2018 Feature Films - MĀORILAND CHARITABLE TRUST

FEATURE FILMS

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BIRKEBEINERNE

Norway is ravaged by civil war, and the prince Haakon Haakonsson is born in secrecy. A boy half the kingdom is out to kill, and whom two men have to protect with their own lives.

MALIGLUTIT

Nunavut, circa 1913. Kuanana returns from a caribou hunt to discover his wife and daughter kidnapped, and the rest of his family slaughtered. His father’s spirit helper, the loon Kallulik, sets him on course to overturn fate and reunite his family

ONE THOUSAND ROPES

One Thousand Ropes is a powerful character drama of a father reconnecting with his youngest daughter and together putting to rest the ghosts that haunt them.

OFELAŠ

31 years after its premiere, we will raise the curtains for the very first Sámi feature film – Nils Gaup’s intense action adventure.

WARU

Eight female Māori directors have each contributed a ten-minute vignette, presented as a continuous shot in real time, that unfolds around the tangi (funeral) of a small boy (Waru) who died at the hands of his caregiver.

WHALERIDER

FREE WHĀNAU OUTDOOR SCREENING Set in the East Coast town of Whāngārā, Whale Rider tells the tale of a young Māori girl, Pai (Keisha Castle-Hughes), who challenges tradition and embraces the past in order to find the strength to lead her people forward.

FEATURE FILMS

BIRKEBEINERNE

MALIGLUTIT

ONE THOUSAND ROPES

OFELAŠ

WARU

WHALERIDER

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