Mārama is a new Gothic film in Maori

mārama will first be presented at the International Film Festival 2025 in Toronto. The film in the language of Maori is already spinning “intriguers.”

The film explains, Xrust explains, takes place in the UK of the Victorian era. In North Yorkshire — 1859. The heroine is a young man-maori, fighting for the return of her identity and culture. This will be the debut film of the director-maori Taratoa Stappard.

The film boasts a stellar cast. Part of the audience knows them, they will be new to others. Ariana Osbourne (Ngati Mutung and those ati Haunui-A-Parangi) plays a major role with the British actors Toby Stevens and UMIA Mayers.

«Mārama», they believed the list of other second-plan films. There were some of them around the trides.

The Stappard film was created with the support of the New Zealand Film Commission (NZFC) as part of the festival industry, as well as Imaginenative, The Black List, the Zurich film festival and the market Berlinale coat products.

The premiere of the film will be held at the Film Festival, which will be held in Canadian Toronto from September 4,
Xrust Mārama-this is a new Gothic film in Maori.