Māoriland Film Festival 2020 Day Four

Pango Tales

Year: 2018 Director: Adrian Guerrero Duration: 4 minutes Nation: Quechua

Three pandas are embarking on a long journey. However, they can not imagine what awaits them after an event changes the course of their lives.

Gently Jennifer

Year: 2019

Director: Katie Avery

Duration: 9 minutes

Language: English

Nation: Inupiaq

When Jennifer and Madison sneak a peek at a porn collection, one model stirs a deep desire within Jennifer.

Combination

Year: 2019 Director: Anthony Butters Duration: 7 minutes Language: Māori, English Nation: Ngāti Kahungunu A documentary made in the year 2057, exploring the events leading up to a

world-changing moment.

The Cursed Harp

Saturday 26 September, 8:30 pm, Māoriland Hub

Year: 2019 Director: Peter Hiki Duration: 1 hour 23 minutes Language: Sakha with English Subtitles Nation: Sakha

A young teacher, Sardaana arrives at a village for work as a teacher. She meets a young photographer Nyurgun, and he invites her to look at the museum full of spooky items. When Nyurgun is absent for business, Sardaana falls under the influence of the call of an ancient khomus in a locked box. With jumps and scares at every turn, this film is a must-see for any horror fan. Recommended for audiences 16 +

DAY FIVE Whānau Shorts

Sunday 27 September, 10:00 am, Māoriland Hub

These short films have a common thread to whānau - family. Super Special Year: 2019 Director: Kyrie MacTavish Writer: Ruby Solly Duration: 12 minutes Language: Māori, English Nation: Māori, Kai Tahu, Kāti Māmoe, Waitaha In the midst of her first period, a quiet resilient young girl must choose between a surprise for her beloved little brother, or buying pads for herself.

Ani

Year: 2018 Director: Josephine Stewart-Te Whiu Duration: 12 minutes Language: English, Māori Nation: Ngāpuhi, Te Rarawa 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.

Maa Tuki

Year: 2018 Director: Suchana Saha Duration: 4 minutes Language: Bengali with English Subtitles Nation: Bengali A 25-year-old takes care of her mother in hospital. They delve into a nostalgic memory that forces them to acknowledge an undesirable change in their relationship.

Meet Munch Jr

Year: 2019 Director: Ali Cowley Duration: 7 minutes Language: English Nation: Samoa

A father’s love inspires an autistic teen to express himself by bringing his cartoon character to life. Out Of Range Year: 2019 Director: John Harvey Duration: 13 Minutes Language: English Nation: Torres Strait Islander Eager to impress his estranged son, a father is forced to slow down when their road trip is suddenly interrupted.

Tuahine

Year: 2019 Director: Te Wairangi Ratana Duration: 5 minutes Language: English Nation: Tūhoe

After being confronted by her brother Rangi, Grace must reevaluate her self

destructive tendencies.

Bub

Year: 2019 Director: Ōriwa Hakaraia, Te Mahara Tamehana Duration: 12 minutes Language: English, Māori Nation: Ngāti Kapu, Ngāti Hine Nan is Bub’s whole world. When Bub comes home to an empty house, he must summon all his bravery to wait out the long night.

Year: 2019 Director: Erica Tremblay Duration: 11 minutes Language: English Nation: Seneca-Cayuga

The lives of a Native woman and a troubled young boy intersect over the course of a school day on a reservation in Oklahoma.

Words From A Bear

Sunday 27 September, 9:30 am, The Civic Theatre

Year: 2018 Director: Jeffrey Palmer Duration: 1 hour 24 minutes Language: English Nation: Kiowa

Words from a Bear examines the enigmatic life and mind of Pulitzer Prize-winning author, Navarro Scott Momaday. This profile delves into the psyche behind one of Native America’s most celebrated authors of poetry and prose.

In My Blood It Runs

Sunday 27 September, 10:30 am, Raukawa Marae

Year: 2019 Director: Maya Newell Producer: Larissa Behrendt, Rachel Naninaaq Edwardson Duration: 1 hour 24 minutes Language: English, Arrernte Nation: Eualeyai, Kamillaroi, Iñupiaq/Sámi In My Blood It Runs is an observational feature documentary following 10-yr-old Arrernte Aboriginal boy Dujuan as he grows up in Alice Springs, Australia.

“I was born a little Aboriginal kid,” explains Dujuan. “That means I had a memory – a memory about being Aboriginal.” Never more excited than when he’s talking about his heritage and homeland, the precocious 10-year-old has a strong connection to his culture, speaks three languages and works as a healer. But he also struggles with school, acts out in class, and attracts attention from the police and the welfare system.

Intimate and impassioned, In My Blood It Runs follows Dujuan’s attempts to reconcile the traditions he holds dear with the colonised world he’s forced to inhabit.

