Emily Edrosa - NCEA

What this video is

Released October 2020, 'NCEA' arrives during a global pandemic that collapsed live music infrastructure, making visually ambitious DIY music videos one of the primary vehicles for indie artist visibility. The title references New Zealand's National Certificate of Educational Achievement — the country's high school qualification system — grounding the track in specifically antipodean adolescent experience. Edrosa, a…

Why it matters

The video codifies a strain of 2020-era queer indie-punk aesthetics: DIY horror iconography fused with confessional songwriting about adolescent alienation. As a NZ On Air-funded production, it also represents the institutional support infrastructure that sustains New Zealand's internationally…

The director

Anastasia Doniants is a director, cinematographer, and editor credited on Emily Edrosa's 'NCEA' video. She served as sole director, shooter, and editor on the production, supported by NZ On Air funding. Emily Edrosa publicly praised her as having 'an…