2024 Māoriland Film Festival hosts the largest programme to date
2024 Māoriland Film Festival hosts the largest programme to date 168 works from 130 Indigenous nations to screen at Māoriland Film Festival in Ōtaki – 20th to 24th March 2024
2024 Māoriland Film Festival hosts the largest programme to date 168 works from 130 Indigenous nations to screen at Māoriland Film Festival in Ōtaki – 20th to 24th March 2024
Join the Māoriland Film Festival 2024 as an Industry Coordinator and be part of an extraordinary celebration of Indigenous storytelling We’re looking for a super-organised & friendly coordinator to join the MFF2024 Guest Services & Industry team to support filmmaker experiences at the festival, including filmmaker travel, accommodation, house management, accreditation, industry events coordination, and […]
PARK CITY, UTAH, January 22, 2024 — The nonprofit Sundance Institute has announced Libby Hakaraia (Ngati Kapu, Ngati Raukawa au ki te tonga) as the recipient of the 2024 Merata Mita Fellowship The Merata Mita Fellowship is an annual fellowship named in honour of the late Māori filmmaker MerataMita (1942–2010) to support Indigenous women-identified artists […]
Are you passionate about promoting Māori and Indigenous storytelling on a global stage? Māoriland Charitable Trust, located in the vibrant Māoriland Hub in Ōtaki, is seeking a dynamic Kai Whakatairanga to lead our marketing efforts. Job Title: Kai Whakatairanga Organization: Māoriland Charitable Trust Location: Ōtaki, with potential for a hybrid role within the wider […]
Tis the season! Every day until Christmas, we will be sharing an Indigenous film/show/artwork that you can enjoy at home. RĀ TUATAHI INKY PINKY PONKY Written by: Amanaki Prescott-Faletau and Leki Bourke-Jackson Directed by: Damon Fepulea’i and Ramon TeWake Produced by: Hope Papali’i and Elizabeth Koroivulaono When a young fakaleiti falls in love […]
The Māoriland Tech Creative Hub (M.A.T.C.H) is proud to announce the graduation of this year’s M.A.T.C.H Creative Intensifier program, a 12-week kaupapa Māori workplace training program in Animation, Film and Audio. This unique educational initiative based at the Māoriland Hub in Ōtaki combines an Indigenous worldview and cutting-edge technology to empower aspiring Māori and Pasifika […]
The 24th imagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival has opened in Toronto, Canada with over 30 artists from Aotearoa in attendance. 13 works from Aotearoa will be presented at the festival celebrating the rich cultural heritage and unique narratives of Māori and Pacific storytellers. Projects from Aotearoa at imagineNATIVE 2023 include:Muru (dir. Tearepa Kahi) presented by […]
The Māoriland Productions team are heading to Toronto, Canada to present two short films selected for the 24th annual imagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival from October 17-22 2023. ‘He Karu, He Taringa’ written and directed by Tahuaroa Ohia tells the real-life story of his journey with autism. The film, which is shot as a […]
Māoriland Productions is proud to announce that TEN Māoriland Productions short films are screening this week at the Nuuk International Film Festival in Greenland. Among these, short film Brolesque directed by Libby Hakaraia makes it’s international premiere. Other Māoriland Productions films joining Brolesque include the entire Ngā Pakiaka Incubator Programme, and autism awareness story […]
Original release here Te Huka o Te Tai documents the kaitiaki of Te Araroa, organising as a community under a group called Tuatara to oppose the barge development plans. The documentary was produced during a critical stage of the conflict, during which the developers were pursing a fast-tracked consent process. Since filming, the fast-tracked consent application […]