Ka harikoa, ka menemeneKo Hineraumati, ko Tane RoreKoi nei te wā o te ArohaMeri Kirihimere whānau māMeri Kirihimete tātou mā Meri Kirihimete me te Hape Nū Ia mai Māoriland Day 1 MFF2022 It’s been an amazing 12 months since last Xmas with many, many highlights for the Māoriland whānau. We’ve made films across Aotearoa and in […]
Māoriland is excited to be part of One Good Kiwi – a new free app created by Vodafone NZ with one goal in mind, to secure the futures of our rangatahi and give back to the communities in Aotearoa.Each month One Good Kiwi lets New Zealanders decide which organisations get a share of a $100,000 donation fund. ‘One Good Kiwi gives you the […]
Māoriland, New Zealand’s international Indigenous film festival is calling for submissions for MFF2023 – the 10th Māoriland Film Festival. MFF2023 runs from March 15 – 19, 2023. Five days of film screenings, immersive VR, new technology exhibits, a full visual arts programme, industry days, special events and more. The MFF was founded in 2014 to […]
From 29 June to 3 July, over 100 films from 132 Indigenous nations were screened at the ninth Māoriland Film Festival. At the closing night’s Red Carpet event, the five award winning films were announced. The films were chosen by audience vote and received cash prizes from the New Zealand Film Commission. Māoriland Film Festival […]
Today, the first filmmaker selected for the Māoriland Filmmakers’ Residency will be announced at the opening night screening of the Māoriland Film Festival (MFF2022). Filmmaker Leah Purcell is a Goa-Gunggari-Wakka Wakka woman who will take up residence in Ōtaki later this year. Purcell’s multi-award-winning feature film The Drover’s Wife The Legend of Molly Johnson is […]
Tālofa lava! Mālō le soifua. Fa’atalofa atu ma le agaga fa’aaloalo i le pa’ia lasilasi. O se vaiaso tāua lenei i so’o se tagata Sāmoa aua o le Vaiaso o le Gagana Sāmoa fa’apea ma le fa’amanatuina o le 60 tausaga o le malo tuto’atasi o Sāmoa. It’s Sāmoan Language week! Cheehoo!This year marks 12 […]
Māoriland Film Festival celebrates the return of international filmmakers to Aotearoa to present their films at the largest international Indigenous film festival in the world. The 9th annual film festival will present 106 films from 132 Indigenous nations over five days during Matariki (June 29 – July 3) with over 60 film screenings, industry and […]
My experience working as a director for ‘He Karu He Taringa’ has been an amazing one. I was blown away by everyone’s commitment and talent that they brought to the film, our actors, actresses, and extras were such a vibe to work with.I learned so much from my Māoriland crew, who showed me how to […]
Māoriland is excited to announce the dates for its 2022 Indigenous film festival and its new Matariki Ramaroa light arts festival.
E ngā iwi katoa, e ngā hoa tēnā koutou katoa, Tomorrow would have been the opening of our 9th Māoriland Film Festival! For us here at Māoriland we would be running around getting the last technicals in place or sorting out extra accommodation and feeling a mixture of nervousness and excitement. Such is the anticipation […]