Te Hiku 4th Film Festival

Another very successful Te Hiku Film festival. On Wednesday 13 September we held our 4th Film Festival at the Te Ahu Cinema in Kaitaia. We had three sessions during the day for the schools to attend and a 5:30 pm session for the Whanau and prize giving. We had 14 3 minute movies from 8 of our 9 schools. This year we did not have a theme or topic we left in open with the idea that teachers would embed movie making into their teaching and learning throughout the year and choose one for the festival. This did not happen; they all waited until term 3 to start their films. Some schools did integrate it into their learning topic. I just love watching the reactions of the students on the red carpet even the cool kids transform into a star role as soon as they step on it. The cheering, laughing, clapping and yelling from the audience is also fantastic to hear. Watching the students look at themselves on the big screen through the gaps of their fingers over their faces, pointing and yelling each other's names as they appear. This is what makes all the hard work and time to organise it so worthwhile. We had a mixture of genres of movies from music videos, documentaries, humour and history. Our winning film this year was from Mangonui School which was a music video to go with the song they had written and composed. They had also used an AI app to get great effects. These were the winners at the prize giving. Best Film 2023 – Mangonui School-"Get Down With Us" Second best Film –(2nd equal) Kaingaroa School-The River & Ngataki School-Tumatahina Trophy for most creative school display-Ahipara School Best Script – Tumatahina Best Camerawork –Mangonui School - “Get Down With Us” Best lead Actor – Matteo Noema-Wakarua -who played Manu Ahipara School Best supporting Actor-Jimmy Heighway -Whaea Jasmine Best Ensemble Cast – Tumatahina This is the link to our Te Hiku Site where you access all the movies from. 

It was a very long day but so worth it when you watch the very creative movies and see those faces on and off the screen.