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A selection of the finest Aotearoa short films, brought to you by the Show Me Shorts Film Festival, NZFC and NZOA. Available free to air and On Demand.
PG, . (PG L) A court interpreter in colonial Samoa is faced with the choice to risk everything in order to help a wrongfully convicted chief.
PG, (PG L) Stuck in the middle of Auckland's housing crisis, two young hustlers discover some money and try to double it in the hope of buying an epic sandwich.
M, (MSL) A happily married woman struggles to find any sort of intimacy as she tries her best to raise a family.
PG, (PG VL) Te Puhi prepares herself for the toughest day of her life as the harsh reality of her father's dementia forces her to face the painful truth that she must let go of her daddy. 'Dadd
G, . Kevin works in a sardine factory, but dreams of becoming a sailor. He begins to build a fantastical boat in his backyard, much to the disdain of his family and friends.
16, . (16VLSS) MJ is a teenage boy with OCD living in Ōtara, New Zealand. An inspiring story of friendship that connects Pasifika culture, LGBTQI awareness, overcoming bullying and anxiety disord
M, . (ML) A Chinese single mother, Hui, grapples with the fallout of discovering her 16-year-old daughter’s pregnancy.
PG, . (PG L) A court interpreter in colonial Samoa is faced with the choice to risk everything in order to help a wrongfully convicted chief.
PG, . (PG) A grumpy old man lives next door to a noisy family, whom he hates. All he wants is peace and quiet, but when something happens to his neighbours he realises he does care about them.
G, Atawhai tries to get his uncles and aunties to help with the upkeep of their local Marae but problems between his three lawnmower business-owning uncles make it an impossible task.
G, Coffee & Allah is a film about a young Muslim woman's appetite for coffee Islam and a good game of badminton.
M, . A confronting dramatic debut revisiting the events that took place around the robbery of a Manurewa liquor store in 2008, in which owner Navtej Singh was tragically murdered.
G, . Amidst the arrivals and departures, an airport cleaner faces the longest journey.
