RED, WHITE & BRASS
Directed by Damon Fepulea'iCast: Dimitrius Schuster - Koloamatangi, Ilaisaane Green, John-Paul (Jp) Foliaki, Lupeti Finau, Michael (Mikey) Falesiu, Onetoto Ikavuka
- Narrative Programs, Pacific Cinewaves
- Aotearoa New Zealand
- Comedy, Family, International, Music, Pacific Islander, Spiritual
- English, Tongan
- 2022
- 85 mins
- West Coast premiere
Filmmakers in attendance. Film program will be followed by Q&A.
The World Cup is in town, your team is playing and you’re unable to get a ticket to see the big game. What would you do? Enter Maka; a Tongan superfan, who will do whatever it takes to get tickets to the Tonga vs France Rugby World Cup game – even if it means promising to deliver an imaginary brass band for the pre-match entertainment. RED, WHITE & BRASS, directed by Damon Fepulea and written by Halaifonua Finau and Fepulea, is a feel-good comedy based on an incredible true story of Finau’s family. Executive produced by TaikaWaititi, the narrative film delivers with laugh-out-loud humor that’s fit for the entire family.
CREDITS
Writer: Damon Fepulea’i, Halaifonua (Nua) Finau
Producer: Georgina Conder, Morgan Waru & Halaifonua (Nua) Finau
Executive Producer: Carthew Neal, Ainsley Gardiner, Taika Waititi
Director of Photography: Andrew McGeorge
Editor: Ben Powdrell, Paul Maxwell, Damon Fepulea’i
Production Designer: Emily Mafile’o
Composer: Three Houses Down, Karl Sölve Steven
Sound Designer: Julia Huberman
Music: Three Houses Down