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Tinā
Film (Trailer) – 2024
Award-winning writer/director Miki Magasiva (The Panthers, We Are Still Here) makes his feature debut with Tinā (Samoan for "mother"). Samoan music teacher Mareta (Anapela Polataivao) is plunged into grief after losing her daughter in the Christchurch quakes. Mareta takes a relief teaching role at an elite private school, where she inspires her students to perform at a big choral competition. Tinā was chosen to open the 2024 Hawai'i International Film Festival, and in 2025 Polata'ivao and Antonia Eaton won Best Actress and Best Supporting Actress, respectively, at the New Zealand Screen Awards.
I’ve played many Pacific Island mums ... and Mareta faces unique and significant challenges in the film. Without expecting it she starts her healing process– Actor Anapela Polataivao on her central role in drama Tinā, The NZ Herald, 7 October 2024
Key Cast & Crew
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Produced by
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Tu Fa'atasi Films
Acknowledgements
Made with funding from the NZ Film Commission, the NZ Screen Production Grant and NZ On Air
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