Māoriland Film Festival 2016 Programme

BACK PANEL

VENUE KEY

DAY

1

CONCERTINA FOLD / EACH PANEL = 115mmx210mm (FINISHED SIZE)

RAUKAWA MARAE - Mill Rd

2

Rāpare / Thur 24th March

DAY

3

Rāmere / Fri 25th March

DAY

4

Rāhoroi / Sat 26th March

DAY

5

Rātapu / Sun 27th March

NGA PURAPURA - 145 Tasman Rd

09:30 - 10:30

11:00 - 12:30

12:30 - 14:30

OPENING PŌWHIRI RAUKAWA MARAE

HAUTOA MA THE RISE OF MĀORI CINEMA (NZ) 52 mins

MĀORILAND HONOURS RAUKAWA FILMMAKER, LARRY PARR

MEMORIAL HALL - Main St

ŌTAKI MĀORI RACING CLUB - 47 Te Roto Rd

15:45 - 16:30

18:00 - 19:30

20:30 - 22:00

OPENING OF ARTISTS’ INSTALLATIONS AND ARTISTS’ KŌRERO

MĀORILAND KEYNOTE ADDRESS ACTOR/WRITER TE WAIHOROI SHORTLAND

MAHANA NZ Film Festival Premiere

09:30 - 12:30

12:30 - 13:30 SCHOOLS ONLY

13:45 - 14:45 SCHOOLS ONLY

15:30 - 17:00

18:00 - 19:30

19:30 - 21:00

No screening

MĀORILAND SCHOOL SHORTS #1 A selection of short films from around the world 7+

MĀORILAND SCHOOL SHORTS #2 A selection of short films from around the world 7+

MFF KŌRERO #1 KAITIAKITANGA Papatūānuku, our earth, is under immense pressure. Films are a powerful tool.

No screening

THREE WISE COUSINS (NZ)

09:30 - 12:00 SCHOOLS ONLY

13:00 - 14:30 SCHOOLS ONLY

15:15 - 16:30 SCHOOLS ONLY

17:00 - 18:00

18:30 - 20:15

20:30 - 22:00

E TU WHĀNAU RANGATAHI FILM AWARDS

STUDENT WORKSHOPS Acting, directing, craft

MĀORILAND SHORTS: WHĀNAU A selection of short films connected to family

PUBLIC INVITED TO VIEW AWARD WINNING E TU WHĀNAU FILMS

IXCANUL (VOLCANO) (Guatemala)

FREE WHĀNAU FILM IN THE PARK BORN TO DANCE (NZ)

Rāapa / Weds 23rd March

DAY

CIVIC THEATRE - Main St

FRONT PANEL

09:30 - 10:30

10:45 - 12:30

13:00 - 14:00 SCHOOLS ONLY

14:05 - 15:00

15:30 - 17:00

18:00 - 19:30

20:30 - 22:00

MĀORILAND SHORTS: WHĀNAU A selection of short films connected to family

MĀORILAND SHORTS: WHENUA A selection of short films connected to land

VOYAGE: INTO THE DEPTHS OF KANALOA (Hawaii)

MFF KŌRERO #2 DAVE WHITEHEAD Sound workshop

MFF KŌRERO #3 Panel discussion about filmmaking in the Pacific Islands, plus short film AHO’EITU (Tonga)

HISTORIAS DE LA SIERRA MADRE (Mexico)

MEKKO (USA)

09:30 - 10:30

10:45 - 12:05

13:00 - 14:15

14:30 - 16:00

16:15 - 17:15

17:30 - 19:00

20:00 - 21:30

SHORT FILMS FROM BASQUE TO BOLIVIA ARTALDE (Spain) MINERITA (Spain)

MFF KŌRERO #4 A panel discussion & short films, indigenous filmmakers discuss their challenges.

FIRST NATIONS FILMS Fresh from the imagineNATIVE Film Festival

ABORIGINAL FILMMAKING: THE NEW WAVE Short Films & Panel

NATIVE AMERICAN FILMS Short films & panel

IN FOOTBALL WE TRUST (Hawaii/USA)

MEKKO (USA)

PROGRAMME

23 MARCH TO

27 MARCH

2016

09:30 - 10:30

10:45 - 12:05

13:00 - 14:00

14:10 - 15:10

15:30 - 17:00

18:00 - 19:30

20:00 - 21:30

21:30-11:00

MĀORILAND SHORTS: WHAKAPAPA Short films connecting us to each other

MĀORILAND SHORTS: WAIRUA Short films connecting our spirits

SÁPMI NATIONS Fresh from Skábmagovat film festival

HEENETIINEYOO3EIHIIHO’ (LANGUAGE HEALERS) (USA) GOLDILOCKS AND THE BEARS (Canada)

