INDIGENOUS SHORT FILMS

A screening of seven short films from Maori and Pacific Islander artists which reflect on the past but, more importantly, the present of New Zealand’s indigenous and Pacific Islander inhabitants.

Two Cars, One Night
Directed by: Taika Waititi, 2004, 11 min.
Sometimes first love is found in the most unlikely of places, like in the car park outside the Te Kaha pub.

Pumanawa – The Gift
Directed by: Poata Eruera, 2013, 14 min.
Learning that her daughter is serious about a Christian boyfriend, a mother fears it will threaten a spiritual gift both women have inherited. She takes her daughter back to her own tragic past to show how loneliness, hope and faith can turn love into turmoil.

Tits on a Bull  
Directed by: Tim Worrall, 2014, 15min.
Set in a woman’s rugby team in rural New Zealand, Tits on a Bull follows star player Phoenix as she struggles to choose between her long-term friendship with her aging coach and her blossoming relationship with team captain, Melanie.

Ukaipo Whenua 
Directed by: Kararaina Rangihau, 2016, 17 min.
An elderly, dying woman sends for her beloved grandson to come home to sort out the inheritance of her land. She fears that her land will be divided, and with it her family. But his arrival and efforts are met with resistance from the rest of the family.

Sunday Fun Day
Directed by: Dianna Fuemana, 2016, 15 min.
A fa’afafine teeneger’s fantasy and a solo mum’s reality collide, leaving both to grapple a system that doesn’t know how they fit in.

Waiting
Directed by:  Amberley Jo Aumua, 2017, 12 min.
Two boys wait outside a shop for a life changing phone call.

Laundry
Directed by: Becs Arahanga, 2017, 11 min.
When a happily married woman struggles to find intimacy due to the demands of raising a family, orgasmic pleasure is found in the most unlikely places.