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    TINĀ (MOTHER)

    Directed by Miki Magasiva
    New Zealand | 124 minutes | California Premiere | World Cinema Now

  

Winner: Best Narrative Audience Award!

Film Festival 2025

When grief-stricken Mareta (Anapela Polataivao) takes a substitute teaching role at an elite prep school, she forms a choir to unite the privileged yet disconnected students. As they prepare for an all-school competition, her passion for life is reignited, transforming her students forever in this rousing crowd-pleaser.

film details

Director: Miki Magasiva
Producers: Miki Magasiva, Dan Higgins, Mario Gaoa
Screenwriter: Miki Magasiva
Cinematographers: Andrew McGeorge
Editor: Luke Haigh
Music: Igelese Ete, Sebastian Pan
Cast: Anapela Polataivao, Antonia Robinson, Dalip Sondhi, Nicole Whippy
Original Language Title: English
Country: New Zealand
Language: In English and Samoan with English subtitles
Year: 2024
Running Time: 124 minutes
Premiere Status: California Premiere
Primary Company: The Brown Factory
Contact Email: dan@wabi-sabimediagroup.com

Film Festival 2025