Aotearoa Now

Keen to discover "the real essence" of his country, filmmaker Ryan Fielding spent two months travelling around New Zealand with camera in hand. The short film that Fielding came up with is a mosaic of Aotearoa and its people, dotted with moments of beauty and celebration, but precious few signs of wealth: rundown shops, quiet pubs, children larking around in the ocean, and a number of locals who appear slightly worse for wear.

A majority of the footage came from driving aimlessly down unknown roads, hoping for anything perfectly mundane to reveal itself.

– Director Ryan Fielding

Key Cast & Crew

Ryan Fielding

Director, Cinematographer, Editor, Sound Design

Andrew Moore (sound)

Sound Design

Sarah Burton

Production Assistant

Dave Mitchell

Associate Producer

Rowan Pierce

Composer