Kāinga

Eight Pan-Asian female filmmakers’ powerful anthology film illuminates the immigrant experience in Aotearoa New Zealand through the lives of eight Asian women connected by the house they call home.

2022

1h 25min

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Top Billed Cast

Mya Williamson
Aho
Izumi Sugihara
Mikasa
Patricia Senocbit
Candy
Eliana Hwang
Soo Young
Sneha Shetty
Parvati
Masoumeh Hesam Mahmoudinezhad
Parisa
Dharshi Ponnampalam
Vena
Katlyn Wong
Eva

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