He taonga tuku iho te rama ataata
The light that reveals our legacies
Te Hunga TautokoAcknowledgements
Welcome to the tribal lands of Ngāti Raukawa ki te Tonga: Home to the subtribes of Ngāti Korokī, Ngāti Maiōtaki, Ngāti Huia ki Katihiku, Ngāti Pare and Ngāti Kapu. We are grateful for the support of Ngā Hapū o Ōtaki, our kaumātua and kuia, our kaimahi and our whānau. And to all of those who support the kaupapa, tēnā koutou.
FESTIVAL PARTNERS
Ngā Pou o te Whare KōreroThe Foundation Posts of Māoriland
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 tangata. Kei waenga ko te poutokomanawa o te aroha noa. Ka mutu, ko ngā pou koko ka titi iho ki te whenua ko ēnei:
We bid you entry into our house of stories. The ridgepole is the people, the front post is the authority of the word, the rear post is the essence of our humanity. Between them, we find the support pillar of love. The posts that anchor the corners to the land are these:
KOAKOA | CELEBRATION
Māoriland celebrates the rise of Indigenous cinema. It invites filmmakers from around the world to share their compelling big-screen stories with us and with each other.
OHOOHO | INSPIRATION
Māoriland upholds the mana and inspiration of our storytellers. We are guided by our elders and taught by our children. The festival assists our community to expand their perspectives and connect with those from other cultures.
MANAAKI | RESPECT
Māoriland is rooted in the traditions and language of the hapū and iwi of Ōtaki. It is our honour to extend manaakitanga to the many visitors to the festival.
KŌTAHITANGA | INCLUSION
Māoriland provides a portal to the Indigenous world for all people. It assists social cohesion, a sense of pride, and the informed well-being of our community.
Kāti. Tuia te kawa, tairanga te kawa, ko te kawa o te manaaki i te tangata tēnei ka poua nei.
He mea tuhi nā Tainui Stephens (Te Rarawa) 2016. Extract from chant “Te Kawa o te Manaaki” marking the opening of the Māoriland Hub 2016.
He taonga tuku iho te rama ataata
The light that reveals our legacies
Takapū are remarkable manu, perfectly adapted for soaring and for diving at high speed into the sea to catch fish. Takapū (gannets) can fly more than 500km in a day, riding the wind on their outstretched two-metre wings. They leave the nest early, travelling as far as Australia and spend their first years of life on the move before returning to their homelands to nest.
In late 2025, social media declared that 2026 is the new 2016, and by the time the festival comes around, this will likely be long forgotten. But as we were pulling together this year’s programme, I decided to take a closer look at 2016 - and what I found was a monumental year for Māoriland.
Back then, we were still finding our feet. We had moved from the caravan into temporary small rented offices and filled every corner with artists, healers and filmmakers, building community with very few resources and a lot of heart. That year, we launched the NATIVE Slam, a 72-hour international Indigenous filmmaking challenge across Aotearoa, bringing together teams of Indigenous creatives from here and overseas. Our festival intern, Sunna, had travelled from Inari, Finland, and before she knew it, she was in a team alongside Himiona Grace and Navajo filmmaker Blackhorse Lowe. The festival itself was huge, with sellout screenings of Born to Dance , Mahana and Three Wise Cousins
We finished that week exhausted. Māoriland was a kaupapa powered almost entirely by passion and goodwill. So our kāhui kākano - the founders of Māoriland - gathered to decide what came next. We were tired, and at one point, we talked about closing it down! We’d had three great years and could leave it there. But somehow that kōrero pivoted into growth. Māoriland Charitable Trust was established. We met JR McKenzie, who supported the development of Te Uru Maire, our rangatahi strategy. I left my job to become Māoriland’s first employee, and not long after, the path to purchasing the Māoriland Hub was set.
2016 was the year Māoriland grew from an idea into an organisation. It wasn’t easy. The five of us juggled and hustled to build toward what you see today. And it wasn’t an easy time to be Indigenous in the world either. We stood in solidarity with our whānau in Ahitereiria fighting the forced closure of remote communities, and ended the year with our hearts at Standing Rock. Trump was elected. The UK voted for Brexit. In Aotearoa, we voted to keep a colonial flag, public services were defunded, reduced lotto sales meant reduced arts funding, and tensions over the TPPA were high.
2026 feels similar/worse. Wherever we turn, we are confronted with war, displacement, climate crisis and the ongoing impacts of colonisation on Indigenous peoples - from Palestine to Kalaallit Nunaat, and everywhere in between. At the same time, we have hard and important things to build.
One morning last year, I went for a long sunrise walk on Ōtaki Beach. The sky was bright and the wind bitterly cold, stinging tears that turned into an outpouring of hurt and frustration, and eventually, relief. Watching the manu soaring in the blue sky, I was struck by this: even in the hardest of times, the sun will still rise tomorrow. We have to see ourselves as part of something bigger, brighter and more beautiful, and we have to take that feeling and channel it into building the world we want. We can never accept that this is just how things are.
In this year’s programme, we present films that draw strength from their Indigeneity to move into the future with resilience, with kaha. Films that shine light in the darkness, with protagonists who transform their worlds from UiksaringataraWrong Husband to Mārama.
They are proof that we shouldn’t just accept 2026 as the new 2016. In watching these films, we hope you are inspired to use our collective energy to come together and build the world we want to live in - from small, everyday acts of peace in our own lives to bold movements against oppression.
Toa ai a Whiro, me nohopuku a kou tangata,
Madeleine Hakaraia de Young Festival Director, Māoriland
Film Festival
He Huatau - Māoriland Charitable Trust
He pai te whetū ki te pōuri, he ariki te rā ki te ata.” Stars shine in the darkness, the sun leads in the morning. 2025 was a year of contrasts for Māoriland, as it was for many organisations working in the space of social and cultural investment. It was a year that asked much of us - endurance and collective effort and one that reminded us why this kaupapa matters.
Across the year, Māoriland continued to support filmmakers, artists, rangatahi, and communities both here in Aotearoa and internationally. Our programmes grew in reach and depth, and our kaupapa, grounded in Indigenous storytelling, found expression through celebrating creativity and connection. Māoriland Film Festival 2025 brought thousands of people together in Ōtaki. To share stories, films and kōrero contributing $3.6 million in GDP and $6.8 million in turnover for the Kāpiti Coast. to the local economy. And something less measurable and equally important: spaces for discovery, healing and belonging. Over the past 13 years, the festival has become part of the rhythm of Ōtaki where Indigenous voices are centred and welcomed.
One of the special moments for Māoriland was the premiere of Shrek: Kātahi Te Korokē, a te reo Māori version of a globally loved film, led by Māori creatives and first shared with audiences at MFF25. Its journey beyond the festival reminded us of the power of language, humour, and storytelling to reach whānau of all ages and to support the everyday presence of te reo Māori in our lives.
At the Māoriland Hub, creativity continued to unfold in many forms. Toi Matarau gallery staged impressive exhibitions that showcased the work of Māori and Indigenous visual artists, supporting creative livelihoods while strengthening cultural pride.
The Māoriland Māra and Kai Collective brought people together through the sharing of food grown at the back of the Māoriland Hub and added to by many other special friends of Māoriland including organic growers and Kaibosh reinforcing the importance of community sharing what it has.
Our international connections also deepened in 2025. We received the Global Production Award for Social & Economic Impact at the Cannes Film Festival, delivered the first international Indigenous language animation exchange between UNESCO Cities of Film Wellington and Galway,
and launched the inaugural Māoriland Indigenous Co-Lab projects internationally at imagineNATIVE, connecting Māori filmmakers to global Indigenous collaborators and markets.
Rangatahi continued to shine bright! We celebrated the graduation of the 8th cohort of M.A.T.C.H – Māoriland Tech Creative Hub, delivering kaupapa Māori workplace training in animation, filmmaking, and creative technology. To date, 86 graduates have completed training with a 100% completion rate, and 87% are in employment or further education. In 2025, this mahi was recognised nationally with the Kaupapa Award from Te Hāpori Matihiko, affirming the strength of Indigenous-led digital and creative workforce development. The tamariki of Ōtaki also made us proud in Manu Wairereperforming art classes at the Māoriland Hub.
Despite these achievements, funding instability is challenging our efforts to keep what we have worked hard to build. But build we will with the continued support of many and with those we are yet to meet.
As we gather again, we do so with gratitude to the artists, filmmakers, partners, funders, those who give their time freely and our community who walk alongside us. This festival, like all our mahi, is shaped by many hands and many hearts.
Te Tumu Whakarae o Māoriland
Libby Hakaraia
Māoriland Charitable Trust
John Barrett (Chair), Tania Hakaraia, Dee McDonald, Huhana Smith, Tainui Stephens, Francene Wineti and Horiana Irwin- Easthope.
Te Kāhui Kākano
The founders of Māoriland are Libby Hakaraia, Tainui Stephens, Pat Hakaraia, Tania Hakaraia, Madeleine Hakaraia de Young
Ngā Kaimahi o Māoriland
Madeleine Hakaraia de Young, Marli van den Assum, Micah Winiata, Clara Hakaraia, Elishka Graham, Ethan Seddon Cope, Libby Hakaraia, Maakarita Paku, Maaka Gair-Houia, Ngā Roma Poa, Oriwa Hakaraia, Tahuaroa Ohia, Tainui Stephens, Tania Hakaraia, Waitahi Aniwaniwa McGee, Ngā Pakiaka, Ngā Kaitūao me ngā Kaihāpai of MFF2026.
