See eight short films at Whānau Mārama: New Zealand International Film Festival (NZIFF) Ngā Whanaunga Māori Pasifika Shorts selection.
The eight short films from Aotearoa and the Pacific have been selected by curators Leo Koziol (Ngāti Kahungunu, Ngāti Rakaipaaka), Director of the Wairoa Māori Film Festival, and Craig Fasi (Niue), Director of the Pollywood Film Festival and will screen during NZIFF in all festival locations.
The selected shorts this year are: Tulounga Le Lagi (dir: Pati Tyrell), Kōkako (dir: Douglas Brooks), Whakaako kia Whakaora / Educate to Liberate (dir: Robert George), The Last Sunday (dir: Saito Lilo), Mako (dir: Mark Papali’i), Bringing Mere Home (dir: Keelan Walker), He Pounamu Ko Āu (dir: Tia Barrett), and I Am Paradise (dir: Hiona Henare).
Films are in English, Sāmoan and Te reo Māori with English subtitles
Duration: 91 minutes.
Rating: M