Waru

Eight female Māori directors have each contributed a ten minute vignette, presented as a continuous shot in real time, that unfolds around the tangi (funeral) of a small boy (Waru) who died at the hands of his caregiver. The vignettes are all...

New Zealand Production

Feature 2017 Drama 86.00 minutes

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WARU is a feature film made up of eight 10 minute short films, each written and directed by Māori women film makers. Following the death of a child, eight Māori women are confronted by guilt, pride and defeat but will ultimately risk everything for the greater good of their community.

Wairoa Maori Film Festival

Grand Jury Prize for Outstanding International Narrative Feature

2017: NZIFF

Toronto International Film Festival

ImagineNATIVE

WINDA

Hawaii International Film Festival

Aspen Film Festival

2018: Available Light Film Festival

Skábmagovat Film Festival Finland

Cinema Politica, Montreal

Te Kuki Airani Film Festival, Cook Islands

San Diego Asian Film Festival

LA Asian Pacific Film Festival (Grand Jury Prize for Outstanding International Narrative Feature)

Maoriland Film Festival

Palm Springs International Film Festival

Smithsonian Native Cinema Showcase

Santa Fe

Edinburgh Film Festival

Seattle International Film Festival

Asinabka Film & Media Arts Festival, Canada

Down Under Film Festival - Germany

WNDX Festival of Moving Image, Winnipeg

FEM&IST Film Festival, Melbourne

Aussie & Kiwi Film Festival, Prague

Dharamshala International Film Festival, India

Objectifs Centre Singapore - Women In Film Program

Reel Reservations, Canada

Asian Film Festival Barcelona, Spain

Rotorua Indigenous Film Festival

Glasgow Feminist Arts Festival - Femspectives

2019: Weengushk Film Festival Ontario, Canada

Berlin Feminist Week

Utah Pacific Island Film Series

Garifuna Intl Indigenous Film Festival, Venice CA

NZ Film Festival Russia (Moscow)

Cannes Antipodes Film Festival

Directors

Briar Grace-Smith

Casey Kaa

Ainsley Gardiner

Katie Wolfe

Renae Maihi

Chelsea Cohen

Paula Whetu Jones

Awanui Simich-Pene

Producers

Kerry Warkia

Kiel McNaughton

Screenplay Writers

Briar Grace-Smith

Casey Kaa

Ainsley Gardiner

Katie Wolfe

Renae Maihi

Chelsea Cohen

Paula Whetu Jones

Josephine Stewart-Te Whiu

Crew

Drew Sturge | DOP

Riria Lee | Production Designer

Lindah Lepou | Costume Designer

Lauren King | Music

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