Six filmmaking teams have been selected for
funding and we're thrilled to see there's at least one WIFT member
in every team! We're very proud of you all! Each project receives a
grant of $15,000 to make their short film.
The selected teams and their projects are
below, with WIFT members in bold.
Arrival
Francesca Mackenzie (W/P) and Ahmed
Osman (D). A twelve-year-old Somali refugee struggles to
adjust to her new life as she and her mother resettle in New
Zealand.
Ave Marie
Celestina Sumby (W/D), Francesca
Carney (P) and Zelda Edwards
(P). When Marie's bullied gender-bending brother takes on the
local BMX gang and fights back, it is up to her, the Virgin Mary
and dance to help bring peace to the neighbourhood.
Cradle & Grave
Malinna Liang (W), Tema Pua (D) and
Phoebe Shum (P). Over one night of
misadventures, a headstrong young woman must help her recently
returned-from-the-dead mother cross over into the afterlife by
doing the one thing they never managed in life: becoming a
team.
Homecoming
Grae Meek (W/D) and Anna Canton
(P). A transgender woman returns home for the first time since
transitioning to see her parents and must contend with their
anxiety and disapproval as well as her own trepidation and fears
for this long-awaited dinner.
Māmā
Kyrah Hetaraka (W/D)
and Angela Cudd (P). A young Māori girl
and her mother struggle to navigate the impending possibility of
their separation, as a custody battle driven by racial bias will
ultimately decide their fate.
Vivie
Hweiling Ow (W/D) and Mia
Maramara (P). A sexually frustrated young woman is desperate
to persuade her human-sized vagina to play ball when she bumps into
an ex-boyfriend.
Click here to read more about the
teams