NGA MOEMOEĀ The Māoriland Hub Presents SUFFRAGE 2043 2018 marks the 125th anniversary of women’s suffrage in New Zealand. 125 years ago Māori women were amongst those who signed the suffrage petition that led to women gain the right to vote in Aotearoa. Amongst the signatories was a Mary Bevan. This was Mereruiha Hakaraia of Ōtaki. This […]
Submissions are now open for the 6th Annual Māoriland Film Festival, which will take place from March 20 – 24, 2019 in Ōtaki, New Zealand. Māoriland Film Festival (MFF) is Aotearoa’s International Indigenous film festival celebrating Indigenous voices and storytelling in film. Each March, Māoriland brings Indigenous films and their creators to Ōtaki on Aotearoa’s […]
Maoriland Film Festival is Aotearoa’s international Indigenous film festival. Each March, Māoriland brings Indigenous filmmakers from around the world to celebrate their work with screenings, workshops, and other special events. The festival, now in its fifth year welcomed 12,500 people to Ōtaki earlier this year. In celebration of its fifth birthday Māoriland is bringing a […]
Rangatahi aged 13 – 24 are invited to join experienced filmmakers for a FREE two day rangatahi filmmaking workshop. Workshops will be held across Aotearoa – see the bottom of this post for details on locations. These workshops are part of the E Tū Whānau Rangatahi Film Challenge – this is an opportunity for young […]
Well, we scrubbed and we washed and laughed and we sighed but we did it! Caring for our earth is a collective effort. Thanks to our combined commitment during the MFF 2018 together we diverted 244kgs of waste from the landfill! Tu meke e hoa mā! We buried and composted our serve ware and food waste returning as […]
Held on March 22, 2018, the fifth annual E Tū Whānau Rangatahi Film Awards were hosted by Brent Mio and Sonny Ngatai (Hahana, Ngā Pakiaka) with the assistance of Rāwiri Paratene. Each year, the E Tū Whānau Rangatahi Filmmaking Challenges invites rangatahi up to the age of 24 to create films of any genre – […]
For the second year running, Māoriland Film Festival has operated a People’s Choice voting system. The 2018 Māoriland People’s Choice Award winners, as chosen by our audience are:
The Māoriland Film Festival started with our aunties. Today on International Women’s day we acknowledge our aunties, our mothers, nannies, the wāhine toa who shape and inspire our lives. We acknowledge the female directors in our programme – 60% of films in this year’s festival have a female director, these are powerful storytellers working […]
E hoa mā, tēnā koutou. Koinei tonu te waka o Māoriland kua oti noa tōna whakatere i runga i ngā kare o ngā wai. Hei tērā mārama e ū anō ai ki Ōtaki, mō te ahurei kiriata te take: hei kai mā te whatu; me te rongo ō tātou ki te manawa tapu o iwi […]
Stand No. G6. MGB Māoriland Film Festival is proud to again be a member of the NATIVe-Indigenous Cinema stand at the European Film Market. NATIVe – Indigenous Cinema showcases market-ready feature films made by Indigenous artists from around the world. This initiative is presented within the framework of the Berlinale NATIVe special series. We invite you to […]