Taratoa Stappard’s 'Mārama' joins TIFF line-up - IF Magazine

Taratoa Stappard’s 'Mārama' joins TIFF line-up - IF Magazine

Writer-director Taratoa Stappard’s debut feature, Mārama, a Māori gothic thriller set in Victorian England, will make its world premiere in the Toronto International Film Festival’s (TIFF) Discovery strand. Ariāna Osborne leads the cast of the New Zealand film as a young Māori woman who uncovers gruesome secrets inside an English manor, and must fight to reclaim her identity and indigenous culture. British actors Toby Stephens and Umi Myers also…