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2018 FESTIVAL PROGRAMME

Celebrate the fifth annual Māoriland Film Festival in Ōtaki this March 21 – 25. With 58 events to be held over 5 days including 102 films from 65 Indigenous nations, Māoriland is not to be missed!

Flip through the print programme below or find out more via the links below.

Special EVENTS

Special EVENTS

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FEATURE FILMS

FEATURE FILMS

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MĀORILAND RANGATAHI FILM FESTIVAL

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Short FiLMS

Short FiLMS

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TICKETING

TICKETING & VENUES

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DOCUMENTARIES

DOCUMENTARIES

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FILMS BY TITLE

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B
C
D
E
F
G
H
I
J
K
L
M
N
O
P
R
S
T
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W

A Life Like This (dir. Isaiah Tour, Aotearoa)

After the Apology (dir. Larissa Behrendt, Eualeyai/Kamillaroi)

Art From the Hands of Ngāi Tahu (Ngā Ringa Toi o Tahu) (dir. Simon Leslie, Richard Sutcliffe)

Birkebeinerne (The Last King) (dir. Nils Gaup, Sámi)

Black Dog (dir. Awa Puna, Ngāti Kahungunu)

Blight (dir. Perun Bonser, Ngarlama, Bunuba)

Brown Lips (dir. Nakkiah Lui, Gamillaroi, Torres Strait Islander)

Captivity Narrative (dir. Jason Asenap, Commanche Nation)

Carry The Flag (dir. Danielle MacLean, Luritja, Warumungu Central Australia)

CONSUME (dir. Michael Peterson, prod. Julian Black Antelope, Blackfoot)

Dance of Lonely Birds (dir. Ana Scotney, Ngāi Tūhoe)

Dear Little Brother (dir. Benji Timu, Kuki Airani, Samoa)

Death Blade Tiger Five: Revengeance (dir. Awa Puna, Ngāti Kahungunu)

Defending The Fire (dir. David Aubrey, prod. Jhane Meyers, Commanche and Blackfeet American Indian)

Ena Koe (dir. Lennie Hill, Ngāpuhi, Manu Bonnefin, Ma’ohi)

Flat Rocks (dir. Courtney Montour, Mohawk)

From Up North (dir. Trudy Stewart, Cree)

Girl With A Fish Necklace (dir. Egil Pedersen, Sámi)

Giving Birth (dir. Collective Work, Wapikoni, Panama)

Golden Memories (dir. Moerangi Vercoe, Ngāti Awa, Ngāti Whakaue)

He Kākano Ahau – From The Spaces In Between (dir. Kathleen Winter, prod. Jaimee Poipoi)

Headdress (dir. JJ Neepin, Cree)

Holy Angels (dir. Jay Cardinal Villeneuve, Cree, Métis)

Indian Giver (dir. Trevor Solway, Blackfoot, Siksika)

Indictment: The Crimes of Shelly Chartier (dir. Lisa Jackson, Anishinaabe, Shane Belcourt, Métis)

JACKRABBIT (dir. Jesse Raine Littlebird, Laguna and Kewa Pueblo Indian Reservations)

Ka Puta Ko Au (dir. Amie Batalibasi, Solomon Islander, Kelton Stepanowich, Métis, Renae Maihi, Ngāti Whakaue, Ngāpuhi)

Kaisa’s Enchanted Forest (dir. Katja Gauriloff, Sámi)

Kayak to Klemtu (dir. Zoe Hopkins, Mohawk)

Kia Tau (dir. Chris Molloy, Ngāti Manawa, Michelle Latimer, Algonquin, Yamin Tun, Karen)

Kū Kanaka/Stand Tall (dir. Marlene Booth)

Lady Eva (dir. Dean Hamer, Joe Wilson, Hinaleimoana Wong-Kalu, Kanaka Maoli)

Lelum’ (dir. Asia Youngman, Cree, Iroquois, Carrier and Métis) (Also screens as part of the Māoriland Rangatahi Film Festival)

Macrocosmic (dir. Craig Commanda, Algonquin, Anishinaabe)

Maj Doris (dir. Jon Blahed, prod. Göran Hedemalm, Sámi)

Maliglutit (dir. Zacharias Kunuk, Inuk)

Mankiller (dir. Valerie Red-Horse Mohl, Cherokee)

MÅSØ – Gos leat don (dir. Egil Pedersen, Sámi)

Meke (dir. Tim Worrall, Ngāi Tūhoe)

