The largest indigenous film festival in the Southern Hemisphere kicks off tomorrow, and among those debuting their work will be eight young Maori and Pasifika film-makers.
Maoriland Film Festival is in its ninth year, and over the next five days it'll present 106 feature length and short films from 132 indigenous nations.
While it was impacted by Covid, the lockdowns also presented an opportunity an idea to set up the Nga Pakiaka Incubator Programme for rangitahi to create their first professional films.
Matilda Poasa has been with the group every step of the way - she brought the experience she gained working on the indigenous programme at the Sundance Institute back to Aotearoa, and has helped to produce all eight films.
She joins Kathryn, along with Aree Kapa - who will make her directorial debut with 'The Retrieval' - a film that was actually written by Matilda.
