Briar Grace-Smith

Tanea Heke (Waru), Rachel House (Hunt for the Wilderpeople) and Briar Grace-Smith (The Strength of Water) lead this time-transcending Māori drama based on Patricia Grace's novel about three cousins, separated by circumstance, and their long journey to find each other.

Eight Māori female directors contribute a sequence to this feature which unfolds around the tangi of a boy who died at the hands of his caregiver.

New Zealand horror comedy, starring Temuera Morrison, about a dysfunctional gang of criminals who take a Maori family hostage and discover too late that they are cannibals.

New Zealand drama, set and shot in Hokianga, by playwright Briar Grace-Smith and first-time director Armagan Ballantyne. Strength of Water has been very well received around the world, playing at film festivals including Cannes, Rotterdam, Berlin, Shanghai and Sydney.