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Māori Pasifika Shorts 2024

Fri., Aug. 9, 8:00pm 

@ Arts Court Theatre (2 Daly Ave.)


Program Length: 56m


Curated by Leo Koziol

Festival Director, Wairoa Māori Film Festival

Tickets

IKura Huna by IA

Band Name: IA 

Song Title: Kura Huna 

Release Date: 12 Jul 2024 

Culture: Māori Country: 

Aotearoa New Zealand 

Langauge: Te Reo Māori 

Composers: Moetu Smith, Reti Hedley Producer: Reti Hedley Lyric Video: Stephen Hutt Funded by: Te Mangai Paho

Me by IA

Me Band Name: IA 

Song Title: Me 

Release Date: 08 Sep 2023 

Country: Aotearoa New Zealand 

Langauge: Te Reo Māori 

Writers: Reti Hedley, Ruth Smith, Choice Vaughan and Mohi Allen. Composers: Reti Hedley, Moetu Smith, Choice Vaughan. Produced: Reti Hedley Mixed & Mastered: Reti Hedley Director: Moehau Hodges-Tai DOP: Joe Hitchcock Visual Artist: Marcus Winter Funded by: Te Māngai Pāho & NZ on Air

MAUNGA CASSINO

Aotearoa New Zealand, 16 min

Director Paolo Rotondo, Writers Paolo Rotondo and Rob Mokaraka (Māori)


Italy, World War 2. In the shadow of Monte Cassino Monastery, a battle-hardened Māori soldier pursues a rooster into a stable but hidden inside an Italian deserter hides. They find themselves trapped in a dangerous standoff.


SHADES OF BLUE AND GREEN

Aotearoa New Zealand, 10 min

Director Leigh Minarapa (Māori)


Gem tries to stay strong as she grows increasingly concerned for her partner's pain.

KŌKAKO

Aotearoa New Zealand, 14 min

Director Douglas Brooks (Māori)


An aspiring ornithologist braves the New Zealand wilderness searching for a bird thought to be extinct when she learns of her grandmother's death.

CHATTERBOX

Aotearoa New Zealand, 14 min

Director Tainui Tukiwaho (Māori)


A woman struggles with her relationship with her body. It's not that she hates it, it's just she wishes her vagina would stop calling her bitch.

MANU COMES FROM AOTEAROA

Director Suzanne Kiri Tamaki (Māori) • 2 min


Manu, the plastic Māori, is sharing her korero about Aotearoa.

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