2024 Māoriland Film Festival hosts the largest programme to date
2024 Māoriland Film Festival hosts the largest programme to date 168 works from 130 Indigenous nations to screen at Māoriland Film Festival in Ōtaki – 20th to 24th March 2024
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Join Māoriland Charitable Trust as Kai Whakatairanga (Marketing Manager)!
Are you passionate about promoting Māori and Indigenous storytelling on a global stage? Māoriland Charitable Trust, located in the vibrant Māoriland Hub in Ōtaki, is seeking a dynamic Kai Whakatairanga to lead our marketing efforts. Job Title: Kai Whakatairanga Organization: Māoriland Charitable Trust Location: Ōtaki, with potential for a hybrid role within the wider […]
25 Days of Indigenous Creativity
Tis the season! Every day until Christmas, we will be sharing an Indigenous film/show/artwork that you can enjoy at home. RĀ TUATAHI INKY PINKY PONKY Written by: Amanaki Prescott-Faletau and Leki Bourke-Jackson Directed by: Damon Fepulea’i and Ramon TeWake Produced by: Hope Papali’i and Elizabeth Koroivulaono When a young fakaleiti falls in love […]
Māoriland Tech Creative Hub (M.A.T.C.H) Celebrates Graduation of Promising Talent in Animation, Film, and Sound
The Māoriland Tech Creative Hub (M.A.T.C.H) is proud to announce the graduation of this year’s M.A.T.C.H Creative Intensifier program, a 12-week kaupapa Māori workplace training program in Animation, Film and Audio. This unique educational initiative based at the Māoriland Hub in Ōtaki combines an Indigenous worldview and cutting-edge technology to empower aspiring Māori and Pasifika […]
Māoriland Productions films selected for imagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival
The Māoriland Productions team are heading to Toronto, Canada to present two short films selected for the 24th annual imagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival from October 17-22 2023. ‘He Karu, He Taringa’ written and directed by Tahuaroa Ohia tells the real-life story of his journey with autism. The film, which is shot as a […]
Māoriland Productions films to screen at Nuuk International Film Festival
Māoriland Productions is proud to announce that TEN Māoriland Productions short films are screening this week at the Nuuk International Film Festival in Greenland. Among these, short film Brolesque directed by Libby Hakaraia makes it’s international premiere. Other Māoriland Productions films joining Brolesque include the entire Ngā Pakiaka Incubator Programme, and autism awareness story […]
Māoriland Productions documentary ‘Te Huka o Te Tai’ shares the fight against barge development in Te Araroa
Original release here Te Huka o Te Tai documents the kaitiaki of Te Araroa, organising as a community under a group called Tuatara to oppose the barge development plans. The documentary was produced during a critical stage of the conflict, during which the developers were pursing a fast-tracked consent process. Since filming, the fast-tracked consent application […]
Submissions open for Māoriland Film Festival 2024
Māoriland invites film, video, digital and interactive media work and artwork (all mediums) made by Indigenous creatives to submit their projects for Māoriland Film Festival 2024. Māoriland Film Festival was founded in 2014 to celebrate Indigenous voices and storytelling in film. The MFF has grown to be the largest presenter of Indigenous storytelling in the […]
Expressions of Interest – M.A.T.C.H Creative Intensifier
Do you have a passion for art, film, animation or audio? Are you Māori? Are you hardworking and motivated? Are you looking to upskill for a career in the creative digital industry? If you answer yes to all of these questions then this training program may be for you. M.A.T.C.H CREATIVE INTENSIFIER A 12-week kaupapa […]
Māoriland announces Matariki Ramaroa Arts Festival for 2023
From July 1 – 23, Kapiti Coast will once again be home to a myriad of celebrations for the Matariki Ramaroa Arts Festival. Matariki Ramaroa is an Arts Festival for all of Kapiti with live music, Māori visual arts exhibitions, the lighting of the Matariki Ramaroa Beacon fires, tree planting, beach cleanups and the NATIVE Minds series of thought […]