Matthias Luafutu

Making her feature debut, New Zealand theatre maker Nina Nawalowalo adapts the play of the same name to screen, telling the story of Fa’amoana John Luafutu's time as a state ward in the 1960’s and the intergenerational impacts of these experiences.

A family trip through the New Zealand wilderness turns into a nightmare when they're suddenly confronted by a pair of drifters in this Sundance thriller starring Daniel Gillies (The Originals) and Miriama McDowell (Waru).