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Traces of War (2012)

Actors: Kyle Holtz (actor), Lara Marshall (director), Richard Brookes (actor), Lara Marshall (writer), Jacob Walton (actor), Daniel Bailey (actor), Niwa Whatuira (actor), Thomas Asche (editor), Kaya Banks-Latoa (actor), Connor Te Brake (actor), Clovis McEvoy (composer), Chaz Dempsey (actor), Jacquie Snyman (producer), Abby Hauraki (actor),

Plot: Traces of War is a drama about an old man who reluctantly takes us back to 1941 when he fought in the Maori Battalion in Crete. This was a time when soldiers had to carry out unspeakable tasks in order to survive and then live with these haunting memories forever.

Genres: Drama, Short, War,
Taglines: Some things can never be forgotten.

Give It Back (2011)

Actors: Walter Lawry (actor), Lee Ah Yen (actor), Joseph de Guzman (producer), Joseph de Guzman (writer), Joseph de Guzman (director), Joseph de Guzman (editor), O'Neal Mendoza (actor), Yuhang Du (actor), Gabriel de Guzman (miscellaneous crew),

Plot: In the late night train, a young white university student drops his wallet under a snoring Maori man's seat. Just as he retrieves his wallet, the Maori man wakes up, notices his wallet is missing and accuses the distraught student of stealing. An Asian bystander furtively observes the heightening conflict. Played in a gripping clever turn of events, Give it Back portrays the culture of prejudice, theft and innocence that permeates within the multicultural setting of Auckland City.

Genres: Comedy, Drama, Short,

The Mischievous Adventures of Brody Hayes (2011)

Actors: Warren McLemore (actor), Warren McLemore (producer), Warren McLemore (writer), Warren McLemore (director), Brandon McLemore (actor), Brandon McLemore (editor), Brandon McLemore (producer), Brandon McLemore (writer), Heidi McDonald (actress), Chuck Puckett (actor), Kevin Meier (actor), Nathan Couch (actor), Isaiah Martin (actor), Patti Hutchison (actor), Chip Tomlinson (actor),

Plot: Mischief and adventure surround two middle schooled aged boys and their friends as they encounter unusual and memorable characters. After a brief encounter with an eccentric old man, they are convinced about finding buried gold. Their attempts become a challenge as others stand in the way of sure wealth.

Genres: Adventure, Comedy, Family,

Simaney She'ela (2011)

Actors: Dror Keren (actor), Chayim Sharir (producer), Yona Elian (actress), Itay Turgeman (actor), Udi Yerushalmy (producer), Yon Tumarkin (actor), Liat Azar (actress), Ofir Babayoff (director), Gala Kogan (actress), Dan Shapira (actor), Nir Strauss (actor), Anton 'Klin' Ostrovsky (actor), Ido Dror (writer), Tammy Barak (composer), Tal Talmon (actress),

Genres: Drama,

Rude Awakenings (2007)

Actors: Rose McIver (actress), Fiona Samuel (actress), Jon Brazier (actor), Peter Feeney (actor), Vicky Haughton (actress), Edwin Wright (actor), Marise Wipani (actress), Garth Maxwell (director), Moira Grant (producer), Garth Maxwell (writer), Madeleine Sami (actress), Geoffrey Cawthorn (director), Chloe Smith (producer), Jan Saussey (actress), Michael Lawrence (actor),

Plot: Ponsonby, Auckland: the natural habitat of latte-swilling JAFAs who drive SUVs and live in prohibitively expensive, renovated villas; and the holy grail of Auckland real estate - which is exactly why Dimity Rush wants to move her family into the neighbourhood. Dimity and her husband Stuart have been lifestylers out in rural Kumeu, West Auckland, but now Dimity has persuaded Stuart and their two sons to up sticks and move into the smartest, most pretentious suburb in Auckland. HR manager Dimity is pushing 40 and wants to have it all before the downhill slide to middle age, while anaesthetist Stuart just wants to stop and smell the roses. But Dimity is about to get a rude awakening in the form of her new Ponsonby neighbours, the Shorts. Arthur Short has rented in the area for more than 20 years and is a work-shy leftie who mourns the old suburb before the upwardly mobiles started moving in. His wife has just shot through with another woman, leaving him to raise two teenage daughters. To make matters worse, the house he rents is on the market and the race is on between Dimity and Arthur to purchase the property. The clash of two cultures and lifestyles is the basis for this new satirical drama that sends up and explores the country's most burning obsession - buying the perfect house in the best location.

