Vai

Vai (2019)

8 Stories • One Lifetime

Eight connecting moments of seemingly different lives thread together Vai’s journey of empowerment through culture over her lifetime. Beautifully shot over seven Pacific countries, and played by a different indigenous actress in each place, Vai links together a story of family, culture, and at times, isolation. A delicate exploration into the meaning of growth, adaptation, and most notably, a connection to water and home.

Date of release
2019-04-04
TMDB
7.2 / 10 (9)
Runtime
1h 30m
Genres
Drama
Director
Amberley Jo Aumua, Matasila Freshwater, Marina Alofagia McCartney, ‘Ofa-Ki-Levuka Guttenbeil-Likiliki, Dianna Fuemana, Nicole Whippy, Mīria George, Becs Arahanga, Sharon Whippy

Casting

Interesting facts

Vai is a 2019 anthology film about women from the Pacific Islands by nine directors from the Pacific Islands: Nicole & Sharon Whippy (Fiji), 'Ofa-Ki-Levuka Guttenbeil-Likiliki (Tonga), Matasila Freshwater, Amberley Jo Aumua, Mīria George, Marina Alofagia McCartney (Samoa), Dianna Fuemana (Niue), Becs Arahanga. New Zealand is mentioned by its Maori name, Aotearoa. The film is in English, Fijian, Roviana, Samoan, Niuean, New Zealand Maori and Cook Island Maori (Rarotongan).

Production

In 2017, Kerry Warkia and Kiel McNaughton, due to the production company, Brown Sugar Apple Grunt, produced the critically acclaimed film, Waru. Soon after, they proposed the film, Vai. In January 2018, Kerry Warkia and Kiel McNaughton contacted various filmmakers from the Pacific Islands to submit their film for the project. The selected directors stayed at the Waiheke Island for five days on a writers' retreat to write the script.

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