Kāinga (2022)
Eight Pan-Asian female filmmakers’ powerful anthology film illuminates the immigrant experience in Aotearoa New Zealand through the lives of eight Asian women connected by the house they call home.
Top billed cast
Mya WilliamsonAho- Izumi SugiharaMikasa
- Patricia SenocbitCandy
- Eliana HwangSoo Young
- Sneha ShettyParvati
- Masoumeh Hesam MahmoudinezhadParisa
- Dharshi PonnampalamVena
- Katlyn WongEva
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