaahuatia: Pati Solomona

SPECIAL EVENTS OFFICIAL FESTIVAL POWHIRI Kahungunu Marae 11 am Friday May 31

KAHUNGUNU FILM HUI Kahungunu Marae 12 am Friday May 31 12 pm Making Movies in Wairoa 1 pm Establishing a Wairoa Collective 2 pm Pitch Wairoa Competition

FESTIVAL GALA Gaiety Theatre 7 pm Saturday June 1 (Reception from 6 pm) An evening of music, films, moving image and the magic that is Wairoa! Including WIFT Mana Wahine Award to Whetu Fala. Featuring:

FRAN KORA LIVE From Kora and Modern Māori Quartet Star of “The Pā Boys” Special screening: Hinekura Becs Arahanga For International Year of Indigenous Languages The following indigenous digital tapestries will be screening: Kōwhai - Aydriannah Tuiali'i SaVAge K'Lub Digital Tapa – Rosanna Raymond & Jaimie Waititi Kōwhai Director Aydriannah Tuiali'i, Producer Aydriannah Tuiali'I, 1 minute, New Zealand, Experimental, Short

Kōwhai (2017) visualises the cyclic notion and continuation of life, connecting processes of nurture and growth to my own experiences learning about Whakapapa through Te Reo Maori. Kōwhai (2017) emerged from an exploration of the relationship – whakawhanaungatanga - between moving image, kapa haka and waiata, exemplifying the creation of Te Ao Māori – from nothing to something – passed down through generations via ngā momo kōrero or oral storytelling. Language: Māori.

SaVAge K'Lub Digital Tapa Director Rosanna Raymond, Jaimie Waititi, Producer SaVAge K'Lub, 8 mins, New Zealand, Experimental

The SaVAge K'Lub's digital Tapa looks to intergrate The SaVAge K'Lub malu logo and Upeti patern design with the qualities of The Pā Rongorongo digital wall.

IN CONVERSATION WITH FRED RENATA Kahungunu Marae 2 pm Saturday June 1 Join us for an audio-visual retrospective of the works of master cinematographer Fred Renata, followed by a conversation with the master himself, convened by Kim Hegan.

POROPOROAKI Monday June 3 Kahungunu Marae, Nuhaka 9 am Poroporoaki (Farewell Gathering)

MANA WAHINE SHORTS Kahungunu Marae 6 pm Friday May 31

You Ripped Out My Mother Tongue Director Tessa Williams, 4 minutes, New Zealand, Short Only a mere 4 generations ago Maori children in New Zealand were physically and mentally punished for speaking their own language, it was the European settlers attempt to assimilate Maori into the English way of life. This is my mother's journey without Te Reo Māori, she aches for this lost knowledge.

Cast: Jacqueline Parekura Russell, Jaquey Te Wairua Williams

Falling Up Director Chelsie Preston Crayford (Ngāti Kahungunu ō Wairoa, Ngāti Raukawa and Tūwharetoa), Writer Chelsie Preston Crayford, Producer Andrew Marshall, 13 minutes, New Zealand, Short

Falling Up unravels the exhaustion, grief and heartache of relationship breakdown while revealing the mundane joy, the unending love and the quiet triumph of young motherhood. Cast: Chelsie Preston Crayford, Olive Crayford Edwards, Anton Tenet.

OChiSkwaCho Director/Writer Jules Koostachin, Producer Jules Koostachin,

15 minutes, Canada, Short

Ochiskwacho is a sacred being, known to many Indigenous people as a spiritual messenger. Kokoom, an elderly (spiritually ailing) two-spirit woman has to decide whether to stay with her grandchildren or follow the Ochiskwacho. Cast: Giselle Pare-Ramirez, Gloria Eshkibok, Tapwewin Koostachin-Chakasim, Pawaken Koostachin-Chakasim, Mahiigan Koostachin.

Onyota'a:ka khale Tsi'tkalù:to (Oneida and Toronto) Director Judith Schuyler, Writer Judith Schuyler, Producer Judith Schuyler, Amee Le, 3 minutes, Canada, Experimental, Short

This self-reflective work utilizes a spilt screen to examine ways of life for people of the Onyota'a:ka (people of the standing stone) both in the city of Toronto and on the Oneida Nation Settlement.

