Production Company Oriental Maidens
Producers Samantha Dutton, Ankita Singh
Writer, Director Nahyeon Lee
Director of Photography Kirk Pflaum
Gaffer Sash Samaratunga
Production Designer Catherine Ellis
Costume Designer Steven Junil Park
Post-Production Facility Eyes + Ears
With Nathan Joe
Using three poems, Nathan Joe explores the form of autobiography through performance poetry. A meditation that explores the vast lived experience between Christchurch and Auckland, between queerness and being Chinese-Kiwi. Where nostalgia intersects with hope to reveal a concise history of a whole self.
Made with support from Going West Writers Festival
Toronto Queer Film Festival official selection
Celestial Festival official selection
Production Company Te Lab
Producer Samantha Dutton
Writer, Director Todd Karehana
Director of Photography Peter Simpson
Editor Brendon Chan
Post-Production Facility Department of Post
With Alma Te Ua, Todd Karehana
When a mother-of-ten returns nightly to the old family home to feed stray cats, her son questions its connection to the death of his brother.
A 66-year-old mother has an unusual ritual of returning to her old family home to care for stray cats. Worrying about the implications of her obsessive routine, her son wants to understand why. Joining her night rides, it’s time to unravel the truth.
Made with support from Loading Docs
Festivals
Short of the Week
Skábmagovat Film Festival
Nitehawk Shorts Festival
XPOSED Queer Film Festival
Full Frame Documentary Film Festival
The Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival
Brooklyn Film Festival
Indy Shorts International Film Festival
Melbourne Documentary Film Festival
Odense International Film Festival
Production Company Te Lab
Producer Samantha Dutton
Writer, Director Todd Karehana
Director of Photography Peter Simpson
Editor Julian Karehana
Post-Production Facility Department of Post
With Toa Te Poono, Dear Reuben, Alf Morrison, Wahakore Nuku, Marewa Burgess, Materia Ngaheu
Toa, a 25-year-old kaikōrero from Te Teko unpacks what it means to be a young Māori man that defies tīkanga and his grandfather’s wishes to sit on the paepae.
Made with support from NZ On Air and TVNZ
Producer Samantha Dutton
Series Creator Daisy Lawless
Animator Alyssa Ackett-Morris
Artist Ellen Goh
Head Writer Nahyeon Lee
Editor Kerri Roggio
Wendy & Wydon is an adult animated web series directed at preteen to adult audiences. Two yeasty Year 11 Catholic high school best friends, Wendy and Wydon, live in the moment for those short term candy gains and crack up-as laughs, often at the expense of their peers.
Currently in development.
Production Company Little Wolf
Producer Mhairead Connor
Co-Producer Samantha Dutton
Writer, Director Stephen Kang
Director of Photography Tim Flower
Production Designer Catherine Ellis
Costume Designer Ana van Schie De Pont
Composer Mike Newport
Editor Richard Shaw
With Gloria Zhang, CJ Hwang, Helena Easton, Mandy Faulkner, Addison Pritchard-Matangi
A gifted twelve-year-old, Jaehee uses an unorthodox healing method that propels her into conflict with her overbearing father.
Made with support from the New Zealand Film Commission as part of Catalyst He Kauahi
Sundance Film Festival World Premiere
Fantasia International Film Festival Canadian Premiere
Production Company The Hot House
Producer Morgan Leigh Stewart
Co-Producer Samantha Dutton
Writer, Director Rachel Ross
Director of Photography Tim Flower
Production Designer Helen Stanbridge
Composer Mike Newport
Editor Ben Chesters
With Gabe Wright, Mark Mitchinson, Amberlynn Chawla
An estranged father and daughter, both with newly diagnosed life-altering illnesses, smoke marijuana together for the first time and it becomes healing in more ways than one.
Made with support from the New Zealand Film Commission as part of Catalyst He Kauahi
Show Me Shorts Film Festival world premiere & People’s Choice Award winner
Producer Samantha Dutton
Writer, Director, Editor Grace Hood-Edwards
Director of Photography Nina Wells
Production Designer Ellen Jones-Poole
Costume Designer Ana van Schie De Pont
Makeup Artist Isa Lilai
With Kiri Naik, Anthony Crum, Ryley Yates
A mermaid washes up on a rural New Zealand shoreline. Willow is taken in by isolated Griffin and Avery, his Deaf younger brother. As Willow becomes entangled in the siblings’ lives and their grief, she learns what she will choose to fight for.
Currently in post-production
Production Company Candlelit Pictures
Producer Samantha Dutton
Writer, Director Daisy Lawless
Director of Photography Finn McGowan
Editor Kerri Roggio
With Edith Gibson
Edith Gibson lives in the heart of suburban Auckland with her 3000 Dolls; repairing and caring for them. In this short documentary, she invites you into her home, shares her prized dolls, and imparts pro tips and tricks for repairing these beauties to their former glory.
Made with support from Chillbox Creative as part of ChillDocs 2019
Doc Edge Film Festival New Zealand Premiere
Official Selection Melbourne Women in Film Festival
Official Selection Women Over 50 Film Festival
Official Selection Portland Film Festival
Producers Samantha Dutton, Christienne Jauregui, Nahyeon Lee
Writer, Director, Editor Nahyeon Lee
Director of Photography Bala Murali Shingade
With Bridget Wong, Floyd Moratti, Sean O'Connor
Ting, a young, pregnant Chinese immigrant adjusts to the harsh NZ landscape during the peak of the gold rush, attempting to make a home for herself and her unborn child.
Selected for Short + Sweet Film Festival 2018, nominated for people's choice award
Producer Samantha Dutton
Writer, Director Nahyeon Lee
Director of Photography Jonty Norton
With Chye-Ling Huang, Arlo Green
Iris begins to learn the sport of boxing and during another night of training, she begins to re-claim control of her life and body.
Writer, Director, Producer Samantha Dutton
Director of Photography Nahyeon Lee
A South African immigrant rooted in tradition struggles to adapt as some things can’t be translated. He finds a sense of home in the making of African cuisine by fire and a cast iron pot.
Producer Samantha Dutton
Directors Samantha Dutton, Nahyeon Lee, Dwight Yao
A mini-documentary about Toby Morris, a New Zealand political cartoonist and illustrator.
Writer, Director, Producer Samantha Dutton
Director of Photography Bala Murali Shingade
Inky Palms is a gallery, print studio and artist-run space. Behind this art paradise is Chippy, an artist devoted to risograph powered zine-making.
