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Auckland – Tāmaki Makaurau OFFICIAL MĀORI FILM WEEK PROGRAMME AUCKLAND TĀMAKI MAKAURAU, AOTEAROA NEW ZEALAND JUNE 30 TO JULY 8 MATARIKI 2018 Ellen Melville Centre, Auckland CBD July 6 to 8, Pā Rongorongo, Auckland CBD June 30 to July 8 Central City Library, Auckland CBD, July 2 & 5, TSB Wallace Arts Centre, Auckland, June 30 to July 8 MĀORI FILM WEEK: FILM PROGRAMME 2018 FRIDAY 6.7.18 SATURDAY 7.7.18 SATURDAY 7.7.18 SUNDAY 8.7.18 Ellen Melville Centre Ellen Melville Centre Academy Cinema Ellen Melville Centre Freyberg Square: Pioneer Women's Hall: 12 pm Mao'hi Nui Pioneer Women's Hall: 10 am Powhiri for 10 am Not Just Another (feature documentary) 10 am Seven Rivers Walking International Delegation Mountain/Searching for the 12 pm Broken Barrier 11 am to 2 pm Long Lunch Bone People 2 pm Inuit Programme (feature presentation) (DJ Session) 12 pm Mana Wairoa Shorts with Asinnajaq 2 pm Mana Wahine Shorts 6 pm Journey to Zygertron: 1 pm Māori Comicon Panel 3.30 pm Afternoon Tea “Spacemen to Savages” 2 pm Māori Futurism Shorts 4 pm Out Of State 4 pm Waru Experience with Troy Kingi 3 pm Māori Comicon Panel (feature documentary) (feature presentation) 4 pm Māori Futurism Shorts 6 pm Close/Poroporoaki Pioneer Women's Hall: 6 pm The Breaker Upperers 2 pm Let Us Dance Helen Clark Room: Helen Clark Room: 3 pm United by Water 10 am to 4 pm 8 pm Te Makutu Shorts 10 am to 4 pm 4 pm Mana Wairoa Shorts Indigenous Worlds (horror and sci-fi collection) Indigenous Worlds (continuous programme) (continuous programme) 8 pm Indigenous Futurism Shorts incl. Sound/Tracks Eleitina (Paddy) Walker Eleitina (Paddy) Walker from Asinabka Festival Room & Marilyn Waring Room & Marilyn Waring Room: 10 am to 4 pm Room: 10 am to 4 pm Betty Wark Room: Imagined Worlds Imagined Worlds Kaporangi Kiriata Lounge (continuous programme) (continuous programme) VR demonstrations and industry support Betty Wark Room: Betty Wark Room: 10 am to 4 pm Kaporangi Kiriata Lounge Kaporangi Kiriata Lounge 10 am to 4 pm 10 am to 4 pm MĀORI FILM WEEK: ART PROGRAMME 2018 Pā Rongorongo TSB Wallace Arts Centre Freyberg Square & Bledisloe Lane Kaporangi Kiriata – Natasha Kaporangi Kiriata: CineMarae Kaporangi Kiriata: Light Boxes Keating, Kereama Taepa and Works by Natasha Keating, Tracey Kaporangi Kiriata illuminates the streets Steven Paul Judd Light Activation Tawhiao, George Nuku, Tame Iti, of Tāmaki Makaurau with the art works Sat 30 June, 6pm, then nightly until Sun Charlotte Graham, Ratu Tibble, Miigizi, of Natasha Keating, Tracey Tawhiao, 15 July; art exhibition daily Assinajaq and Matthew Randall. Charlotte Graham, Miigizi, Assinajaq, Until Sun 22 July Kereama Taepa, Troy Kingi and Johnson Tue – Fri, 10am – 3pm; Weekends, Witehira, Daily and nightly until July 9. 8am – 5pm; Closed Mondays MĀORI FILM WEEK: ASSOCIATED EVENTS & SCREENINGS Central City Library Kia Ora Shorts Whakapapa Film Festival of Sci-Fi Māori Film for the Homeless Corban Estate Arts Centre Irsina & Matera, Italy 10 am Monday July 2 12 July, 13 July Friday July 6 to Sunday July 8 This will be followed by free food With very special guest Renae Maihi served to homeless, from 12.30pm at Matariki Shorts Pā Rongorongo. Lopdell Precinct. 