Xavier Horan

Fed up with the materialism of Christmas, Santa runs away to New Zealand for a summer holiday. When two Kiwi kids figure out who he is, they have to find a way to get him back to the North Pole in time for Christmas.

It’s up to a Maori chieftain’s teenage son to avenge his father’s murder and bring peace after his tribe is destroyed through an act of betrayal.

Minka is a good lad, dedicated to keeping his meth-addicted mother off drugs  and keeping his head down through life. But his stance against sex, drugs and violence is sorely tested when he is taken under the paternal wing of smooth-talking criminal Joe, who introduces him to the seedy night-life of strip clubs, brothels and drug dens. He soon finds himself working for volatile and dangerous drug boss Pinball (Joe Naufahu, Game of Thrones), drawn into the dangerous world of meth-dealing where business is conducted at the end of a gun.

Inspired by the true story of speed chess player Genesis Potini whose bipolar disorder resets his life as a teacher of the game to disadvantaged kids.