MFF2020 Remount is on the way
Māoriland is keenly anticipating the MFF2020 Remount from September 24 – 27, 2020…
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Māoriland Film Festival named finalist in the 2018 NZEA Event Awards
Māoriland Film Festival (MFF) is among some of NZ’s best events as a finalist in the 2018 NZEA Event Awards. The MFF is one of five finalists in the Best Arts or Cultural Event 2018 category that includes A Waka Odyssey (New Zealand Festival), Matariki Festival 2018 (Auckland Council), Pop-up Globe Auckland Season 3 (Pop-up […]
Māoriland Film Festival seeks Indigenous filmmakers from across the globe for the fourth annual NATIVE Slam!
The NATIVE Slam is an international Indigenous filmmaking challenge. Each year in the days leading up to Māoriland Film Festival Indigenous filmmakers team up in New Zealand to make a short film. With just 72 hours and $800NZD the Native Slam is an opportunity to connect and collaborate with leading Indigenous filmmakers from around the […]
MĀORILAND 2019 – Call For Submissions
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 […]
Caring for Papatūānuku at Māoriland Film Festival
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 […]
Māoriland People’s Choice 2018
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: PEOPLE’S CHOICE FOR BEST DOCUMENTARY – MANKILLER Directed by Valerie Red-Horse Mohl Mankiller (2017) is the story of an American legend, Wilma Mankiller, who overcamerampant sexism and personal […]
Wāhine Toa at Māoriland 2018
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 […]
MFF 2018 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 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 […]
MĀORILAND 2018 – Call For Submissions
Submissions are now open for the 5th Annual Māoriland Film Festival, which will take place from March 21 – 25, 2018 in Ōtaki, New Zealand. Hou mai koe ki roto i te whare kōrero o Māoriland. Ko tōna tāhuhu ko te iwi, ko te poutāhu ko te mana o te kupu, ko te poutuarongo ko te ira […]
He Tirohanga Mō MFF 2017– A View Of The Festival
Tainui Stephens, chair of the Māoriland Charitable Trust offers a report on what he saw: I bloody love going to the movies! There is nothing better than being in a comfy seat in a dark space watching a stunning big screen story. And somehow, by sitting with a crowd of expectant people who have also […]