Mino Bimaadiziwin (dir. Shane McSauby, Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians (Anishinaabe Nation)

Moa Hunter (dir. Nikau Wi Neera, Ngāti Toa Rangatira & Manawatoa Nakhla, Ngāti Mutunga O Wharekauri, Ngāti Toa Rangatira, Te Ati Awa)

Moko: A Film about a Maori Poet (dir. Felix Vaunois)

Morit Elena Morit (dir. Inga-Wiktoria Påve, Sámi)

Mud (Hashtł’ishnii) (dir. Shaandiin Tome, Navajo)

My Father’s Tools (dir. Heather Condo, Mi’gmaq)

Natalie (dir. Qianna Titore, Ngāpuhi)

NiiSoTeWak (dir. Jules Koostachin, Cree)

No Ōtaki (dir. Aydriannah Tuiali’i, Ngā Puhi, Ngāti Hāmoa & Tutaamure Nikora, Te Whānau a Apanui)

Nobody’s Child (dir. CJ Friday, Kalkadoon)

Nuuca (dir. Michelle Latimer, Algonquin, Métis)

One Thousand Ropes (dir. Tusi Tamasese, Samoa)

Out of State (dir. Ciara Lacy, Kanaka Maoli)

PaPa (dir. Ryan Alexander Lloyd, Ngāi Tahu)

Pathfinder (dir. Nils Gaup, Sámi)

Possum (dir. Dave Whitehead, Ngāti Porou, Ngāti Kahungunu)

PUORO (dir. Komako Silver, Ngāpuhi, Ngāti Pakahi) (also screens as part of Māoriland Rangatahi Film Festival)

Rae (dir. Kawennahere Devery Jacobs, Mohawk)

Raven (dir. Razelle Benally, Oglala Lakota, Navajo)

Remains Human (dir. Cody Halcrow, Cree)

Rumble: The Indians Who Rocked The World (dir. Catherine Bainbridge, co-director Alfonso Maiorano)

Shaman (dir. Echo Henoche, Inuk)

Shirtnami (dir. Colton Williers, Cree, Blackfoot)

Slincraze – Stallu (dir. Egil Pedersen, Sámi)

Snow (dir. Nivi Pedersen, Greenlandic Inuit) (also screens as part of Māoriland Rangatahi Film Festival)

Sock Mess Monster (dir. Nikau Wi Neera, Ngāti Toa Rangatira)

Spectacular Imagination of the Pohara Brothers (dir. Todd Karehana, Ngāti Awa, Ngāti Ranginui, Ngai Te Rangi, Te Arawa, Ngāti Ruapani)

Sun & The Great Frog (dir. Joseph Erb, Cherokee)

Sunday Fun Day (dir. Dianna Fuemana, Niue/Mutalau America, Samoa/ Pago Pago)

Tama (dir. Jack O’Donnell, Jared Flitcroft, Māori)

The Bridge (dir. Cindy Iodice)

The Māori Side Steps (dir. Tamati Kawha, Māori)

The Mountain of Sgaana (dir. Christopher Auchter, Haida Gwaii)

The Three Sisters Community Garden (dir. Zach Greenleaf, Mi’gmaq) (also screens as part of Māoriland Rangatahi Film Festival)

Thinking At The Edge of The World (dir. Ben Harding)

Three Thousand (dir. Assinajaq, Inuk) (also screens as part of Māoriland Rangatahi Film Festival)

TRENCH (dir. Trevor Solway, Blackfoot, Siksika Nation)

Tunniitt: Retracing the lines of Inuit Tattooing (dir. Alethea Arnaquq-Baril, Inuk)

Uhiwai (dir. Ryan Alexander Lloyd, Ngāi Tahu, Jerome Schmitt, Ma’ohi, Erin Lau, Kanaka Maoli)

Uktena and Thunder (dir. Joseph Erb, Cherokee)

Waiting (dir. Amberley Jo Aumua, Ngāti Haua)

Waru (dir. Briar Grace-Smith, Casey Kaa, Ainsley Gardiner, Katie Wolfe, Chelsea Cohen, Renae Maihi, Paula Jones, Awanui Simich-Pene)

Water (dir. John Harvey, Torres Strait Islander)

Whale Rider (dir. Niki Caro, writer. Witi Ihimaera)

