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Six Sustainability-focused short films by emerging New Zealand film makers that push the envelope and look to the future. Made with the support of NZ On Air.
. (PG) At a 1970’s NZ school where sign language is banned, two deaf girls risk it all to experience true friendship.
G, . A collective of Pasifika cultural leaders, reactivates the ancient Tu’i Tonga kava ceremony for contemporary use in Aotearoa in a way that honours tangata whenua.
. (PG) A young Māori boy joins his rugged dad on his night shift recycling truck job, his dad spends the journey trying to impress upon him the importance of not losing his reo.
M, . (M) 1963, Aotearoa. An out of wedlock pregnancy forces 18 year old Mary to take things into her own hands at great personal risk, altering the course of more than one life.
M, . (M) Meet some of the people who use their imaginations to explore their identities and overcome physical, mental and social barriers in doing so.
M, . (M) A young boy who is impatient to celebrate and his tired babysitter stay up well past bedtime waiting for his long overdue parents to return home.
M, . (M) Through a family connection our documentary crew were granted special access into the Christchurch branch of the top secret Social Cyberspace Agency on the condition that we release the
G, . When horse-loving best friends Dani and Gabe prepare for their schools annual Pet Day, they learn something about Dani’s Step-Dad that will change their lives forever.
PG, . Aute explores the importance of preserving indigenous rituals and maintaining a harmonious relationship between land and tangata whenua.