Eight Māori female directors have each contributed a sequence to this powerful and challenging feature which unfolds around the tangi of a small boy who died at the hands of his caregiver.
Watch the official Waru 2017 trailer in HD below.
Tanea Heke as Charm
Roimata Fox as Anahera
Ngapaki Moetara as Mihi
Āwhina-Rose Henare Ashby as Em
Maria Walker as Kiritapu
Kararaina Rangihau as Ranui
Merehaka Maaka as Hinga
Acacia Hapi as Mere
Antonio Te Maioha as Tapu
Miriama McDowell as Bash
Amber Curreen as Titty
Cohen Holloway as Pierre
Thomas Sainsbury as Jason
Rajneel Singh Editor
Craig Parkes Online Editor
Ainsley Gardiner Director
Chelsea Cohen Director
Briar Grace Smith Director
Renae Maihi Director
Awanui Simich-Pene Director
Casey Kaa Director
Katie Wolfe Director
Ainsley Gardiner Writer
Josephine Stewart-Te Whiu Writer
Katie Wolfe Writer
Chelsea Cohen Writer
United Kingdom 09 November 2018
New Zealand 02 August 2017
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