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Sima Urale is a New Zealand filmmaker. Her films explore social and political issues and have been screened worldwide. She is one of the few Polynesian film directors in the world with more than 15 years in the industry.
As a visual storyteller, Sima Urale retains the Samoan oral tradition of story-telling or fagogo, bringing to it a contemporary twist. At the forefront of filmmakers telling Pacific stories, she is influenced both by her Samoan heritage and the urban experience of living in Aotearoa.
Sima Urale, Samoa’s first female filmmaker, has brought touching stories of Pacific peoples to the screen, often from an NZ outsider’s point of view. Urale credits her film success to determination and dealing with social issues close to her heart.
Dec 1, 2008 · Director Sima Urale discusses being a South Pacific filmmaker: from the immigrant experience in Aotearoa (O Tamaiti, Apron Strings) to dusky maidens in velve...
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Samoan-born, New Zealand-raised director Sima Urale is our first prominent Samoan female director. Urale has brought touching stories of Pacific people to the screen, often from an NZ outsider’s point of view.
Aug 31, 2019 · An interview with Sima Urale, the 2019 Arts Foundation Laureate receiving the Burr/Tatham Trust Award.
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Filmmaker Sima Urale is influenced by her Samoan heritage and her experience of living in urban New Zealand. Her films include O Tamaiti, Still Life, Coffee ...
