Princess Moan-A-Lot is a 2023 short film from Tauraroa Area School in New Zealand. Presented as part of the Focus on Ability International Short Film Festival, it explores life in a school setting through the voices and presence of teenagers with intellectual and physical disabilities. The film places emphasis on group connection, daily challenges and small triumphs, and includes young people who use wheelchairs. Shot and made by students and staff, it offers a straightforward, human look at inclusion and friendship without spectacle. A warm and honest contribution, it fits the festival’s aim to celebrate the abilities and everyday experiences of people with disability.
You've got it upside down! Oh, oh, oh! Tararoa Area School presents Princess Monalot, starring Tom as the princess, Max as the dragon, Charles as the ogre, and Christian as the jester, and Sir Gary of Camelot. What a beautiful day. Nothing could possibly go wrong. What are you doing here? Come with me. I'm bored and I need someone to talk to. I'm not going with you. I want to stay here on the beach. Oh yes, you will come with me. Get me off this magic rope! No, no, no! Get me off this rope! No, no, no! Oh no, the princess! I have to find her. So the princess has been taken I hear. Well in that case I, Sir Gary of Camelot, will rescue the princess. But first I need to do some sword skills. Argh! Argh! Oh, who are you? I'm an ogre. An ogre? Well, I'm Sir Gary of Camelot and I will rescue the princess. I'm not the ogre. Oh yes, I will. I'm not the ogre. Yes, I will because I'll get there first. I want the Wi-Fi password. I want the internet. I can't get onto YouTube. I can't access Google. I can't listen to my favourite songs. I want my hairbrush! And I still don't have internet. Alas, it is I, Sir Gary of Camelot. I am here to rescue you. I'm not going with you. I've had enough of this moaning princess. Give me the Wi-Fi password. You're not interested in the princess? She moans too much. Yes, she moans too much. I can't stand her complaining. She won't shut up. Right then, forget the princess. Come with me, dragon. I'll save you from this moany princess. Someone else can rescue her. Yay, I got the internet password. I can now access the internet. I can get onto YouTube. I can listen to my favourite songs. Oh, hi there. Come with me and you will be safe. No way, get out of here. The castle and the internet is mine now. Oh, hi there. I can now access the internet. I can listen to my favourite songs. I can get onto YouTube. I can listen to my favourite songs. Oh, hi there.
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