Curated by Leo Koziol • Program Length: 1 hour
TOA
Joey Schuster • 5m • 2024 • New Zealand • English
TOA is inspired by the first Pacific Island contingent to fight alongside Great Britain in WW1. A group of 1255 soldiers, who were all left nameless and reduced to a statistic.
Nukunuku Whakairo: Carving with the Camera
Zena Elliott, Tia Barrett • 4.5m • 2025 • New Zealand • Maori & English
A collaborative and explorative moving image that offers new perspectives on mana Takatāpui identity through a multi-modal whakairo (carving) methodology.
Hounga'ia - Be Grateful
Mele Tupou • 4m • New Zealand • 2023 • Tonga (Tonga Islands)
A youth reflects on the many things he has to be grateful for, including pride in his culture.
WAIT, WAIT, NOW!
Ramon TeWake (Māori) • 13m • 2025 • New Zealand • English
A Maori and a Kiwi teen buddy up to raid their mum’s wardrobe and pucker their lips with red.
Cherries
Jaimee Poipoi (Māori) • 9 minutes • 2025 • New Zealand • English
When two single ladies attend an orgy for the first time, they end up exposing more than they ever could have imagined.
PUTI
Aroha Awarau (Māori), producer Louisa Tipene Opetaia (Māori) • 15 minutes • 2025 • New Zealand • English
A teenage girl loses her innocence while making the ultimate sacrifice to help her family.