Lemi's Comic-Strip Capers

This debut short film from writer and director Patrick Gillies (Admit One and feature Offensive Behaviour) includes acts of industrial sabotage, insect activism and a classic cape-wearing superhero. A shadowy 'insect activist' (Richard White) wages war against a local factory but schoolboy Lemi (Mareko Mareko) is oblivious, absorbed in the world of his comics — especially the adventures of the the crime-busting Crimson Crusader. After Lemi is banned from a school trip, he discovers the activist's next target and grabs a chance to turn his fantasy into reality. The Crimson Crusader comic strip artwork is by Paul Potiki.

Lemi, you've got to help me fight the Maniacal Mantis Man, Planet Earth is in great danger.

– Lemi (Mareko Mareko) gets an emergency call from the Crimson Crusader (Petelo Leota-Seiuli Seufatu)

Key Cast & Crew

Richard White

As: Dr Manthis

Aukusitino Leota-Seiuli Seufatu

Original Story, Executive Producer

Patrick Gillies

Director, Writer, Co-Producer

Stephen Downes

Cinematographer, Editor, Script Consultant

Mareko Mareko

As: Lemi

Petelo Leota-Seiuli Seufatu

As: Crimson Crusader