Māoriland Charitable Trust is excited to announce Puritia, a capability-building ecosystem for Māori and Indigenous filmmakers and digital creatives. At the heart of Puritia is an Indigenous IP statement, which […]
Māoriland celebrates ten years of collaboration with E Tū Whānau (ETW) for the annual Rangatahi (youth) Film Awards held during the Māoriland Film Festival (MFF). The ETW Rangatahi Film Awards […]
E ngā mana o te ao, e ngā reo o te wā, tēnā koutou katoa. In late 2013 I was fortunate to stand on a stage at the imagineNATIVE Festival […]
After establishing the Māoriland Film Festival (MFF) 10 years ago, festival director Libby Hakaraia is stepping aside after the 2023 festival, with Madeleine Hakaraia de Young taking up the position. […]
From March 15 – 19 2023, Māoriland Film Festival (MFF) will present its largest programme yet in celebration of the 10th year of the festival. Today the festival announces the inclusion […]
Māoriland Productions lead producer Libby Hakaraia has been selected as one of 29 feature film producers worldwide to participate in the European Film Market (EFM) Fiction Toolbox Programme taking place […]
Put on your most glam outfit and walk the red carpet for the annual Māoriland Red Carpet Party. A celebration of all the filmmakers and their collaborators at MFF2023. The […]
SLASH/BACK Directed by Nyla Innuksuk (Inuit) Set in Pang, a sleepy hamlet nestled in the majestic mountains of Baffin Island in the Arctic Ocean, Maika wakes up to another typical […]
KA PŌ Directed by Etienne Aurelius (Tumanang, Hawai’i, Aotearoa) In the mountains of Kauai, a drug-addicted native Hawaiian woman, NANEA, lives with her troubled boyfriend, ELI inside an abandoned school […]
The Māoriland Keynote address is a personal and historical perspective given by a prominent Māori filmmaker. Past keynote speakers were Tainui Stephens, Lawrence Makoare, Larry Parr, Julian and Mabelle Dennison, […]