Winner winner chicken dinner! Overjoyed to be awarded a prize from the jury @sxsw 🩶 Like actually wtf is happening right now, this is insane.
2nd Pic: All my love and gratitude to my incredible cinematographer, the iconic @chegone - we both lost our minds during shoot but we make beautiful cinema together, my sis! 📸 @a_j_greenwood
3rd Pic: a rare pic of me directing 📸 @chegone - it’s hard to make a place like this not look beautiful. Ngā mihi Te Hapū o Ngāti Wheke, thank you for allowing us to show your beautiful kāinga to the world 🎥
Working on a short film? Meet the creatives running our Queer Story Workshop on crafting your short film script.
Josephine Stewart-Te Whiu and Todd Karehana bring years of experience creating acclaimed short films. They’ll guide you through storytelling decisions, writing exercises, and group work to help you shape your characters and story dynamics.
All levels welcome. Bring a short film concept, no matter how early stage.
🌈 Saturday 21 March, 9am - 4pm
📍 The Button Factory, 2 Abbey Street, Auckland CBD
🎟️ $10 unwaged / $15 waged — tickets in bio
Swipe to meet the team ➡️
Join us for a one-day workshop for beginner and emerging queer writers about crafting a short film script. This is an opportunity to gain insight from experienced filmmakers Josephine Stewart-Te Whiu (We Were Dangerous, When We Were Kids, Ani) and Todd Karehana (Socks, The River, Ahikāroa) about crafting characters and story dynamics for a short film.
Saturday 21 March | 9am - 4pm | The Button Factory
Tickets: $15 waged / $10 unwaged - link in bio 🌈
I have spent the past 11 months working in the Rupture Programme developing a sci-fi TV series. My entire life I have been obsessed with aliens and space and I finally got to be my nerdy weird ass self and go to town.
It has been some of the most rewarding and joyful work I have done. I got to share the journey with screen icons @sophiekatehenderson@shoshmcc@brita.mcveigh@slinkyempire@mj_mogumogu and Hamish Bennett.
Huge love to my dream team from the beginning to the bitter end @juliamariacroft and @astro_jje 🪐
All the love to @silotheatre for giving me a home away from home to write.
All the love to @nz_on_air or for the support.
And especially all the aroha to @eloiseameliaveber and @alexreed7245 - you guys made the impossible possible.
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WE WERE DANGEROUS
directed by: Josephine Stewart-Te Whiu (@ghostaphine )
›› CROSSROADS 2025 OPENING FILM ‹‹
"In 1954 New Zealand, three rebellious girls - Nellie, Daisy, and Lou - are sent to a remote island institution, where they form an unbreakable bond in defiance of their strict matron. But as cruel punishments escalate, their friendship is tested, forcing them to choose between resistance and survival." -@weweredangerous
— Opening Film // Austrian premiere! —
🗓️ November 3rd, 2025 - 18:30
📍 Heimatsaal im Volkskundemuseum (Paulustorgasse 13a, 1st floor), 8010 Graz
🎞️ 82 min, English
🎫 Free admission! Voluntary contributions very welcome :)
This film is co-presented by:
@grazerfrauenrat
#Crossroads #Graz #Festival #Film #Documentary #Doku
#CrossroadsGraz
That’s a wrap from me on @silotheatre Taniwha. It’s on all next week if you’re looking for something to do with the kids! Absolutely magical show to send off the iconic @sophie_cr_ from her role as Artistic Director.
After the show go check out Lissy and Rudi’s wharenui at the Civic theatre. It’s free and awe inspiring.
1: Taniwha dream team 🖤🐍
2: behind the scenes Auckland theatre Aotea Centre
3 & 4: Lissy and Rudi’s Wharenui Harikoa (Civic)
5: Sophie and I in our witch era, circa 2016, Grey Lynn.
An incredible honour to win the Dramatic Feature Award from the Moon Jury at @imaginenative 🎥
This festival holds a special place in my heart. I was able to attend back in 2018 with the wāhine toa of Waru, so to have my first feature screen here and win all these years later means the world.
Shout out to the team, especially my indigenous co-creators.
Indigenous excellence forever!
Toitū Te Tiriti!
Fuck fascism!
Decolonize the screen! 💪🏾🤎
We are honoured to announce Josephine Stewart-Te Whiu, recipient of the Dramatic Feature Award!
With support from Kashif Incubator, this award recognizes innovation and excellence in creating dramatic feature film with a $7,500 cash prize.
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@ghostaphine@WeAreKashif #imagineNATIVE #Indigenous #FilmFestival #awards
#IndigenousBrilliance #IndigenousExcellence #IndigenousFilm #IndigenousMedia #IndigenousCinema #RepresentationMatters #AmplifyIndigenousVoices #IndigenousStorytelling