Māoriland Hub
68 Main Street Ōtaki
Monday - Saturday 11 am - 4 pm
Festival Week 9:30 am - 6 pm
The Māoriland Hub is a centre of excellence for Māori film and creative arts, located in the heart of Ōtaki township. It is a home for Indigenous creativity, the arts, and the exchange of ideas – he whare taketake, he whare tapere, he whare kōrero.
Open year-round, the Māoriland Hub showcases innovation across film, visual arts, music, performing arts, technology, and kōrero. It houses the Toi Matarau Art Gallery, M.A.T.C.H. (Māoriland Tech Creative Hub), Māoriland Films, and the Māoriland Filmmaker Residency.
Ko te kawa nui ia, he manaaki i te tangata, Māoriland is committed to creating a safe environment for all our visitors and for the festival team.
Māoriland is committed to a safe and respectful space for all. We value celebration, unity, vigilance, and respect. Harassment, discrimination, or harmful behaviour will not be tolerated.
If you’re unwell, please stay home.
Hei WhakakitengaThe Declaration of Indigenous Cinema
We the Indigenous screen storytellers
United in this northern corner of our mother, the earth
In a great assembly of wisdom, we declare to all nations:
We glory in our past:
• when our earth was nurturing our oral traditions
• when night sky evoked visions animated in our dreams
• when the sun and the moon became our parents in stories told
• when storytelling made us all brothers and sisters
• when our stories fostered great chiefs and leaders
• when justice was encouraged through the stories told
We will:
• hold and manage Indigenous cultural and intellectual property
• be recognised as the primary guardians and interpreters of our culture
• respect Indigenous individuals and communities
• nourish knowledge from our traditions to modern screen appearance
• use our skills to communicate with nature and all living things
• through screen storytelling heal our wounds
• through modern screen expression carry our stories to those not yet born
And thus through motion pictures, we will make the invisible visible again. We vow to manage our own destiny and recover our complete humanity and pride in being Indigenous screen storytellers.
Created by Åsa Simma (Sámi), with Darlene Johnson (Dunghutti). Accepted at the Indigenous Film Conference in Kautokeino, Sápmi, October 2011.
Indigenous Cinema
Indigenous Cinema is made by filmmakers who identify as Native, Aboriginal, First Nations, Tangata Whenua, Peoples of the Land, Guardians and any other name that they choose to describe their ancestral connection to their lands and atural resources.
Since the first moving images flickered onto screens in the last years of the 1800s, images of Indigenous peoples have been dominated by Hollywood stereotypes and misrepresented as specimens or curiosities.
However, over the past 50 years, Indigenous filmmakers have been working to present their own stories or those of their communities.
Māoriland is part of a global network of Indigenous film festivals and filmmakers, spanning a vibrant circle from the Southern to the Northern Hemispherefrom Aotearoa to the Arctic.
Indigenous communities the world over face significant challenges, including discrimination, marginalisation, poverty, and conflict. Many are deprived of their ancestral lands, threatening their livelihoods and cultural heritage, including their languages.
Indigenous peoples are frequently excluded from decision-making processes and access to tools and platforms that would allow them to share their perspectives.
Indigenous filmmakers bring stories into the light.
Indigenous peoples play a vital role as knowledge keepers and guardians for some of the planet’s most biodiverse regions.
Our territories hold rich biological diversity. Our cultural and linguistic diversity contributes to the evolving tapestry of our humanity.
By safeguarding key ecosystems that act as carbon sinks and protect biodiversity, Indigenous peoples provide an environmental service to the rest of the world.
Furthermore, our traditional knowledge is an invaluable resource that benefits society.
We all have a role to play in recognising the Indigenous peoples of the lands we reside in, and ensuring our governments fully recognise the rights of Indigenous peoples.
How to read this program
Ōtaki is a bilingual town, speaking both Te Reo Māori and English. As you read this program, you may encounter words you are unfamiliar with. We encourage you to visit Te Aka to learn new kupu and grow your kete!
Program Information
Our program is organised by special events, then by day and time. At the top right of each program, you will see a flag titled “KIRIATA,” “PAKIPŪMEKA,” or “KIRIATA POTO,” indicating the section the program belongs to.
Screening Information
At the top of each film, you will see the following information: Year of publication | duration of film | Indigenous key creative | Indigenous nation | Language
To find out more about any film in the program, visit mff.maorilandfilm.co.nz
Special events - He atamira hira
Māoriland Keynote - Te Kohe Tuhaka
5:30 PM, Tuesday 24 March
Rangiātea Church
The Māoriland Keynote address offers a personal and historical perspective from a prominent Māori filmmaker. Past keynote speakers have included Tainui Stephens, Lawrence Makoare, Larry Parr, Julian and Mabelle Dennison, Rawiri Paratene, Heperi and Awatea Mita, Temuera Morrison, Rena Owen, Waihoroi Shortland, and Libby Hakaraia. MFF2024 Exhibition artists have included Regan Balzer,
Ngataiharuru Taepa, Johnson Witehira, Tame Iti, Rachael Rākena and Kath Akuhata Brown.
Te Kohe Tuhaka is an actor and producer from a proudly te reo Māori–speaking whānau in Tūranga-nui-aKiwa (Gisborne) and a graduate of Toi Whakaari. Known for his versatility across film, television, and theatre, he also works behind the camera championing Māori-led storytelling.
Opening
Uiksaringitara - Wrong Husband
8 PM, Tuesday 24 March Ngā Purapura
2025 | 100 mins | Zacharias Kunuk | Inuit | Inuktitut with subtitles
Igloolik, Nunavut, 2000 BCE. Kaujak (Theresia Kappianaq) and Sapa (Haiden Angutimarik) were promised to each other at birth. After the sudden death of Kaujak’s father, her mother marries a man from another camp,
Preceded by Twisted Braid
2025 | 5 mins | Ricky-Thomas Kahano’okaloko’akahai Kenji Serikawa Hawai’i | English with subtitles
A love letter to a little town built on culture, connection, and creativity.
tearing the young lovers apart. The promise of a better life quickly turns to a nightmare, with aggressive suitors backed by an evil shaman vying to win Kaujak’s hand. But Kaujak resists, clinging to the hope that Sapa will one day make things right.
Uiskaringitara is a captivating epic historical drama that blends the supernatural with a powerful Arctic love story.
Through Our Lens Victoria
9:45 AM, Wednesday 25 March
Ngā Purapura
Through Our Lens: Victoria is a powerful collection of short films created by Victorian First Nations Young Leaders as part of a bi-national cultural and filmmaking exchange between Victoria and Aotearoa.
Developed through an intensive five-day filmmaking camp on Boonwurrung land, these films are grounded in Indigenous ways of seeing, knowing, and telling stories. Participants explored themes of identity, belonging, leadership, and self-determination with support from IndigUcation and the Māoriland team.
Special event - He atamira hira | Closing night film
Mārama
6 PM, Saturday 28 March
Civic Theatre
2025 | 84 mins | Taratoa Stappard
Māori | English, Māori, French with English subtitles 1859. When a young Māori woman is summoned from New Zealand to North Yorkshire, she uncovers the horrific truth of her colonial heritage, and sets out to destroy the titled Englishman who has devastated her family.
In his debut feature, Taratoa Stappard (Ngāti Toa, Ngāti Raukawa ki te Tonga, Ngāti Tūwharetoa) presents a bold and unsettling gothic tale of colonial reckoning with a stand-out performance from Ariana Osborne (Ngāti Mutunga and Te Āti Haunuia-Pāpārangi).
Special event - He atamira hira
Māoriland Red Carpet Party
8 PM, Saturday 28 March
Māoriland Hub
Put on your most glamorous outfit for the annual Māoriland Red Carpet Party and get ready to kanikani at the Māoriland Red Carpet Party, a celebration of all the filmmakers at MFF2026.
Extremely limited ticketsdon’t miss out!
Short films - Kiriata poto Whānau Shorts
10:30 AM, Wednesday 25 March
Civic Theatre
Family endures
Distant Roots
2025 | 15 mins | Caleb Teaupa | Aotearoa | English and Tongan with English subtitles
A Tongan father in his seventies labours through the unchanging rhythm of construction, haunted by memories of the family he is still trying to hold onto.
Forget It
2025 | 4 mins | Ashley Pye | Aotearoa, Cook Islands| English / Māori with subtitles
A boy watches helplessly as his grandmother begins to slip into dementia.
Stranger, Brother
2024 | 15 mins | Annelise Hickey Tonga | Maufanga | English
When Adam, a self-absorbed and lonely millennial, wakes to find his estranged half-brother on his doorstep, he must face the family he’s been running away from.
I, In The Village
2025 | 8 mins | Ngawari Tamanui Fransen | Aotearoa | English & Māori with subtitles
A young man must face his mother and grandmother after he decides to reject a university scholarship.
Zintkáda Kítańna - Little Bird
2025 | 7 mins | Karley Heminger | Sisseton Wahpeton Dakota | English, Ojibwemowin, Dakota & Maya Kaqchikel with subtitles
Six months after moving across the world, two sisters recount their journey over a phone call.
Young Burden
2024 | 13 mins | Marcus Savelio | Sāmoa | English with subtitles
A teenage father faces the consequences of his reckless choices when a night of partying ends with him returning home drunk to the family he’s barely holding onto.
Dawn
2026 | 9 mins | Jasmine Day | Aotearoa | English
A hard-working girl with the responsibility of her siblings debunks the stereotypes of a South Auckland stoner when police illegally barge into her bedroom.
