THURSDAY 22 MARCH 6 PM – 7:45 PMNgā Purapura RATED : M Provoking stories from around the globe combined with the tension and fun of bingo! BROWN LIPS Nakkiah LuiGamillaroi/Torres Strait Islander – Australia2017 A family falls apart and two lives change forever, as two cousins from Sydney’s outer suburbs turn their backs on their […]
Friday 23 March – Sunday 25 March10 am – 7 pmrepeated on a loop, free entryNgā Purapura Te Kakano is a stunning immersive space within Ngā Purapura. Take your shoes off and step inside this quiet space to enjoy a programme of intimate short films. GOLDEN MEMORIES Moerangi VercoeLanguage: English, Te Reo MāoriNgāti Awa / […]
Thursday 22 March10 AM – 11:30 AMThe Civic Theatre Saturday 24 March10:30 AM – 11:45 AMNgā Purapura Land is the giver of life. We are the land and return to it. We hold the land in trust for our children. FLAT ROCKS Courtney MontourMohawk – Canada 2017 Louis Diabo battles against the construction of Canada’s St. […]
Thursday 22 March 2 PM – 3:30 PMThe Civic Theatre Sunday 25 March 10 AM – 11:30 AMNgā Purapura Family comes in many shapes, but where there is love there is family. FROM UP NORTH Trudy StewartCree – Canada2017 Trudy Stewart shares her experience working for the Truth and Reconciliation Commission. GIRL WITH A FISH NECKLACE […]
Thursday 22 March 12 PM – 1:30 PMThe Civic Theatre Sunday 25 March 12 PM – 1:30 PMNgā Purapura We are all connected. A LIFE LIKE THIS Isaiah Tour Aotearoa 2017 A young New Zealander and his father explore their family’s refugee story as survivors of the Khmer Rouge regime. CAPTIVITY NARRATIVE Jason AsenapCommanche Nation – USA 2017 […]
Thursday 22 March 4 PM – 5:30 PMThe Civic Theatre Saturday 24 March 12 PM – 1:30 PMNgā Purapura We each have a spirit or soul that exists within us from creation, and continues without us beyond death. BLIGHT Perun BonserNgarlama, Bunuba – Australia2017 What price for freedom? CONSUME Director: Michael PetersonProducer: Julian Black AntelopeBlackfoot […]
FRIDAY 23 MARCH 5 PM – 7 PMThe Civic Theatre NZ PREMIERE! Through Our Lens will also screen as part of the Māoriland Rangatahi Film Festival 2017RATED : G Māori connect with other peoples of the Pacific through a shared ancestor – Kiwa, hence ‘Te Moananui a Kiwa – The great ocean of Kiwa’. With support […]
FRIDAY 23 MARCH 1:30 PM – 2:45 PMThe Civic Theatre 2017RATED : PG Pacific Voices is the culmination of a craft development programme by Commonwealth Writers. Six writer/directors from Tonga and Papua New Guinea attended script development workshops with local script editors before developing their own scripts and shooting their own films, with the assistance of Brown […]
FRIDAY 23 MARCH 9:30 PM – 10:30 PMThe Civic Theatre RATED : PG13 A selection of short films that will spook you! BLIGHT Perun BonserAboriginal Australia 2017 Set in the early 20th century on Australia’s western frontier, a police Constable hunts down a band of dangerous Criminals aided by a young, female Aboriginal Tracker. When the […]
THINKING AT THE EDGE OF THE WORLD FRIDAY 23 MARCH 3:30 PM – 4:15 PMThe Civic Theatre Rating: G Ben HardingNorway2016 This series of short films were produced for OCA (Office for Contemporary Art, Norway) by Cultureshock Media as part of a wider cross-disciplinary international conference held in 2016. These documentaries are part of a […]