VAI

By Ofa-Ki-Levuka GUTTENBEIL-LIKILIKI, Matasila FRESHWATER, Amberley Jo AUMUA, Miria GEORGA, Marina ALOFAGIA MCCARTNEY, Dianna FUEMANA, Becs ARAHANGA, Nicole WHIPPY

NZ FILM - NEW ZEALAND FILM COMMISSION - as FIN

Drama - Completed 2019

Eight Stories. One Lifetime.

Festivals
& Awards

Berlin International Film Festival 2019
NATIVe
SXSW Film Festival 2019
Smithsonian Native Cinema Showcase 2019
    • Year of production
    • 2019
    • Genres
    • Drama
    • Countries
    • NEW ZEALAND
    • Duration
    • 88 mn
    • Director(s)
    • Ofa-Ki-Levuka GUTTENBEIL-LIKILIKI, Matasila FRESHWATER, Amberley Jo AUMUA, Miria GEORGA, Marina ALOFAGIA MCCARTNEY, Dianna FUEMANA, Becs ARAHANGA, Nicole WHIPPY
    • Producer(s)
    • Kerry WARKIA (Brown Sugar Apple Grunt Productions), Kiel MCNAUGHTON (Brown Sugar Apple Grunt Productions)
    • Synopsis
    • Vai is a portmanteau feature film made by nine female Pacific filmmakers, filmed in seven different Pacific countries: Fiji, Tonga, Solomon Islands, Kuki Airani (Cook Islands), Samoa, Niue and Aotearoa (New Zealand). It is about the journey of Vai, played by a different indigenous actress in each of the Pacific countries. In each of these Pacific nations ‘vai’ means water.