Wairoa Maori Film Festival 2010

JOIN US FOR THE WAIROA MAORI FILM FESTIVAL 2010, Taihoa Marae, Wairoa (June 4th) and Kahungunu Marae, Nuhaka (June 5th to 7th), Wairoa District, our fifth anniversary celebration of the best in Maori and indigenous film arts and entertainment.

Festival Programme Now Online www.manawairoa.com

Starting in Wairoa on the Thursday then on to Nuhaka (Wairoa District) from Friday through to Monday.

Join us over 50 films Maori and international indigenous over 5 days all screenings in a Marae in the tourism jewel that is Wairoa and Nuhaka (including Morere Hot Springs and Mahia - home of Moko the dolphin!)

Nau Mai! Haere Mai! Nau Mai! Haere Mai!

Thursday 3rd June: Taihoa Marae, Wairoa

3 pm | Official Festival Powhiri

4 pm | Welcoming Dinner

5 pm | Ka Haku Au - Kohine Whakarua Waiata

6 pm | Wairoa Maori Film Night fundraiser for Taihoa Marae Committee

With:

6 pm Short Film Selection - SIX DOLLAR FIFTY MAN, MOKOPUNA, WARBRICK

7.30 pm Feature BOY, with TWO CARS, ONE NIGHT

Friday 4th June: Kahungunu Marae, Nuhaka

9.30 am | Mihi Whakatau

10 am to 4 pm | Taking Wairoa to Warsaw, Nuhaka to New York

The Maori Film Hui 2010

10.00 am | Morning Tea

10.30 am | Korero Mo Te Whare Tipuna “Kahungunu”

11.00 am | Finding Our Talk 3: Words in the Air - Traditional storytelling finds a new voice on the airwaves thanks to indigenous broadcasters in N.Z. Australia and Canada (25 mins)

11.20 am | Taking Nuhaka to New York, Wairoa to Warsaw: Surfing the Global Indigenous Film Festival Presentation by Festival Director Leo Koziol

11.40 am | Presentation by NZOnscreen.com – Discover the best of New Zealand screen content

12.00 pm | LIVE SKYPE video link to Isuma.TV in the Arctic: Korero with Nathalie Kalina, Inuit film maker, Canada

12.00 pm | Lunch

12.30 pm | Social Marketing via Film & Video:

I Want to Go To The Beach (Music Video, 3 mins, NZ) Director Ben Cowper

Violence Free Tairawhiti (Music Video, 3 mins, NZ) Director Ben Cowper

Spare Change (Music Video, 3 mins, Canada) Director Mike Corbiere

1.00 pm | Kaitiakitanga Stories:

Story of a Kaitiaki (20 mins) Director Sophie Johnson.

Beyond the Kelp (24 mins) Director Amy Taylor

2.00 pm | Embracing the Collective Eye: How do we translate our stories on to screen?

5 pm | Dinner ($10/person)

6 pm | Nuhaka Maori Film Night

6 pm | Nuhaka Archive Films (FOR LOCAL NUHAKA AUDIENCE ONLY)

6.30 pm | Matariki Short Film Selection Part One (GENERAL PUBLIC) Short films MAJIC PAORA, LILY AND RA, URU, MY BROTHER'S KEEPER, KEI HEA TE KURI, KIA TOA, KARERE

8 pm | STRENGTH OF WATER Armagan Ballantyne & Briar Grace-Smith

Saturday 5th June: Kahungunu Marae, Nuhaka

9 am | October Silence - Argentina genocide stories

10.20 am | Cangleska Wakan - The Sacred Hoop

11.30 am | LAND OF THE LONG WHITE CLOUD - Far North fishing, Florian Habicht

1.30 pm | Embargo Collective - Lars Von Triers Five Obstructions applied by leading global indigenous film makers, TAIKA WAITITI, RIMA TAMOU, STERLIN HARJO, BLACKHORSE LOWE, ZOE LEIGH HOPKINS, LISA JACKSON, HELEN HAIG-BROWN

2.30 pm | OLDER THAN AMERICA (Feature Film) Starring Georgina Lightning and Adam Beach. Director Georgina Lightning in attendance.

4.30 pm | Matariki Short Film Selection Part Two - PG13 Adults Only session - BROTHER SMASHPROOF, ZERO, REDEMPTION, THE LAST WORDS, TE WHAKAPOURI THE DARKENING, DAYTRIP, MANUREWA (LAST MINUTE ADDITION), MINUIT AOTEAROA

7.30 pm | Kore / Tahi / Kore Multimedia Display - INSTALLATION WORKS BY REUBEN PATERSON AND TRACEY TAWHIAO CURATED BY LEO KOZIOL

8.00 pm | Beneath The Maori Moon - Festival Awards & Nuhaka Musical Evening - music of Nuhaka musical greats Walter Smith, Riki Smith, Tommy Taurima, Huia Koziol - HOMETOWN BY THE BAY, BENEATH THE MAORI MOON, NUHAKA GENERAL STORE, TE RINA

Sunday 6th June: Kahungunu Marae, Nuhaka

9 am | Festival Brunch ($10)

10 am | Finding Our Voice - Kohanga Reo New Zealand

11.30 am | Ka Haku Au - Kohine Whakarua - encore screening

1.00 pm | THIS WAY OF LIFE - Award Winning international feature from Berlin Film Festival - Karena Family from Omahu invited to attend

2.45 pm | NO PETROL NO DIESEL - Stefen Harris' hilarious sequel to WAIMATE CONSPIRACY, classic kiwi film hidden from audiences UNTIL NOW! Starring Jim Moriarty, Helen Pearse-Otene, Mark Hadlow and David McPhail, all who worked for free

4.30 | Invercargill Shorts - Profiling SIT as supporter of amazing innovative new film works, graduate Jade Gillies (Nuhaka whanaunga) in attendance introducing two films: DELICATE and OKU TUAKANA TWO BROTHERS

5.30 pm | Dinner ($10/person)

6 pm | A Good Day To Die - stunning portrait of the life of DENNIS BANKS who is the founder and leader of the AMERICAN INDIAN MOVEMENT

8 pm | BOY Feature Film - special encore screening for Nuhaka audience, fundraiser for Kahungunu Marae all tickets donated back to the marae

Monday 7th June: Kahungunu Marae, Nuhaka

9.30 am | After The Storm - NZ Premiere of Patty Loew's new film on resource conflicts between fishermen and native people in Wisconsin

10 am | Hawaii Sovereignty - stunning history of Hawaii - Director Catherine Bauknight

11.30 am | REEL INJUN - amazing trip through time, from the earliest silent films to present day, REEL INJUN looks at how Hollywood has portrayed Native American Indian peoples in film, stunning portrait interviews with Clint Eastwood, Jim Jarmusch, John Trudell, Adam Beach, Grahame Green, Russell Means - deeply personal and poignant story from Director NEIL DIAMOND

12.45 pm | Day Trip (short) ENCORE with special late minute addition MANUREWA (RP13 audiences)

1 pm | Poroporoaki/Lunch - farewell for another year