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 […]
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 […]
E ngā tai e whā o te motu, e ngā iwi taketake o te ao, Tēnā koutou katoa, Since Covid’s arrival on our planet in 2020, Māoriland Film Festival has adapted and evolved. And with the support of filmmakers and audiences we’ve been able to safely deliver the MFF in-person in 2020 and 2021. The in-person […]
Helping rangatahi filmmakers get closer to the big screen! Here are the eight film projects that will be made…
Māoriland Film Festival’s 2020 Pitch competition went online this year with 18 projects pitching for $7000 worth of prizes. 17 short film and animation projects were pitched to a panel of the Māoriland Film festival team via Zoom earlier this week.“All of the stories pitched were of a very high standard from a range of […]
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 […]