SHORT FILM (2019)
A young girl, Amaia, seeks to find her missing father through a mysterious woman. Amaia reinterprets what she knows of an old pūrākau (story), to make sense of a family tragedy.
A warning this film is for audiences 13+ and contains themes of suicide.
Photo above: Actors Awhina-Rose Henare Ashby and Manawanui Maniapoto Mills
Ways To See
DRAMA/THRILLER | R13 | 15 MINS
Awards & Festivals
2019 Short Film GOLD Award New Zealand Cinematography Awards
– Tammy Williams (Director Of Photography)
2019 Emerging Cinematographer Of The Year Award
– Tammy Williams for 'Ways To See'
2019 Official Selection New Zealand International Film Festival
2019 Official Selection ImagineNATIVE Film Festival (Toronto, Canada)
2019 Official Selection Rotorua Indigenous Film Festival (Aotearoa New Zealand)
2019 Wairoa Māori Film Festival (Aotearoa New Zealand)
2020 Official Selection Māoriland Film Festival (Aotearoa New Zealand)
2020 Official Selection Vision Maker Film Festival (Nebraska USA)
2020 Official Selection Skábmagovat Film Festival (Finland)
2020 Sydney & Melbourne Lift-Off Festival (Australia)
2021 Official Selection Birrarangga Film Festival (Australia)
2022 Official Selection Melbourne Women in Film Festival (Australia)
Cast
Manawanui Maniapoto Mills
'Amaia'
Agent: Johnson & Laird
Awhina-Rose Ashby
'The Woman In Black'
Agent: GCM
Jodie Hillock
'Maria, Amaia's mother'
Agent: GCM
Troy Kingi
'Amaia's father'
Agent: Karen Kay
Film
PAGE IMAGE CREDITS
All still photography from 'Ways To See' by Jennifer Raoult
Credits
WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY .......... JESSICA SANDERSON
PRODUCED BY.......... DESRAY ARMSTRONG
CO-PRODUCER.......... TWEEDIE WAITITI
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY.......... TAMMY WILLIAMS
PRODUCTION DESIGNER.......... ROSIE GUTHRIE
EDITOR.......... ANASTASIA DONIANTS
SCRIPT CONSULTANT.......... BRIAR GRACE-SMITH
NATALIE MEDLOCK
JACK WEDDE
CASTING DIRECTOR.......... STU TURNER
CASTING ASSOCIATE.......... JOE FISHER
CASTING ASSISTANT.......... KIRSTY BEATON
ACTING COACH.......... HORI AHIPENE
1st ASSISTANT DIRECTOR.......... ANT DAVIES
TARITA BACQUIE
SCRIPT SUPERVISOR.......... HAYLEY ABBOTT
CHAPERONE.......... MINA MATHIESON
PRODUCTION ASSISTANT......... JORDAN WHITLOCK
MIRA JANUS
MCKENNA WARU
1ST ASSISTANT CAMERA.......... MATT HUNT
2ND ASSISTANT CAMERA.......... AINSLEY CALDERWOOD
DIT.......... CHRISTIAN GOWER
STILLS PHOTOGRHER.......... JENNIFER RAOULT, CLAIROBSCUR
DRONE PILOT.......... SAM PEACOCKE
RYAN HASTE
DRONE CAMERA OPERATOR.......... GEORGE HENNAH
STILLS PHOTOGRAPHER.......... JENNIFER RAOULT, CLAIROBSCUR
GAFFER / KEY GRIP.......... FRASER MCKAY
LX / GRIP TECHNICIAN.......... MATT KOFOED
DANIELLA CONFORTE
OREN GRAHAM
DRONE PILOT.......... SAM PEACOCKE
RYAN HASTE
DRONE CAMERA OPERATOR.......... GEORGE HENNAH
SOUND RECORDIST.......... ADAM MARTIN
BOOM OPERATOR.......... EOIN COX
SANDY WAKEFIELD
ADDITIONAL SOUND RECORDIST.......... ANDREW FARRANT
ART DIRECTOR.......... GRACE ACHESON
SET DECORATOR.......... KAYLA LICHFIELD
PROPS BUYER.......... HANNAH GORDON
STUNT COORDINATOR.......... MARK HARRIS
SAFETY OFFICER.......... NICK FRYER
RIGGER.......... OLI HARRIS
'WOMAN IN BLACK' DOUBLE.......... AMBER-ROSE HENSHALL
COSTUME DESIGNER.......... CARMEL RATA
COSTUME STANDBY.......... JOAN WILSON
JESSIE NOAKES
COSTUME ASSISTANT.......... ATARIA MCDONALD
MAKE UP DESIGNER.......... VEE GULLIVER
MAKE UP ARTIST......... SELENA ASHTON
MAKE UP ASSISTANT.......... COURTNEY HORNELL
MOKO DESIGN.......... MOKONUI-Ā-RANGI SMITH
EDITOR’S MENTOR.......... ANNIE COLLINS
VFX ARTIST.......... SCOTT CAREY
STAN ALLEY
CREATURE POST
GRAPHIC DESIGN.......... LUKE MCPAKE
DIGITAL INTERMEDIATE.......... IMAGES & SOUND, AUCKLAND
COLOURIST.......... ALANA COTTON
OPERATIONS MANAGER.......... JANE ANDERSON
AUDIO POST PRODUCTION FACILITY.......... NATIVE AUDIO
SUPERVISING SOUND EDITOR.......... NICK BUCKTON
MUSIC COMPOSER.......... ARLI LIBERMAN
MUSIC..........“MOON SONG”
WRITTEN BY BILLY TK SENIOR
PERFORMED BY TROY KINGI
COURTESY OF MARA TK & BILLY TK
"GOLDEN TAURUS”
WRITTEN & PERFORMED BY TROY KINGI
USED WITH PERMISSION FROM NATIVE TONGUE MUSIC PUBLISHING
COURTESY OF MARA TK & BILLY TK
Made in association with the
CEO.......... ANNABELLE SHEEHAN
CFO........... MLADEN IVANCIC
HEAD OF DEVELOPMENT AND PRODUCTION.......... LEANNE SAUNDERS
HEAD OF MARKETING.......... JASMIN MCSWEENEY
HEAD OF TALENT DEVELOPMENT.......... DALE CORLETT
TALENT PATHWAYS MANAGER........... JUDE MCLAREN
TALENT DEVELOPMENT COORDINATOR.......... ANGE SENIOR