Awa Films is a leading indigenous production company led by award winning filmmakers Julian and Becs Arahanga. The company draws its storytelling inspiration from its name Awa which is the Māori word for river that weaves connections of people, water and land. There is a real passion at Awa Films to tell Māori stories to a global audience and is capture in the companies internal mantra "Indigenous
ly inspired for all”. Recently Julian was awarded SPADA Independent Producer of the Year, and Becs was award the SPADA New Film Maker of the Year. Awa Film's credits: Series Colonial Combat and Songs from the Inside, short films Hinekura, Laundry and documentaries Pixie and Beyond the Battalion. They are currently developing several high end drama TV Shows for local and International audiences, including Fox and I Am Māui. We create and develop stories that can be expressed through cinema, television, interactive, music and print. The company is built around the development and creation of a film and media catalogue, that is branded with our unique voice. We are building our brand around Maori themes and ideologies that will be accessible to a global audience.
