Island Productions Aotearoa was instigated in 2004 by company director Lala Rolls to support the making of feature documentary, Children of the Migration in collaboration with filmmakers, David Sa’ena, Vela Maunsaute and Maurice Newport https://www.nzonscreen.com/title/children-of-the-migration-2004/overview.

The company has been thriving ever since and follows the model set on that first project - bringing together the right team around the right project.

Our work encompasses our own productions and we offer services in producing, directing and editing for others across the industry. This includes: drama; documentary; planetarium films; social service videos; educational resources; corporate videos;  short films and music videos.

We run on a not for profit basis, finding funding for projects as they occur and working closely with a community of creatives in Aotearoa and across the Pacific.

Our projects have a strong leaning towards Pacific and Māori stories. And the work we choose to take on for other companies is most often about using the power of the moving image to contribute to positive social change and in support of bringing voices less heard to the screen.