Spirit Womon Directors Various, Producer Hiona Henare, 27 minutes, New Zealand, Documentary Eleven indigenous women from around the earth were invited to share a piece of wisdom about being indigenous today. And to support the magnificent diversity of indigenous women everywhere. The higher purpose of this project is to magnify the visibility and the voice of these women on a big screen.

The Directors of Spirit Womon: Stephanie Big Eagle (U.S.A), Donita Hulme (Fiji, Australia), Tracey Tawhiao (New Zealand), Rosary Spence (Canada), Becs Arahanga (New Zealand), Jenny Fraser (Australia), Tina Ngata (New Zealand), Laura Grizzly Paws (Canada), Hiyas Baldermor Bagabaldo (Phillipines), Malia Hulleman (Hawaii), Majorie Kunaq Tahbone (Alaska).

PASIFIKA SHORTS Kahungunu Marae 8 pm Friday May 31

Kaumakaiwa Director Bradley Tangonan, Producer Darrin Kaneshiro, 3 minutes, United States, Documentary, Short

Kumu Hula Kaumakaiwa Kanaka'ole demonstrates how hula and oli, or chanting, connects her to the land and the spirits therein. Cast: Kaumakaiwa Kanaka'ole

Toa`ipuapuagÄ strength in suffering Director Vea Mafile`o, Writer Vea Mafile`o, Producer Vea Mafile`o, 10 minutes, New Zealand, Documentary

When a young Samoan woman is stricken with bleeding stigmata during an Easter church service, she must face both adoration and condemnation from her deeply religious island community while struggling to maintain life as a wife and mother.

Hae HawaiĘťi Director Ty Sanga, Writer Oliver Evangalista, Producer Caleb Lucero, Greg Doi, Ty Sanga 17 minutes, United States, Short In 1893, the Hawaiian monarchy is illegally overthrown. A group of elites secretly enlist a young man to steal the Hawaiian flag on Annexation Day. Cast: Henry Ian Cusick, Kekoa Kekumano, Moses Goods

Our Father Director Esther Mauga, 19 minutes, New Zealand A family lives with the torment of their father.

The Messiah Director Vela Manusaute, Writer Vela Manusaute, Producer Sandra Kailahi, 15 minutes, New Zealand, Short

A young runaway finds refuge with a 17 year-old self proclaimed Messiah in a South Auckland garage only to discover that true salvation is in his own hands. Cast: Iavana Seuala, Haanz Fa'avae Jackson, Daya Sao Mafiti, Hector Jack Manusaute, Anapela Polataivao, Albert Heimuli, Kevin Kuresa

MOANA NUI A KIWA SHORTS Kahungunu Marae 10.30 am Saturday June 1

Mai i te kei o te waka ki te ihu o te waka Director Jeremy Leatinuu, Writer Jeremy Leatinuu, 8 minutes, New Zealand

With a title meaning “from the back of the canoe to the front of the canoe,” this work raises questions of narration and translation by recounting two interconnected stories in a voiceover performed by the artist with quiet intensity. Both tell of trajectories of migration and settlement that predate the arrival of Europeans in Aotearoa, of crossing sea and land in search of a different future, carrying the accumulated practices of the past to new horizons. Language: English, Māori.

Our Atoll Speaks, Ko Talatala Mai Tō Mātou Wenua Director Gemma Cubero del Barrio, Writers Gemma Cubero del Barrio, Amelia Rachel Hokuleʻa Borofsky, Florence Ngatokorua “Johnny” Tiane Frisbie, 12 minutes, United States, Documentary, Short

This short documentary is a meditation on the indigenous climate knowledge of the people of Pukapuka/Nassau, Cook Islands. A communal poem developed from interviews with Pukapukans from 2015-2017 interweaves with stunning images of the transluscent seas, frigate birds, spear fishing, and taro.

Back in the Water House Director Pauline Adalid, 14 minutes, New Zealand, Documentary, Student A story about motherhood, Back in the Water House follows mother-daughter artists Sulieti Fieme’a Burrows and Tui Emma Gillies as their relationship is further strengthened by tapa - a Tongan traditional cloth made from the inner bark of a mulberry tree.

