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 […]
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 – […]
Over five weeks in September and October 2018, Māoriland took 14 rangatahi filmmakers from Aotearoa to the Pacific where they facilitated filmmaking workshops for young people in Samoa, Hawai’i, Rarotonga and Tahiti. The purpose of this mahi was to provide our rangatahi with an opportunity to push themselves, to upskill, to challenge each other and to […]
The Māoriland Charitable Trust is looking for Rangatahi Māori Film Leaders. If you are passionate about film and love working with other rangatahi – we want you! With support from The New Zealand National Commission for United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO), THROUGH OUR LENS; Filmmaking in Te Moananui a Kiwa will travel 16 […]
The E Tu Whānau Rangatahi Film Awards are a celebration of rangatahi (youth) filmmaking. Each year, the Māoriland Film Festival holds a series of youth filmmaking workshops around regional Aotearoa where they work with young people to find their ‘film voice’. The young people are then challenged to produce a film with whatever tools they […]
Rangatahi filmmakers prepare for their night on the red carpet as the top 20 award winning films have been named in this years ‘The Someday Challenge.’ The Someday Challenge asks filmmakers under the age of 24 to submit films about sutainability. From 156 entries, a judging team of 11 people selected 20 winners. The winning […]