The matriarch of a large Polynesian family lies bedridden and silent, unable or unwilling to speak after a long illness. When a family crisis strikes, Nan Maria gets some unexpected help as she struggles to reunite her fractured family.
New Zealand Production
Short2016Drama14.00 minutes
An ailing Polynesian matriarch must find the strength to lead her family one last time.
Wairoa Māori Film Festival
Moana Award for Best Pasifika Short Film
PBS Online Film Festival
Audience Award for Most Popular Film
2017: Hawaii International Film Festival
Pollywood Pasifika Film Festival
Skábmagovat Saami Film Festival
MFAT South American Roadshow of New Zealand Films
Māoriland Film Festival
Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival
Présence Autochtone: Montreal First Peoples Festival
Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian Native Cinema Showcase
Pacific Cine Waves
Whau Pacific Festival
Berlin Down Under Film Festival
Siapo Cinema Wellington
imagineNATIVE Media Arts Festival
Nuku'alofa Film Festival
Hokianga Film Festival
Show Me Shorts
Aussie and Kiwi Film Festival Prague
FIFO Tahiti Film Festival
Te Kuki Airani Film Festival
Native Crossroads Oklahoma
Directors
Jeremiah Tauamiti
Producers
Karin Williams
Screenplay Writers
Taofia Pelesasa
Cast
Leiataua “Ma” Si’ulepa Nan Maria
Mary Lauati Little Maria
Fua'o Teli Niu
Teresa Fa'alogo Nifo
Victor Kalolo Pio
Crew
Fred Renata|
DOP
Damon Fepulea'i|
Editor
Poulima Salima|
Music
Vea Mafile'o|
Production Designer
Production Company
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