Vahaʻa | The Distance Between

After his mother’s death, a boxer struggles with grief and a strained relationship with his father, who coaches him in the ring but remains distant outside of it, forcing him to fight both opponents and inner demons.

Credits
Writer: Pingi Moli, Derek Pueblo
Producer: Derek Pueblo, Pingi Moll
Executive Producer: Sara Hood
Director of Photography: Derek Pueblo
Editor: Derek Pueblo
Production Designer: Ethan Kankula
Composer: Jarom Su’a, Sione Toki, Kime Lao, Scott Winn, Brenden Bytheway
Sound Designer: Andrew Lin, Dorothy Hyunjung
Music: Jarom Su’a, Sione Toki, Kime Lao, Scott Winn, Brenden Bytheway

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Pacific Cinewaves: Sites of Memory in Oceania

For this year’s LAAPFF’s Pacific Cinewaves program, we invite you on a journey to witness the cinematic narratives of six Pasifika storytellers as they grapple with themes of family, grief, identity, dispossession and memory.