PŌWHIRI – What to expect
Tikanga All Māori tribes have tikanga or customs which guide them through important matters of life and death. Most of these customs are rooted in tradition, and many of them […]
MFF 2017 MANUWHIRI (DELEGATE) PASS
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 […]
OSCAR NOMINATED FILM TANNA TO SCREEN AT MĀORILAND FILM FESTIVAL 2017
Filmed on the Vanuatu Island of Tanna this epic film was written by and acted by the Yakel tribe. The first feature film to emerge from Tanna it tells of […]
KEY DATES MFF2017
15 – 19 MARCH 2017 ŌTAKI Māoriland Film Festival returns to Ōtaki for MFF2017 – five days of films, workshops, and special events that celebrate indigenous filmmaking from around the […]
imagineNATIVE to host International Premiere of The Native Slam
In March of 2016, just days before Māoriland Film Festival 15 Indigenous Filmmakers gathered around Aotearoa to make a film. They had just 72 hours, with a budget of $800 […]
Māoriland Film Festival – Officially a Charitable Organisation
Over the past three and a half years, Māoriland Film Festival has proven itself as a venue for the exhibition of Indigenous film and as an entertainment and education provider […]
Submissions for Māoriland Film Festival 2017 are now LIVE
Submissions for the fourth annual Māoriland Film Festival are now open! Māoriland Film Festival is an international festival that celebrates Indigenous voices and storytelling in film. Each March, Māoriland presents […]
Native Slam 2016
On 19th March 2016 17 Indigenous Nations took part in the inaugural NATIVE SLAM – Maoriland’s Indigenous, International Filmmaking competition. The filmmakers – all of whom have significant film experience, […]
E Tu Whānau Rangatahi Film Awards 2016
For our 2016 Rangatahi Film Awards we were thrilled to receive 12 films, of which 9 were screened. Once again, the calibre of filmmaking was impressive and we were delighted […]
Indigenous Women at MFF 2016
According to ‘The Comprehensive Annenberg Report on Diversity‘, only 3% of directors in film are women. In New Zealand, there has only ever been on Māori woman to direct a […]