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
Solomon Islands is an island country consisting of six major islands and over 900 smaller islands in Oceania, to the east of Papua New Guinea and north-west of Vanuatu. It has a land area of , and a population of approx. 700,000. Its capita ...
. 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,
imagineNATIVE Film and Media Arts Festival
The imagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival is the world's largest Indigenous film and media arts festival, held annually in Toronto in the month of October. The festival focuses on the film, video, radio, and new media work of Indigenous, Abori ...
, and
Berlin Film Festival
The Berlin International Film Festival (german: Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin), usually called the Berlinale (), is a major international film festival held annually in Berlin, Germany. Founded in 1951 and originally run in June, the festi ...
.
Filmography
* ''Shmeat'', 2016, animated film
* ''Vai'', 2019
* ''Hiama,'' 2021
* ''Teine Sā'', 2021
References
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New Zealand film directors
Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)
New Zealand women film directors