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|website=nyfa.edu|access-date=2019-10-01}}</ref> ''Manhatta'' was later selected as a finalist for "Best Short Film" at the [[New Zealand International Film Festival]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://theweeklyspoon.com/uncategorized/new-zealand-short-stories-screen-nziff-2017/|title=New Zealand Short Stories On Screen at NZIFF 2017|date=2017-06-01|website=The Weekly Spoon|language=en-US|access-date=2020-02-14}}</ref>
|website=nyfa.edu|access-date=2019-10-01}}</ref> ''Manhatta'' was later selected as a finalist for "Best Short Film" at the [[New Zealand International Film Festival]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://theweeklyspoon.com/uncategorized/new-zealand-short-stories-screen-nziff-2017/|title=New Zealand Short Stories On Screen at NZIFF 2017|date=2017-06-01|website=The Weekly Spoon|language=en-US|access-date=2020-02-14}}</ref>


Maihi's feature film, ''Waru'', which she co-wrote and co-directed in collaboration with 8 other Māori women filmmakers.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theskinny.co.uk/festivals/edinburgh-festivals/film/waru|title=Waru review: powerful portmanteu film - The Skinny|website=www.theskinny.co.uk|language=en|access-date=2020-02-14}}</ref> ''Waru'' was made up of a series of vignettes which addressed the widespread issue of [[child abuse in New Zealand]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.filmink.com.au/waru-uncovering-new-zealands-epidemic-child-abuse/|title=Waru: Uncovering New Zealand's Epidemic of Child Abuse|last=Pringle|first=Gill|date=2017-11-22|website=FilmInk|language=en-AU|access-date=2020-02-14}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.metromag.co.nz/arts/arts-film-tv/waru-the-new-zealand-film-you-need-to-see|title=Waru: The New Zealand film you need to see|last=Metro|website=www.metromag.co.nz|language=en|access-date=2020-02-14}}</ref> The film premiered at the [[Toronto International Film Festival]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.vendettafilms.co.nz/News/tabid/728/post/nz-film-waru-to-screen-at-toronto-international-film-festival/Default.aspx|title=NZ Film WARU to Screen at Toronto International Film Festival - Vendetta News|website=www.vendettafilms.co.nz|access-date=2020-02-14}}</ref> won the audience award at [[Seattle International Film Festival]] and the grand jury award for an outstanding international narrative feature at the 34th [[Asia-Pacific Film Festival]] in Los Angeles.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/film/98027844/waru-the-nine-female-maori-filmmakers-united-in-their-passion-to-start-a-conversation|title=Waru: The nine female Maori filmmakers united in their passion to start a conversation|website=stuff.co.nz|access-date=2019-10-01}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://iexaminer.org/award-winning-movie-waru-plays-at-siff-elevates-maori-wahine-voices/|title=Award-winning movie “Waru” plays at SIFF, elevates Maori wahine voices|website=iexaminer.org|access-date=2019-10-01}}</ref>
Maihi's feature film, ''Waru'', which she co-wrote and co-directed in collaboration with 8 other Māori women filmmakers.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theskinny.co.uk/festivals/edinburgh-festivals/film/waru|title=Waru review: powerful portmanteu film - The Skinny|website=www.theskinny.co.uk|language=en|access-date=2020-02-14}}</ref> ''Waru'' was made up of a series of vignettes which addressed the widespread issue of [[child abuse in New Zealand]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.filmink.com.au/waru-uncovering-new-zealands-epidemic-child-abuse/|title=Waru: Uncovering New Zealand's Epidemic of Child Abuse|last=Pringle|first=Gill|date=2017-11-22|website=FilmInk|language=en-AU|access-date=2020-02-14}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.metromag.co.nz/arts/arts-film-tv/waru-the-new-zealand-film-you-need-to-see|title=Waru: The New Zealand film you need to see|last=Metro|website=www.metromag.co.nz|language=en|access-date=2020-02-14}}</ref> The film premiered at the [[Toronto International Film Festival]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.vendettafilms.co.nz/News/tabid/728/post/nz-film-waru-to-screen-at-toronto-international-film-festival/Default.aspx|title=NZ Film WARU to Screen at Toronto International Film Festival - Vendetta News|website=www.vendettafilms.co.nz|access-date=2020-02-14}}</ref> won the audience award at [[Seattle International Film Festival]] and the grand jury award for an outstanding international narrative feature at the 34th [[Asia-Pacific Film Festival]] in Los Angeles.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/film/98027844/waru-the-nine-female-maori-filmmakers-united-in-their-passion-to-start-a-conversation|title=Waru: The nine female Maori filmmakers united in their passion to start a conversation|website=stuff.co.nz|access-date=2019-10-01}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://iexaminer.org/award-winning-movie-waru-plays-at-siff-elevates-maori-wahine-voices/|title=Award-winning movie “Waru” plays at SIFF, elevates Maori wahine voices|website=iexaminer.org|access-date=2019-10-01}}</ref> It was also screened at the [[Wairoa Māori Film Festival]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU1806/S00247/best-of-wairoa-maori-film-festival-to-be-showcased.htm|title=Best of Wairoa Māori Film Festival to Be Showcased {{!}} Scoop News|last=Monday|last2=June 2018|first2=25|website=www.scoop.co.nz|access-date=2020-02-14|last3=Week|first3=12:13 pm Press Release: Maori Film}}</ref>


