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Toa`ipuapuagā Strength in Suffering
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© Malosi picturesToa'ipuapuaga Opapo [...]Toa`ipuapuagā Strength in Suffering
NATIVe 2019
NZL 2018
by: Vea Mafile'o
Toa'ipuapuaga Opapo
© Malosi pictures -
© Malosi picturesToa'ipuapuaga Opapo [...]Toa`ipuapuagā Strength in Suffering
NATIVe 2019
NZL 2018
by: Vea Mafile'o
Toa'ipuapuaga Opapo
© Malosi pictures -
© New Zealand Film CommissionVea Mafile'o [...]Toa`ipuapuagā Strength in Suffering
NATIVe 2019
NZL 2018
by: Vea Mafile'o
Vea Mafile'o
© New Zealand Film Commission
After a near-death experience in 2016, Toa claims to have been sent on a mission to spread the gospel and mend worldly relationships with God. She also displays stigmata similar to those associated with Christ at the crucifixion. Toa’s case unleashes a wave of controversy in Samoa’s Christian community, which is torn between faith and scepticism. In her film, Vea Mafile’o combines media footage and interviews with Toa and her family to create a personal narrative that goes beyond questions of truth to explore how Toa’s physical experience of her injuries has affected her relationships.
by
Vea Mafile'o
New Zealand 2018
English
Documentary form10’ · Colour
Crew
- Director
- Vea Mafile'o
- Cinematography
- Jeremiah Tauamiti
- Montage
- Vea Mafile'o
- Sound Design
- Dick Reade
- Executive Producer
- Vea Mafile'o
Biography
Vea Mafile'o
After taking a degree in fine art, she began working in television art departments before becoming an art director and camera operator on short and feature films. Now a television director, she continues to design and dress sets for various corporate events. In 2015, she was invited to exhibit her work as an artist at the Venice Biennale. As part of her ‘Digital Fananga’ project she has produced three short films in Tonga, one of which won the Break Through Award at the Sydney Pasifika Film Festival in 2015.
Filmography2015 'Aho'eitu; short film 2018 Toa`ipuapuagā Strength in Suffering; short film 2019 For My Father's Kingdom
Bio- & filmography as of Berlinale 2019
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