Join in for a special weekend screening of Five Films For Freedom—the world’s widest-reaching LGBTQIA+ online celebration, and five powerful short films from Day One Hāpai te Haeata’s youth screen storytelling program. This powerful collection of five short films will screen inside Silo 6 at Silo Park.
Screening in a loop across multiple silo spaces, this free offering invites you to experience stories that challenge, inspire, and unite.
Day One Hāpai te Haeata, showcases emerging voices with five powerful short films, which explore the universal quest for belonging, identity, and human connection across diverse New Zealand experiences.
Five Films from Day One will feature:
• Hand in Hand by Shelley Waddams & Georgia Hoffman
• Yeah Pare by Sean Dioneda Rivera, Albert Latailakepa & Danny Aumua
• Behind the White Wall by Seunghoon Sung & Joshua Siu
• 800 Lunches by Bala Murali Shingade & Ankita Singh
• He Takatāpui Ahau by Alesha Ahdar & Komako-aroha Silver
From a non-binary person's journey back to their marae, to schoolgirls finding friendship in a world that silences them, to a young migrant confronting cultural differences through food—each story illuminates how we navigate differences, find courage, and ultimately discover our shared humanity. These films collectively celebrate the connections that sustain us: to our cultural roots, to our communities, to our histories, and to each other, even when those connections are tested by prejudice, displacement, or misunderstanding.
Five Films for Freedom will feature:
• Dragfox by Lisa Ott (UK)
• If I Make it to the Morning by Andre Shen (USA/China)
• NGGAK!!! by Oktania Hamdani & Winner Wijaya (Indonesia)
• We’ll Go Down in History by Cameron Richards & Charlie Tidmas (UK)
• Wait, Wait, Now! by Ramon Te Wake (New Zealand)
Free parking for your first hour at Jellicoe Street car park. See more here.
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