I Am Waru Director Angela Cudd-Wharehinga, Producer Angela Cudd-Wharehinga 13 minutes, New Zealand "I Am Waru" is about a solo father, who is driven by his dark past to find an alternative way of parenting. He discovers an answer in his Māori roots. Cast: Josh Wharehinga. Language: English, Māori.

Uapōifalemalu Director Brown Paper Ink, Crooked Fence Films, Producer Crooked Fence Films, Brown Paper Ink 13 minutes, New Zealand, Documentary, Short

Uapōifalemalu is a love letter and celebration, a dedication to Sāmoan women. Our aunties, mothers, grandmothers - our tinā. They raise us, they nurture us, they teach us, they care for us - and care for each other. Language: English, Samoan.

Te Hauhake Kūmara Ki Te Parapara (Kūmara Harvest at Te Parapara Garden) Director Sebastian J. Lowe , Wiremu Puke (Ngāti Wairere, Ngāti Porou), 9 minutes, New Zealand, Documentary

This short observational documentary is about the annual kūmara (sweet potato) harvest at Te Parapara Garden at the Hamilton Gardens in Kirikiriroa Hamilton, Aotearoa New Zealand.

NEW VOICES SHORTS Kahungunu Marae 12.30 pm Saturday June 1

Kia Ora Director/Writer/Producer Philly Kingsford-Brown/Metekingi, 5 minutes, New Zealand, Short

A film about a young girl who learns about the importance of Te Reo and her elders in an unfortunate way.

Cast: Maizy Kingsford-Brown, Whare Akuhata. Language: Māori.

Undercurrents Director Tosca Christie, Producer Tosca Christie, 12 minutes, New Zealand, Documentary, Short, Student

Undercurrents is about three people's personal connection to New Zealand's longest river, the Waikato. It shows three different sides to the river. Undercurrents explores the light and dark, the twists and turns of the mighty Waikato.

Cosmic Adventures Director Bailey Poching, Writer Bailey Poching, Producer Maronui Taimana, 13 minutes, New Zealand, Short, Student

Kent Lasershaft is a superhero for the ages. A defender of the weak and hero of the innocent. He’s also the creation of Kent Edwards, a quiet nerd who finds solace in his fantasy creation: the world of Cosmic Adventures! Cast: Kurt Utai-Laurenson, Bryn Henry.

Nancy From Now On Director Keely Meechan, Writer Keely Meechan, Producer Alesha Ahdar, Keely Meechan, 19 minutes, New Zealand, Short, Student

Nancy From Now On is a coming-of-age film about a young Māori boy with a burning desire to become a Drag Queen. Cast: Bailey Poching, Taungaroa Emile, Wilson Downes. Language: English, Māori.

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TURTLE ISLAND SHORTS Kahungunu Marae 10.30 am Sunday June 2

Her Water Drum Director Jonathan Elliott, Producer Erica Orofino, Jonathan Elliott 16 minutes, Canada, Short In the wake of her daughter's disappearance, Jolene, a single Mohawk mother, is forced to pick up the pieces of her life and navigate an increasingly strenuous relationship with her troubled son David. As secrets emerge, their relationship faces its toughest challenge yet as they confront the reality of their situation. Cast: Nadia George, Michael Riley, Chanin Lee.

Gutk'odau (Yellow) Director Adam Piron, Producer Rose Paahavet, 8 minutes, United States, Experimental A young man learns to build his first tipi. An elder projects language rather than instructing it. A home inhabits a person, and that person within a soul. These vignettes offer a cultural context and triangulation of meaning within the Kiowa Tribe of Oklahoma.

The Last Walk Director/Writer Anna Hoover, Producer Laura J. Milliken, 13 minutes, United States, Short A sister sets out into the unforgiving land to find her sister, who has been banished from their community for negligence that ended tragically. The banished sister has battled depression since the great loss, causing her to isolate herself from her community. Cast: Marika Cockney, Polly Andrews.

Silla Director Howard Adler, Producer Adele Cardamone-Martel, 21 minutes, Canada, Documentary Silla is a short documentary about Silla and Rise, it follows the band members behind the scenes as they prepare for and play numerous live shows, it delves into the historical suppression of Inuit traditions, and how their music is reviving and reclaiming the beautiful art form of Inuit throat singing. Cast: Charlotte Qamaniq, Cynthia Pitsiulak, Rise Ashen. Language: English, Inuktitut.

