Debut writer/director Tusi Tamasese’s Samoan language film The Orator (O Le Tulafale) has been selected to screen in the Spotlight section of the 2012 Sundance International Film Festival…

New Zealand’s submission to the Best Foreign Language Film category of the 84th Academy Awards, The Orator (O Le Tulafale) began its theatrical release in Australia yesterday on the back of strong reviews and support from local film critics…

The Smurfs retain their hold on the number one spot three weeks in with a total box office to date of $3,016,377. The Orator sits in eighth place, with a total box office of $595,533…

Reviewed by Helen Martin

Tusi Tamasese’s feature debut is a knockout, a real treat for the eye, the ear and the heart. While not, as some claim, the first Samoan feature film, it is the first with Samoan dialogue…

An Academy approved Selection Committee has announced that New Zealand Film Commission funded Samoan language feature film, The Orator (O Le Tulafale), written and directed by debut feature film maker Tusi Tamasese, has been submitted for consideration as Best Foreign Language Film for the 84th Academy Awards®…

The trailer for Samoan feature film The Orator (O Le Tulafale), opening in selected theatres from 6 October…

The 68th Venice International Film Festival announced today in Rome that New Zealand feature film The Orator (O Le Tulafale) has been selected to premiere in competition in the Orizzonti (New Horizons) section of the Festival…

Production will commence this month on The Orator, a powerful tale of honour, courage, love and redemption by Samoan-born and raised debut feature filmmaker, Tauti Tusi Tamasese.
Written and directed by Tamasese, The Orator (O Le Tulafale) will be a first inasmuch as it will be entirely shot in Samoa, in the Samoan language, with a Samoan cast and story. The first day of principal photography will be 27 October.