In 2018, she was awarded the NZFC Maori Screen Excellence Award and Whakapapa Film Festival of Italy Award.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU1806/S00215/best-of-wairoa-maori-film-festival-showcased-in-auckland.htm|title=Best of Wairoa Māori Film Festival Showcased in Auckland|website=scoop.co.nz|access-date=2019-10-01}}</ref> Her films were screened as part of a retrospective on Māori filmmakers at [[Auckland]]'s first Māori Film Week.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.teaomaori.news/aucklanders-invited-citys-first-ever-maori-film-week|title=Aucklanders invited to the city's first ever Māori Film Week|website=Māori Television|language=en|access-date=2020-02-14}}</ref>
In 2018, she was awarded the NZFC Maori Screen Excellence Award and Whakapapa Film Festival of Italy Award.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU1806/S00215/best-of-wairoa-maori-film-festival-showcased-in-auckland.htm|title=Best of Wairoa Māori Film Festival Showcased in Auckland|website=scoop.co.nz|access-date=2019-10-01}}</ref> Her films were screened as part of a retrospective on Māori filmmakers at [[Auckland]]'s first Māori Film Week and the New Zealand International Film Festival.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.teaomaori.news/aucklanders-invited-citys-first-ever-maori-film-week|title=Aucklanders invited to the city's first ever Māori Film Week|website=Māori Television|language=en|access-date=2020-02-14}}</ref><ref name=":0" />


==Filmography==
==Filmography==

Revision as of 20:15, 14 February 2020

Renae Maihi
File:IMG-20191004-WA0008.jpg
Born
Auckland, New Zealand
Occupation(s)Director, writer and producer
Years active2010–present

Renae Maihi is a New Zealand film director and screenwriter.[1][2] Her best known films are Mannahatta, Waru and Ka Puta Ko Au.[3][4] She is best known for starting a petition to strip Sir Bob Jones of his knighthood, and Jones in turn taking her to the High Court for defamation.[5][6][7]

Life and career

Maihi was born in Auckland, New Zealand. She is Māori of Ngāpuhi and Te Arawa descent.[2]

Maihi made her writing debut with Nga Manurere in 2009.[8] In 2010, she made her screenwriting debut with short film, Redemption, which premiered at the 60th Berlin International Film Festival and Sundance Film Festival.[9] Her play, Patua, won Adam NZ Playwrights award for best play by a Maori Playwright 2013.[10] She subsequently wrote and directed the short film, Butterfly (Purerehua), funded by the New Zealand Film Commission.[11] In 2015, her short film, Mannahatta, premiered at ImagineNATIVE Film Festival in Toronto.[12] Manhatta was later selected as a finalist for "Best Short Film" at the New Zealand International Film Festival.[13]

