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Samson Joseph Moeakiola

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Let us introduce you to our 2026 PIFFNYC Feature Film Jury.

A community of exceptional talent. Given the difficult but rewarding challenge of reviewing all of our selected films in this year’s festival then collectively deciding on our 2026 Festival Award Winners.

We’re incredibly humbled by the community partners, collaborators and creatives contributing to our festival. Uplifting and investing in the betterment of Pacific voices, stories and communities around the globe.

Be in the room for the announcement of our 2026 Pacific Island Film Festival Award Winners.

Few tickets remaining for our Sunday Closing Gala, link in bio 🎟️

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#tonganlanguageweek 🇹🇴 This one was a little bittersweet for me this year without my dad. YAHHH while my vocabulary can definitely use some work, I’m fluent enough to know when I’m in trouble (lol doesn’t happen often tho!!!) I still feel so close to him when I hear Tongan conversations, prayers, hymns. Since I was a little girl, he would sit with me to practice my pronunciation and help me understand my lēsoni for Fakamē. Sometimes being the half Tongan kid was a little scary 🤣🤣 But he always made me feel confident and brave to stand up there. He’d also go over his own malangas with us so that we’d know what he was preaching, esp those NYE ones iykyk!! Every time I did my tau’olunga, he would tell me how proud he was and how beautifully I had done. As I got older, I went to any event he asked me to so that I could dance to represent our family and his roots in Kolomotu’a. My dad had so much pride and respect for his island, and I’m so grateful that part of me belongs to such a rich culture. Until his last breath, he was surrounded by his village and voices that sang and prayed in his language.

I looked back at our texts over the last few years, and I asked him so many random questions in Tongan. I know he was sick of me hahaha BUT I also know how happy it made him. This journey without him has been filled with a lot of pain and sorrow, but looking at all these pictures makes me smile & feel a bit more peace, love & gratitude. Ofa Lahi Atu Dad 🤍

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A caption could never do you justice pops. So I promise to tell your stories and sing your praises everyday of my life. These past few weeks have felt like a lifetime. Now your first birthday without you feels empty. Love you bestfriend. Rest easy 💙

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predictably unpredictable.

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BTS from @theesinseers Music Video “Did Ya Know” featuring @chente_el_chingon the star of music video ⭐️

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Happy Birthday @samsonmoeakiola 🎂 🙏🏾💪🏾🥳

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This girls’ trip should’ve stayed in the group chat.

FIND YOUR FRIENDS streaming June 12 on Shudder.

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I stripped down in my basement in New Jersey to make a few acoustic versions of songs but it ended up being the first thing I’ve ever made that I fully love from start to finish and completely changed the way I want to record my shit. It’s also the first thing I mixed myself so it’s as accurate to what I wanted it to sound like as possible. You will hear pipes with water flushing through them, water heaters turning on, my damn necklace jingle janglin around, Bowie barking and many other sounds that I hope you find as pleasing as I do. “Garden State Vampire - Stripped” out now. Cover Art: @steveomarkx Cover Photo: @emilyfarrell2

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Family, Friends, Funerals, Fires, Films, Weddings, Emily + Netflix, Reunions, Golf (ps my bro hitting the best shot I’ve ever seen in person), the Goat (aka Messi), and of course, Soccer.

Goodbye to 2025. Here’s to an even better 2026!!!

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25 you were yummy.

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What is Dad Hour?
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Is yours early morning or late night?
Do you have a dad hour?
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As a dad there is never a perfect time to do anything, so you make the time. That is our Dad Hour
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Comment “DAD HOUR” and join the club, represent for the men dedicated to their physical and mental health so we can be the best version of ourselves that the people we care about the most deserve
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#dadhours
What’s your dad hour?

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Send this to a homie that’s been working on their game

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