JILEL (Marshall Islands)

ĀINA (THAT WHICH FEEDS US) (Hawaii) & CLOUD MAKERS (Canada)

FIRESONG (Canada)

CHASING THE LIGHT (USA)

10:00 - 11:30

11:45 - 13:00

13:15 - 15:00

15:30 - 16:30

16:45 - 18:15

18:30 - 20:00

20:15 - 22:00

LE DEP (Canada)

NATIVE SLAM FILMS

IXCANUL (VOLCANO) (Guatemala)

SÁPMI NATIONS Fresh from Skábmagovat film festival

NATIVE AMERICAN FILMS Short films & panel

WHERE GOD LIKES TO BE (USA)

FIRST NATIONS FILMS Fresh from the imagineNATIVE Film Festival

11:00 - 12:30

13:00 - 14:30

15:00 - 16:30

17:30 - 19:00

19:00 - 20:15

20:15 - 00:30

MĀORILAND DOCO #1 SONS OF HALAWA (Hawaii) THE ROOTS OF ULU (Hawaii)

MĀORILAND DOCO #2 WAITING FOR JOHN (Hawaii)

MĀORILAND DOCO #3 TE KUHANE O TE TUPUNA (Rapanui)

MĀORILAND DOCO #4 TRICK OR TREATY (Canada)

No screening

RED CARPET PARTY MODERN MĀORI QUINTET & GUESTS

10:30 - 11:45

12:00 - 13:00

13:30 - 15:00

15:15 - 16:30

17:00 - 18:30

18:30 - 19:45

20:30 - 22:00

MĀORILAND DOCO #5 KEWEKAPAWETAN RETURN AFTER THE FLOOD (Canada) RIIS FROM AMNESIA: UNCOVERING THE FORGOTTEN LEGACY(Canada)

MĀORILAND DOCO #6 LADY OF THE LAKE (Burma) SOLOMON (Burma)

MĀORILAND DOCO #7 IN FOOTBALL WE TRUST (Hawaii/USA) (repeat)

THE PRICE OF PEACE (NZ)

NATIVE SLAM FILMS (repeat)

MĀORILAND DOCO #8 HAUTOA MA THE RISE OF MĀORI CINEMA & panel discussion

THREE WISE COUSINS (NZ) (to be moved to Ngā Purapura if bad weather)

10:00 - 11:15

11:30 - 13:00

13:15 - 14:15

14:30 - 16:00

16:30 - 18:15

MĀORILAND DOCO #9 VOYAGE: INTO THE DEPTHS OF KANALOA (Hawaii) RING OF FIRE (Canada)

MĀORILAND DOCO #10 A PARISH APART (NZ) VANUATU WOMEN’S WATER MUSIC (Vanuatu)

WHERE GOD LIKES TO BE (USA)

THE POWER OF INDIGENOUS MUSIC: NGATAHI - KNOW THE LINKS (NZ) & music films from around the world

MĀORILAND DOCO #11 ONE MORE WIN (Cook Islands)

Full details available at

maorilandfilm.co.nz All film screening tickets are $6 or a gold coin koha for outdoor screenings and workshops.

Tickets available at

iticket.co.nz and from March 14 at the Māoriland Ticket Office, Main Street Ōtaki.

See as many movies as you can, and have a wonderful time!

PROGRAMME

23 MARCH - 27 MARCH 2016

INSIDE SPREAD

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CONCERTINA FOLD / EACH PANEL = 115mmx210mm (FINISHED SIZE)

Director’s note

Kiriata | Feature films:

The small whānau behind the scenes have been working hard to make this our best festival yet. We’ve been out and about from Ōtaki to Ōpōtiki to Canada, the Pacific and many places in between. It has been an honour and pleasure to view a lot of fine kiriata and to bring these to you.

Tēnā koutou katoa.

NZ FILM FESTIVAL PREMIERE OF MAHANA

Thank you to all who support the Māoriland Film Festival, especially our patrons, co-presenters and friends of the Festival.

Directed by Lee Tamahori (Once Were Warriors) Mahana brings Witi Ihimaera’s Bulibasha to the big screen in splendid style. Starring Temuera Morrison and Nancy Brunning, Mahana is a gripping story of fantasy, feuds, and family.

To all our rangatahi who are our storytellers both now and in the future: We hope that you will be uplifted and inspired by what you see, and by the wisdom of filmmakers from around the world. Ka nui ngā mihi maioha atu nei.

