Māoriland Film Festival

Māoriland Film Festival 2027 will take place from 16–21 March, with six days of Indigenous film, art, industry, culture and connection across Ōtaki. The dates are set for the next Māoriland Film Festival, when Indigenous filmmakers, artists, storytellers and audiences from around the world will gather in Ōtaki.

Māoriland is proud to announce the six creative teams selected for the Māoriland Indigenous Co-Lab 2026. The Māoriland Indigenous Co-Lab is a Māori-led feature film development programme supporting Indigenous filmmakers from Aotearoa, Australia and Canada to develop original projects from script through to proof-of-concept.

More than 120 filmmakers, whānau, kaiako and rangatahi gathered at the Māoriland Hub in Ōtaki on Friday, 8 May for the Ka Rere Te Manu, the E Tū Whānau Rangatahi Film Awards 2026. Showcasing short films created by rangatahi aged 12–25 from across Te Ika a Māui, the awards celebrated Māori creativity, storytelling and emerging […] The post Rangatahi

Māoriland Films announces that Raptor (Māori title: Pouākai), a powerful new short film directed by Libby Hakaraia, will have its international premiere at the Seattle International Film Festival. Set in ancient Aotearoa, 1000 years ago, Raptor tells the story of a chief whose child is taken by a Haast eagle, known to Māori as a […] The post Māoril

PRESENTED BY MĀORILAND & E TŪ WHĀNAU The post KA RERE TE MANU – Rangatahi Film Awards 2026! appeared first on Māoriland Charitable Trust.

The Māoriland Indigenous Co-Lab (MICL) has expanded its 2026 call-out, with applications now extended to Indigenous filmmaking teams across Australia.This update builds on the previously announced participation of a Western Australian team, supported by Minderoo Pictures, and opens the remaining place in the programme to Indigenous storytellers fro