Short film

Womb
2025 · 15 min
A quiet, emotionally charged short that immerses you in a child's fragile hope amid a tense custody fight.
- Directed by
- Ira Hetaraka
- Genres
- Drama
- Starring
- Pounamu Hetaraka, Te Arohanui Korewha, Ngātai Hita
- Overview
- A young Māori girl in the care of a conservative English couple savours her mother's weekly visitations, as a custody battle driven by racial bias will ultimately decide their fate.
- How it feels
- Melancholic, tense, earnest and dark. Measured and needs your attention.
- About
- Family, race, identity, class
- Content
- Mild language. No violence, gore or sexual content.
- Note
- Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown
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- Directed by
- Ira Hetaraka
- Genres
- Drama
- Starring
- Pounamu Hetaraka, Te Arohanui Korewha, Ngātai Hita

