Day One Shorts = Someday Stories
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After seventeen years as The Outlook for Someday, the project has been reinvented and rebranded as Day One Hāpai te Haeata – a platform and learning hub for young filmmakers across Aotearoa. The Someday Challenge and Someday Stories have become Day One Challenge and Day One Shorts and will continue to offer upskilling opportunities for young people wanting to explore impact storytelling on screen. SOMEDAY STORIES is a series of sustainability-focused short films. Each film is 8-12 minutes and made by an emerging film-maker / production team aged 18-29. Made with the support of NZ On Air.
- ChannelMaori Television
- BroadcasterMaori Television Service
- Broadcast PlatformTelevision
Latest Titles
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Season 2024 , 2024 Episode 7Sunday 30 March 2025An evocative documentary following Jzayla Hughey's journey through the challenges and beauty of embracing her Afro-textured hair in Aotearoa.
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Season 2024 , 2024 Episode 6Monday 24 March 2025A robot art student who is othered by his human teacher and classmates is tasked with creating a painting about love.
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Season 2024 , 2024 Episode 5Sunday 23 March 2025Lost at the night markets, Janjan tries to find his parents. While searching, he befriends Kiuga, a child of a family from the stalls who takes him on a fantastic journey to find his loved ones.
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Season 2024 , 2024 Episode 4Sunday 16 March 2025A short documentary on bipolar disorder, Taurewarewa explores the highs and lows of tides and emotions in a sequence of insightful korero framed against a backdrop of Aotearoa's turbulent
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Season 2024 , 2024 Episode 3Sunday 9 March 2025A day in the life of a retired bus driver as he reflects on his journey as a Samoan immigrant traversing the streets of Auckland and the work he does in the church and the community.
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Season 2024 , 2024 Episode 2Sunday 23 February 2025A young Maori woman is given her estranged birth mother's ashes and has to figure out what to do with them.
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Season 2024 , 2024 Episode 1Sunday 16 February 2025A queer relationship falls out of sync as one woman loses touch with what is real and what may or may not be coming to her from the divine.
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Warning
Season 2 , 2 Episode 7Sunday 29 September 2024The Outlook for Someday challenge is to make a short sustainability-related film. It can be any genre, filmed with any camera and any length up to 5 minutes. -
The Pink Triangle
Season 2 , 2 Episode 6Sunday 22 September 2024The Outlook for Someday challenge is to make a short sustainability-related film. It can be any genre, filmed with any camera and any length up to 5 minutes. -
Tama Iti
Season 2 , 2 Episode 5Sunday 22 September 2024The Outlook for Someday challenge is to make a short sustainability-related film. It can be any genre, filmed with any camera and any length up to 5 minutes.
Broadcast Platform
- Television
Programme Name
- Day One Shorts = Someday Stories
Channel
- Maori Television
Broadcaster
- Maori Television Service
Description
- After seventeen years as The Outlook for Someday, the project has been reinvented and rebranded as Day One Hāpai te Haeata – a platform and learning hub for young filmmakers across Aotearoa. The Someday Challenge and Someday Stories have become Day One Challenge and Day One Shorts and will continue to offer upskilling opportunities for young people wanting to explore impact storytelling on screen. SOMEDAY STORIES is a series of sustainability-focused short films. Each film is 8-12 minutes and made by an emerging film-maker / production team aged 18-29. Made with the support of NZ On Air.