FILMS BY COUNTRY

AOTEAROA

AOTEAROA
AUSTRALIA
CANADA
FINLAND
GREENLAND
NORWAY
PANAMA
PAPUA NEW GUINEA
SWEDEN
TONGA
USA

A Life Like This (dir. Isaiah Tour, Aotearoa)

Art From the Hands of Ngāi Tahu (Ngā Ringa Toi o Tahu) (dir. Simon Leslie, Richard Sutcliffe)

Black Dog (dir. Awa Puna, Ngāti Kahungunu)

Dance of Lonely Birds (dir. Ana Scotney, Ngāi Tūhoe)

Dear Little Brother (dir. Benji Timu, Kuki Airani, Samoa)

Death Blade Tiger Five: Revengeance (dir. Awa Puna, Ngāti Kahungunu)

Ena Koe (dir. Lennie Hill, Ngāpuhi, Manu Bonnefin, Ma’ohi)

Golden Memories (dir. Moerangi Vercoe, Ngāti Awa, Ngāti Whakaue)

He Kākano Ahau – From The Spaces In Between (dir. Kathleen Winter, prod. Jaimee Poipoi)

Ka Puta Ko Au (dir. Amie Batalibasi, Solomon Islander, Kelton Stepanowich, Métis, Renae Maihi, Ngāti Whakaue, Ngāpuhi)

Kia Tau (dir. Chris Molloy, Ngāti Manawa, Michelle Latimer, Algonquin, Yamin Tun, Karen)

Meke (dir. Tim Worrall, Ngāi Tūhoe)

Moa Hunter (dir. Nikau Wi Neera, Ngāti Toa Rangatira & Manawatoa Nakhla, Ngāti Mutunga O Wharekauri, Ngāti Toa Rangatira, Te Ati Awa)

Moko: A Film about a Maori Poet (dir. Felix Vaunois)

Natalie (dir. Qianna Titore, Ngāpuhi)

No Ōtaki (dir. Aydriannah Tuiali’i, Ngā Puhi, Ngāti Hāmoa & Tutaamure Nikora, Te Whānau a Apanui)

One Thousand Ropes (dir. Tusi Tamasese, Samoa)

PaPa (dir. Ryan Alexander Lloyd, Ngāi Tahu)

Possum (dir. Dave Whitehead, Ngāti Porou, Ngāti Kahungunu)

PUORO (dir. Komako Silver, Ngāpuhi, Ngāti Pakahi) (also screens as part of Māoriland Rangatahi Film Festival)

Sock Mess Monster (dir. Nikau Wi Neera, Ngāti Toa Rangatira)

Spectacular Imagination of the Pohara Brothers (dir. Todd Karehana, Ngāti Awa, Ngāti Ranginui, Ngai Te Rangi, Te Arawa, Ngāti Ruapani)

Sunday Fun Day (dir. Dianna Fuemana, Niue/Mutalau America, Samoa/ Pago Pago)

Tama (dir. Jack O’Donnell, Jared Flitcroft, Māori)

The Māori Side Steps (dir. Tamati Kawha, Māori)

Uhiwai (dir. Ryan Alexander Lloyd, Ngāi Tahu, Jerome Schmitt, Ma’ohi, Erin Lau, Kanaka Maoli)

Waiting (dir. Amberley Jo Aumua, Ngāti Haua)

Waru (dir. Briar Grace-Smith, Casey Kaa, Ainsley Gardiner, Katie Wolfe, Chelsea Cohen, Renae Maihi, Paula Jones, Awanui Simich-Pene)

Whale Rider (dir. Niki Caro, writer. Witi Ihimaera)

After the Apology (dir. Larissa Behrendt, Eualeyai/Kamillaroi)

Blight (dir. Perun Bonser, Ngarlama, Bunuba)

Brown Lips (dir. Nakkiah Lui, Gamillaroi, Torres Strait Islander)

Carry The Flag (dir. Danielle MacLean, Luritja, Warumungu Central Australia)

Nobody’s Child (dir. CJ Friday, Kalkadoon)

Water (dir. John Harvey, Torres Strait Islander)

Flat Rocks (dir. Courtney Montour, Mohawk)

From Up North (dir. Trudy Stewart, Cree)

Girl With A Fish Necklace (dir. Egil Pedersen, Sámi)

Giving Birth (dir. Collective Work, Wapikoni, Panama)

Headdress (dir. JJ Neepin, Cree)

Holy Angels (dir. Jay Cardinal Villeneuve, Cree, Métis)

