To day I learned about commenting on the film festival.To day I created a comment and sheared it on my blog.
Film Festival – See you in the future
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1tgSHr23__CRwckTebFytgcfhdkqHhLdf/view?usp=sharing
This is the video / | |
Film Festival Blog 10/9/26
When we first thought of our film we wanted a rugby league or a TikTok dance film but we didn’t because everyone kept arguing and it was way too hard for them. So we thought of a simple film and it was an interview film with my friends but then Richard withdrew and went into another team. We were in the staff room since we had no space in the classroom and we filmed each person. Although most of our movie cuts were really bad (since it was our first time), we found some good film cuts that went into our film. I was the editor so I had to have some critical thinking to edit this film. My teacher helped me into each section and then i learnt how to do it myself although I thought there was no time since the film had to be tomorrow. So I brought my Chromebook home with permission and worked on it, and by my surprise it was finished. I also helped another team but theirs didn’t show at the film festival. I went to show my edited film to the teacher moreover it was great. I went to our school film festival cinema. There was a lot of amazing films ( 14 films ) either Maori or English that were shown to us.
2 films that I liked in the film festival was
- How it feels to be a new student at school ( It had a good story line for a first film )
- Maui and the sun ( Although it was Maori and couldn’t understand the language it had great pictures and carried us through the story )
About the Film Festival
For my Honest feedback Of the Film Festival, Every children’s Movie were great and i really like how they try to put much effort in their work Like Doing Animation, Using Artificial Intelligence (Like Veo, Gemini, and other AI), And Doing it In Real life. But What I Dislike (No Hate Because there is A difference of Dislike and Hate) is When Some Students were talking when watching a Film Which is kind of disappointing for Teachers and adults trying to hear what the Children were saying in the Television, My Feet hurts when i sit down in the floor Folding our legs. When making the Movie it was pretty hard to do it and have to do more weeks or days to do it, But it doesn’t Need to be perfect Because Everyone makes mistakes like me. Special Thanks to Ms. Ulugia-Pua For helping us doing this. My top 2 Favourite Movies Were The film we made The Kids who made the Animation Because Our Film Has Funny and interesting things on it Like The Behind the Scenes One Where it was funny and Animation One was Awesome because there was like Characters designed by Juniors.
Film Festival See You In The Future
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1tgSHr23__CRwckTebFytgcfhdkqHhLdf/view?ts=6aa1de01
This is the link to my groups video
Something i learnt about film festival is seeing everyone come together and do a film together and picking a topic to do just like our one that we did it is called see you in the future so me and my friends gather up together and did our film then we finish filming so we started editing then me and my friends were looking at the film and saying its good but one of my friends said something we need to work on it is having clear voices and looking at the camera.
Movie Day – Film Festival
Hello students, commentators, and teachers.
Today (10/09/2026) at St. Josephs, Grey Lynn we watched the Film Festival at 9:30 AM in the morning and we reflected on it by writing this blog.
So, my reflection is that it was boring, and loud.
I am thanking my teacher too, because she organised about all of it. I’d say the whole of our class
Film Festival: Ko Tūi me ngā Taniwha
Kia ora e te iwi,
Anei tō mātou kiriata mō te Film Festival 2026. Ko te ingoa o tō mātou kiriata ko, Tūī me ngā Taniwha. E pā ana tēnei kiriata ki tētahi tama, a Tūī, me tana whakawhitinga ki tētahi aorangi rerekē, arā ko te ao o ngā Taniwha. Ki te hoki atu a Tūī ki Papatūānuku, me kimi ia i ngā taonga tapu e toru mai i ngā rangatira. Ka taea e ia? Mātakitaki mai i te haerenga a Tūī ki tuarangi!
Nā Whakapono.
2026 ManaiaKalani Film Festival
Tēnā koutou e te whānau,
Mātakitaki mai i te kiriata nei!
I te Wāhanga 2 o 2026, i whakarite ngā whetū o Manawanui ki Whakamārama Atu (Explain Everything) ki ngā īPapa he kirata mō te Film Festival o ManaiaKalani 2026!
Ko te kaupapa matua mō te kiriata – Te Wehenga o Ranginui rāua ko Papatūānuku.
Ngā Kaikōrero
Ngā Kaiwhakataki – Jack-James rāua ko Atiya
Tāne Mahuta – Rakairoa
Tangaroa – Mia
Tawhitimātea – Haki
Haumia-tiketike – Ivy
Rongomātane- Tautu
Tūmatauenga – Haki
Rūaumoko – Atiya
Ngā Kaitāpikitia:
Ranginui – Ace / Raine
Papatūānuku – Ace / Raine
Tāne Mahuta – Niwa
Tangaroa – Atarangi
Tawhirimātea – Tytan
Haumia-tiketike – Vienna
Tūmatauenga – Tuua
Rūaumoko – Mama Mia
Te Ao Marama – Ivy
Whakarongo mai, mātakitaki mai…
Film Festival – See You In the Future!