KIRIATA ORANGA SHORTS Kahungunu Marae 1 pm Sunday June 2

He Oranga Pumau Director Tanya Filia, Jessie McVeagh, Writer Tanya Filia, Jessie McVeagh, Producer Jessie McVeagh 32 minutes, NZ

In 2015 Doctors told Tanya Filia she had two months to live - she turned back to Māori traditions and began a whole new journey. Cast: Tanya Filia. Language: English, Māori.

Let us visit eternity for the road is made of water Director Sebastian J Lowe, 5 minutes, New Zealand, Experimental

Let us visit eternity for the road is made of water emerges out of the Orongorongo Valley, in the Remutaka Forest Ranges, on the lower North Island of Aotearoa New Zealand. Ngā taonga pūoro (Māori musical instruments) are intertwined with the New Zealand environment and situated within Te Ao Māori, the Māori world and/or dimension. Cast: RG Shaw.

Made in Païwan Director Jonathan Bougard, 5 minutes, French Polynesia, Documentary Païwan People share a rich tattooing tradition which was closely related to cultural identity and social status before the vanishement during WWII.

Suspended Generation Director Andrea Egan, Joe Hitchcock, Producer Andrea Egan, 7 minutes, United States, Documentary, Short

We all hope that our children have a bright future. This is a story of kids in Kiribati facing the harsh realities of climate change. This is their story from their perspective. Suspended between a home they love, and a world they are only beginning to understand, they are facing these realities now and their story should remind us that they deserve a livable future.

KIRIATA TE AO MARAMA (SCI-FI SHORTS) Kahungunu Marae 2 pm Sunday June 2

Light Director Sarah Hennigan, Writer Sarah Hennigan, Producer, 15 minutes, United States, Short, Student

A gifted young woman launches into the darkness to find a way to save her people. What she uncovers, nobody expected. A 21st-Century reinterpretation of a Cherokee oral story. Cast: Abigail Lucas, Ross Clark

TIKI-X823: Thanx for all the fish Director Jason Taouma, Writer Jason Taouma, Producer Jason Taouma, 19 minutes, New Zealand, Short

In a distant future an explorer known as a Tiki, must rediscover a post apocalyptic Aotearoa in order to uncover the mystery of Experiment 823 which infects the mind with some form of virtual virus. Tiki-X823 balances the speaking of three languages Samoan, Tongan and Chinese to weave a rich tapestry of intrigue. Cast: Missy Pelu, Lai Tupuola, Lolo Fonua, Hi Yi. Language: Chinese, Samoan, Tongan.

Kālewa Director Mitchel Viernes, Writer Mitchel Viernes, Producer Gerard Elmore, Erik Ries, Darrin Kaneshiro, James Charisma, Brian Watanabe, 16 minutes, United States, Short

In the future, a Hawaiian astronaut makes the next great leap for his planet, his family, and himself. Tonight is his last chance. Cast: Michael Hake , Kimo Kahoano, Danielle Zalopany, Jason Quinn, Lisa Barnes.

Without whom….

Festival Trust: Rebecca Collins, Witi Ihimaera, Leo Koziol, Louisa Tipene-Opetaia, Deborah Walker-Morrison (Chairperson) Festival Programming, Planning & Operational Team: Lance Loughlin, Diana Hegan, Cory Lowe, Haley Lowe, Annie Rowntree, Kim Hegan Wairoa Film Collective Establishment Committee: Ira Heyder, Kararaina Rangihau Whenua Jury 2019 Sonja Hammer, Tama Waipara, Jani Wilson, Tim Worrall Moana Jury 2019 Stallone Vaiaoga-Ioasa, Craig Fasi, Marina McCartney, Misa Tupou Guest Artists 2019: Pati Solomona (Team Photo), Qiane Matata-Sipu (Exhibition), Raymond Sagopolutele (Exhibition), Natasha Keating (Trophies) Wairoa Māori Film Festival is presented by Te Roopu Whakaata Māori I Te Wairoa – Wairoa Māori Film Festival Society Inc. & Kaporangi Kiriata Māori Film Arts Trust

MATARIKI SHORTS Gaiety Theatre 12 pm Sunday June 2

Hinekura Director Becs Arahanga, Writer Becs Arahanga, Producers Kath Akuhata-Brown, Sharlene George 17 minutes, New Zealand, Short

The story of one young woman’s rite of passage as she steps into her destiny. Cast: Amy Kahumako Rameka, Jared Rawiri. Language: Māori.

