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GIFFONI FILM FESTIVAL 2007 - 10.21 July

Sections & Films

HAWAIKII

Category: Edition 2007

Synopsis

Tamahine has been brought up according to the cultural traditions of the Maori. To her starting school is like entering a whole new alien world. Her father works for the railway and doesn’t earn much. They haven’t got a car and they don’t use buses. When the little girl is asked to draw the favourite transport of her family, she doesn’t know what to do.

Original Title HAWAIKII
Category Official Competition
Section First Screens
Tipology Short Film
Duration 12'
Production Year 2006
Nationality New Zealand
Directed by Mike Jonathan
Screenplay Tere Harrison
Script Tere Harrison
Director of photography Matt Meikle, Mike Jonathan
Editor Mike Jonathan
Production Design Ben Whale
Sound Paul Chattington
Music Rio Hemopo, Dave Whitehead
Main cast Orewa Wilson Lawrence (Tamahine)
Te Kohe Tuhaka (padre/father)
Marama Emery (madre/mother)
Hannah Tukapua (Hannah)
Lucy Cook (insegnante/teacher)
Produced by Libby Hakaraia

hawaikii regMike Jonathan

Born in 1974 in New Zealand. During the past years he has worked as a cinematographer, editor and director for television. At the moment he is also an independent producer and head of the company Haka Boy Films. HAWAIKII is his first short film.

Production
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c/o The New Zealand Film Commission
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