Kia Ora Kia, my name is Zac. I am Year six. I go to St. Joseph School, Grey Lynn. The title of the film is: See You In the Future! The film is about six boys who are telling their future selves, “are you still doing the same things as you were in the past?”
This is our first ever film we have created, and it’s the first time St. Joseph School, Grey Lynn has ever been involved in the Te Purapura Ngatahi o Manaiakalani film festival!
We would like to thank the following who have made this film come to life!
Film Editor: Zac | Creators: Walter, Winter, Francis, Moses and Luke.
Tohunga Kaumoana
Nau mai ki tā mātou kiriata. Ko tō mātou tumanako kia kite koutou i te auahatanga me ngā pūkenga mīharo a ō tātou tūpuna. E mihi ana ki ngā ākonga mō tō rātou mahi ki te kiriata nei. Mātaki mai!
Tā Whakaute Kiriata/Film Festival
Tēnā tātou. Kua tae te wā mō te Ahurei Kiriata. Hūrō! Nei rā te mihi nui ki ngā tamariki o Whakaute i whakapau kaha ki te waihanga i te kiriata nei, “He Taonga Tuku Iho”.
Te tira whakatika, me te hākori: ko Paige, ko Cairo, ko Harbour, ko Nanaia. Ko Paige te ringa hopuata hoki i ētahi wā.
Te kāhui kiriwhakaari matua: ko Timothy (Koro), ko Hemi, ko Jayda (ngā mokopuna).
Te kāhui maramataka: ko Milena, Tame, Ahikā, Nanaia, Kharisma, Tangihaere, Eli, Taiaho rātou ko Joshua.
Mauriora!
Film Festival – A Life Of A New Student
Kia Ora, my name is Zed. I am a Year Seven at St. Joseph’s School Grey Lynn. The title of our film is: “A Life of A New Student.” The film is about a new female student who has started school at St. Joseph’s School and the experiences she has.
We feel really excited, as this is the first time St. Joseph School, Grey Lynn, as ever submitted films to this festival in our cluster, Te Purapura Ngatahi o Manaiakalani. As film makers, this is our very first time! We had fun thinking and planning a story board for our film, but even more fun was filming!
Thank you, to the wonderful middle school actors who also had fun being part of our film. The fun part was putting it all together then filming! Gosh it was hard work!
Thank you to the following people for their hard work in thinking, planning the storyboard and filming…
Filming: Zac & Ellaina | Creators: Antoneth, Ellise (who has returned to the Phillipines) & Sian | Special Thanks – R10 Actors: Memphis, Sofia, Linsenka, Yubo, Mote, Makayla & Ezra.
Film Festival 2026
Māui Ka Kā Tonu
Ko te ahi o Māui, ka kā tonu, te ingoa o te kiriata e whai ake nei. Nā tōna mahi ihumanea me tōna māia i tiki a Māui i te ahi a Mahuika mō te tangata. He kura i whakarerekē i tō tātou ao, ā, he ahi e kā tonu nei i tēnei rā.
I hanga te akomanga o Māhaki, Te Kura Amorangi o Whakawātea.
Mātakitaki mai!
Jess from the ‘Youth Oceans Explorers Visits St Joseph School, Grey Lynn!
What a treat! The senior classes in Rooms 5 & 6 were honoured to have the amazing Jess, a Marine Biologist from Youth Ocean Explorers, visit us and share a presentation about the wonderful and exciting work they do to care for and protect our moana in Aotearoa.
It was a fantastic opportunity for our students to learn more about our marine environment and the important role we all play in protecting our moana. Jess showed an experiment of how ‘echolocation’ can be seen/visualised using fog and a dishwashing-liquid bubble. The students were amazed to see sound waves travel and bounce back from objects, just like bats and dolphins use echoes to navigate!
Here are few pictures from Jess’s presentation.
The three videos below show Jess demonstrating ‘echolocation’.
The photo below shows how ‘echolocation’ helps whales and other moana species find their food. Our moana species are pretty ‘SMART’!
The photos below showcase the amazing work of underwater cameraman Steve Hathaway (NZ), capturing the incredible marine species that live in our moana. Our students were fascinated by these beautiful photographs!
Thank you so much, Jess! You’re amazing!
Famous person
My famous person is the military.
Famous Mate
Hi today in class we lent how to remove background.
i went with the silver ferns.