Ani Director Josephine Stewart-Te Whiu, Writer Josephine Stewart-Te Whiu, Producer Sarah Cook 12 minutes, New Zealand, Short

9-year-old Ani drifts into a land of play and make believe after her mother runs out on the family - leaving Ani and her father to fend for themselves. Disconnected from each other, Ani and her father try and maintain a semblance of routine. Ani gives up on her phantom mother, and finds her father alone. She holds him. Ani knows mum is not coming back. Cast: Isabella Evans, Maaka Pohatu.

Krystal Director Briar Grace-Smith, Writer Josephine Stewart-Te Whiu, Producer Jaimee Poipoi, 13 minutes, New Zealand, Short

When a young woman is released for 24 hours from jail and is taken to a party by her brother, she’s forced to confront events from the past. Cast: Darneen Christian.

Liliu Director Jeremiah Tauamiti, Writer Jeremiah Tauamiti, Producer Ngaire Fuata, 17 minutes, New Zealand Solo, a young Samoan interpreter for a Native Court in Colonial, New Zealand Samoa, does what he thinks is best for his people and at times lies as he translates. Cast: Vito Vito, Ana Tuisila, Peter Hayden, Tuiasau Uelese Petaia. Language: English, Samoan.

KIRIATA NGĀHERE Morere Hall 7 pm to 10 pm Sunday June 2 Part One (7 pm)

Take Director Victoria Hunt, Producer Margot Nash, 9 minutes, Australia, Documentary, Short Set in the liminal spaces between history and emotion TAKE unfolds a story of origins, of traumatic events and colonial violence. Cast: Victoria Hunt. Language: English, Māori.

Sparrow Director Welby Ings Producer Robin Murphy 15 minutes New Zealand, Short When the truth behind a family myth is exposed, a young boy finds the strength to stand up for himself in an unusual way.elby Ings

Emkhatsini (Between) Director Toa Stappard, Writer Toa Stappard, Producer Toa Stappard, Sindisiwe Nxumalo 14 minutes, Uk

A woman finds herself, lost in the deserted Swazi outback when she tries to locate an elusive community leader. Cast: Sindisiwe Nxumalo, Ntando Nxumalo, Zweli Maseko, Mhlaba Dlamini.

The Moon and The Night Director Erin Lau, 19 minutes, United States, Short, Student In rural Hawaii, a teenage girl must confront her father after he enters her beloved pet in a dog fight.

Part Two (8 pm)

The Pit Where We Were Born Director Alexander Bocchieri, Writer Alexander Bocchieri, Producer Matthew Nagato, Anela Ling, Bryson Chun, 12 minutes, United States, Experimental, Short

A father and son reunite around the family 'imu of their Wai'anae farm, to reckon with addiction, control, and a past that continues to color their future.

Teeth Director Aaron Schnobrich, Writer Aaron Schnobrich, Producer Ciara Lacy, 13 minutes, United States Teeth is an intimate portrait of sex trafficking in the Aloha state. Hawaiian grandmother Angelica’s healing from sexual abuse as a child parallels the fixing of knocked out and rotten teeth. Aloha is replacing her pain and an ever-present fight to survive. Documentary.

Mauka To Makai Director Jonah Okano, Alika Maikau, Writer Alika Maikau, Producer Kelsie Greene 25 minutes, United States, Short Mauka To Makai offers an unfiltered window in to a day in the lives of two cousins, who, while traveling from Kāneʻohe to Kailua, grapple with their identity, vices, and the familial bonds that make and break them. Cast: Holden Mandrial-Santos, Kawika Kahiapo, Ehulani Kane, Tira Akina, Kauikeolani Goodness Part Three (9 pm)

The Tree and the Pirogue Director Sébastien Marques, Writer Sébastien Marques, Producer Sébastien Marques, Mélissa Malinbaum, 25 Minutes, France, Short

The life of a Melanesian tribe is disrupted by the progressive arrival of modernity. Iabe, a young Melanesian, finds this change very hard to cope with and gets lost between his traditions and this modernity. Cast: Iabe Lapacas, Jean-Pierre Swan, Maurice Haeweng.

