Washday
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Washday
Director Kath Akuhata-Brown • Aotearoa New Zealand • 14m
Eight-year-old Hine and her father still mourn the passing of her mother, but one day while her father works, Hine devises a plan to wash away her father’s sadness.
Disrupt
Disconnected
Washday
Director Jennifer Te Atamira & Ward-Lealand / Screenplay Aroha Awarau • Aotearoa New Zealand • 13m • 2021
When a burglary goes wrong, CJ must choose between his whānau and his next fix. “A whānau bond can't be broken apart, even if the trespasses made lead to forsaking not forgiving.” — LK
Disconnected
Disconnected
Disconnected
Director Maruia Jensen • Aotearoa New Zealand • 17m • 2021
Hip hop producer Chance hides away from his friends while secretly grieving a massive loss. “Emotional wounds bleed with no warning and seemingly no medical aid to assist with the spiritual healing required - however, bad can be accompanied by good.” — Craig Fasi, Pollywood
Tūī
True Love
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Director Awa Puna • Aotearoa New Zealand • • 18m • 2021
Tūī and brother Manaia live alone in a remote farm with their distant father still coming to terms with a tragic loss, but something in the forest calls to Tūī.
True Love
True Love
True Love
Director Raymond Edwards • Aotearoa New Zealand • 15m • 2021
James and Bella are in love, but Bella has a secret which could change their lives. “True love is tested in this engrossing tale saturated with East Coast light and modern romance angst.” — LK
Uha
True Love
True Love
Director/Writer/Performer Te KuraHuia Aotearoa New Zealand • 7m • 2022
Uha is an ancient Māori word for woman. A word to reconnect us to the first woman, me aro ki te hā o Hineahuone. Encouraging the importance of our whakapapa by honoring Hineahuone and her gifts from the past to present times by infusing all different art forms into a Visual EP.
Leo Koziol
Leo Koziol (Ngāti Kahungunu, Ngāti Rakaipaaka) is founder and director of the Wairoa Māori Film Festival. It is the longest-running indigenous film festival of New Zealand and takes place annually during Matariki in a traditional marae (Maori assembly house). Leo Koziol worked as cultural advisor in the Ministry of Maori Development and curates short films for the New Zealand International Film Festival (Ngā Whanaunga Maori Pasifika programme). He also curates for various film festivals in Canada, Italy, Polynesia, the United States and Australia. Leo is curator of the annual CineMarae art exhibition at the Wallace Arts Centre, Auckland. He is the subject of short film "Native in Nuhaka" by award winning film maker Hiona Henare. Leo is a member of the Anishnaabe Bawaadan Artists Collective based in Ontario, Canada. In 2019, he was presented with the Te Aupounamu Māori in Screen Excellence Award. In 2020, he was a guest film expert in the visitor programme of the Goethe Institute at the Berlinale film festival. Since 2020, he has been the indigenous editor of Letterboxd. With over 3 million members. Letterboxd is the leading social network for movie mavens and cinema fans alike.
