We Are Still Here (2022 film)

We Are Still Here is an Australian-New Zealand anthology film released in 2022.[1] Created as a response to the 250th anniversary of the Second voyage of James Cook to Australia in 1772, the project consists of ten linked short films by each of ten Indigenous Australian and Māori filmmakers about the impact of settler colonialism on the region's indigenous cultures.[2]

We Are Still Here
Film poster
Directed byBeck Cole, Dena Curtis, Tracey Rigney, Danielle MacLean, Tim Worrall, Renae Maihi, Miki Magasiva, Mario Gaoa, Richard Curtis, Chantelle Burgoyne
Written byBeck Cole, Samuel Paynter, Tiraroa Reweti, Dena Curtis, Tracey Rigney, Danielle MacLean, Tim Worrall, Renae Maihi, Miki Magasiva, Mario Gaoa, Richard Curtis, Chantelle Burgoyne
Produced byMia Henry-Teirney
Mitchell Stanley
Toni Stowers
CinematographyRaymond Edwards
Eric Murray Lui
Edited byRoland Gallois
Music byMahuia Bridgman-Cooper
Production
companies
No Coincidence Media
Marama Productions
Distributed byDark Matter
Rialto Entertainment
Release date
  • June 8, 2022 (2022-06-08) (Sydney)
Running time
82 minutes
CountriesAustralia
New Zealand
LanguagesEnglish
Māori
Samoan

The films were directed by Beck Cole, Dena Curtis, Tracey Rigney, Danielle MacLean, Tim Worrall, Renae Maihi, Miki Magasiva, Mario Gaoa, Richard Curtis and Chantelle Burgoyne, and span a range of approaches including historical war drama, futuristic speculative fiction and animation.[1]

It premiered as the opening film of the 2022 Sydney Film Festival,[2] and had its North American premiere in the Contemporary World Cinema program at the 2022 Toronto International Film Festival on September 10, 2022.[3] The film won the Dramatic Feature Award at the imagineNATIVE Film and Media Arts Festival.[4]

References
  1. Luke Buckmaster, "We Are Still Here review – 10 directors take on Captain Cook in thrilling ways". The Guardian, 8 June 2022.
  2. Sandy George, "Indigenous anthology feature ‘We Are Still Here’ to open Sydney Film Festival 2022". Screen Daily, 4 May 2022.
  3. Samantha Bergeson, "TIFF Unveils Contemporary World Cinema Lineup: ‘Aftersun,’ ‘EO’ Among Toronto Premieres". IndieWire, 17 August 2022.
  4. Bloch, Aaron. "Trailblazing Māori director's touching speech after We Are Still Here award nod". NIT. Retrieved 8 September 2023.
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