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Hinekura
Aotearoa: 1600’s when Hine has her first menstruation, accompanied by other women, she is sent on a journey to undergo a sacred ritual guiding her from child to woman and warrior. However Hine isn’t quite ready to let her childhood go…
Hinekura is an empowering adventure about menstruation, coming-of-age and womanhood.
Topics:
#Adventure #Women #Menstruation #Mysticism #Youth #Body #courage #change #Duel #BIPOC
Festivals & Awards:
New Zealand International Film Festival, Whānau Mārama - New Zealand 2019 - Winner of the Auckland Live Spirt of the Civic Award and the 2019 Audience Choice Award
imagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival – Canada 2019
Winda Film festival in Sydney – Australia, 2019
Oaxaca Film Festival – Mexico, 2019
KUKI International Short Film Festival for Children and Youth Berlin – Germany 2019
interfilm International Short Film Festival Berlin – Germany 2019
Hawaii International Film Festival – USA, 2019
Sydney Film Festival – Australia, 2019
Skábmagovat - Indigenous Peoples’ Film Festival – Sápmi/Finland 2020
Aspen Shortsfest – USA, 2020
Native Crossroads Film Fest and Symposium in Oklahoma – USA, 2020
Matariki festival – New Zealand, 2020
Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival – USA, 2020
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