Stories across oceans...

Puletaha (Tonga, Australia)
Director Unaloto Funaki
An afekasi palangi bride-to-be marrying into a traditional Tongan family is made to feel she’s not ‘Tongan enough’ by her future mother-in-law. But while searching for the perfect wedding puletaha, she begins a journey of identity and belonging.

I, in the village (Aotearoa NZ, Sāmoa)
Director Ngawari Tamanui Fransen
When Theo, a New Zealand-born Sāmoan teen, makes an unwelcome life decision, it quickly sparks a clash of differing views within his family. As 3 generations confront the meaning of identity, legacy and expectations, the family must navigate their differences and rediscover the meaning of unconditional love.

My Brother (Tonga, Hawai'i)
Director Misa Tupou
A touching drama about a Tongan-Sāmoan brother and sister at rugby practice. Recovering from a recent injury and rejected from another university, Alofa is ready to give up. Meanwhile, her brother Malu races against time to encourage his sister and pass on valuable life lessons before it’s too late.

Distant Roots (Aotearoa NZ, Tonga)
Director Caleb Teaupa
Just another day, another dollar, for Masiva as he wakes up for his early morning start as a busy builder in New Zealand. He’s 74, his children have left home, and he misses his island after 50 years. Through loneliness and exhaustion, he comes to realise the answers to his problems lay in one particular conversation he had as a child with his dear father.

Young Burden (Aotearoa NZ, Sāmoa)
Director Marcus Savelio
A teenage father faces the consequences of his reckless choices when a night of partying ends with him returning home drunk to the family he’s barely holding onto.

Dearest Madeline (Tonga, Aotearoa NZ)
Pacific music video