Kathryn Burnett is an award-winning screenwriter, playwright, and script development consultant who has worked in film and television for over 18 years. She currently has several feature projects in development…

Nicole Whippy was born in Suva, Fiji where she lived for the first couple of years of her life until her family migrated to NZ. She is best known for…

From a Geordie Father, Samoan Mother and Cook Islands step-Mother, Marina is powerfully aware of her cultural heritage, how this affects the way we are viewed and how we view…

Dianna’s career as a playwright and theatre director spans 20 years with her plays being published and produced internationally. She delved into film making in 2012 when she won the Script…

Mīria is a poet, and writer, director, producer of theatre. An award-winning playwright, Mīria’s work has toured New Zealand, Australia, Hawai’i, Canada and the United Kingdom. Her plays include And…

Becs wrote and directed the short film LAUNDRY (2016) it was selected for the NZIFF Best Shorts and Show Me Shorts, where it was nominated for four awards - Best…

Amberley Jo Aumua is of Samoan and Māori descent from Manurewa, New Zealand. She is a writer/director who holds a Bachelor of Performing and Screen Arts. Her first short film…

‘Ofa-ki-Levuka (‘Ofa) Guttenbeil-Likiliki holds close to her heart her relationship with God, her grounded principles in gender equity, feminism, human rights and the right of every human being to live…

Matasila is a writer/director with a background in anthropology, film, and animation. She is passionate about exploring cultural complexities through storytelling. Matasila’s last NZFC funded short animated film, SHMEAT, was…

Kai Loma, ‘in between’, that’s me, that’s where I write from, my writing inhabits this space. Fiji born with roots in Savusavu and Vanua Balavu, I grew up in Auckland,…