May 18, 2015
Winstanley out of shadows for WIFT award
Chelsea Winstanley of Ngati Ranginui has been chosen to receive this year’s Women in Film & Television Mana Wahine Award.
The tohu will be presented at the opening of the Wairoa Maori Film Festival on May 30.
Ms Winstanley was the recipient of the Woman to Watch Award at the 2009 WIFT Film and Television Awards.
Since then she has produced and directed feature films, television, documentaries and short films, including the multi award-winning mockumentary What We Do in the Shadows with Taika Waititi and Emanuel Michael.
The film currently holds the number one slot on the comedy and horror charts on US iTunes after a limited, highly successful self-funded cinema release in the US.
The judging panel says the mother of two is leading the way for other up-and-coming Maori women screen practitioners, with her example of a fearless approach to the international market for Maori storytelling.
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