Rapido
2024 | 13 mins | Richard J Curtis | Māori | Māori / English with subtitles
A young boy’s fascination with war comics comes closer to home than he could ever imagine
Short films - Kiriata poto | Rangatahi
Rangatahi Taiao Shorts
11:15 AM, Wednesday 25 March
Ngā Purapura
Te Waka O Rangi
2025 | 3 mins | Vincent Egan, Siu Williams-Lemi & Leah WilliamsPartington | Ngāti Ruanui, Ngāruahinerangi, Ngāpuhi | English & Māori with subtitles
A waiata about Te Waka o Rangi, a constellation connected to the setting of Matariki.
Da Farm
2025 | 22 mins | ‘Āina Paikai | Hawai’i English & Ōlelo Hawai’i with subtitles
A young teen interns at a farm and learns more about the everyday life of farming operations.
Molly of Denali: This is Pele
2025 | 26 mins | Princess Daazhraii Johnson & Scott W. Kekama Amona | Kānaka Maoli | English / Gwich’in & Ōlelo Hawai’i with subtitles
Grandpa Nat and Molly travel to Hawai’i to learn about the volcano Mauna Loa and learn the story of Princess Ruth Ke’elikōlani’s offering.
Tankha
2025 | 13 mins | Alexander Moruo | Sakha | Sakha with English subtitles
During a mystical period of Tankha, three friends receive a mysterious prediction from a fortune teller, unleashing strange events they can’t explain.
Deneege Leł Ghu
Kk’ots’eedeneeyh Te
Heł Hoozoonh Ts’e
Denots’edeneeyh
2025 | 5 mins | Brittany Woods-Orrison, Sadetło Scott, Princess Dazhraii
Johnson, Kathleen Hildebrand & Hʉkk’aaghneestaatlno Lorraine David. | Nulato Tribal Council, Hughes Tribal Council, Rampart Village Tribe & Tłı chǫ nation. Vashrąįį K’ǫǫ.
Denaakk’e with English subtitles
A group of Alaskan Dene women find strength and hope in reviving the ancestral practice of brain tanning hides.
Rangatahi
Waiata Anthems
1 PM, Wednesday 25 March
Ngā Purapura
2025 | 40 mins | Parehuia Mackay, Jordan Cherrington, Taylor Hohepa, Brandon Te Moananui & Whintey
Wainui | Aotearoa | English & Māori with subtitles
Waiata Anthems is a powerful celebration of te reo Māori through music and storytelling. Each year, the series showcases artists from across Aotearoa who are releasing waiata reo Māori.
The Rain
2025 | 2 mins | Kā’eo Luke | Kānaka Maoli | English
What does it truly mean to live and to love each individual’s mind?
Documentaries - Pakipūmeka
Walls - Akinni Inuk
3:30 pm, Wednesday 25 March
Ngā Purapura
2025 | 75 mins | Nina Paninnguaq Skydsbjerg, Emile Hertling Péronard & Gustav Lynge Petrussen | Kalaallit Nunaat | Kalaallisut with English subtitles
Two women, a film director and an inmate, meet by coincidence in a Greenlandic prison. As they discover shared tragic experiences in their pasts, they find a way to set one another free.
‘Walls’ is a moving and important story about love, human empathy, hope and the struggle for a second chance. In Greenlandic, the title of the ilm ‘Akinni Inuk’ means ‘the human being in front of me - it’s a reminder to audiences of the people at the centre of colonial rule and conflict.
Sukundimi Walks Before Me
2PM, Wednesday 25 March Civic Theatre
2025 | 90 mins | Matasila
Freshwater | Papua New Guinea, Aotearoa, Australia | English
When a devastating copper-gold mine is proposed to be built at the headwaters of one of the last remaining great rivers in Papua New Guinea, the children of the Sepik embark on an Indigenousled resistance to protect her waters. Sukundimi Walks Before Me, explores this existential fight through lyrical expressions of existence, resistance and life along the mother river.
Short films - Kiriata poto
Whenua Shorts
5:30 PM, Wednesday 25 March
Civic Theatre
Connections to the land
Tamatta AtaqatigiippugutWe are all connected
2025 | 5 mins | Arina Kleist | Kalaallit Nunaat | Kalaallisut with subtitles
A reflection on ancestral spirits and our broken bond with nature, told through compelling imagery and an Inuit perspective.
Vuogáiduvvan - Adaptation
2025 | 5 mins | Aslak Paltto | Sámi | Northern Sámi with English subtitles
Reindeer herding is on the brink of change due to the rapidly warming climate.
Baigalai KhamgaalagshaGuardian of Baikal
2025 | 14 mins | Bair Uladaev & Irina Urbaeva | Buryat | Buryat & Russian with English subtitles
This film tells the tragic story of the Buryat people, an Indigenous people near Lake Baikal, whose identity is gradually fading away.
Waska: The Forest Is My Family
2024 | 15 mins | Nina Gualinga | Kichwa People of Sarayaku | English / Spanish / Kichwa with English subtitles
Nina Gualinga is calling out the commodification and extractivism of Indigenous lands in the Amazon Rainforest.
La Mitología de Dad
Ibe - The mythology of Grandfather Sun
2025 | 17 mins | Duiren Wagua | Gunadule nation of Panama | Spanish with subtitles
A sensory and emotional journey about the search for harmony between Indigenous and western practices recognising those who know how to listen to their land.
Let My People Go Skiing
2025 | 18 mins | Ellen Bradley | Tlingit English / Lingit with subtitles
Tlingit skier and scientist Ellen Bradley returns to Southeast Alaska to use skiing as a tool to reclaim her connection to the land she belongs to.
Iikaiksimatsa’pao’p: Grateful To Be On The Land
2025 | 13 mins | Trevor Solway | Siksika Nation | English
Follow Cassie Ayoungman, founder of Soul of Miistaki and a member of the Siksika nation, on her journey to bring the healing power of the mountains to her community.
MYDZÉ - Fish
2025 | 13 mins | Yasmin Isu-Kariri, Weslley Cacique, Mirim Isu-Kariri, Wallyson Isú-Kariri, William IsúKariri, Wenia Isú-Kariri, Xuxa Cavala, Uriel Kariri Tilápias, Simone Isú-Kariri, Renata Dourado, Raimundo Isú-Kariri, Pedro Gomes, Neide Lima, Nega Isú-Kariri, Maria Isú-Kariri, Manoel Messias, Luiz Gustavo, Souza Leal, Leandro Gomes, Balé Lanny, Souza Lea, Laica Isú-Kariri, Kelly Isú-Kariri, Juma Pariri, José Gomes, Joedson Karir, Frê Arvora, Érika de Nena, Edson Kariri, Dani Arakatí, Ayala IsúKariri | Isú & Kariri | Portuguese with English subtitles The Isú-Kariri Indigenous community (Brazil) is fighting for the construction of its dam to guarantee joy, access to water, and food sovereignty.
My Fathers' Daughter / Biru Unjárga
6 PM, Wednesday 25 March Ngā Purapura
2024 | 78 mins | Egil Pedersen | Sámi | Danish / English / Norwegian with subtitles
Elvira, a confident Sámi teenager, firmly believes that her mother conceived her at a Danish fertility clinic. She often daydreams about her father, envisioning him as a
Documentary - Pakipūmeka
Endless Cookie
8 PM, Wednesday 25 March Civic Theatre
2025 | 98 mins | Seth Scriver & Peter Scriver | Shamattawa First Nation | English with subtitles
In 2016, animator Seth Scriver headed to the Arctic to make a serious documentary with his brother Pete. Over the next decade, the brothers created a sprawling, wildly inventive animated documentary on Arctic
charismatic movie star. However, her world is turned upside down when her biological father unexpectedly steps into her life.
Set against the breathtaking backdrop of Norway’s northernmost region, this family film features quirky dialogue, a captivating female protagonist, and an unforgettable supporting role by Nikolaj Coster-Waldau.
family life. The resulting psychedelic animation is reminiscent of Regular Show, Adventure Time, or Rocko’s Modern Life, but is a singular experience of Indigenous life not to be missed.
La Hija Cóndor - The Condor Daughter
8 PM, Wednesday 25 March
Ngā Purapura
2025 | 109 mins | Álvaro Olmos Torrico | Bolivia | Quechua & Spanish with subtitles
La Hija Condor, brings Quechua midwives to the international stage with emotional depth and cultural resonance in this exquisite film from the Andes.
DOCUMENTARY - PAKIPŪMEKA
10 AM, Thursday 26 March
Ngā Purapura
2025 | 82 mins | Darlene Naponse | Atikameksheng Anishnawbek | Without dialogue
In a cinematic act of listening and immersion, AKI draws its power from the land, the seasons, memory and the rhythms of life on Atikameksheng Anishnawbek territory, weaving a beautiful, elemental portrait of community, survival, and Indigenous sovereignty.
Clara is a teenager growing up in a small Indigenous community. Her adoptive mother, a midwife who took her in as a baby, has taught her the ancient songs used to guide women through childbirth. But while her voice carries on this tradition, her dreams lie elsewhere: she longs to leave the mountains behind and become a folkloric music star in the big city.
With few words uttered, Aki is a kaleidoscopic meditation on the beauty of the land and how we as people reside alongside it.
10:30 AM, Thursday 26 March Civic Theatre
First glimmers of light.
Lost in the Q (The Weekend)
2022 | 4 mins | Rob Ruha, Jhaymean, Madison Henry-Ryan | Aotearoa | English, Māori
A futuristic Māori utopia imagined through digital toi realms, Lost in the Q is a powerful waiata exploring moko revival, self-reclamation and historical distortion.
In the Wake of Our Ancestors
2025 | 25 mins | Dustin McGladrey | Nisga’a, Haida, Tlingit, Tahltan, Kwakwaka’wakw, Cowichan | English with subtitles
Indigenous artists and knowledge keepers reclaim language, culture, and memory.