Kiriata Poto | Short films

Pakipūmeka | Documentaries

MFF2016 screens nearly 100 short films from around the Indigenous world.

MFF2016 showcases incredible documentary films from Burma, Mexico, South America, the Pacific, USA, Canada and Aotearoa.

Explore how different Indigenous cultures connect with intrinsically human themes including: Whānau (Family), Whenua (Land), Whakapapa (connections to each other) and Wairua (Spirituality).

Māoriland will also screen films from our festival partners Canada’s ImagineNATIVE Film & Media Arts Festival (the world’s largest indigenous film festival) and Skábmagovat (the premiere Sápmi film festival).

Gain another perspective about the 2007 Urewera Raids in THE PRICE OF PEACE (NZ). Find out about the lives of young Native Americans in WHERE GOD LIKES TO BE (USA). Discover the reality of professional football for young Pacific Islanders with IN FOOTBALL WE TRUST (USA).

MFF2016 also focuses on the environment with films such as ĀINA - THAT WHICH FEEDS US, and CLOUD MAKERS (USA).

BE SURE TO CHECK THE PROGRAMME FOR REPREAT SCREENINGS OF SELECTED FEATURE AND SHORT FILMS

And to our growing whānau of indigenous filmmakers from around the world, who have travelled to be with us, or who have sent us their films: We are honoured by your trust and aroha. As we grow our indigenous film circle around the globe we have much to look forward to.

Tūrou Hawaiki. Have an extra-ordinary Māoriland Film Festival 2016!

Libby Hakaraia

Free whānau outdoor screenings Join us at the Ōtaki Māori Racing Club to watch two hugely entertaining family-friendly films from Aotearoa:

Introduction

Nau mai!

Sign on for the MFF2016 workshops.

Self funded film THREE WISE COUSINS has taken New Zealand by storm!

This is a story of rediscovery and the pursuit of love, as ‘Plastic Samoan boy’ Adam heads home to Samoa to connect with his roots. THREE WISE COUSINS promises to make you laugh out loud!

Ōtaki has beaches, rivers, forests and mountain ranges and a welcoming community with a thriving Māori culture. This is what makes the Māoriland Film Festival unique.

From March 23 - 27th (Easter), we invite you to spend the five days of the festival immersed in films, workshops and kōrerō with the filmmakers. Vote for your favourite film and be part of the positive buzz that is MFF2016.

Want to know more about filmmaking from the filmmakers themselves including acting, hip hop, sound and storytelling?

BORN TO DANCE (dir. Tammy Davis) is New Zealand’s first dance film and features choreography from multi award winner Parris Goebel. It is a tale of Tū (Tia Maipi) who dreams of becoming a professional Hip Hop dancer.

The Māoriland Film Festival is held annually in Ōtaki on New Zealand’s Kāpiti Coast, just an hour outside of Wellington, New Zealand’s capital city.

MFF2016 celebrates Indigenous films from around the globe with the Sámi in the Arctic, through Europe, Canada and the Middle East and across the Americas to Australia and around the Pacific including Aotearoa.

Workshops

International feature films Key event at MFF2016 THE NATIVE SLAM A 72 hour film competition involving teams of indigenous filmmakers takes place three days before MFF2016. The results of this international indigenous filmmaking collaboration will screen on Saturday 26th and again on Sunday 27th, with the filmmakers present.

Who will win the first Native Slam?

Māoriland Film Festival brings these international feature films to Aotearoa: LE DEP Canadian feature awarded Best Emerging Talent at imagineNATIVE.

Details at maorilandfilm.co.nz/workshops

E tū whānau rangatahi films Each year, the Māoriland Film Festival holds the E Tū Whānau Rangatahi Filmmaking Awards.

MEKKO Award winning feature film by leading Native American Filmmaker Sterlin Harjo.

The E Tū Whānau Rangatahi Filmmaking Awards challenges young indigenous filmmakers to submit films of any genre that are inspired by one of the E Tū Whānau core values.

FIRE SONG The Audience Choice winner at ImagineNATIVE in 2015.

Visit maorilandfilm.co.nz/rangatahifilmmaking-competition/ for details.

Red Carpet Gala You loved them at MFF2015! THE MODERN MĀORI QUARTET will take to the Civic Theatre’s stage on Saturday the 26th of March with special guests Jamie McCaskill, Matu Ngaropu and songstresses Kali Kopae and Awhimai Fraser. Dress up, Walk the Māoriland Red Carpet and kanikani to MMQ! Tickets limited to 300 only www.iticket.co.nz