4 July Rangatahi Sci-Fi Māori Film Workshop Wed 4 July, 10am–4pm Women of Waru (shorts) TSB Bank Wallace Arts Centre 1 pm & 3 pm - 1 July, 8 July, 15 July INVADERS – 1641: Steven Paul Judd (Cherokee) 2018 WELCOME TO MĀORI FILM WEEK – HE WIKI KIRIATA MĀORI Wairoa Māori Film Festival presents He Wiki Kiriata Māori – Māori Film Week, a celebration of Māori and indigenous cinema and multimedia in central Auckland. This year the theme is Māori Futurism, spread across nine days and seven venues, with over 50 short films, feature dramas and documentaries. He Wiki Kiriata Māori presents a feast of futuristic and fantastic Māori and indigenous art and culture, including Lightbox Art Exhibitions in Freyberg Place and Bledisloe Lane. Māori Film Week - He Wiki Kiriata Māori is supported by Auckland Council and the New Zealand Film Commission. SPECIAL EVENTS OFFICIAL MĀORI FILM WEEK POWHIRI FREYBERG PLACE, AUCKLAND, 10 AM FRIDAY JULY 6 Nau Mai! Nau Mai! Haere Mai! Join us for the official Māori Film Week powhiri (traditional Māori welcome), welcoming film makers from across Aotearoa and around the world. Our registration desk is also open right after the powhiri. Then settle in for a weekend of great films! 6 PM RECEPTION & RED CARPET 7 PM PERFORMANCE 6 PM FRIDAY JULY 6, ELLEN MELVILLE CENTRE Come on the JOURNEY TO ZYGERTRON, a very special night themed on "Māori Futurism" with a live performance of tracks from "Shake Your Skinny Ass All The Way to Zygertron" by Troy Kingi, official launch of Māori Film Week on to the Auckland arts and film calendar, and some vey special surprises and treats in store (look out for laser beams, robots, savages and spacemen…). Complimentary non-alcoholic cocktails from Seedlip and ginger beer from Hakanoa. 1 PM TO 5 PM SATURDAY JULY 7 PIONEER WOMENS HALL, ELLEN MELVILLE CENTRE Join us for the first ever Māori Comic Con, with very special guest Steven Paul Judd all the way from Oklahoma City! 1 pm Māori Comic Con Panel 1 (Tane Panel) Russell Brown with Steven Paul Judd, Troy Kingi & Dan Taipua (invited) 2 pm Māori Futurism Shorts (Part 1) Steven Paul Judd Retrospective, presented by Steven Paul Judd 3 pm Māori Comic Con Panel 2 (Wahine Panel) Special guest Māori video game designers and sci-fi writers 4 pm Māori Futurism Shorts (Part 2) A collection of Māori and Pasfika short films curated by Leo Koziol for the first ever Māori Comic Con event POROPOROAKI PIONEER WOMENS HALL, ELLEN MELVILLE CENTRE, AUCKLAND, 6 PM SUNDAY JULY 8 Haere Ra to those who have travelled for the first ever Māori Film Week, from near and far. Wairoa Māori Film Festival would not be possible without the support of our many funders and partners including New Zealand Film Commission and Auckland Council COVER ART ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS: Wheku – Kereama Taepa; Māori Font – Johnson Witehira) ASINNAJAQ – “EYES CLOSED TIGHT” ARTWORK FOR HE WIKI KIRIATA MĀORI, 2018 LET US DANCE PIONEER WOMENS HALL, ELLEN MELVILLE CENTRE, AUCKLAND, 2 PM FRIDAY JULY 6 Jacques Navarro-Rivera 56 min French Polynesia 2018 Two specialized contemporary dancers arrive to Tahiti to manage "Masterclass" of therapy by the dance with the differentl abled