Genres: Comedy, Drama,
Taglines: Ponsonby at war.

The Man Who Lost His Head (2007)

Actors: Martin Clunes (actor), Colin Towns (composer), Elizabeth Hawthorne (actress), John Barnett (producer), Debbie Moore (miscellaneous crew), John Leigh (actor), Barbara Darragh (costume designer), Harry Harrison (miscellaneous crew), Mark Mitchinson (actor), Elizabeth McRae (actress), Terry Johnson (director), Taungaroa Emile (actor), Caroline Harker (actress), John Callen (actor), Paki Cherrington (actor),

Genres: Comedy,

Whale Rider (2002)

Actors: Cliff Curtis (actor), Josef Brandmaier (miscellaneous crew), Joan Scheckel (miscellaneous crew), Frank Hübner (producer), Thomas Becker (miscellaneous crew), Jörg Westerkamp (miscellaneous crew), Lisa Gerrard (composer), Matt Lawford (miscellaneous crew), David Coulson (editor), John Barnett (producer), Rawiri Paratene (actor), Thorsten Felscher (miscellaneous crew), Anni Browning (miscellaneous crew), Tim Sanders (producer), Gavin Strawhan (miscellaneous crew),

Plot: On the east coast of New Zealand, the Whangara people believe their presence there dates back a thousand years or more to a single ancestor, Paikea, who escaped death when his canoe capsized by riding to shore on the back of a whale. From then on, Whangara chiefs, always the first-born, always male, have been considered Paikea's direct descendants. Pai, an 11-year-old girl in a patriarchal New Zealand tribe, believes she is destined to be the new chief. But her grandfather Koro is bound by tradition to pick a male leader. Pai loves Koro more than anyone in the world, but she must fight him and a thousand years of tradition to fulfill her destiny.

Keywords: ancestral-heritage, animal-in-title, apology, artist, baby, baby-girl, based-on-novel, bathtub, beach, beached-whale
Genres: Drama, Family,
Taglines: One young girl dared to confront the past, change the present and determine the future In the ways of the Ancients, she found a hope for the future

Quotes:

[last lines]::Paikea: My name is Paikea Apirana, and I come from a long line of chiefs stretching all the way back to the whale rider. I'm not a prophet, but I know that our people will keep going forward, all together, with all of our strength.

Koro: When you extend your tongues, you're saying to your enemies: I'm gonna eat you.

Paikea: Why doesn't he want me?::Porourangi: He's just looking for something that doesn't exist anymore.::Paikea: A new leader? They exist.

Paikea: It's not Koro's fault, that I'm a girl.

Porourangi: Her name is Paikea.::Koro: No, not that name.

Paikea: My name is Paikea Apirana, and I come from a long line of chiefs.

Koro: When she was born, that's when things went wrong for us.

Paikea: A long time ago, my ancestor Paikea came to this place on the back of a whale. Since then, in every generation of my family, the first born son has carried his name and become the leader of our tribe... until now.

Koro: Wise leader, forgive me. I am only a fledgling new to flight.

[about her brother]::Paikea: They were waiting for their new leader... but he died.

Linda's Body (1990)

Actors: Bruce Hopkins (actor), David Coulson (editor), Don McGlashan (composer), Don McGlashan (actor), Don McGlashan (writer), Harry Sinclair (actor), Harry Sinclair (writer), Harry Sinclair (director), Harry Sinclair (producer), Jennifer Ward-Lealand (actress), Yvonne Lawley (actress), Wi Kuki Kaa (actor), Ramai Hayward (actor),

Genres: Comedy, Short,

Mauri (1988)

Actors: Martyn Sanderson (actor), James Heyward (actor), Temuera Morrison (actor), Nicholas Beauman (editor), Geoff Murphy (producer), Geoff Murphy (actor), Merata Mita (director), Merata Mita (writer), Merata Mita (producer), Don Selwyn (actor), Anzac Wallace (actor), Eva Rickard (actress), Sonny Waru (actor), Willie Raana (actor), Hirini Melbourne (composer),

Genres: Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller,

Rangi's Catch (1972)

Actors: Ian Mune (actor), Reginald Beck (editor), Temuera Morrison (actor), Michael Forlong (writer), Michael Forlong (producer), Michael Forlong (director), Don Selwyn (actor), Peter Vere-Jones (actor), Vernon Hill (actor), Michael Woolf (actor), Hannah Morrison (actress), Kate Forlong (actress), David Palmer (composer), Christine Elsdon (actress), Andrew Kerr (actor),

Genres: Family,