Va Tapuia
Sacred Spaces

Malae Lialia'i
Va Tapuia | Sacred Spaces by Tusi Tamasese
NZL 2009, NATIVe - Indigenous Cinema
© New Zealand Film Commission

Malae Lialia'i, Lena Rivers
Va Tapuia | Sacred Spaces by Tusi Tamasese
NZL 2009, NATIVe - Indigenous Cinema
© New Zealand Film Commission

Lena Rivers
Va Tapuia | Sacred Spaces by Tusi Tamasese
NZL 2009, NATIVe - Indigenous Cinema
© New Zealand Film Commission
With
- Malae Lialia'i (Lui)
- Lena Rivers (Malia)
Crew
Written and Directed by | Tusi Tamasese |
Cinematography | Leon Narbey |
Montage | Annie Collins |
Sound Design | Tim Prebble |
Production Design | Kirsty Cameron |
Casting | Nathaniel Lees |
Producer | Catherine Fitzgerald |
Produced by
Blueskin Films
Tusi Tamasese

Born in Samoa in 1975, he studied social sciences at the University of Waikato before graduating from the New Zealand Film & Television School. He went on to take a master’s in screenwriting at the International Institute of Modern Letters at Victoria University in Wellington where he now lives with his wife and three children. His film O Le Tulafale (The Orator) screened in the Berlinale’s NATIVe – A Journey into Indigenous Cinema programme in 2013; One Thousand Ropes premiered in Panorama in 2017.
Filmography
2009 Va Tapuia (Sacred Spaces) 2011 O Le Tulafale (The Orator) 2013 Venice 70: Future Reloaded 2017 One Thousand Ropes; Panorama
Bio- & filmography as of Berlinale 2019