Basic facts

Original title Once Were Warriors
Film type Feature
Category Fiction
Director
Producer
Screenplay
Original work
Production country
Production company
Awards
Classification Allowed from age 15
Swedish release 1995-10-13

Cast

Rena Owen
Beth Heke

Temuera Morrison
Jake Heke

Taungaroa Emile
Boogie Heke

Rachael Morris
Polly Heke

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Titles

Original title
Swedish release title
Title for Swedish Video release

Crew

Director
Screenplay
Producer
Director of Photography
Music
Production Designer
Film Editor

Cast

Rena Owen Beth Heke
Temuera Morrison Jake Heke
Mamaengaroa Kerr-Bell Grace Heke
Julian (Sonny) Arahanga Nig Heke
Taungaroa Emile Boogie Heke
Rachael Morris Polly Heke
Joseph Kairau Huata Heke
Cliff Curtis Bully
Shannon Williams Toot
Pete Smith Dooley

Companies

Production Company Communicado Ltd (i samarb m)
The New Zealand Film Commission
Avalon NFU Studios
New Zealand on Air
Distributor in Sweden (35 mm) Triangelfilm AB 1995
Kulturföreningen Kedjan 1995
Distributor in Sweden (Video) Föreningen Filmcentrum 1996
Scanbox Sweden AB 1996
Distributor in Sweden (buy video) Triangelfilm AB 1996
Scanbox Sweden AB 1996
Distributor in Sweden (DVD) Atlantic Film AB 2005

Swedish censorship / rating

Censorship number 133504
Date 1995-09-15
Classification Allowed from age 15
Original length 2820 meters
Notes Aktlängder: 494-580-575-523-402-246 = 2820 meter.


Technical specifications

Aspect ratio Widescreen (unspecified)
Sound type Sound
Sound system Dolby Stereo
Colour type Colour
Frames per second 24


Original work

Original title Once Were Warriors (Novel)
Author Alan Duff


Release dates

Release in Sweden 1995-10-13 Capitol Gothenburg Sweden 103 min
1995-10-13 Spegeln Malmö Sweden 103 min
1995-10-13 Sture Stockholm Sweden 103 min (samt ytterligare 2 platser)
Video release 1996-08 Sweden 99 min
DVD release 2005-09-21 Sweden
Filmvetenskapliga institutionen 2011-04-26
2012-04-20
2013-04-16
2014-05-08
2022-10-17 Stockholm Sweden
2023-03-06 Stockholm Sweden
2023-10-16 Stockholm Sweden
2024-03-05 Stockholm Sweden

Awards

International Inter-Church Film Center Montreal 1994
Festival Award Montreal 1994 (Grand Prix des Amériques)
Montreal 1994 Rena Owen (bästa skådespelerska, t.m. Helena Bergström i Sista dansen)
Montreal 1994 (prix du public Air Canada)

Holdings Film

The information given here refers to film material in the Swedish Film Institute’s archive. Access to the archive’s stock is given on request, for research, other film archives and rights’ holders. For enquiries please contact filmarkivet@filminstitutet.se

Element type Print
Item base Acetate
Carrier type 35 mm
Length 2814


Element type Print
Item base Acetate
Carrier type 35 mm
Length 2813


Holdings Posters

Size About 70 x 100 cm
Quantity 2


Holdings Stills

Black and white print 4
Colour prints 2
Slides 1
Album No


Holdings Promotion materials

Type Program/Reklamtryck


Other manifestations of this work

Internet

Technical specifications

Aspect ratio 1.78:1
Sound type Sound
Colour type Colour
Frames per second 23,976
Length in minutes 113 min
Dialogue


Holdings Film

Element type Digitalt tilläggsmaterial
Carrier type EXTRAS


Element type Digitalt visningsmaterial
Carrier type ProRes



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