For My Father’s Kingdom

Sunday 27 September, 11:15 am, The Civic Theatre Year: 2019 Director: Vea Mafile’o, Jerry Tauamiti Duration: 1 hour 33 minutes Language: English, Tongan Nation: Tonga Driven by his deep faith in God and traditional culture, a flat-broke Tongan pensioner navigates not only the rough streets of South Auckland but also his tumultuous relationship with his New Zealand born son, who struggles to accept his father’s commitment to a Kingdom that tore their family apart. Screening with

You, The Choice of My Parents Year: 2019 Director: Meli Tuqota Jr Duration: 3 minutes Nation: Tonga A poetic journey through the life of a woman going through an arranged marriage. It is animated on traditional Tongan Cloth called Ngatu.

Sunday 27 September, 12:30 pm, Māoriland Hub

We are all connected by whakapapa to our ancestors. Dear Georgina Year: 2019 Director: Tracy Rector Duration: 15 minutes Language: English Nation: Choctaw Seminole A Passamaquoddy elder journeys into an unclear past to better understand herself and her cultural heritage.

Cedar Tree of Life

Year: 2018 Director: Odessa Shuquaya Duration: 10 minutes Language: English Nation: Kluane First Nation

Three women hold the knowledge of Cedar passed down from their grandmothers and mothers. They commune with this sacred tree as they practice and share their culture and art. Cedar is a life-giver. Cedar is a

transformer.

Hinekura

Year: 2019 Director: Becs Arahanga Duration: 17 minutes Language: Māori Nation: Kai Tahu, Ngāti Raukawa ki Kati Hiku, Waitaha

On the day she gets her first period, Hinekura is initiated into adulthood with ceremony and blessings. She’s taken to a wānanga where her role within the tribe is revealed.

Uu?uu~tah

Year: 2019 Director: Chad Charlie Duration: 10 minutes Language: Nuu~Chah~Nulth Nation: Ahousaht First Nation

A young chief, Uu?uu~tah, is entrusted to be the whale hunter of his village. In order to undertake such a task, his grandmother leads him along the long hard pathway of his rite of purification and growth. Elders Year: 2019 Director: Tony Briggs Duration: 9 minutes Language: English Nation: Yorta Yorta and Wurundjeri A young man begins to learn the tools to maintain the future of his culture. His classroom is the expansive country of his ancestors. Is he ready for the challenge placed before him, and will he know what to do when the time comes?

Take

Year: 2019 Director: Victoria Hunt Duration: 9 minutes Language: English, Māori Nation: Te Arawa, Rongowhaakata, Ngāti Kahungunu I am the house and the house is me. I dance the history of the house and

she reveals my history.

Liliu

Year: 2018 Director: Nanai Jeremiah Tauamiti Duration: 17 mins Nation: Samoan

A young native court interpreter must choose his words carefully, as a Matai fights for her family and defends a culture binding them both.

Sunday 27 September, 1:00 pm, Raukawa Marae

Year: 2019 Director: Marianne George, Dixon Holland Duration: 2 hours Language: English Nation: Taumako

We are the crew of Lata, our Polynesian culture-hero who built the first voyaging canoe and navigated across the Pacific. We use only ancient designs, materials, and methods, and we invite everyone to reconnect with ancestors and sustainable lifeways. This is the real ‘Moana’! In this session we will screen two episodes from the series, Our Moana and Our Vaka travelling through time to explore Lata's world, skills and motivations so as to better understand our future.

Patutiki: L’Art du Tatouage des Iles Marquises

Sunday 27 September, 1:30 pm, The Civic Theatre

Year: 2019 Director: Christophe Cordier, Heretu Tetuhiotupa Duration: 55 minutes Language: Marquesan with English Subtitles Nation: Henua Enana The last of the “black-skinned” elders find unique ways to guard their people’s precious history, and rediscover and celebrate their nearly lost identity through Patutiki, the art of Marquesan tattoo. Screening with

Ayuuk: personas de la lengua florida Year: 2019 Director: Areli Ramírez Duration: 13 minutes Language: Ayuuk with English Subtitles Nation: Mazahua First People In the Oaxaca Mountains, Mexico, the Mixe Baja develop strategies to hide and preserve their language after five centuries of Spanish colonisation.

Sunday 27 September, 2:30 pm, Māoriland Hub

Year: 2019 Director: Paul Anders Simma Duration: 1 hour 26 minutes Language: Russian, Sámi with English Subtitles Nation: Sámi

Tasha is a nine-year-old Lapp girl held at a Russian orphanage despite having parents who are alive and well. In the background of Tasha’s fate lurks the greater global narrative about the stolen generations, placed in orphanages hoping that they might be assimilated into the majority population.

Docos Under The Skin Sunday 27 September, 3:30 pm, Raukawa Marae

Northwest Native Art at the Burke Museum

Year: 2019 Director: Anna Hoover Duration: 3 minutes Language: English Nation: Native Alaskan

A glimpse into the Native Art Gallery at the new Burke Museum in Seattle.

This Ink Runs Deep

Year: 2019 Director: Asia Youngman Duration: 16 minutes Language: D’harawal, Darug, and Dhurga Nation: Cree, Métis, Haudenosaunee

Travel across Canada and explore the revitalisation of traditional marks. In this doco we learn about the significance of tattoos for different Indigenous cultures; why they disappeared, and why they are now being brought back to life.