Through Our Lens is a Māoriland Charitable Trust kaupapa. This January the Māoriland rangatahi initiative Through Our Lens traveled to Taiwan and Finland with young filmmakers from across Aotearoa. Māoriland rangatahi co-ordinator Aree Kapa and Maddy de Young gives a first hand account of this groundbreaking adventure. In a city full of lights, vehicles and […]
Ka hiwa rā! Ka hiwa rā! Māoriland is very excited to announce the online store for TOI MATARAU, our beloved gallery at the Māoriland Hub. Ka mate kāinga tahi, ka ora kāinga rua. Turning plan A into plan B!! When COVID-19 shut the doors of the Toi Matarau gallery and exhibition space in late March, […]
Māoriland Film Festival’s 2020 Pitch competition went online this year with 18 projects pitching for $7000 worth of prizes. 17 short film and animation projects were pitched to a panel of the Māoriland Film festival team via Zoom earlier this week.“All of the stories pitched were of a very high standard from a range of […]
Tēnā koutou katoa, E mihi ake ana ki ō tātou rangatira o te wā e ārahi nei i a tātou kia hau anō ai te ora i roto i ngā hāpori puta noa i Aotearoa me te Wai Pounamu. The world is changing on a daily basis as each country finds ways to cope with […]
Kia hiwa rā! $6,500 in prizes to be won at the MĀORILAND PITCH – Register now! The Māoriland Pitch is an opportunity for Māori filmmakers from rangatahi to established filmmakers to turn your brilliant idea into a production ready project. Ngā mea e toru!
Friday 20 March, 11 amThe Civic Theatre Book tickets Wawa No Cidal The Taipei Film Festival audience award-winner revolves around the struggle of an Indigenous family resisting property developers encroaching on their ancestral land. Inspired by a true story, a woman returns home after years away from her village to find it overdeveloped and heavily […]
MFF2020 features 120 films from around the world, a short selection of acclaimed features are listed below. See the full programme
The Legend of Baron To’a The Karate Kid meets South Auckland when Fritz (played by Australian-Tongan actor Uli Latukefu) learns the warrior ways of his old Dad, so he can secure the return of his family’s treasured pro-wrestling title belt from local gangsters. The Legend of Baron To’a marks the first feature from director Kiel McNaughton, whose credits include Auckland […]
Documentaries from Te Whenua Moemoeā Across the Moana some of our closest neighbours are Te Whenua Moemoeā – the land of the dreamtime. Short Films from Te Whenua Moemoeā Elders 2016Dir. Tony Briggs Screening info Warburdar Bununu 2019Dir. Jason de Santolo Screening info My Name Is Mudju 2018Dir. Chantelle Murray Screening info Out Of Range […]
