
WAYS TO SEE
2019 • Short Film
Genre: Drama/Thriller
Duration: 15 minutes
Rating: R13, contains themes of suicide
Funder: New Zealand Film Commission
Production Company: Sandy Lane Productions
A young girl, Amaia, looks for her missing father with the help of a mysterious woman. To make sense of a family tragedy, Amaia reinterprets what she knows of an old pūrākau (story). A dark, yet beautiful, exploration of grief.
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Manawanui Maniapoto Mills • Awhina-Rose Ashby • Jodie Hillock • Troy Kingi
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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
GAFFER / KEY GRIP.......... FRASER MCKAY
LX / GRIP TECHNICIAN.......... MATT KOFOED, DANIELLA CONFORTE & OREN GRAHAM
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
Made in association with the
NEW ZEALAND FILM COMMISSION
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
FESTIVALS & AWARDS
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
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Manawanui Maniapoto Mills
‘AMAIA’
Agent: Johnson & Laird
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Awhina-Rose Ashby
‘WOMAN IN BLACK’
Agent: GMC
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Jodie Hillock
‘MARIA / AMAIA’S MOTHER’
Agent: GMC
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Troy Kingi
‘AMAIA’S DAD’
Agent: Karen Kay