Film lovers pass, full access to all viewings, Q&A's throughought the festival.
($250 full price)

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📍Playwrights Horizon

⏱️5pm - 8pm

World-first launch of Pasifika On Air, an wave-making new platform dedicated to celebrating and amplifying Pasifika stories, voices, and creativity.

Be part of this landmark event as we unveil the platform, hear from special guests, and celebrate this milestone with the Pasifika community.

Join us for an evening of short films followed by a Q&A with filmmakers and a cocktail hour, offering the chance to continue the conversation and connect with fellow audiences and guests.

Malo aupito (thank you) to PCBL and Pasifika On Air for making this possible.

📍 Smithsonian's National Museum of the American Indian

⏱️ 6.30pm - 9pm

A bold reimagining of gothic horror, Mārama follows a young Māori woman confronting the violent legacy of colonialism through ancestral power, spiritual awakening and righteous vengeance.

Writer-director Taratoa Stappard crafts a visually stunning and culturally resonant film that has been praised for its atmospheric storytelling, unforgettable lead performance and powerful emotional catharsis.

📍 Angelika Film Center

⏱️ 3.00pm - 4:30pm

Salt and Stone. Beyond the deepest point on Earth lies a powerful story of culture, courage, and belonging. Featuring Remathau: People of the Ocean this screening celebrates the first Micronesian and Indigenous person to dive to the deepest part of the ocean

A huge mihi (thank you) to The Permanent Mission of Australia who has helped make this viewing a reality.

📍 Angelika Film Center
⏱️ 4.45pm - 7:20pm

Tidal Voices brings together a vibrant collection of short films from across Moana, celebrating identity, resilience and self-expression. Bold, intimate and unapologetic, these stories explore culture, gender, belonging and the many ways Pacific voices continue to challenge, inspire and redefine the present.

DASHER - Alexander Bocchieri (Hawai'i)

Sonic Sands - Lady Shaka (Aotearoa, Māori, Tahiti, Tokelau, Samoa)

I Am Not Your Dusky Maiden - Vea Mafile'o (Aotearoa, Samoa)

Grey - 'Ana Ika (Tonga)

Don't - (Maori)

O Alofa Nei, O Alofa Nā - Giselle Ilaoa (Samoa, Aotearoa)

Ei - Aukai Ligairi (Cook Islands)

📍 Angelika Film Center

⏱️ 3:00pm - 4:25pm

Fresh Waves brings together a new generation of filmmakers from Hawaiʻi, where stories rise from the land, the ocean and the communities that sustain them. Rooted in place and shaped by culture, these bold short films reflect the imagination, resilience and vision of emerging voices charting the future of Pacific storytelling.

CUPPA' JOE - Pono Wong (Hawai'i)

Cereal Killers - Conner Yoshioka (Hawai'i)

Denial - Erek Elliott (Hawai'i)

The Whimsical Tale of Wes & Frank - Emi Catanzariti, Kasen Isa (Hawai'i)

Sons Are Not Earthbound - Lauren Luke (Hawai'i)

Falling - Kainoa Kaeha (Hawai'i)

Ka Pō Lōʻihi - Josiah Castillo (Hawai'i)

📍 Angelika Film Center

⏱️ 5.00pm - 6.20pm

Deep Currents journeys into the stories deep below the surface where memory, identity and belonging are shaped across generations. Spanning Tonga, Fiji and Hawaiʻi, these powerful films explore the enduring ties between people, culture and place, revealing the currents that carry us forward while keeping us connected to where we come from.

Tamai - Enoch J Lui (Tonga)

Distant Roots - Caleb Teaupa (Tonga)

What We Carry - Lindsay Watson (Hawai'i)

ADI (Girl Chief) - Adi Tulia Nacola (Fiji)

📍 Angelika Film Center

⏱️ 7:00pm - 8:30pm

More than a rugby legend, LOMU is an intimate portrait of Jonah Lomu - the man behind the myth.
Youngest All Black of all time current holder of Rugby World Cup all-time try-scoring record.

Directed by Vea Mafile'o and Gavin Fitzgerald, this powerful documentary traces his journey from his Tongan roots to global sporting icon, revealing the personal challenges, family ties and unwavering resilience that shaped one of the greatest athletes of all time. A story of legacy, identity and the enduring strength of Pacific communities, LOMU celebrates a life that transcended sport and inspired generations

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Join us for a special screening of LOMU, followed by a Q&A and cocktail hour as we reflect on the remarkable legacy of a true Pacific icon.