An ambitious female-driven film that premiered at the Māoriland Film Festival will be opening in New Zealand cinemas next month. Producer Kerry Warkia​ says she wanted to create a strong successor to her acclaimed 2017 film Waru which played at the festival in 2017. Vai is told in a similar way - eight vignettes following the life of the main character, Vai, from young girl to elderly woman. READ MORE:* Māoriland Film Festival, New Zealand's answer to Sundance? The Māoriland Film Festival was the first time many of the filmmaker's families had seen the film.

Source: Stuff March 27, 2019 05:15 UTC