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MFF19 |Whenua Shorts

Name: MFF19 |Whenua Shorts
Start: 2019-03-21T11:00:00+13:00
End: 2019-03-21T12:30:00+13:00
Location: The Civic Theatre

March 21, 2019 @ 11:00 am - 12:30 pm NZDT

The land sustains us. One day we will return to it.

In The Valley Of Wild Horses

 SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE PREMIERE

Year: 2018
Director: Asia Youngman, Trevor Mack
Duration: 23 minutes
Language: English
Nation: Cree, Iroquois, Carrier and Tsilhqot’in

Every summer in the interior of British Columbia, Canada, the community of Xeni Gwet’in travel 200-km by horse and wagon; from their home in Nemiah Valley to the famous Williams Lake stampede.

ᎢᎬᏱ ᏅᏬᏘ, ᎠᏍᎦᏯ ᎦᏅᎯᏓ (First Medicine, Long Man)

SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE PREMIERE

Year: 2018
Director: Joseph Erb
Duration: 14 minutes
Language: English
Nation: Cherokee

Cherokee waters and today’s issues with pollution.

Greenland Timelapses | Qeqertarsuaq

SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE PREMIERE

Year: 2018
Director: Ulannaq Ingemann
Duration: 3 minutes
Language: No Dialogue
Nation: Greenlandic Inuk

A time lapse exploration of Greenland. We start the journey in Qeqertarsuaq.

The National Interest

SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE PREMIERE

Year: 2018
Director: Andrew Genaille
Duration: 3 minutes
Language: English
Nation: Peters First Nation, Sto:lo

Jeb and Kevin meet on a pipeline protest, and an interesting conversation ensues.

Niyamgiri – The Mountain of Law

AOTEAROA PREMIERE

Year: 2018
Director: Surya Shankar Dash
Duration: 10 minutes
Language: Kui and Odia with English subtitles
Nation: Kondh Tribe, Odisha, India

For two decades the Dongria Kondh Indigenous community has fought to protect their sacred hills, Niyamgiri (Odisha, India) from mining company Vedanta.

Tulalip and Gaua – Merelava Women’s Shellfish Project

 AOTEAROA PREMIERE

Year: 2019
Director: Georgina Kaitiplel
Duration: 8 minutes
Language: Bislama, Lakon with English Subtitles
Nation: Ni-Vanuatu

A documentary about the art of making shell money in Gaua, Vanuatu.

Home

 AOTEAROA PREMIERE

Year: 2018
Director: Inuk Jørgensen
Duration: 8 minutes
Language: English
Nation: Inuit, Greenlandic.

A personal perspective on coming home after nearly a decade abroad, and finding that something is not right in what was a familiar paradise. A warning that profound change is coming.

Gʷidəq (Geoduck)

SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE PREMIERE

Year: 2018
Director: Tracy Rector
Duration: 6 minutes
Language: English
Nation: Choctaw, Sacred Water Canoe Family

Suquamish diver Lydia Sigo dives deep for the ancient clam called Geoduck. More than just harvesting food, or making an income, the practice is about sustaining her people and cultural values.