A Northland woman is heading to the world's biggest indigenous film festival next week to present a web documentary series filmed in Palestine.
Paitangi Ostick, a Waitangi carver, weaver and ta moko artist, will represent He Ao Kotahi (The One World Project) at the ImagineNATIVE festival in Toronto, Canada, from October 18-22. She will be joined by assistant producer Shirley Allen and web designer Clea Pettit.
Ms Ostick fronted the project's first 10-part series, Pai in Palestine, in which she travelled to the Middle East to immerse herself in the art and lives of Palestinians.
The plan is to create up to 24 series, each bringing a Maori artist together with a different indigenous culture.
Ms Ostick said festival organisers had asked the He Ao Kotahi crew to give a series of talks about the project and their experiences in Palestine.