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Tuesday 16 November 2004
Momentum continues to build for the first Wairoa Maori Film Festival, to be held next June at the commencement of the Matariki celebrations.
"We're excited at the news from the All Roads National Geographic indigenous film festival in Los Angeles that our patron board is now joined by Cliff Curtis and Rena Owen," says festival director Leo Koziol. "With the mana of these industry leaders, a unique energy is growing for an exciting event here in Wairoa next year."
Supporters of the first Maori Film Festival in Wairoa now include Nga Aho Whakaari (the national association of Maori film and television makers) and the New Zealand Writers Guild, who plan to host a Maori Screenwriters Hui alongside the festival. "It is hoped to have a Maori scriptwriting competition at the festival, with prizes for scripts in Maori and in English," said Mr. Koziol.
The theme for the inaugural festival is Mana Wairoa: The World Through a Maori Lens. The film programme is still in the early stages of planning, with the festival including historic and contemporary material. Current patrons include Merata Mita, Don Selwyn, Mayor Bob Harvey, Karen Sidney, Roger Donaldson, Witi Ihimaera, Dame Georgina Kirby, Derek Fox, Mika and Mayor Les Probert of Wairoa.
A film festival website has been set up, providing information about the festival and outlining the attractions that Wairoa has to offer - www.manawairoa.com.
Leo Koziol
Festival Director
Wairoa Maori Film Festival 2005
Te Ara Rautaki
Postal Agency Nuhaka
4192 Wairoa District.
Ph. 06.837.8761
email: oshie@xtra.co.nz
Author: Creative New Zealand
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