E Ola ka ‘Ōlelo Hawai’i: I Ola
ka Lāhui
2025 | 36 mins | Kaho’okahi Kanuha & Maineialoha Kinimaka | Lāhui Hawai’i | Ōlelo Hawai’i with English subtitles
Pūnana Leo is the groundbreaking Hawaiian language immersion movement that helped rescue ‘ōlelo Hawai’i from near extinction.
Ko Wai Au - Who Are You
2025 | 4 mins | Sheldon Rua & Ehetere Rua | Aotearoa | English
We follow the physical conversation between two dancers as they explore their connection with natural land and their opposing places within the modern cityscapes they also occupy.
KIN - Dudi & Jojo
2025 | 25 mins | Tumeli Tuqota, Ruci
Kaisila & Joanne Kaisila | Fiji | English & Fijian with subtitles
Fijian sisters connect to their culture while living away from home.
Sukkaillutit UqarukSay It Slowly
2025 | 5 mins | Ashley Qilavaq-Savard | Inuit Nunangat | English & Inuktitut with subtitles
A moving parallel between language loss and climate change, highlighting personal and communal resilience.
Songs Of The Highlands
2025 | 8 mins | Sarah Lois Dorai | Kelabit of Sarawak (Borneo) | Kelabit with subtitles
In Borneo’s remote Kelabit Highlands, musician Alena Murang brings her endangered language back to life through song, memory and digital archiving.
Māori
2025 | 4 mins | Isaac Te Reina, Tīpene | Aotearoa | Māori & English
A waiata about what makes us who we are as Māori.
Short films - Kiriata poto
Te Ao Mārama
1:30 PM, Thursday 26 March
Ngā Purapura
The world of light and understanding.
Va Hina
2025 | 6 mins| Dr Nālani WilsonHokowhitu, Tayla Hartemink, Laughton Kora & Mike Bridgman | Aotearoa, Moana Nui a Kiwa, Moananuiākea | English
Vā Hina is a voyage through time and space.
Back To The Loko
2025 | 16 mins | Ricky-Thomas Kahano’okaloko’akahai Kenji Serikawa | Hawai’i | English & Ōlelo Hawai’i with subtitles
Ancient wisdom meets modern science to rehabilitate more than just Hawaiian fishponds.
Sukande Kasáká | Terra Doente - Ailing Land
2025 | 31 mins | Kamikia Kisedje | Khisêtjê | Khisêtjê with English subtitles
Surrounded by the expansion of agribusiness, the Khĩsêdjê people face an invisible threat seeping into the land, water, and air.
The Hill of Enlightenment
2024 | 12 mins | Ricky-Thomas Kahano’okaloko’akahai Kenji Serikawa | Hawai’i | English
One of the last hidden gems of Hawai’i consists of nearly 10,000 acres, and there’s a team of just 8 people working to ensure it remains intact.
Waka
2025 | 1 min | Lucy de Young Hakaraia | Aotearoa | English
An interview with Peter McCurdy at Te Ngaru Matua, Ōkahu Bay, 2000
Keepers of The Coastline
2025 | 13 mins | Jeremy Charles | Cherokee Nation, Tolowa Dee-ni’ Nation | English
In 2023, the Tolowa Dee-ni’ people, alongside partnering tribes asserted sovereignty over the 700 square miles of their ancestral fisheries.
Short films - Kiriata poto Whakapapa
2 PM, Thursday 26 March Civic Theatre
Our heritage connects us to the past
Yaki Byaling
2024 | 19 mins | Kacu Bsyaw | Taiwan | Skikun Atayal with English subtitles
A photo, like moonlight magic, carries us back to Grandma Moon’s memories.
Boodjara
2025 | 18 mins | Hugh Sando | Noongar English
Boodjara (Country, belonging to) follows Noongar people on a powerful journey to revive their endangered language, reclaim ancestral placenames, and reconnect with stories embedded in boodja (the land).
Oceanbone
2025 | 9 mins | Dr. Lani Cupchoy | Kānaka Maoli | Sāmoan, Fijian & Chamoru with English subtitles
Stolen ancestors lie in museum vaults, waiting to return home.
Braids
2025 | 14 mins | Elise Beers | Unangax (Unangan/Aleut) Native American Tribe | English & Navajo & Lakota with subtitles
Raven grapples with identity, tradition, and societal pressures in a world that often misunderstands his heritage.
Back in Nogliki
2024 | 21 mins | Daria Agienko | Nivkh | Russian with subtitles
Returning home to care for her mother, an Indigenous journalist confronts childhood wounds and reclaims her identity by writing down her people’s legends.
Daunitukutuku - The Messenger
2025 | 14 mins | Tumeli Tuqota | Fiji | iTaukei with English subtitles
A young woman must find the strength to fight against divisive voices from within her village to save it from impending doom.
Short films - Kiriata poto
Bingo Shorts
5 PM, Thursday 26 March Civic Theatre
Bring your pens! (Recommended for mature audiences)
Stuck on You
2025 | 3 mins | John Paul Foliaki | Tonga, Aotearoa | English
“Stuck On U” is an upbeat R&B/pop song with an island feel and a fun, flirty love story.
The Rapture
2026 | 10 mins | Jaimee Poipoi & Roo
Reihana-Wilson | Māori | English
With the rapture just days away, two haututū (mischievous) cousins reunite to complete their koro’s (grandfather) last wish, to return home. But are they ready?
Good Daze
2023 | 14 mins | Jonelle Belcourt | Sturgeon Lake Cree Nation | English
On the rez and restless, two best friends, Jas and Ari, light up, break free, and stumble into an adventure that will change how they see home and themselves forever.
Legend of Fry-Roti: Rise of the Dough
2025 | 9 mins | Sabrina Saleha | Navajo | English & Navajo with subtitles
A Navajo/Bengali niece kneads to find dough-mestic harmony when her aunties burst into a frybread vs. roti showdown.
Kapo Ma’i Lele - Kapo And Her Flying Lady Parts
2025 | 12 mins | Hinaleimoana WongKalu | Hawai’i | English & Hawaiian with English subtitles
In ancient Hawai’i, an arrogant demigod, Kamapua’a, pursues the fiery volcano goddess, Pele, who tires of his playboy exploits and calls upon her sister’s female power for aid.
Find my way back
2024 | 4 mins | Samuel Gaskin | Ngāti Tūwhāretoa & Yoruba | English
A reminder to listen deeply to country, and to be led by your ancestors.
Documentary - Pakipūmeka
The Bones of Our PastThe Story of Takahanga Marae, Kaikōura, New Zealand
5 PM, Thursday 26 March Ngā Purapura
2025 | 83 mins | Cilla Harnett | Aotearoa | English & Māori with English subtitles
THE BONES OF OUR PAST follows the reconstruction of the wharenui, Maru Kaitātea, at Takahanga Marae in Kaikōura. Enabling the people of Ngāti Kuri, Ngāi Tahu to reestablish their cultural identity and status as tangata whenua at Takahanga Marae.
FEATURE FILM - KIRIATA
Blood Lines
7:45 PM, Thursday 26 March Ngā Purapura
2025 | 89 mins | Gail Maurice | Métis | English & Michif with English subtitles
When a fiercely independent Métis woman faces the return of her estranged mother and the arrival of a stranger searching for her roots, longburied wounds resurface, compelling all three women to reckon with the meaning of family, identity, and belonging.
DOCUMENTARY - PAKIPŪMEKA
A Shaman’s Tale
8 PM, Thursday 26 March Civic Theatre
2024 | 76 mins | Beata Bashkirova | Yakut | Russian & Yakut with English subtitles
A modern-day shaman sets out across Siberia to Moscow on a God- given mission to exorcise the demon in the Kremlin - Vladimir Putin. On his
Blood Lines is the latest work from writer/director Gail Maurice (Rosie, MFF2023), a lesbian romance wrapped up in a celebration of Métis culture, with dialogue in the Michif language, which has only about 1,130 speakers in the world, including Maurice herself.
8000km journey, he is gradually joined by others. How will the Russian authorities react?
Documentary - Pakipūmeka
Mana Moana, Mana Tangata
10 AM, Friday 27 March
Ngā Purapura
2025 | 92 mins | Julian Arahanga & Toby Mills | Māori | English, Māori with subtitles
Thirty years after the landmark Sealord Settlement, this feature documentary goes inside the Māori fishing world to ask what tino rangatiratanga on the ocean really looks like today. Tracing more than 150 years of dispossession, resistance and legal battles, Mana Moana, Mana Tangata reveals how Māori turned the coloniser’s own systems into tools of survival, and ultimately, self-determination. Woven through contemporary stories of Māori fishers across the industry, it explores how a global-first, pan-iwi Treaty settlement reshaped access to the sea, and whether its promise has truly delivered for whānau, hapū and iwi. A powerful David-and-Goliath story of endurance, strategy and cultural revival, led by those who live its legacy every day.
DOCUMENTARY - PAKIPŪMEKA
Saints and Warriors
10:30 AM, Friday 27 March Civic Theatre
2025 | 99 mins | Nang K‘uulas Patrick Shannon | Haida | English with subtitles
The Skidegate Saints are favourites to win the highly competitive All Native Basketball Tournament, an event players have called modern-day warfare.
Set against the sweeping backdrop of Haida Gwaii, this film explores how basketball, a sport introduced from residential schools during the darkest parts in Canadian history, became a vital force for resilience, connection, and cultural survival.
