Mother Tongue

  • Genre: Drama
  • Run time: 17 min
  • Premiere: 2024. August 6.

A young speech therapist disconnected from her Tongan heritage lies about her Tongan language skills to get a job. Out of her depth, she must find a way to communicate or risk her patient’s life.

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Art

Emily Mafile'O

Art Direction

Camera

Maria Ines Manchego

Director of Photography

Costume & Make-Up

Georgia Head

Makeup & Hair

Frankie Lolohea

Costume Design

Directing

Vea Mafile'o

Director

Ana Corbett

First Assistant Director

Editing

Anastasia Doniants

Editor

Lisa Greenfield

Editor

Lighting

Matt Kofoed

Gaffer

Production

Alex Lovell

Producer

Frankie Adams

Executive Producer

Eldon Booth

Producer

Sound

Stephen Gallagher

Original Music Composer

Nigel Foster

Sound Mixer

Ben Vanderpoel

Sound Recordist

Writing

Luciane Buchanan

Writer