NGĀKAU is a poetic film that dives deep into the wananga of the three chambers of the heart —  whatumanawa, manawa and pumanawa.

Tracey Slaughter’s Self-portrait with chrysalis in a locked garage explores west Auckland as a place of in-between spaces, where the lives of the fortunate live just beyond the frame.

Dominic Hoey takes a hallucinogenic walk through his life in west Auckland

Filmed by Luke McPake, Anne Kennedy initially composed this piece for a large scale sand mural at Piha.

A kaleidoscopic Waitākere road trip, Whirlflow by poet Amber Esau and filmmaker Kathleen Mantel blazes a surrealistic arc over west Auckland.

In poet Nathan Joe’s magnetic three poem meditation on home and homecoming, he explores the feelings of being caught between Christchurch and Auckland, between queerness and being Chinese-Kiwi.

Proudly low-brow poet Freya Daly Sadgrove combines poetry with glam and punky theatrics, but faces harsh criticism in her attempt to make poetry accessible. Directed by Kathleen Winter.

Directed and illustrated Luke McPake, Hera Lindsay Bird performs her poem Do Not Go Gentle.

Edgewalker, by Grace Iwashita-Taylor, directed by Ursula Grace