Whānau Shorts
Kiriata Screening
Whānau Shorts
Sunday 4 February
4 pm Whānau Shorts, Len Lye Centre Cinema, Govett-Brewster Art Gallery Buy Tickets
The KIRIATA MĀORI Showcase is a partnership between the Wairoa Māori Film Festival and the Govett-Brewster Art Gallery in Ngāmotu New Plymouth. Māori, Pasifika and Indigenous moving image art works will be screened over Waitangi weekend 2024 during the Te Hau Whakatonu exhibition.
Curator's Statement: "It's all about whānau, in our Whānau Shorts collection. A young boy is worried for his uncle, in Ngā Riwha a Tama. A daughter looks for joy with her father who has a life threatening diagnosis in Fast Eddie. A mother supports her young son who is a takiwātanga (autistic) child in He Karu He Taringa. Just three of the five stories presented in our Whānau Shorts collection."
Screen artists:
Hattie Adams, Ryan Bradley
Keeti Ngatai Melbourne (Ngāti Porou, Ngāi Tūhoe)
Keeley Meechan (Māori)
Claudia Puti Holmstead-Morris (Māori)
Tahuaroa Ohia (Ngāi Te Rangi, Ngāti Pukenga, Ngāti Hine, Ngāpuhi)
Tohorā, Hattie Adams, Ryan Bradley
Whānau Shorts
PROGRAMME
Tohorā
Hattie Adams, Ryan Bradley, 3 min Aotearoa
Two boys meet on an idyllic beach and forge a friendship that sees bonds tested and the origins of a timeless tale formed. Based on the legend of the Tohorā (southern whale) as told by native Maori of Aotearoa New Zealand.
Ngā Riwha a Tama
Keeti Ngatai Melbourne, 11 min, Aotearoa
To Tama, Uncle Brown is the best hunter on the whole East Coast. Little does he realise, Uncle’s is hunting for his own life. Kei te haere maua ki te whakangau Tia.
This film was made as part of the Ngā Pakiaka Incubator Programme - 8 short films made by a new generation of emerging young Māori filmmakers, developed and produced by Māoriland Film Festival’s rangatahi (youth) development programme.
Created during the first COVID-19 lockdown in 2020 and supported by the Sundance Institute’s Reinstitute and Reimagine Plan and Te Tumu Whakaata Taonga - New Zealand Film Commission’s Rangatahi fund. Production of the films was supported by over 700 Boosted supporters.
Fast Eddie
Keeley Meechan, 13 min Aotearoa
Seeking joy after his life-threatening diagnosis, a determined father attempts one last adventure with his daughter: an ambitious bike ride that will push them to physical and emotional limits.
Four years ago, former cyclist and charismatic go-getter Eddie was diagnosed with Multiple System Atrophy, a terminal neurodegenerative disorder that has taken his voice, mobility and quality of life. Not ready to give in to the disease, Eddie and his daughter Keely prepare for their greatest adventure together: a gruelling bike ride around Central Otago’s Lake Dunstan trail.
Tokorua Hei Kotahi
Claudia Puti Holmstead-Morris, 10 min Aotearoa
In the days following her grandmother’s passing and as she prepares for the tangi, 12 year old Anahera’s grief materialises as a mirror version of herself, in which she becomes more dissociated from her Māori identity.
He Karu He Taringa
Tahuaroa Ohia, 13 min Aotearoa
To six-year-old Ben, the world is full of loud noises and frightening images. As Ben struggles with everyday life, his mother searches desperately to find a way to help her son.
He Karu He Taringa is an immersive short film about how a takiwātanga (autistic) child sees and hears the world.
Emerging Māori director, Tahuaroa (Tahu) Ohia was diagnosed with Autism and Global Developmental Delay when he was six years old. The only way he talked to people was to quote movie lines from movies & tv shows – thus sparking his interest in screen storytelling.
Tokorua Hei Kotahi, Claudia Puti Holmstead-Morris
He Karu He Taringa, Tahuaroa Ohia