Indian Giver (dir. Trevor Solway, Blackfoot, Siksika)

Indictment: The Crimes of Shelly Chartier (dir. Lisa Jackson, Anishinaabe, Shane Belcourt, Métis)

JACKRABBIT (dir. Jesse Raine Littlebird, Laguna and Kewa Pueblo Indian Reservations)

Kayak to Klemtu (dir. Zoe Hopkins, Mohawk)

Lelum’ (dir. Asia Youngman, Cree, Iroquois, Carrier and Métis) (Also screens as part of the Māoriland Rangatahi Film Festival)

Macrocosmic (dir. Craig Commanda, Algonquin, Anishinaabe)

Maliglutit (dir. Zacharias Kunuk, Inuk)

My Father’s Tools (dir. Heather Condo, Mi’gmaq)

NiiSoTeWak (dir. Jules Koostachin, Cree)

Nuuca (dir. Michelle Latimer, Algonquin, Métis)

Rae (dir. Kawennahere Devery Jacobs, Mohawk)

Remains Human (dir. Cody Halcrow, Cree)

Shaman (dir. Echo Henoche, Inuk)

Shirtnami (dir. Colton Williers, Cree, Blackfoot)

The Mountain of Sgaana (dir. Christopher Auchter, Haida Gwaii)

The Three Sisters Community Garden (dir. Zach Greenleaf, Mi’gmaq) (also screens as part of Māoriland Rangatahi Film Festival)

Three Thousand (dir. Assinajaq, Inuk) (also screens as part of Māoriland Rangatahi Film Festival)

TRENCH (dir. Trevor Solway, Blackfoot, Siksika Nation)

Tunniitt: Retracing the lines of Inuit Tattooing (dir. Alethea Arnaquq-Baril, Inuk)

Kaisa’s Enchanted Forest (dir. Katja Gauriloff, Sámi)

Snow (dir. Nivi Pedersen, Greenlandic Inuit) (also screens as part of Māoriland Rangatahi Film Festival)

Birkebeinerne (The Last King) (dir. Nils Gaup, Sámi)

Girl With A Fish Necklace (dir. Egil Pedersen, Sámi)

MÅSØ – Gos leat don (dir. Egil Pedersen, Sámi)

Pathfinder (dir. Nils Gaup, Sámi)

Slincraze – Stallu (dir. Egil Pedersen, Sámi)

Thinking At The Edge of The World (dir. Ben Harding)

Giving Birth (dir. Collective Work, Wapikoni, Panama)

Koriva (dir. Euralia Paine)

My Mother’s Blood (dir. Katherine Reki)

The Education of Grayson Toki (dir. Glenill Burua)

Maj Doris (dir. Jon Blahed, prod. Göran Hedemalm, Sámi)

Morit Elena Morit (dir. Inga-Wiktoria Påve, Sámi)

Faka’anaua (dir. Sio Sateki Malani Wolfgramm)

The Black Pen (dir. Ofa-Ki-Levuka Guttenbeil-Likiliki)

The Red Ball (dir. Amelia Fakahikuo’uiha Liliu’okalani Fonua Helu)

Captivity Narrative (dir. Jason Asenap, Commanche Nation)

CONSUME (dir. Michael Peterson, prod. Julian Black Antelope, Blackfoot)

Defending The Fire (dir. David Aubrey, prod. Jhane Meyers, Commanche and Blackfeet American Indian)

JACKRABBIT (dir. Jesse Raine Littlebird, Laguna and Kewa Pueblo Indian Reservations)

Kū Kanaka/Stand Tall (dir. Marlene Booth)

Lady Eva (dir. Dean Hamer, Joe Wilson, Hinaleimoana Wong-Kalu, Kanaka Maoli)

Mankiller (dir. Valerie Red-Horse Mohl, Cherokee)

Mino Bimaadiziwin (dir. Shane McSauby, Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians (Anishinaabe Nation)

Mud (Hashtł’ishnii) (dir. Shaandiin Tome, Navajo)

Out of State (dir. Ciara Lacy, Kanaka Maoli)

Raven (dir. Razelle Benally, Oglala Lakota, Navajo)

Rumble: The Indians Who Rocked The World (dir. Catherine Bainbridge, co-director Alfonso Maiorano)

Sun & The Great Frog (dir. Joseph Erb, Cherokee)

The Bridge (dir. Cindy Iodice)

Uktena and Thunder (dir. Joseph Erb, Cherokee)

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