FOR MY FATHER'S KINGDOM

By Vea MAFILE’O, Jeremiah TAUAMITI

NZ FILM - NEW ZEALAND FILM COMMISSION - as FIN

Documentary - Completed 2019

For country, family, and a place in heaven. It’s a long walk to redemption.

Festivals
& Awards

Berlin International Film Festival 2019
    • Year of production
    • 2019
    • Genres
    • Documentary
    • Countries
    • NEW ZEALAND
    • Duration
    • 88 mn
    • Director(s)
    • Vea MAFILE’O, Jeremiah TAUAMITI
    • Producer(s)
    • Sandra KAILAHI (Kingston Productions)
    • Synopsis
    • This feature follows director Vea Mafile’o's father, Tongan migrant pensioner Saia Mafile'o. Driven by his deep faith in God and Tongan culture, pensioner Saia Mafile’o carefully navigates not only the rough streets of South Auckland, but also his sometimes-fraught relationship with his New Zealand-born son Robert, who struggles to accept his father’s commitment to a Kingdom that tore their family apart.