WHAKATIKI
Director: Louise Leitch
Short film | NZ | 2013
13 min
47th Hof International Film Festival
2013
Kiri, an overweight Maori woman, takes a trip to the Whakatiki River where she spent many summers as a girl. Her husband Dan, his friend Seb and the beautiful Josie join her. The location awakens powerful memories for Kiri, and as tensions mount, she draws on her spiritual connection to the river to rise up and reconnect with her true self.