Matasila Freshwater

Matasila Freshwater is a New Zealand illustrator, director. She was awarded a 2020 Springboard Award, and a 2021 Sun & Moon Jury Prize.

Life

Matasila Freshwater is from the Solomon Islands. She studied anthropology, animation and illustration.

She lives in Wellington. In 2019, she directed the film on the Solomon Islands, Vai. Vai was screened at the 2019 Vancouver International Film Festival,[1] imagineNATIVE Film and Media Arts Festival, and Berlin Film Festival.[2]

Filmography

References

  1. ^ "Vai". TIFF. Retrieved 2022-04-01.
  2. ^ Croot, James (2019-02-09). "Waru follow-up debuting at Berlin Film Festival this weekend". Stuff. Retrieved 2022-04-01.
  3. ^ Harvey, Dennis (2019-05-30). "Film Review: 'Vai'". Variety. Retrieved 2022-04-01.
  4. ^ Johannesen, Kirk (2021-08-18). "Nighttime films at Memorial Stadium among IU Cinema fall events". News at IU. Retrieved 2022-04-01.
  5. ^ "Vai opens up a 'universe of possibilities'". NZ Herald. Retrieved 2022-04-01.
  6. ^ Croot, James (2019-04-02). "Vai: Waru follow-up an even more ambitious and audacious piece of film-making". Stuff. Retrieved 2022-04-01.
  7. ^ "New TV series showcases ancient Pacific tales in the modern day". FijiTimes. Retrieved 2022-04-01.
  8. ^ Totua, Lofa (2021-05-20). "Horror series Teine Sā is bringing a new kind of Pacific storytelling to the screen". The Spinoff. Retrieved 2022-04-01.