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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]