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.

  • Manawanui Maniapoto Mills • Awhina-Rose Ashby • Jodie Hillock • Troy Kingi

  • 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

  • Manawanui Maniapoto Mills

    ‘AMAIA’

    Agent: Johnson & Laird

  • Awhina-Rose Ashby

    ‘WOMAN IN BLACK’

    Agent: GMC

  • Jodie Hillock

    ‘MARIA / AMAIA’S MOTHER’

    Agent: GMC

  • Troy Kingi

    ‘AMAIA’S DAD’

    Agent: Karen Kay