This practice-led research project explores dementia from a New Zealand Pasifika perspective, advancing empathy and understanding towards the condition. By leveraging existing knowledge of Pasifika dementia in Aotearoa, I have situated my short film within the context of existing dementia-related short films. Drawing upon autoethnographic and heuristic methodologies, I have developed a narrative that allowed me, as the researcher, to investigate this condition despite not having dementia myself. Throughout the production process, I have utilised techniques such as storyboarding, case studies, and prototyping, systematically organised within the production pipeline from pre-production to post-production.