DOCUMENTARY - PAKIPŪMEKA
Colleano Heart
1 PM, Friday 27 March Ngā Purapura
2025 | 87 mins | Pauline Clague | Yaegl | English / Gamilaraay with subtitles
Before Hollywood, the circus was the world’s grandest stage, and the Colleano Family were some of the brightest stars. The family’s hidden legacy unfolds as descendants reunite across continents, revealing their Australian Aboriginal ancestry, global stardom, and the extraordinary secrets they kept in order to survive.
Short films - Kiriata poto
Muramura
2 PM, Friday 27th March 2026 Civic Theatre
The blaze of battle
Vieljažagaid iežaska jáhkku - Brothers of Faith
2026 | 16 mins | Per-Josef Idivuoma | Sámi | Norwegian / Northern Sami / Swedish with English subtitles
Brothers fight to hold on to their identity inside a boarding school designed to erase who they are.
Adas Falasteen
2024 | 8 mins | Samar Taher Lulu & Hamdi Elhusseini | Gaza - Palestine | Arabic with English subtitles
A Palestinian chef serves lentil soup in his own fight against the famine caused by the war on Gaza, preserving the spirit of resilience and hope within his community.
Womb
2024 | 15 mins | Ira Hetaraka | Ngātiwai, Ngāpuhi | English / Māori with English subtitles
A young Māori girl in the care of a conservative Pākehā couple savours her mother’s weekly visitations, as a custody battle driven by racial bias will ultimately decide their fate.
Cepo’ 1887
2025 | 26 mins | Lekal Sumi | Amis, Taiwan | Amis with English subtitles
An Amis man risks everything to trust an invader’s promise and lead his starving people home.
The Return
2025 | 15 mins | Marina Alofagia McCartney | Sāmoa | English & Sāmoan with English subtitles
When Lupesina answers her ancestors’ call, she must accept herself, or risk being stuck in the in-between.
Ata Pūao
2025 | 14 mins | Allie Howell | Waitahaa-Hei, Ngāti Rangiwewehi | English & Māori with English subtitles
Amid the nightlife of a new city, a young Māori trans-woman reckons with safety, isolation, and the fragile bonds of old friendships outgrown.
Feature film - Kiriata
Holy Days
5:30 PM, Friday 27 March
Ngā Purapura
2026 | 97 mins | Roxi Bull, Tainui Stephens & Micah Winiata | Aotearoa | English, Māori with subtitles
A lost boy in search of heaven, three odd nuns on a mission, a car powered by God (and stolen money). This is a road trip like no other. Holy Days follows young Brian (Elijah Tamati) on a heartwarming quest to retrieve his late mother from heaven before his father’s new girlfriend, Liz (Nathalie Boltt), takes her place. With only the clue that his mother is on a snowy mountain, Brian teams up with three elderly nuns—Sisters Agnes (Judy Davis), Mary Clare (Jacki Weaver), and Luke (Miriam Margolyes). Their reluctant partnership blossoms into a strong bond as they embark on this emotional, once-in-a-lifetime familyfriendly adventure. Directed by Nathalie Boltt
Short
films - Kiriata poto
Wairua
6:30 PM, Friday 27 March Civic Theatre
The spirit that guides us
Spdrtwnbby ft JARNABack to Self
2025 | 4 mins | Nia Vavao | Sāmoa | English with subtitles
‘Back to Self’ is a hypnagogic mirage of neo soul, R&B and art-pop, elegantly dressed in oneiric symbolism and poetic metaphors straight out of the South Pacific.
Confluence
2025 | 11 mins | Charlene Moore & ODMK | Cree (York Factory First Nation, James Smith Cree Nation) & Métis | English
The transmissions of creation alongside the echoes of our ancestors guide new waves of storytelling.
In Conversation with Dan Taulapapa McMullin
2025 | 7 mins | Angelique Kalani Axelrode, Dan Taulapapa McMullin & Alfred Bordallo | Kingdom of Hawai’i, Sāmoa | English
Artist Dan Taulapapa McMullin disrupts colonial narratives by reimagining archival documentation and queer Pasifika history.
Raupā
2025 | 11 mins | Moehau Hodges-Tai, Angela Cudd & Sandra Kailahi | Māori & Tongan | Māori with English subtitles
When two people you love sit on the precipice of death, whose hands do you hold?
A’Likou - River People
2025 | 14 mins | Peter Toyat | Island of Borneo | Melanau with English subtitles
In the ancient Melanau kingdom, a humble fisherman’s life unravels when his sister is taken as a sacrifice.
Isunngannguaq
2025 | 5 mins | Saima Romito-Kalluk | Inuit | Without dialogue
A young girl has the power to turn into a long-tailed jaeger, an Arctic seabird.
Niimi
2025 | 15 mins | Dana Solomon | Anishinaabe - Sagkeeng First Nation | English with subtitles
An Indigenous ballerina attempts to reignite her passion for dance after a traumatic incident with her former coach.
Feature film - Kiriata
Nika & Madison
8:30 PM, Friday 27 March Ngā Purapura
2025 | 87 mins | Eva Thomas | First Nations | English
Fearing they won’t be believed, two young Indigenous women go on the run after one’s defence of the other results in a violent attack against a police officer. Nika & Madison is a gripping drama from director Eva Thomas that acknowledges the realities of police brutality and systemic racism while celebrating the complexities of female friendship and the fierce choices loved ones make to protect each other, no matter the cost.
Preceded by
My Braid Is BeautifulGnaajwan Nkaadengan
2025 | 1 min | Larissa Wrightman | Walpole Island First Nation (Bkejwanong) | English / Ojibwe with subtitles
A visual poem exploring the deep connection between identity, relationships, and community through the power of a braid.
Tiwhatiwha te Pō
9 PM, Friday 27 March Civic Theatre
The deep, untouchable dark of night
Sister Josephine
2024 | 7 mins | Stefen Harris | Aotearoa | English
A young boy is forced to find his fighting spirit within when confronted by a nun’s rough-house boxing lessons.
The Charm of the Magpies
2025 | 9 mins | Liam Ngahina Joseph Maguren | Aotearoa | English
A lone tūī must find her voice to speak up against her adoptive family before they start a war.
Ancestral Beasts
2025 | 6 mins | Tim Riedel | Red River Métis & Citizen of the Manitoba Métis Federation | Cree & English
A Métis woman returns to her rural ancestral home seeking refuge from her unravelling life, only to uncover a terrifying supernatural creature.
I Am Not Your Dusky Maiden
2025 | 16 mins | Vea Mafile’o | Tonga, Māori, Hawai’i | English & Sāmoan with English subtitles
When a Sāmoan woman enters therapy, she must navigate a series of alter egos protecting herself from painful memories.
Midnight at the lonely river
2024 | 17 mins | Abraham Cote | Anishinaabe, Algonquin community of Kitigan-Zibi, Quebec | English
Setting foot in the Lonely River Motel & Bar, Vicky senses an unseen evil. After midnight, in the shadows of this dim establishment, evil begets evil, and the predator becomes the prey.
Devil in the Gat
2025 | 11 mins | Taniora Ormsby | Aotearoa | English & Māori with English subtitles
Desperate for his big break, an aspiring musician discovers a forgotten country singer at a nightclub who may hold the key to his dreams - but the answers come with a dark price.
DOCUMENTARY - PAKIPŪMEKA
Journey Home, David Gulpilil
10 AM, Saturday 28 March Ngā Purapura
2025 | 88 mins | Trisha Morton-Thomas | Yolngu (Australian First Nations) | English with subtitles
A powerful record of grief, community and ceremony in which the renowned Indigenous actor is laid to rest on his Homeland of Gupulul in Arnhem Land, Northern Territory of Australia.
A Yolŋu man, David Gulpilil lived a traditional life in the Arafura Swamp before being cast at age 16 in his first film, Walkabout, in 1971. He became an industry trailblazer, always navigating two worlds – although his Yolŋu culture was rarely in the spotlight. Before his death in 2021, Gulpilil’s family promised to lay him to rest at his birthplace of Gulpulul, and guide his spirit back to a sacred waterhole known as Marawuyu. This would prove an epic journey involving planes, boats and helicopters, and months of waiting for the right seasonal conditions. It’s the remarkable final chapter of his incredible story, as narrated by Hugh Jackman and cultural storyteller Baker Boy and skillfully chronicled by co-directors Maggie Miles and Trisha Morton-Thomas.
Te Pō Tangotango
10:30 AM, Saturday 28 March Civic Theatre
The night that takes away
Yu’a’ah - Our Father
2024 | 4 mins | Clément Lagouarde | Natchitoches | Natchitoches with subtitles
A father who always instilled his Indigenous roots in his children. Today he needs them.
Kurī
2025 | 13 mins | Ana Chaya Scotney | Tūhoe | Māori with English subtitles
Kurī hasn’t been back home to Te Urewera, since she was bitten on the face by a dog as a child. After the death of her father, Kurī must return and face the uncertainty of griefwhether she is ready to or not.
I won’t remain alone
2024 | 15 mins | Yaser Talebi | Iran | Mazani with English subtitles
An old disabled couple living in a small village in the northern part of Iran, face an unfathomable tragedy when their youngest son falls into a coma after an accident.
The Halfway
2025 | 14 mins | Sayun Simung, Kagaw Omin & Temu Suyan | Tayal | Mandarin / Tayal with English subtitles
A contemporary tribal funeral blending traditional beliefs with modern religions.
Bringing His Spirit Home
2024 | 14 mins | Dylan Nicholls | Yuwaalaraay | English / French / Gomeroi with subtitles
Peter travels to France to bring his great-uncle, an Aboriginal WWI soldier spirit home.