Maihi's feature film, Waru, which she co-wrote and co-directed in collaboration with 8 other Māori women filmmakers.[14] Waru was made up of a series of vignettes which addressed the widespread issue of child abuse in New Zealand.[15][16] The film premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival,[17] won the audience award at Seattle International Film Festival and the grand jury award for an outstanding international narrative feature at the 34th Asia-Pacific Film Festival in Los Angeles.[18][19] It was also screened at the Wairoa Māori Film Festival.[20]

In 2018, she was awarded the NZFC Maori Screen Excellence Award and Whakapapa Film Festival of Italy Award.[21] Her films were screened as part of a retrospective on Māori filmmakers at Auckland's first Māori Film Week and the New Zealand International Film Festival.[22][20]

Filmography

Year Title Writer Director Producer Note
2010 Redemption Green tickY Short Film
2013 Butterfly (Purerehua) Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Short Film
2015 Mannahatta Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Short Film
2016 Ka Puta, Ko Au Green tickY Green tickY Short Film
2017 Waru Green tickY Green tickY Feature Film

Theatre

  • Nga Manurere
  • Patua

References

  1. ^ "Renae Maihi". nzonscreen.com. Retrieved 1 October 2019.
  2. ^ a b "Māori filmmaker takes to Global International Film Festival Circuit". teaomaori.news. Retrieved 1 October 2019.
  3. ^ "Mannahatta". nzfilm.co.nz. Retrieved 1 October 2019.
  4. ^ "Renae Maihi brings Māori women's voice to life in Waru". screen.nsw.gov.au. Retrieved 1 October 2019.
  5. ^ Hayden, Leonie (10 February 2020). "The Bob Jones v Renae Maihi 'Māori Gratitude Day' case goes to court". The Spinoff. Retrieved 12 February 2020.
  6. ^ "Sir Bob Jones' defamation claim against Renae Maihi set for hearing". Stuff. 10 February 2020. Retrieved 12 February 2020.
  7. ^ Johnsen, Meriana (11 February 2020). "Sir Bob Jones didn't read petition he claims defamed him". Radio New Zealand. Retrieved 12 February 2020.
  8. ^ "Review: Nga Manurere at TAPAC, Western Springs". nzherald.co.nz. Retrieved 1 October 2019.
  9. ^ "NZ short films selected for Sundance". thebigidea.nz. Retrieved 1 October 2019.
  10. ^ "PATUA written & directed by Renae Maihi". thebigidea.nz. Retrieved 1 October 2019.
  11. ^ "Purerehua". nzfilm.co.nz. Retrieved 1 October 2019.
  12. ^ "Award-Winning NYFA Grad's Newest Film Tackles Native Americans' Struggle in "Mannahatta"". nyfa.edu. Retrieved 1 October 2019.
  13. ^ "New Zealand Short Stories On Screen at NZIFF 2017". The Weekly Spoon. 1 June 2017. Retrieved 14 February 2020.
  14. ^ "Waru review: powerful portmanteu film - The Skinny". www.theskinny.co.uk. Retrieved 14 February 2020.
  15. ^ Pringle, Gill (22 November 2017). "Waru: Uncovering New Zealand's Epidemic of Child Abuse". FilmInk. Retrieved 14 February 2020.
  16. ^ Metro. "Waru: The New Zealand film you need to see". www.metromag.co.nz. Retrieved 14 February 2020.
  17. ^ "NZ Film WARU to Screen at Toronto International Film Festival - Vendetta News". www.vendettafilms.co.nz. Retrieved 14 February 2020.
  18. ^ "Waru: The nine female Maori filmmakers united in their passion to start a conversation". stuff.co.nz. Retrieved 1 October 2019.
  19. ^ "Award-winning movie "Waru" plays at SIFF, elevates Maori wahine voices". iexaminer.org. Retrieved 1 October 2019.
  20. ^ a b Monday; June 2018, 25; Week, 12:13 pm Press Release: Maori Film. "Best of Wairoa Māori Film Festival to Be Showcased | Scoop News". www.scoop.co.nz. Retrieved 14 February 2020. {{cite web}}: |first2= has numeric name (help)CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  21. ^ "Best of Wairoa Māori Film Festival Showcased in Auckland". scoop.co.nz. Retrieved 1 October 2019.
  22. ^ "Aucklanders invited to the city's first ever Māori Film Week". Māori Television. Retrieved 14 February 2020.
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