Eight Pan-Asian female filmmakers’ powerful anthology film illuminates the immigrant experience in Aotearoa New Zealand through the lives of eight Asian women connected by the house they call home.
Watch the official Kāinga 2022 trailer in HD below.
Mya Williamson as Aho
Izumi Sugihara as Mikasa
Patricia Senocbit as Candy
Eliana Hwang as Soo Young
Sneha Shetty as Parvati
Masoumeh Hesam Mahmoudinezhad as Parisa
Dharshi Ponnampalam as Vena
Katlyn Wong as Eva
Asuka Sylvie Screenplay
Mia Maramara Screenplay
Yamin Tun Director
Shuchi Kothari Producer
Nahyeon Lee Director
Mei-Lin Te Puea Hansen Screenplay
Asuka Sylvie Director
Shreya Gejji Screenplay
New Zealand 29 July 2022
Taiwan 13 October 2025
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