Vincent Ward is one of New Zealand's most celebrated film makers with a resume that includes Vigil, The Navigator, What Dreams May Come, River Queen and Rain of the Children.
This weekend, people will have the chance to view his earliest surviving film Ma Olsen, which has been fully restored and digitised as part of a retrospective of his work at the Wairarapa Film Festival.
Vincent Ward talks to Emile Donovan about his connection to the Wairarapa and who Ma Olsen was.
Vincent Ward on set filming in Ukraine Photo: supplied