The Arrangements
2025 | 15 mins | Gerard Elmore | Mayan| English / Chuukese with subtitles
Three boys have a day to prepare for a funeral and find their friend’s hidden treasure.
DOCUMENTARY - PAKIPŪMEKA
Siksikakowan: The Blackfoot Man
12:15 PM, Saturday 28 March Ngā Purapura
2025 | 77 mins | Trevor Solway | Blackfoot from Siksika Nation | English / Blackfoot with subtitles
What does it mean to be a (Native) man? In Siksikakowan: The Blackfoot Man, filmmaker Sinakson, Trevor Solway, returns to his home nation of Siksika to reveal a portrait of Indigenous masculinity rarely seen on screen.
Through deeply intimate conversations, Solway offers unfiltered glimpses
into the daily lives of his fellow Blackfoot men. Fathers, sons, artists, athletes, DJs, each navigating what it means to be a man in a world that often misunderstands and stigmatises who they are. Set against the sweeping backdrop of the Prairies, Siksikakowan resonates as a luminous exploration of strength and vulnerability across generations of men and boys embracing the intricacies of self-discovery, identity and love.
Short films - Kiriata poto Tiaho
1 PM, Saturday 28 March Civic Theatre
A shining light
Pouākai
2025 | 15 mins | Libby Hakaraia, Ricardo Giraldo | Māori | Māori with English subtitles
When his only child is snatched by a legendary raptor, a young chief must confront his fears and summon the strength of his ancestors to face the creature in its mountaintop eyrie.
Shaaghan NeekwaiiTwo Old Women
2025 | 14 mins | Princess Daazhraii Johnson | Gwich’in | Gwich’in with English subtitles
During a forbidding Alaska winter, two elderly women decide if they will try to survive or resign themselves to death.
Ñuuyii - Earth
2026 | 11 mins | Itandehui Jansen & Armando Bautista Garc | Mixtec | English / Mixtec with English subtitles
A space wanderer lands on an unknown planet and recognises glimpses of a forgotten past.
Mamu
2024 | 15 min | Aephie Chen, Aki Rupi & Suming Rupi | Pinuyumayan, Amis, Taiwan | Other with English subtitles
As his mind begins to fade, Mayaw travels in his dreams from London to his homeland in Taiwan.
Ace
2024 | 15 mins | Raymond Edwards | Māori | English / Māori with subtitles
In a quest to save his parents’ marriage, Jimmy ventures to the east coast of Aotearoa in search of papers he believes will keep his family together.
Documentary - Pakipūmeka
Inkwo for When the Starving Return
2024 | 18 mins | Amanda Strong | Michif/Métis | English with subtitles
Dove, a gender-shifting warrior, uses their Indigenous medicine (Inkwo) to protect their community from an unburied swarm of terrifying creatures.
Taiarahia - Te Kākahu Tawhito
2:30 PM, Saturday 28 March, Ngā Purapura
2025 | 116 mins | Nicholas Riini & Wikitoria Day | Ngāi Tūhoe | Māori / English / Rurutu with English subtitles
When the people of Te Māhurehure hapū envisage the destruction of their ancestral mountain for financial gain,
they will do all they can to stand up and stand strong.
Taiarahia is a journey of unity - a chance to bring Te Māhurehure together and honour their stories.
Kia whitikina e te rā
4 PM, Saturday 28 March Civic Theatre
May the sun rise over you
Ciggie
2025 | 11 mins | Isaac Ieremia | Sāmoa | English with subtitles
Two friends search for a private space to chat and light their first cigarette.
Picking Crew
2024 | 12 mins | Tanu Gago | Aotearoa | English / Sāmoan with subtitles
Tomasi craves connection amidst the isolation of a rural apple orchard manned by a picking crew of young guys. He befriends Api, and together they navigate the pressures of masculinity, slowly revealing to each other their deep desire for acceptance.
Oahpes
Bahá
2025 | 12 mins | Vegard Bjørsmo | Sápmi | Northern Sami with subtitles
Oahpes Bahá delves into the thoughts of Elli Anne (17) from Kárášjohka as hope and dreams are put to the test. (Mature content)
O Alofa Nei, O Alofa Na
2025 | 9 mins | Giselle Ilaoa | Aotearoa | English / Sāmoan with English subtitles
Manaia, a young woman caught between expectation and selfacceptance, finds herself confronting her repressed sexuality when a chance reunion with her first love stirs old feelings
Ruru
2025 | 8 mins | Sophie Hampson | Aotearoa | Māori with English subtitles
On a nighttime forest trail a young girl recruits a mysterious shadow to help face her fear of the dark.
Saint Albert’s Park
2024 | 14 mins | Hermann Retzlaff | Sāmoa | English
James returns to his childhood hangout to find himself overwhelmed by conflicting memories from his past.
Te Ahi - The Flame
2025 | 9 mins | Dahnu Graham | Ngāpuhi Nui Tonu, Te Aupouri, Te Rarawa, Ngātiwai me Ngāti Tautahi | Māori / English with subtitles
In a coastal village, an anxious Māori teenager must face his fears in order to lead a ceremony where he imparts ancestral knowledge to the newest member of his whānau.
NATIVE Minds
Tainui Stephens hosts NATIVE Minds - a series where Indigenous thinkers explore the experiences in their chosen endeavours, and the consequences of their native perspectives.
Koha entry
Saturday 28 March, Māoriland Hub
Ka tahuna te ahi - Inspiration
10:00 am - 11:00 am
Everyone remembers the films that first inspired them. Whether it was a jolt to the storytelling imagination, or a hunger to partake in the crafts of film, the arts of cinema can stay with you for life. Three filmmakers talk about their favourite films and the scenes that lit the flames of their own creativity.
Ka kā te ahi - Doing the work
11:30 am - 12:30 pm
To make any film is huge work. The journey from the idea to the big screen can be as torturous as it can be fulfilling. No one makes a film by themselves. In this session we share war stories from the challenges of 'development hell' through to the intensity of production, and the dread and delights of the first screenings.
Ka mura mai te ahiShine a light
1 pm - 2 pm
Films are stories in light that are shared in the dark. The very best films unlock our curiosities and satisfy our need to make sense of our world - and celebrate our humanity.
Industry
Māoriland Film Festival Industry Pass
Māoriland’s industry program is a space for those working in the screen industry to wānanga and network. Industry passes provide access to industry-only events and one ticket per screening.
Industry Access Includes:
Panel Discussions
Wānanga
Networking
Industry Receptions
Industry Pass Terms:
• We recommend selecting your tickets before the festival. Passholders will receive instructions by email.
• If you choose not to use a ticket, please return it to the Ticket Office to allow someone else to enjoy the film.
• Your pass does not guarantee entry if sessions are sold out. To ensure your seat, redeem your ticket for the screening.
• Industry passes are non-transferable.
• We recommend purchasing your industry pass prior to the festival. Passes are subject to availability. We can not offer single day or discounted passes to latecomers.
Red Carpet Party: There are limited tickets available. RSVP by 6 p.m. on Friday 13 March to secure your ticket.
Collection: Industry passes can be collected from the Manuwhiri desk at the Māoriland Hub, 68 Main St, Ōtaki, from Tuesday 24 March 2026.
Presented in partnership with Te Tumu Whakaata Taonga - NZ Film Commission, NZ On Air, Te Māngai Pāho, Wētā FX and Screen Wellington.
Toi Matarau
Toi Matarau is a multidisciplinary Indigenous art gallery at the Māoriland Hub. It proudly showcases customary and contemporary art forms such as whakairo, raranga whatu, taonga pūoro, paintings, textiles, sculpture and much more.
Te Ata Pūao - The first light of dawn
Māoriland Hub
Monday - Saturday, 10:00 am - 4:00 pm
Festival Week: Wednesday - Sunday, 9:30 am - 6:00 pm
When the first sight of light emerges through the darkness, a small portion of the sun’s rays illuminates the sky. Te Ata Pūao is the promise of a new day, new intentions, and beginnings.
Toi Matarau Gallery is proud to present its 8th annual exhibition championing Māori & Indigenous artists - our treasured light workers and visual storytellers.
Te Matatoki
Carvers in residence
Since Māoriland Film Festival began in 2014 the carvers of the Te Matatoki collective have demonstrated their extraordinary skills.
This year, they will complete the carving of the four pou of Māoriland; Manaakitanga, Kōtahitanga, Koakoa and Ohooho. These impressive carvings in totara wood can be admired in the Māoriland Hub.
2025 Venue map
LEVIN (NORTH )
W
ELLINGTON (SOUTH )
INDUSTRY MAARA 11 Raukawa Street Enter through the Māoriland Hub
RANGIĀTEA CHURCH
33 Te Rauparaha Street Te Wānanga o Raukawa
RAUKAWA MARAE 90 Mill Road
AOTA KI ST
MĀORILAND HUB 68 Main Street
MEMORIAL HALL* Main Street, opposite Māoriland Hub
M AT ENE ST T E RAUPARAHA ST
CIVIC THEATRE 16 Main Street
*Memorial Hall is not a venue Map not to scale
FOOD TRUCKS GARDEN Behind Memorial Hall
NGĀ PURAPURA 145 Tasman Road
ŌTAKI BEACH
Travel
Māoriland is located in Ōtaki on the Kapiti Coast. Ōtaki can be reached via train and bus services from Wellington, Palmerston North, and surrounding towns.
From Wellington
By car
Take SH1 northbound, approx 1 hour.
By public transport
Kāpiti Line Train
Use the Metlink Journey Planner to plan your travel on the Kapiti Line + Bus 290.
