Wairoa Film Festival 2015
A FEAST OF FILM OVER ONE WEEKEND ON THE MARAE!
Here is the amazing line up for the Wairoa Maori Film Festival! We hope you can support us by helping out our BOOSTED
campaign to get struggling young film makers and kaumatua of film art to our festival in two weekends! Check out fill
programme atwww.kiaora.tv
One Marae.
One Cinema.
62 Short Films.
5 Features.
6 Documentaries.
NAU MAI! NAU MAI! HAERE MAI!
Announcing the Official Programme of the
Wairoa Maori Film Festival 2015
Friday May 29 to Monday June 1, 2015 * Matariki
Queen's Birthday Weekend
Film Hui: Kahungunu Marae, Nuhaka, Wairoa, Aotearoa
Grand Gala and Maori Film Day: Gaiety Theatre, Wairoa, Aotearoa
Closing Night: Morere Hot Springs, Wairoa, Aotearoa
FRIDAY MAY 29TH: KAHUNGUNU MARAE, NUHAKA
3 pm Official Festival Powhiri
4 pm Registration
5 pm Wahine Shorts
5.30 pm Welcome Hakari Dinner
6 pm Maori Shorts I
8 pm Umbrella Man - Lennie Hill
SATURDAY MAY 30TH: KAHUNGUNU MARAE, NUHAKA
9.15 am World Shorts I
10.30 am Genome
11 am Maori Shorts II
12 pm Lunch with Virtual Reality Demo
12.30 pm 4th Cinema Academic Panel: Dr. Ella Henry, Dr. Davinia Thornley, Deborah Walker Morrison
1.30 pm The Maori New Wave Panel
3 pm The Dead Lands (R) Toa Fraser
3 pm Hawaiian Shorts (G)
SATURDAY MAY 30TH: GAIETY THEATRE, WAIROA
6 pm Ribbon Cutting with Mayor of Wairoa
6.30 pm Red Carpet Reception
7 pm Maori Film Awards Gaiety Grand Gala!
Keynote: Gaylene Preston ONZM, Native Now! Media Art Showcase, Live Music, Kapa Haka
SUNDAY MAY 31ST: KAHUNGUNU MARAE, NUHAKA
9 am Black Panther Woman - Rachel Perkins
9 am World Shorts II
10 am Another Trip to the Moon - Ismael Basbeth
10 am My Legacy
11 am Circle of Life
11.30 am Confessions of Prisoner T - Michael Bennett
12.30 pm Lunch
1 pm Road to Paloma (R) Jason Momoa
1 pm Te Kati - Goethe Mystery (G)
2 pm Tatau
3 pm The Dark Horse
5 pm Closing Dinner
SUNDAY MAY 31ST: GAIETY THEATRE, WAIROA
10 am to 2.30 pm Wairoa Maori Short Film Day FREE
A collection of Family-Friendly NZ short films to celebrate the reopening of the Gaiety Theatre
3 pm Umbrella Man - Lennie Hill
SUNDAY MAY 31ST: MORERE CLOSING NIGHT FREE
7 pm Bush Cinema - Underground Shorts
9 pm DJ Set - Daughters of Hathor with Media Art Projections
MONDAY JUNE 1: KAHUNGUNU MARAE, NUHAKA
9 am Poroporoaki and Formal Closing of Festival
ends