Event Info
(Taratoa Stappard, New Zealand 2025, 89 mins, some English subtitles) – [UK PREMIERE] + TARATOA STAPPARD Q&A
1859. When a young Māori woman is summoned from New Zealand to a north Yorkshire estate, she finds herself haunted by confusing visions. Far from home, she uncovers gruesome secrets and is compelled to confront the titled Englishman who harbours deep secrets.
With a searing central performance by Ariāna Osborne, Mārama is an inventive and effective twist on the gothic, bringing Aotearoa to the traditional English gothic milieu and holding up a furious lens to its colonial history.
