Todd Karehana: the story behind Socks and his Venice dream

Todd Karehana is a Maori and queer writer-director from Kawerau, and his short film Socks is in Show Me Shorts. He says the story starts with his own childhood in the Mormon Church. His brother died when he was about nine, and the visiting missionaries were around at the same time. Todd says the film is in black and white because colour pulled attention away from the performance. He describes the Jane Campion and Philippa Campbell development programme as a big part of the film's making. Venice gave him the drive to make a feature, and he is writing it now, with production hoped for 2028.