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    Eight Indigenous Female Directors 2019 Fiji, Tonga, Solomon Islands, Kuki Airani (Cook Islands), Samoa, Niue and Aotearoa (New Zealand) Fiction color 88min DCP
    ★ 2019 Berlin International Film Festival
    ★ 2019 SXSW Film Festival

    No woman is an island. For Vai, life on the South Pacific Islands is characterized by the constant tension between change, repetition, moving to different places, and returning to the traditions of her ancestors.

    Director

    Eight Indigenous Female Directors

    A group of female Pacific Island filmmakers, all of whom have an indigenous ancestral connection to one of the seven island countries shown in the film. Eight directors as following: Nicole Whippy, ‘Ofa-Ki-Levuka Guttenbeil-Likiliki, Matasila Freshwater, Amberley Jo Aumua, Mīria George, Marina Alofagia McCartney, Dianna Fuemana, Becs Arahanga

    Director's Statement ▾

    Eight Indigenous Female Directors

    Director & Screenplay: Nicole Whippy,' Ofa-Ki-Levuka Guttenbeil-Likiliki, Matasila Freshwater, Amberley Jo Aumua, Miria George, Marine Alofagia McCartney, Dianna Fuemana & Becs Arahanga

    Producer: Kerry Warkia &Kiel McNaughton

     

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