Train to Waikanae (every 30 minutes, 1 hour).
Metlink Bus 290 to Ōtaki Library (Stop 1765) (30 mins). Return the same way.
Tickets - Use a Snapper Card; Cash is also accepted.
Capital Connection Train
Depart at 5:15 pm (weekdays only) and arrive at Ōtaki Railway Station at 6:30 pm. Returns to Wellington at 7:13 am Bus 290 to Ōtaki Library (Stop 1765) (18 mins) OR walk 20 mins down Mill Road
Wheelchair access is available. Notify KiwiRail in advance for assistance.
Tickets - Cash only
InterCity Bus
Three daily departures to Ōtaki Bus Station. Travel time: 1 hour.
Metlink Bus 290 to Ōtaki Library (Stop 1765) (18 mins) OR walk 20 mins down Mill Road
Wheelchair lifts and priority seating are available. Confirm accessibility options when booking.
Tickets - book online https://www. intercity.co.nz/
From Waikanae & Paraparaumu
By bus
Take Metlink Bus 290 directly to Ōtaki Library (Stop 1765). Return the same way.
By car
Take State Highway 57 southbound, joining SH1 at Ohau, approx 1 hour.
By public transport
Capital Connection Train
Departs 6:15 am (weekdays only), arrives in Ōtaki 7:13 am. Returns to Palmerston North, departing Ōtaki at 6:30 pm
Bus 290 to Ōtaki Library (Stop 1765) (18 mins) OR walk 20 mins down Mill Road
Wheelchair access is available. Notify KiwiRail in advance for assistance.
Tickets - Cash only
InterCity Bus
Multiple daily departures to Ōtaki Bus Station. Travel time: 1 hour.
Bus 290 to Ōtaki Library (Stop 1765) (18 mins) OR walk 20 mins down Mill Road
Many InterCity buses are equipped with wheelchair lifts. Contact InterCity when booking to confirm accessibility features.
Some InterCity buses stop in Levin, Shannon and other nearby towns, visit the InterCity website for information.
Tickets - book online https://www. intercity.co.nz/
Getting around Ōtaki
Ōtaki Main Street is compact and walkable, with shops, cafes, and all festival locations close together. Ōtaki Beach is just a 40-minute walk from Ōtaki Main Street.
Bring your bike! Cycle-friendly paths connect key areas of the town.
Footpaths in Ōtaki are wheelchairfriendly, and most shops and cafes offer step-free access.
There are no Uber, Lyft, or other ridesharing services available. Some taxi services operate within Ōtaki - prebooking is recommended.
From Palmerston North
Debrief after a film and savour a diverse range of delicious kai from the Food Trucks, offering something for every taste. This welcoming space is perfect for sharing your thoughts with friends, and connecting with fellow festival-goers.
Find the food trucks behind Memorial Hall
Visit @maorilandfilm for more information.
Te Taiao
We aim to reduce our environmental impact during the Māoriland Film Festival. Here’s how you can help:
• Precycle: Avoid single-use plastics and excess packaging.
• Waste bins:
- Mixed Recycling Bins: Put clean plastics, paper, card, glass, and metal here.
- Compost Bins: Put organic materials, including meat and bones, here.
• Reusable items: In the food truck area, use reusable plates, bowls, and cups. After using them, return them to the marked receptacles to be cleaned.
• Get involved: If you’d like to help at the Māoriland Hub’s waste sorting area, we’d love to have you! Contact elishka@maorilandfilm.co.nz
Tips to Reduce Waste:
• Bring your own reusable coffee cup, bag, lunchbox and water bottle.
• Choose reusable items in the food truck area.
• Put food scraps in compost bins.
• Wash recyclables if you can.
• Use public transport to reduce your carbon footprint.
Ngā tīkiti - Ticketing info
Online Tickets
Save time and paper. Book your ticket online and show your phone at the door
www.iticket.co.nz/go-to/maoriland-film-festival-2026
Phone: Call iTicket on 0508 iTICKET (484-253)
Ticket Offices
Before the festival: Māoriland Hub 68 Main Street, Ōtaki, 11:00 am - 4:00 pm, Mon-Sat
During the festival: Tuesday 24 - Saturday 28 March
Māoriland Hub Main Street Ōtaki
9 :00am - 8:30 pm
Ngā Purapura
145 Tasman Road, Ōtaki Opens half an hour before screenings
Doors open for all screenings 15 minutes prior to the screening time. To avoid disappointment we recommend booking your tickets early.
TICKETS
Tickets: $8 - $20
Choose your price - tickets start at $8
Māoriland Red Carpet Party
$40 - $75
Choose your price - tickets start at $40
PASSES
Passes are only available for purchase before the festival opening.
10 ticket package
$70
Tickets must be purchased at the same time in the same transaction.
Tīkiti tākoha All Tīkiti Tākoha include access to all public events, including the red carpet party & a tax-deductible donation.
Choose your price - Tīkiti Tākoha starts at $175, including a $50 donation.
Industry Pass
$200 pre-sale + guaranteed red carpet ticket (pre-sales close March 10)
$275 general sales
$300 festival week
Red carpet ticket subject to availability
Tīkiti Tākoha
If you love the Māoriland Film Festival, Tīkiti Tākoha is a way to enjoy everything while offering tangible support to Māoriland.
Tīkiti Tākoha begins at $175 and gives free access to all public events while including a charitable donation to the Māoriland Charitable Trust. All charitable donations are taxdeductible in NZ.
Ticket Refunds
Tickets to the MFF are priced as low as possible to ensure the festival is accessible to the community. The cost of your ticket is only a small contribution to the work of the Māoriland team and the filmmakers in bringing the MFF to life.
We will not provide refunds for illness or a ‘change of mind’. All purchases are final. If you can no longer attend an event, we encourage you to gift your ticket to a friend.
Index
Kiriata – Feature Films
Aotearoa
Mārama, 2025, dir. Taratoa Stappard, p. 15
Holy Days , 2026, dir. Nathalie Boltt, p. 39
Bolivia / Peru / Uruguay
La Hija Cóndor, 2025, dir. Álvaro Olmos Torrico, p. 24
Canada
Blood Lines , 2025, dir. Gail Maurice, p. 34
Nika and Madison, 2025, dir. Eva Thomas, p. 42
Uiksaringitara: Wrong Husband, 2025, dir. Zacharias Kunuk, p. 13
Norway
Biru Unjárga – My Fathers’ Daughter, 2024, dir. Egil Pedersen, p. 23
Pakipūmeka – Feature Documentaries
Aotearoa
Mana Moana, Mana Tangata, 2026, dir. Julian Arahanga, Toby Mills, p. 35
Taiarahia – Te Kākahu Tawhito, 2025, dir. Nicholas Riini, Wikitoria Day, p. 50
The Bones of Our Past – the story of Takahanga Marae, Kaikōura, New Zealand, 2025, dir. Rick Harvie, p. 33
Waiata Anthems , 2025, dir. Jordan Cherrington, Taylor Hohepa, Julia Parnell, Brandon Te Moananui, Whitney Wainui, p. 19
Australia
Journey Home, David Gulpilil, 2025, dir. Maggie Miles, Trisha Morton-Thomas, p. 45
The Colleano Heart, 2025, dir. Pauline Clague, p. 36
Canada
AKI, 2025, dir. Darlene Naponse, p. 24
Endless Cookie , 2025, dir. Seth Scriver, Peter Scriver, p. 23
Saints and Warriors , 2025, dir. Patrick Shannon, p. 36
Siksikakowan: The Blackfoot Man, 2025, dir. Sinakson Trevor Solway, p. 48
Greenland
Walls – Akinni Inuk, 2025, dir. Nina Paninnguaq Skydsbjerg, Sofie Rørdam, p. 21
Papua New Guinea
Sukundimi Walks Before Me , 2025, dir. Matasila Freshwater, Lachlan McLeod, p. 20
Yakut
A Shaman’s Tale , 2024, dir. Mikhail Bashkirov, Beata Bashkirova, p. 34
Kiriata Poto – Short Films
Aotearoa
Ace , 2024, dir. Raymond Edwards, p. 50
Ata Pūao, 2025, dir. Allie Howell, p. 38
Ciggie , 2025, dir. Isaac Ieremia, p. 51
Dawn, 2026, dir. Jasmine Day, p. 17
Devil in the Gat, 2025, dir. Taniora Ormsby, p. 42
Distant Roots , 2025, dir. Caleb Teaupa, p. 16
