Send TOITŪ Visual Sovereignty to the World!

Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki hosted a sold-out screening and art auction on Thursday 29 January in honor of my film TOITŪ: Visual Sovereignty.  

In a powerful show of collective support, artists featured in the documentary donated artworks for auction to help send the independent film and its story of Māori visual sovereignty around the world.
Over $100k was raised by auction to support presenting and pitching the film internationally. This will enable me and the team to dream bigger than we ever had, to enter the film in multiple festivals and competitions, represent the film around the world and fly the flag for Aotearoa NZ arts. Having the ability to be ready to respond to any festival or market is an independent filmmaker's dream.  I am well on my way to creating the distribution roll out I only dreamed of five years ago.  

Ngā  mihi to everyone who showed up for me, for the arts and for independent film!