808 Director Meilani Wenska, Writer Meilani Wenska, Producer Meilani Wenska, Robert Amico Supervising Producer, 14 minutes, United States, Short 808 is an emotional thriller of a film. The Hawaiian culture, land, and its exploitation are woven throughout the story as Kai, a lonely Hawaiian woman yearning to reconnect with her children, returns home.

Last Taxi Dance Director Brayden Yoder, Writer Brayden Yoder, Producer Ciara Lacy, Robert Bates, Concepcion Alicino, Brayden Yoder, 18 minutes, United States, Short

In a ballroom called Paradise, in the aftermath of World War II, a proud Hawaiian singer dances with a returned U.S. soldier and debates the dignity of the American dream. But when his dance tickets run out, she is left with a harsh choice – for when the dancing stops, this man will die. Cast: Danielle Zalopany, Max Holtz, Cyndi Mayo

GAIETY THEATRE 2 PM SUNDAY JUNE 2

MERATA Director Heperi Mita, Producer Chelsea Winstanley, Executive Producer Cliff Curtis, 87 minutes, New Zealand, 2018

As the archivist of Merata Mita’s work, her youngest son Hepi Mita embarks on a journey through his mother’s life. Creating a dialogue between her work as a filmmaker and her personal life, his unique excavation reveals how deeply connected the personal, the political, and the creative were for the late Merata Mita (1942–2010). The first female Maori director’s career began in the 1970s with the observational documentaries Bastion Point: Day 507 and Patu! Her debut fiction film Mauri (1988) was not only the first film to be made by a Maori woman, it was also the first feature film ever to be made by an Indigenous woman anywhere in the world. Interweaving a wealth of archive footage with extracts from her interviews, as well as her children’s memories, Merata’s personal story - of being Maori, a woman, a mother and a filmmaker in Aotearoa - speaks to the wider experiences and universal struggles that are still being faced by Indigenous filmmakers everywhere in the world today. This documentary does not only shed light on a resilient woman who fought for her goal to ‘indigenise the screen’ - it also reveals the strain this kind of political work was to have on her family.

Feature film preceded by the following short film:

The Gravedigger Of Kapu Director Libby Hakaraia, Writer Libby Hakaraia, Producer Tainui Stephens, 16 minutes, New Zealand, Short

An old time gravedigger wants his nephew to carry on the traditions.

Cast: Jim Moriarty, Tanira Cooper.

GAIETY THEATRE 4 PM SUNDAY JUNE 2

SOLDIERS WITHOUT GUNS Director Will Watson, Writer Will Watson, Producer John Keir, Lisa Walker 92 minutes, New Zealand, Documentary, 2019

The riveting journey of coalition soldiers as they land unarmed into the heat of a 10 year civil war using only the weapons of Music, Maori Culture and Love to create peace. This radical idea of sending soldiers without guns was condemned by the media because they felt the soldiers would be massacred given the first 14 peace attempts had failed. This film shines a light on the untold story, of unsung heroes and their, “mission impossible.” A story of love, compassion and hope in a world struggling with growing and entrenched hostilities.

Feature film preceded by the following short film:

Die Like A Shark (Me Mate Ururoa) Director Nick Epstein, Writer Nick Epstein, Producer Shane Rangi, 15 minutes, New Zealand, Short

An ageing fighter’s life falls apart as he refuses to face the end of his once bright career.

Cast: Shane Rangi, Mark Hadlow, Laura Thompson, Jed Brophy

GAIETY THEATRE 6 PM SUNDAY JUNE 2

BROWN BOYS Director Hans Masoe, Writer Hans Mase, 92 mins New Zealand 2019 Samoan/New Zealand coming-of-age comedy set in South Auckland following Peter, a player who's about to receive some hard life lessons about love and brotherhood.

Directorial debut from Hans Masoe.

