Matasila Freshwater Explained

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

• Shmeat, 2016, animated film
• Vai, 2019 ^{[3] [4] [5] [6]}
• Hiama, 2021 ^[7]
• Teine Sā, 2021 ^[8]

References

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