Matariki Short Film Festival

MATARIKI SHORT FILM FESTIVAL @ GALATOS

DATE: WEDNESDAY JUNE 23rd 2010

6.00 pm Galatos, Galatos Street (off Karangahape Road) Auckland

These seven very different short films have been selected for the Maori New Year and will play in venues across Aotearoa during Matariki. The common thread connecting them is identity. From the struggles of our dispossessed rangatahi in South Auckland today, back to the struggles of our people in the late 1800s, we watch as characters explore who they are.

BROTHER SMASHPROOF

// 2009 NZ 5 mins Director Chris Graham

Maori and Polynesian group Smashproof profile tragedy and struggle in South Auckland.

SIX DOLLAR FIFTY MAN

// 2010 NZ 15 mins Directors Mark Albiston & Louis Sutherland

Set in 1970s New Zealand, The Six Dollar Fifty Man follows Andy, a gutsy 8 year-old boy who is forced to break out of his make-believe superhero world to deal with playground bullies.

LILY AND RA

// 2009 NZ 8 mins Director Armagan Ballantyne

The injury and nursing back to health of a small bird is a metaphor for Ra's fractured home life. Film produced by ART for The World under the auspices of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights. Script by Briar Grace-Smith.

URU ***AUDIENCE AWARD WAIROA 2010***

// 2010 NZ 16 mins Director Hiona Henare

URU is the story of a young dispirited Maori woman finding her identity. Based on the true story of a group of Kahungunu women struggling for the rights of Maori Women and Maori values in New Zealand during the 1890’s. Actors: Noa Campbell, Shannon Claire.

MOKOPUNA

// 2009 NZ 12 min Director/Writer Ainsley Gardiner

Mary is a part Maori girl, living in middle class suburban New Zealand.

KEHUA

// 2009 NZ 13 min Director/Writer Wiremu Grace

On returning to his home for the first time, a boy discovers he has a gift for seeing spirits – but he must gather his strength to understand their messages.

THE WHITE TIGER

// 2009 NZ 8 mins Director Taika Waititi (Te Whanau-a-Apanui)

An urban warrior returns to his tribal homeland in a quest for his cultural identity.

WARBRICK ***AUDIENCE AWARD WAIROA 2009***

// 2009 NZ 15 min Director Meihana & Pere Durie

One man’s legacy, one nation’s legend.

Join us for WINE & BEER following and WILD PORK fresh from the Wairoa Pig Hunt.

Presented in association with Te Roopu Whakaata Maori I Te Wairoa and Nga Aho Whakaari.

Host MIC Toi Rerehiko. Supported by NZ Film Commission & Creative NZ.