Aroha’17 Festival Ideas, the Mika Haka Foundation’s annual diversity and social change festival, kicked off with a bang last night with a one-night-only film festival at Auckland’s Event Cinemas Broadway.
Guests walked the red carpet which had a theme of “dress to express” before settling in to watch short films from around the world. A highlight of this year’s programme was the world premiere of In The Morning, a short music film starring Keisha Castle-Hughes.
Another standout feature from the night was the psychological horror The Unbidden, directed by Quentin Lee (Ethan Mal, White Frog) starring Tamlyn Tomita (The Day After Tomorrow), Amy Hill (UnREAL), Julia Nickson (Rambo First Blood: Part III) and Hayden Szeto (The Edge of Seventeen).
See more photos from the night here
All photos by Carmen Bird
Wendy Lester, Kirsten McKenzie
Lucina, Empress
Wendy Lester, Jay Tewake, Kirsten McKenzie
Warick Choy, Karima Rapson, Jay Tewake, Tania Stoyanof
Deb Byrnand, Bevan Lynch, Bev Adair-Beets
Mika
Lucina, Colin Mathura-Jeffree, Empress
King Home Boy
Trajaho Leydet, Anahera Parata
Ives Rose, Lenon Wakuwa
Michelle Reid, Zak d’larte, Karima Rapson
Rochelle Umaga, Janene Cissi
Mr Jew, Lucas Sullivan, Mandy Newman, MOKA
Joshua Ong, Sean Beech
Ayaka Homma, King Home Boy, Rash Alamas
Seenie Kahkura, Zak d’larte
Jo Holley, Annabel Anderson, Daya Dutton
Whiti Ihimaera, Mika
Whiti Ihimaera, Mika
Ramon, Gregory Shepherd
Michelle Reid, Mika, Seenie Kahkura
Jay Tewake, Mika, Jo Holley
Mika, Sue May
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