community. A young contemporary choreographer living in Tahiti and a young Polynesian dancer follow these 3 weeks of transmission of knowledge. UNITED BY WATER PIONEER WOMENS HALL, ELLEN MELVILLE CENTRE, AUCKLAND, 3 PM FRIDAY JULY 6 Derrick LaMere 2017 55 min United States “You can flood the path, but we’ll always find our way back” The 5 tribes (Colville Confederated Tribes, Couer D'Alene, Kalispel, Kootenai Tribe of Idaho, Spokane) of the Upper Columbia River unite on the water in traditional canoes for the first time since the Grand Coulee Dam flooded their traditional waterways 76 years ago. Narrated by Sherman Alexie Directed by Derrick LaMere Sponsored by Upper Columbia United Tribes a War Pony Pictures Production. ASINNAJAQ – “EYES WIDE OPEN” ARTWORK FOR HE WIKI KIRIATA MĀORI, 2018 MANA WAIROA SHORTS PIONEER WOMENS HALL, ELLEN MELVILLE CENTRE, AUCKLAND 4 PM FRIDAY JULY 6 & 12 PM SATURDAY JULY 7 A collection of award winning films from the Wairoa Māori Film Festivals – 2017 and 2018. (62 minutes) NEW TAKEOVER – Stan Walker Best Video Māori Music Awards 2017 Music Video Stan Walker 2017 4 min NZ Director: Shae Sterling (Māori) MEKE Tim Worrall (Māori) 2017 8 min NZ The arrival of a trainer's daughter into the midst of backstage preparations before an important boxing match threatens to destroy the relationship between fighter and coach. Meke – Best Actor Māori 2018 PUORO Komako-Aroha Silver (Māori) 2017 13min NZ A story following the journey of Jerome Kavanagh, a young Māori practitioner of taonga puoro (traditional instruments used in sacred, ritual and healing ceremonies) as he revives ancient ancestral practices in our contemporary world. (documentary) Puoro – Best Māori Short Wairoa 2018 NATALIE Director Qianna Titore (Māori) Producer Eloise Veber Exec Producer Michael Bennett (Māori) 2017 9 min NZ A coming of age drama set in the Far North’s Hokianga harbour. On the day that 14-year-old Natalie is given a precious waiata composed by her deceased Koro, she is unexpectedly thrown into a journey that will leave her changed forever. Natalie – Community Award Wairoa 2017 TAMA Directors Jared Flitcroft (Māori, Deaf) & Jack O’Donnell 2017 9 min NZ Tama is the result of a unique collaboration between deaf and hearing filmmakers. Tama is about a young Māori deaf boy who wants to learn the Haka. On a near fatal car trip, Tama has to confront his family. In his struggle he begins to grow from an undervalued youth into a proud young man. Best Māori Short Wairoa 2017 SUNDAY FUNDAY Dianna Fuemana (Pasifika) 2017 15 min NZ A teenager and a solo mum prepare to have their own fun on a Sunday. "Tiger knows exactly how the world looks at her, but still fights to be accepted by her peers. Acceptance in this case is to be left alone without question." — Craig Fasi, Pollywood - Award Winner imagineNATIVE 2017 HERE TO STAY General Fiyah feat Three Houses Down Director Samson Rambo 2018 Winner Best Music Video – Pacific Music Awards 2018 INDIGENOUS FUTURISMS SHOWCASE PIONEER WOMENS HALL, ELLEN MELVILLE CENTRE AUCKLAND, 8 PM FRIDAY JULY 6 A special showcase of indigenous futurism and fantasy works, including a curated collection of shorts presented by the Asinabka Festival of Canada.