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RECENT WORK
MILES FROM NOWHERE
Six Part Television Series (2023) for SKY Television/NEON
Director: Ghazaleh Golbakhsh | Created by: Mohamed Hassan and Ahmed Osman
| DP: Tim Flower | Editors: Ben Powdrell and Raewyn Humphries
A bold six-part drama-comedy series about the everyday and not-so-everyday experiences of the Muslim diaspora in Aotearoa, New Zealand. Starring Arlo Green (Nautilus, M3GAN, Rūrangi, Cowboy Bebop) as Said: a young Kiwi-Muslim songwriter who forms a dangerous friendship with the Security Intelligence Service agent spying on him, risking his whole community to fulfil his dreams.
RIVER OF FREEDOM
Independent Feature Film for cinema release 2023
Director: Gaylene Barnes | Produced by Jared Connon and Julian Arahanga
| Cinematography: Mark Lapwood | Additional Editing: Ben Powdrell
River of Freedom is a feature documentary due for release into cinemas September 2023. Sharing the inside story of the New Zealand Convoy and Parliament protest in February and March 2022 - who the people were, why they were there, and what happened!
RED WHITE AND BRASS
Feature Film (2023) for Piki Films | Director: Damon Fepulea'i | Screenplay by Damon Fepulea'i and Halaifonua Finau
Produced by Georgina Conder, Morgan Waru, Halaifonua Finau | Cinematographer: Andrew McGeorge
| Editors: Ben Powdrell, Damon Fepulea'i and Paul Maxwell
Nationwide cinema release in New Zealand and Australia and #21 of top grossing NZ films of all time.
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Red White and Brass world premiere in Wellington NZ with Producer Carthew Neal (Piki Films) and Damon Fepulea’i.
Wellington UNESCO City of Film promo video edited for Screen Wellington with Director Ben Milsom and Producer Pamela Harvey-White.
After completing my MA in Creative Writing (Scriptwriting) in 2021 at the IIML (International Institute of Modern Letters), my first commissioned series of digital interactive books LITTLE BIG THINKERS was commissioned by Rascality Media. Director Jaimee Poipoi did such an amazing job the stories worked as animated short films and premiered at Māoriland Film Festival 2023.
Rascality Team including Little Big Thinkers Director Jaimee Poipoi and Producer Kelsey O’Hagan (Rascal CEO/Creative Director)
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Rascality Team including Little Big Thinkers Director Jaimee Poipoi and Producer Kelsey O’Hagan (Rascal CEO/Creative Director)