Māoriland Film Festival 2020 Day Two

Friday 25 September, 4:15 pm, The Civic Theatre

Year: 2018 Director: Tsui Yung-hui Duration: 1 hour 36 minutes Language: Mandarin with English Subtitles Nation: Tao

A pair of new shoes, a cross-sea competition, and a tribesman of oceans interweave a story of a child’s emotional courage in pursuit of dreams. Screening with

Midang Midang

Year: 2019 Director: Sarah Lois Dorai Duration: 3 minutes Language: Kelabit Nation: Kelabit

Midang Midang was handed to Alena by her grand aunty Tepu’ Ira. It tells of a young girl, sitting watching the leaves of a fruit tree drying in the sun, as she calls out the name of the men whom she would like to shield her from the cool wind.

Same But Different: A True New Zealand Love Story

Friday 25 September, 5:30 pm, Māoriland Hub

Year: 2019 Director: Nikki Si’ulepa Duration: 1 hour 35 minutes Language: English Nation: Satalo & Solaua Villages, Samoa A true New Zealand love story based on Kiwi-Samoan writer/director Nikki Si’ulepa and producer Rachel Aneta Wills’ hilarious journey in pursuit of rampant love.

Charter

Friday 25 September, 6:30 pm, The Civic Theatre

Year: 2019 Director: Amanda Kernell Duration: 94 minutes Language: Swedish with English Subtitles Nation: Sámi

Writer/director Amanda Kernell (Sámi Blood, 2017) returns with an intense portrait of the lawless force of an imperfect mother’s love. After a difficult divorce, Alice’s ex-husband keeps her from seeing her children, awaiting the final custody verdict in Northern Sweden. But when her weeping son calls her in the middle of the night she takes action. Alice abducts the children and heads to the Canary Islands, chased by the authorities and her ex-husband. Recommended for mature audiences.

Screening with

The River Peka

Year: 2019 Director: Dmitry Davydov Duration: 19 minutes Language: Russian with English Subtitles Nation: Yakut

After a car accident claims the lives of their parents, teenage brothers are left with their grandfather, the younger in a wheelchair. Griefstricken, the older brother refuses to accept his brother’s disability. He decides to help him in an unusual way.

Friday 25 September, 8:30 pm, Māoriland Hub

Year: 2018 Director: Jeff Barnaby Duration: 1 hour 32 minutes Language: English Nation: Listuguj Mi’gmaq First Nation The dead are coming back to life outside the isolated Mi’gMaq reserve of Red Crow, except for its Indigenous inhabitants who are strangely immune to the zombie plague. Traylor, the local tribal law enforcement, armed with nothing but a gun, a hangover, and a six-pack, must protect his son’s pregnant girlfriend, apocalyptic refugees, and drunken reserve riff-raff from the hordes of walking corpses infesting the streets of Red Crow. Restricted 18 +

Red Snow

Friday 25 September, 9:00 pm, The Civic Theatre

Year: 2019 Director: Marie Clements Duration: 1 hour 40 minutes Language: English Nation: Métis, Dene

Dylan, a Gwich’in soldier from the Canadian Arctic, is caught in an ambush in Kandahar, Afghanistan. His capture and interrogation by a Taliban Commander release a cache of memories connected to the love and death of his Inuit cousin, Asana. This binds him closer to a Pashtun family as they attempt escape across treacherous landscapes, and through a blizzard that reveals the key to their survival. Recommended 16 +

Saturday 26 September, 9:00 am, The Civic Theatre

Year: 2018 Director: Jose Espinosa Anguaya Duration: 1 hour 10 minutes Language: Spanish with English subtitles Nation: Kichwa

A young aboriginal couple faces an unexpected pregnancy which sees them questioned about their identity and the world in which they will raise their child. Screening with

Liremu Barana (Soul of the Sea)

Year: 2019 Director: Elvis Rigoberto, Caj Cojoc Duration: 9 minutes Language: Guarani Nation: Garifuna, Poqomchi, Kakchiquel Arisa dances every day and night to songs telling the struggles of her people. Her mother warns her not to make the same mistakes she did as a young woman.

Iomramh An Chamino - The Camino Voyage

Saturday 26 September, 11:00 am, The Civic Theatre

Year: 2018 Director: Dónal Ó Céilleachair Duration: 1 hour 38 minutes Language: Irish, Gaelic, Spanish, French with English Subtitles Nation: Ireland A Writer, two Musicians, an Artist and a Stonemason embark on an inspiring and dangerous 2,500 km Celtic odyssey from Ireland to Northern Spain, in a self-built traditional currach boat.

Impact Shorts (18+)

Saturday 26 September, 10:00 am, Māoriland Hub

This collection of short films spans a diverse range of life stories filled with beauty and tragedy.

Recommended for mature audiences, this screening contains depictions of sexual and physical violence. 18 + My Name is Mudju Year: 2018 Director: Chantelle Murray Duration: 14 minutes Language: English Nation: Bardi Mudju’s daughter has been stolen, but Mudju will not submit - not to repeated violence or to the loss of her child visiting the mission each night for over 10 years. Mudju, a mother’s love will conquer all.

Die Like A Shark (Me Mate Ururoa)

Year: 2019 Director: Nick Epstein Duration: 15 minutes Language: English Nation: Ngāti Porou

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

bright career.

Nancy From Now On

Year: 2019 Director: Keely Meechan Duration: 19 minutes Language: English Nation: Aotearoa

Nancy From Now On is a coming-ofage film about a young Māori boy with a burning desire to become a Drag Queen.