Maori Mana Wairoa

This collection of Maori-made short films is an expression of "Tino Rangatiratanga" or self-determination. For too long, non- Maori told Maori stories, today in a contemporary context the Maori people are making their own films, telling their own stories. The diversity of this collection includes comedy, drama, science fiction, thriller and experimental works. In Tawhiti we see the rebirth of the Maori language in some far off fictionalised future when Maori live on Mars.

With guest curators Leo Koziol, director of Wairoa Maori Film Festival, and Deborah Walker, University of Auckland, New Zealand.

* FREE ADMISSION, Fernand-Seguin theatre

Taniwha (Mika, 3 min)
The Spectacular Imagination of the Pohara Brothers (Todd Karehana, 8 min)
Tits on a Bull (Tim Worrall, 16 min)
Tohunga (Rebecca Collins, 8 min)
Ow What (Mike Jonathan, 15 min)
Ahi Ka (Richard Curtis, 15 min)
Tawhiti (Tamati Ihaka, 13 min)

**This screening is the second part of the conference «Le cinéma autochtone comme espace multilingue» organized as part of the SSHRC Partnership Development project «Expressions créatrices autochtones au Québec» (2015-2018) based at Université de Montréal. 9:00-11:30 at INIS, free admission.