New Zealand Film Festival Trust
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Sep 10, 2026
SusanaHOST
Number 11, the number 11 black jersey, Jonah Lomu, the youngest to ever wear the black jersey when he took to the field as an All Black at the Rugby World Cup in 1995.
SusanaHOST
There's a documentary out now, Lomu, by directors Via Mafileo and Gavin Fitzgerald, which premiered at the New Zealand International Film Festival and has been on general release after a massive outdoor screening in Tonga.
SusanaHOST
That was last month.
SusanaHOST
Now there's a stunning children's book out, just released last week, Giant Heart, How Jonah Lomu Became a Rugby Legend.
Tom AugustineHOST
We have a jam-packed episode for you today.
Tom AugustineHOST
I'm talking to two different filmmakers, three actually, who have all had films that have just released at Whanau Marama New Zealand International Film Festival.
Tom AugustineHOST
Now their films are opening wide in September.
Tom AugustineHOST
We've got Vea Mafaleo, who has... co-directed the wonderful documentary Lomu, about the great Jonah Lomu.
Francesca RudkinHOST
I love it.
Francesca RudkinHOST
Yes, New Zealand Movie Day, and that was probably one of my favourite films from the New Zealand International Film Festival.
Francesca RudkinHOST
Yes, strong.
Francesca RudkinHOST
It's just a really fun, out there, outrageous, body horror, body autonomy kind of little number there about, you know, pregnancy,
Francesca RudkinHOST
Yes, New Zealand Movie Day.
Francesca RudkinHOST
And that was probably one of my favourite films from the New Zealand International Film Festival.
Francesca RudkinHOST
Yes, strong.
Francesca RudkinHOST
It's just a really fun, out there, outrageous, body horror, body autonomy kind of little number there about, you know, pregnancy and having a baby with an alien.
Rhys StrangHOST
It's the thing.
Rhys StrangHOST
I think last year with the New Zealand Film Festival was great.
Rhys StrangHOST
But this year, I don't think there's...
Rhys StrangHOST
Outside of Deo, I can't put a finger on an amazing film.
Rhys StrangHOST
they will go you tell them sister what are you what are we doing here guys they can't hear you
Max CandyGUEST
but that's what you want your audience to be doing you want your audience to be that engrossed in it that's what the that's what your podcast audience is gonna say at that time they're gonna say fuck
Rhys StrangHOST
reese kill him kill him fuck him up oh jesus okay so miley's favorite way Can I do one from the New Zealand Film Festival? No, no, it's a myth.
Rhys StrangHOST
You
Nick GuilfordGUEST
It's run by John McGlashan College and Columbia College, which is, yeah, a cool thing to be involved in.
Nick GuilfordGUEST
In 2025, last year, I was included in what is now the New Zealand International Film Festival opening film named Big Girls Don't Cry.
Nick GuilfordGUEST
I was approached by a film set director named Donna Hanson last year.
Nick GuilfordGUEST
She told me that there was a New Zealand feature film to be shot over the summer.
SophHOST
Beautiful.
Steve NewellCORRESPONDENT
Releasing in cinemas tomorrow and having premiered at the New Zealand International Film Festival is Lomu, a feature documentary on rugby superstar Jonah Lomu, directed by Tongan Kiwi filmmaker Via Mafaleo and Irish filmmaker Garen Fitzgerald.
Steve NewellCORRESPONDENT
Mm-hmm.
Steve NewellCORRESPONDENT
There's hundreds of hours of family, like, archival VHS has been sifted through to make this.
CassandraHOST
And I can give you that in four words, the reason why.
CassandraHOST
New Zealand International Film Festival.
CassandraHOST
Fuck, that's five words.
CassandraHOST
Okay, never mind.
Johnny AndrewsHOST
Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
Johnny AndrewsHOST
Oh, yeah, we were just talking about the New Zealand International Film Festival booklet that we've both managed to get our hands on.
Levi Fifita-LambGUEST
Yeah.
Levi Fifita-LambGUEST
Early.
Francesca RudkinHOST
While we're enjoying the greatest rivalry tour, today on the show we're going to talk about one of the great All Blacks and rugby players of our time, Jonah Lomu.
Francesca RudkinHOST
After having its New Zealand premiere at the New Zealand International Film Festival, Lomu, the documentary, is returning to cinemas this Thursday.
Francesca RudkinHOST
It's a moving, revealing portrait of the man and rugby player, and director Via Mafileo is going to join me in the studio to talk about the difficulties of bringing this story to the big screen and what she learned about this remarkable man along the way.
Francesca RudkinHOST
After 11, Nick Russell joins me to talk about her memoir, Bollocks.
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