Taratoa Stappard

writer-director of stories: MĀRAMA🇬🇧TAUMANU(Reclaim)🇳🇿EMKHATSINI(Between)🇸🇿/🇲🇿 (Aotearoa born, based in Rānana)

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@Arts_Channel 🎥📽

[TIFF: The Market @TIFF_TheMarket]

TIFF Talent alum Taratoa Stappard’s (Writers’ Studio ‘21) MĀRAMA has been selected for the Berlinale Coproduction Market 2023.

@ToaStappard’s title is among 33 film projects from 26 countries that will be presented to coproduction and financing partners. https://t.co/wjOaxeehWB

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Looking forward to being part of this:

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@CasparSalmon

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Very happy to be joining 19 other filmmakers from around the world for 5 days participating in the ⁦@zurichfilmfest⁩ ‘Academy’ - thank you to ⁦@British_Film⁩ for getting me there 🙏🏽 https://t.co/yDgJ4MYhiC

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@Ohheykenny Ngā mihi 🙏🏽 Kenny,
The look of TAUMANU was thanks to awesome HoDs - all women:
Costumes: Barbara Darragh & Lucy Danner
Cinematography: Ginny Loane
Art Dept: Riria Lee
Make Up: Amanda Ashton
(And lush stills by Melanie Bridge)

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🔥✊🏽🔥
RickyLee Waipuka-Russell,
Rita Peihopa
and Eds Eramiha
in TAUMANU

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@jimmycthatsme Amator / Camera Buff
by K. Kieslowski

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TAUMANU 🖤🤍❤️
it’s time to RECLAIM...
🌊🦉🔪🩸🔥

[Kiran Dass @SteelyDass]

The first New Zealander to win the @TheBookerPrizes Keri Hulme won the award in 1985 for 'The Bone People'. I love the bit here during the ceremony when they ring her on the phone to tell her and she says, "Bloody hell!" https://t.co/T3Te8pD27a #KeriHulme #TheBonePeople

[Naima Cochrane’s Burner Acct @stillnaima]

But I also gotta talk about the joy. Not to again compare #MichaelKWilliams to X but they were both so characteristically Gen X Black men born and raised in these NYC streets. They had been through battle, they were haunted even, but they also grabbed moments of joy full out.

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@CasparSalmon Ātaahua. | Beautiful.

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@saeedtaji ❤️

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@saeedtaji 🔥✊🏽🔥

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https://t.co/7CZtZKbkIi
This was such a fantastic experience.
Ngā mihi nui | Thank you
@NZFilmCommissh @theblcklst
❤️

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@JamesTophamWord The BOLDING.

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Hell yeah! Prano Bailey-Bond 🔥🤘🏽🔥
⚡️What an inspiration!⚡️

[Letterboxd @letterboxd]

the purity of this note al pacino wrote to robert de niro after watching raging bull 🤧❤️

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This is going to be 🔥🔥🔥
by screenwriter / exec producer @Emilia_diG

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When you’re waiting to check in AKL > HRW and the ENTIRE CAST of ‘The 🦁 King’ is also checking in ❤️ ...The Circle of Life ❤️