LEMONADE FOR SALE: Actors Beaudien Tapara and Sonny-Beau Ngaheu man their Hall Street lemonade stand during filming of The Spectacular Imagination of the Pohara Brothers in 2015.
AFTER using Kahungunu Marae for the Wairoa Maori Film Festival, director Leo Koziol is no stranger to using intimate spaces for film showings.
So this weekend’s indigenous film at Taneatua Gallery will be a piece of cake for Koziol.
Gallery supporter Trina Leaf said Koziol would bring 10 indigenous films, including three from Canadian first nation directors and seven from Maori directors, to show on Saturday night.
She said many of the films were shot in the Eastern Bay, or with directors who have a connection to the area.
Directed by Mike Jonathon, Ow What is a story about a young boy from Ruatoki, who recognises two unusual guardians during a time when he is conflicted between becoming the man of the house and playing rugby with his mates.
The Spectacular Imagina-tion of the Pohara Brothers was filmed by director Todd Karehana in Kawerau in 2015.
It is about a pair of siblings, who overhear their mother needs money to pay her power bill before it’s disconnected.
With time running out and unsuccessful attempts at selling lemonade, they decide to sell flying lessons to a grumpy old lady, played by Whirimako Black.
Stevo, directed by Heather Hayward, is a film about a character originally from Waikaremoana but who lives in Wellington.
Stevo is a security guard who brings traditional Maori ways of trade and barter to his life in the city to build a unique bridge between two worlds.
The other films from New Zealand are The Turning Tide, Ma, Tits on a Bull and Tawhiti. The films from the first nation directors are Macrocosmic, Legend of the Storm, and The Grandfather Drum.
Tickets cost $10 and doors open at 6.30pm with refreshments to be served before the showing of the first film.