KAHUNGUNU MARAE 2 PM SATURDAY JUNE 1

IN TIMES OF RAIN Director Itandehui Jansen, Writer Armando Bautista Garcia, Producer Armando Bautista Garcia, Mauro Mueller, 2017, 89 Min, feature drama, Spanish/Mixtec, English s/t

A powerful story of economic migration between rural and urban Mexico. Soledad is a matriarch and traditional healer whose daughter Adele left their village to work in Mexico City leaving behind her infant son. Years later, Soledad and her grandson Jose share a strong bond rooted in their love of culture and land. As she continues to pass on her knowledge and teachings to him, she receives an unexpected call that her daughter is getting married and intends for Jose to join them in the city. Fearing an uncertain future for them both, Soledad struggles to cope with her impending heartbreak as she awaits her daughter’s return. Cast: Ángeles Cruz , Noé Hernández , Harold Torres

KAHUNGUNU MARAE 3.30 PM SUNDAY JUNE 2

FALLS AROUND HER Director Darlene Naponse, Writer Darlene Naponse, Producer Darlene Naponse, 90 minutes, 2018, Canada, Feature

Falls Around Her follows Mary Birchbark (Tantoo Cardinal), a legendary singer who returns to the vast wilderness of her reserve to reconnect with the land and her community. Mary begins to sense that someone might be watching her. Unsure of what is real and what is imagined, Mary embraces isolation as she explores the psychological impact of her past and present.

TATAU TATAU POP-UP ART GALLERY MOVING IMAGE ART WORKS Nakunaku (Severed/Broken Up/Disjointed) Director/Writer Sandy Wakefield, Producer Sandy Wakefield, 16 minutes, New Zealand, Experimental

Tuia ki te rangi Tuia ki te whenua Tuia ki te moana Tuia te here tangata E rongo te pō, e rongo te ao.

Contained within these fews words is the essence of our great ancestral understandings of a connected universe. They speak of the mauri that through whakapapa, we are bound to the heavens, to the other earth, to Wainuiatea, the progenitor of all our oceans. Through a series of visits to remote areas of Rakiura Islands (Stewart Island), this is the artist's acknowledgement to her tupuna who suffered, through generations, the impact of colonisation.

DOCUMENTARY INSTALLATION Matariki Seven Sisters Director Karen Sidney, Producer Karen Sidney, New Zealand, Documentary Documentary interviewing 7 Maori Wahine from Te Tai Tokerau/Northland NZ, who all work in the arts, presented in a multi-screen context. Language: English, Maori

ART AND PHOTOGRAPHY  

Qiane Matata Sipu – NUKU Raymond Sagapolutele – Scenes from LILIU

SCREENINGS Saakkhelu, The offering to Mother Earth Director Mateo Leguizamón, Writer Alejandra Muñoz, Producer Yelsin Pilcue, 20 minutes, Colombia, Documentary

The Saakhelu Kiwe Kame is a ritual of the Nasa indigenous peoples of Colombia, which deals with the revitalization of mother earth in the context of global warming and post-conflict Colombia.

Home 8 minutes, Greenland, Documentary A personal perspective on coming home after nearly a decade abroad and finding that something is off in the familiar paradise. A warning that profound change is coming. Change that will influence future generations.

Mazocahui 3 minutes, Mexico, Short A teenager performs the ancestral folkloric ballet of the Northwest of Mexico where a deer flees from its hunter who requires his divine flesh to transcend from the filth of the world.

Identidad Director Ivan Jaripio, Writer Ivan Jaripio, Producer Ivan Jaripio, 3 minutes, Panama, Experimental A different and amazing look that seeks to contrast indigenous traditions with the contemporary world of Panama. Faced with the territorial and cultural threat of modernization, the resistance of indigenous peoples to defend their traditions is urgent. Language: Spanish.

Waorani Director Luciano Nacci, Florencia Velozo, Edgar Acuña, Writer Luciano Nacci, Producer Luciano Nacci 9 minutes, Argentina, Documentary, Short

The documentary Waorani shows the customs of an Ecuadorian tribe, which is losing its traditions due to the arrival of modern society. Cast: Tribu Waorani. Language: English, Spanish.

The Creation of The World Director Antonio Coello, 10 minutes, Mexico, Animation The creation myth is adapted into an animated short film made by Seri indigenous children and elders.

Waniska Directors Willie Ermine, Margaret Reynolds, Rose Bird, Florence Allen, Gilbert Kewistep, Mary Lee, Preston Gardypie, Producer Andrée Cazabon, 24 minutes, Canada, Documentary

In an extraordinary display of resilience, a group of Elders out on the land address the importance of Indigenous knowledge. These residential school Survivors shine a light on the future.