Find My Way Back, 2024, dir. Samuel Gaskin, p. 26
Forget It, 2025, dir. Ashley Pye, p. 16
I Am Not Your Dusky Maiden, 2025, dir. Vea Mafile’o, p. 48
I, in the Village , 2026, dir. Ngawari Tamanui Fransen, p. 16
Ko Wai Au, 2025, dir. Jude Jeanot Caudeville, p. 49
Kurī, 2025, dir. Ana Chaya Scotney, p. 47
Māori, 2025, dir. Isaac Te Reina, p. 26
O Alofa Nei, O Alofa Na, 2025, dir. Giselle Ilaoa, p. 51
Picking Crew, 2024, dir. Tanu Gago, p. 51
Pouākai, 2025, dir. Libby Hakaraia, Ricardo Giraldo, p. 49
Rapido, 2024, dir. Richard J. Curtis, p. 43
Raupā , 2025, dir. Moehau Hodges-Tai, p. 37
Rob Ruha – Lost In the Q (The Weekend), 2022, dir. Madison Henry-Ryan, p. 25
Saint Albert’s Park, 2024, dir. Hermann Retzlaff, p. 52
Sister Josephine , 2024, dir. Stefen Harris, p. 35
Spdrtwnbby ft JARNA – Back to Self, 2025, dir. Litia Tuiburelevu, p. 40
Stuck on U, 2025, dir. John-Paul Foliaki, p. 46
Te Ahi, 2025, dir. Dahnu Graham, p. 52
Te Waka o Rangi, 2025, dir. Vincent Egan, p. 41
The Charm of the Magpies , 2025, dir. Liam Ngahina Joseph Maguren, p. 32
The Rapture , 2026, dir. Jaimee Poipoi, Roo Reihana-Wilson, p. 46
The Return, 2025, dir. Marina Alofagia McCartney, p. 38
Vā Hina, 2025, dir. Nālani WilsonHokowhitu, p. 28
Waka, 2025, dir. Lucy de Young Hakaraia p. 28
Womb, 2024, dir. Ira Hetaraka, p. 37
Young Burden, 2024, dir. Marcus Savelio, p. 37
Australia
Boodjara, 2025, dir. Hugh Sando, p. 12
Bringing His Spirit Home , 2024, dir. Dylan Nicholls, p. 14
Australia / Fiji
KIN – Dudi & Jojo, 2025, dir. Tumeli Tuqota, p. 28
Brazil
MYDZÉ, 2025, dir. Juma Pariri, p. 31
Sukande Kasáká | Terra Doente , 2025, dir. Kamikia Kisedje, Fred Rahal, p. 29
Canada
Ancestral Beasts , 2025, dir. Tim Riedel, p. 31
Confluence , 2025, dir. O DM K, Charlene R Moore, p. 44
Good Daze , 2023, dir. Jonelle Belcourt, p. 32
Iikaiksimatsa’pao’p: Grateful To Be On The Land, 2025, dir. Trevor Solway, p. 42
In the Wake of Our Ancestors , 2025, dir. Dustin McGladrey, p. 40
Inkwo for When the Starving Retur n, 2024, dir. Amanda Strong, p. 50
Isunngannguaq , 2025, dir. Saima RomitoKalluk, p. 45
Midnight at the Lonely River, 2024, dir. Abraham Cote, p. 41
My Braid Is Beautiful – Gnaajwan Nkaadengan, 2025, dir. Larissa Jordyn Wrightman, p. 34
Niimi, 2025, dir. Dana Solomon, p. 11
Sukkaillutit Uqaruk – Say It Slowly , 2025, dir. Ashley Qilavaq-Savard, p. 31
Ecuador
Waska: The Forest Is My Family , 2024, dir. Nina Gualinga, p. 40
Fiji
Daunitukutuku, 2025, dir. Tumeli Tuqota, p. 45
Finland
Vuogáiduvvan, 2025, dir. Aslak Paltto, p. 19
France
Yu’a’ah, 2024, dir. Clément Lagouarde, p. 14
Greenland
Tamatta Ataqatigiippugut, 2025, dir. Arina Kleist, p. 45
Iran
I Won’t Remain Alone , 2024, dir. Yaser Talebi, p. 49
Malaysia
A’Likou, 2025, dir. Peter Toyat, p. 43
Songs of the Highlands , 2025, dir. Sarah Lois Dorai, p. 28
Mexico
Ñuuyii, 2026, dir. Itandehui Jansen, p. 49
Mongolia
Baigalai Khamgaalagsha, 2025, dir. Bair Uladaev, p. 19
Norway
Oahpes Bahá, 2025, dir. Vegard Bjørsmo, Silje Bürgin-Borch, p. 51
Vieljažagaid Iežaska Jáhkku, 2026, dir. PerJosef Idivuoma, p. 37
Palestine
Adas Falasteen, 2024, dir. Hamdi Khalil Elhusseini, Samar Taher Lulu, p. 37
Panama
La Mitología de Dad Ibe – The Mythology of Grandfather Sun, 2025, dir. Duiren Wagua, p. 23
Russian Federation
Tankha, 2025, dir. Markel Martynov, Alexander Moruo, p. 18
Back in Nogliki, 2024, dir. Daria Agienko, Daria Razumnikova, p. 14
Taiwan
Cepo’ 1887, 2025, dir. Lekal Sumi, p. 12
The Halfway , 2025, dir. Kagaw Omin, Sayun Simung, p. 43
Yaki Byaling 的少女時代 , 2024, dir. Isadorna Huang, p. 29
MAMU, 2024, dir. Aephie Chen, p. 44
Tonga
Stranger, Brother., 2024, dir. Annelise Hickey, p. 16
United States
Back To The Loko, 2025, dir. Ricky-Thomas Serikawa, p. 27
Braids , 2025, dir. Elise M. Beers, p. 41
Da Farm, 2025, dir. ‘Āina Paikai, p. 18
Deneege Leł Ghu Kk’ots’eedeneeyh Te Heł Hoozoonh Ts’e Denots’edeneeyh, 2025, dir. Brittany Woods-Orrison, p. 43
E Ola ka ‘Ōlelo Hawai’i: I Ola ka Lāhui, 2025, dir. Maineialoha Kinimaka, p. 43
In Conversation with Dan Taulapapa McMullin, 2025, dir. Angelique Kalani
Axelrode, p. 41
Kapo Ma’i Lele (Kapo and Her Flying Lady Parts), 2025, dir. Laura Margulies, Hinaleimoana Wong-Kalu, p. 40
Keepers of the Coastline , 2025, dir. Jeremy Charles, p. 28
Legend of Fry-Roti: Rise of the Dough, 2025, dir. Sabrina Saleha, p. 14
Let My People Go Skiing , 2025, dir. Ellen Bradley, p. 30
Molly of Denali: This Is Pele , 2025, dir. Princess Daazhraii Johnson, Scott W. Kekama Amona, p. 45
Oceanbone , 2025, dir. Lani Cupchoy, p. 28
Shaaghan Neekwaii - Two Old Women, 2025, dir. Princess Daazhraii Johnson, p. 43
The Arrangements , 2025, dir. Sonny Ganaden, p. 41
The Hill of Enlightenment, 2024, dir. RickyThomas Serikawa, p. 31
The Rain, 2025, dir. Ka’eo Luke, p. 44
Twisted Braid, 2025, dir. Ricky-Thomas Serikawa, p. 13
Zintkáda Kítańna, 2025, dir. Mora Sanders, p. 33
Māoriland Film Festival 2026
VENUES:
MĀORILAND HUB
RANGIĀTEA
CIVIC THEATRE
NGĀ PURAPURA
RĀTŪ / TUESDAY 24 MARCH 2026
MFF Industry Programme starts. See mff.maorilandfilm.co.nz for details 5:30 PM
5:30 PM | Māoriland Keynote: Te Kohe Tuhaka 8:00 PM Opening Night: Uiksaringitara (Wrong Husband)
HE TAONGA TUKU IHO TE RAMA ATAATA
RĀAPA / WEDNESDAY 25 MARCH 2026 9:45 AM Premiere: Through Our Lens Victoria 10:30 AM Whanau Shorts 11:15 Rangatahi Taiao Shorts 1:00 PM Waiata Anthems 2:00 PM Sukundimi Walks Before Me 3:30 PM WallsAkinni Inuk 5:30 PM Whenua Shorts 6:00 PM My Fathers’ Daughter // Biru Unjįrga 8:00 PM The Condor Daughter 8:00 PM Endless Cookie
THE LIGHT THAT REVEALS OUR LEGACIES
RĀPARE / THURSDAY 26 MARCH 2026
10:00 AM AKI
10:30 AM Hinātore
1:30 PM Te Ao Mārama
2:00 PM Whakapapa
5:00 PM Bingo Shorts
5:00 PM
The Bones of Our Pastthe story of Takahanga Marae
7:45 PM Blood Lines
ATAATA LEGACIES
8:00 PM A Shaman’s Tale
RĀMERE / FRIDAY 27 MARCH 2026 10:00 AM Mana Moana, Mana Tangata 10:30 AM Saints and Warriors 1:00 PM The Colleano Heart 2:00 PM Muramura 5:30 PM Holy Days 6:30 PM Wairua 8:30 PM Nika & Madison 9:00 PM Tiwhatiwha te Pō
Timetable
RĀHOROI / SATURDAY 28 MARCH 2026
10:00 AM
NATIVE Minds | Ka tahuna te ahi - Inspiration 10:00 AM Journey Home, David Gulpilil 10:30 AM Te Pō Tangotango 11:30 AM
NATIVE Minds | Ka kaa te ahi - Doing the work 12:15 PM
Siksikakowan: The Blackfoot Man 1:00 PM Tiaho 1:00 PM
NATIVE Minds | Ka mura mai te ahiShine a light 2:30 PM TaiarahiaTe Kākahu Tawhito 4:00 PM Kia whitikina e te rā 6:00 PM Closing Night: Mārama 8:00 PM Māoriland Red Carpet Party
Tāria taku moko Māori ki ngā kiriata o te wā Embed my native soul in film
This programme is dedicated to all our dear friends and partners in the Native Film Circle with much aroha for a bountiful year of Indigenous storytelling.
To all of you who have travelled from near and far, thank you for coming to Ōtaki and for sharing the love we all have for a good story, a remarkable film, and each other. We hope your time at Māoriland is enjoyable, and that what you have seen and experienced will expand you in wonderful ways.
Māoriland is a registered charitable trust. To support Māoriland contact us on kiaora@maorilandfilm.co.nz
Māoriland is committed to reducing our impact on our environment. Please look after this programme as copies are limited. You can find the programme online at mff.maorilandfilm.co.nz
For more information about our year-round events, visit us online at www.maorilandfilm.co.nz