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Registration to Youth Filmmaking Programs now open!

We are excited to announce that registration to our programs is now open. We are launching new programs, such as the Youth Video Lab led...

Ngaio Simmons

End of Summer Reel Camps for Girls - A Reflection

The evenings are colder now. The past two months have felt like pure heat at all hours as if the sun and its rays follow us into the...

Ngaio Simmons

We were always here - day 2 at the LGTBQIA+ camp

Day two saw us opening once more with a gratitude hui. Bringing love and thanks to our ancestors, chosen and blood families, our...

Ngaio Simmons

In perpetuum

Most people I’ve met who learn that I am an artist tend to make the initial, incorrect assumption that I am always on the verge of...

Ngaio Simmons

Mahi Tuarua

The participants are deep in their work. Editing, refining, sharpening up whatever is left to do on their films. Sitting in on these...

Ngaio Simmons

Care

This past week was spent thinking about representation, specifically the ways in which our Asian relatives are represented in various...

Ngaio Simmons

I am...

I am thinking a lot about value these past few days. Specifically, the value that we assign to ourselves. Last Saturday, our ice breaker...

Ngaio Simmons

Art Moving

This week has me thinking a lot about art and how we go about including people in it. Participants this week mainly focused on...