MFF2024 Industry Program

ŌTAKI 20-24 MARCH 2024

Industry

Māoriland’s industry program is a space for those working in the screen industry to wānanga and network.

Industry passes give access to industry-only events and one ticket per screening.

•Panel Discussions

• Wānanga

• Networking

• Industry Receptions

Industry Pass Terms

• You need a physical ticket to enter any event. These can be claimed by showing your Industry Pass at The Māoriland Hub, 68 Main St Ōtaki.

• We recommend you select your tickets before the festival. Information on how to do this will be emailed to pass holders. If you choose not to use a ticket, please return it to the Ticket Office so someone else can enjoy the film.

• Your pass does not guarantee a ticket if sessions are sold out.

• Industry passes are not transferable.

• Lost passes cannot be reprinted.

• Closing Night Party. Due to limited numbers, you must RSVP to attend this party by Friday, 15 March, 6 pm to ensure your ticket.

Industry passes can be collected from the Manuwhiri desk at the Māoriland Hub, 68 Main St Ōtaki, from Tuesday, March 19, 2024. In case of cancellation, refunds will be made available.

In this scenario, please consider donating your booking fee ($1.50 per ticket) as this supports Māoriland to pay our friends at iTicket to process all ticket changes.

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. Tūia 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 marking the opening of the Māoriland Hub 2016.

Māoriland Film Festival (MFF) is Aotearoa’s international Indigenous Film Festival

This 10th edition of the MFF is the largest showcase in the festival’s history with over 150 Indigenous nations presenting over 140 feature and short films as well as games, VR and visual arts.

Nau mai hoki mai - welcome to Ōtaki for MFF2024.

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 picture, we will make the invisible visible again.

We vow to manage our own destiny and recover our complete humanity in 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.

Wed 20 March | Raukawa Marae

The formal welcome to manuwhiri tuarangi and official guests of MFF2023.

A powhiri is a traditional Maori welcome ceremony extending hospitality and forging connections between hosts and guests. It is a meaningful and symbolic introduction to the spirit of hospitality and mutual respect that underpins Maori customs.

Raukawa marae is the principal meeting place of Ngati Raukawa Au Ki Te Tonga. Raukawa Marae is one of five closely linked marae in the district. The other marae are Te Pou o Tainui (Otaki), Katihiku Marae (Otaki) Wehiwehi (Manakau) and Tukorehe (Kuku).

Manuwhiri (guests) are to gather at the gate on Mill Road from 10:30 am prior to the powhiri at 11 am.

Unveiling Ngā Pou of the Whare

1:30 pm Wed 20 March | Māoriland Hub

Te Matatoki - led by Fayne Robinson, Ian-Wayne Grant, Lewis Gardiner and other kaiwhakairo of Aotearoa are carving the four pou (posts) to anchor the Māoriland Hub.

PASSHOLDERS ONLY

2:30 pm Wed 20 March | Māoriland Hub Maara

Join the Māoriland whānau and key industry supporters in the Māoriland Maara for drinks.

Māoriland Keynote AddressKia Tau Te Rongomau

5:30 pm Wed 20 March | Rangiātea Church

"The Maoriland Keynote address is a personal and historical perspective given by a Maori filmmaker. Past keynote speakers were 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.

Highly recognised Maori artists have responded to the theme of this year’s MFF Kia Tau Te Rongomau with captivating work in the Otaki township. The Maoriland Film Festival Arts Installation project is curated by Rachael Rakena, a celebrated Kai Tahu/Nga Puhi video installation artist.

The installations feature the exceptional works of Regan Balzer (Te Arawa, Ngati Ranginui), Tame Iti (Ngai Tuhoe), Ngataiharuru Taepa (Te Arawa, Te Ati Awa), and Johnson Witehira (Tamahaki, Ngai Tu-te-auru). Regan Balzer has also designed this years program cover art titled, ""Kia Tau Te Rongomau"". We are immensely proud to have these esteemed artists as the MFF2024 Keynote Address

SPECIAL EVENTS

OPENING NIGHT SCREENING - WORLD PREMIERE

The Reciprocity Project

Wednesday 20 March 2023 | 8:00 PM

Ngā Purapura

Facing the climate crisis, the Reciprocity Project embraces Indigenous value systems that have bolstered communities since the dawn of humanity.

To heal, we must recognise that we are in a relationship with Earth, a place that was in balance until the Industrial Age.

The second season of this project invites learning from timehonoured and current ways of being across seven Indigenous communities, including the mountainous Tayal homelands of Taiwan, the nightless nights and deep snows of Sámi Nation in Finland, and the forested Limba homelands in Sierra Leone.

The Season Two storytellers and community partners are creating projects in response to a question: “What does a return to land, language, practices, and reciprocal relationships mean to you and your community?”

Enchukunoto (The Return)

2024 | 15 mins | Laissa Malih | IL-Laikipiak Maasai | Maasai, Samburu, English with English subtitles

The first female Maasai filmmaker, Laissa Malih, returns to her ancestral lands in this deeply personal look at how one Maasai community is being reshaped by climate change.

From God To Man

2024 | 15 mins | Lansana Mansaray | Limba | Limba, Krio with English subtitles

Filmmaker Lansana Mansaray goes back to his ancestral village in this first-ever documentary about the Limba people of Sierra Leone.

Tahnaanooku

2024 | 7 mins | Justin Deegan | Mandan, Hidatsa, and Arikara Nations | English, Arikara with English subtitles

Interweaving interviews, culturallyspecific music, and a traditional water ceremony to celebrate Darlene Deegan’s environmental activism and efforts to protect the land.

Áhkuin

2024 | 20 mins | Tuomas Kumpulainen, Sunná Nousuniemi | Sámi | Northern Sámi with English subtitles

Three generations of a Sámi family united across time via joik - a distinct Sámi oral tradition of song, storytelling and reciprocity.

Tentsitewahkwe

2024 | 17 mins | Katsitsionni Fox | Haudenosaunee | English, Kanienkéha with English subtitles

Following the flow of the seasons, Jessica Shenandoah revives the land-based traditions of our Mohawk ancestors that colonisers nearly erased from our memories.

Tayal Forest Club

2024 | 19 mins | Laha Mebow | Tayal | Atayal, Mandarin with English subtitles

In this coming-of-age tale from Taiwan’s first Indigenous female director, Tayal youth learn to navigate life’s challenges by paying attention to lessons the land offers.

Armea

2024 | 22 mins | Letila Mitchell | Rotuman | Rotuman with English subtitles

Diasporic Rotuman artists return to their ancestral island debut a theatrical work symbolising the history of the land and the threat of rising seas.

Indigenous Innovators Breakfast

PASSHOLDERS ONLY

8:30 am Thurs 21 March | Māoriland Hub

Indigenous creatives fuse ancestral knowledge with an intergenerational vision for the future.

Opening of the M.A.T.C.H Exhibition

10 am Thurs 21 March | Memorial Hall

The opening of Te Huanui o Mati - the M.A.T.C.H Tech Creative Hub exhibition for 2024.

The Māoriland Tech Creative Hub is a training and creative space for rangatahi to upskill and unleash their creative potential using software and digital tools. Animation, graphic design, game development, VR, XR - MATCH aims to pathway rangatahi Māori into high-value jobs in the rapidly growing tech creative industries.

International Indigenous Collaboration

PASSHOLDERS ONLY

11 am Thurs 21 March | Māoriland Hub Maara

When Indigenous creativity and passion is combined, magic happens. But what does it actually take to collaborate across international borders as Indigenous peoples?

Indigenous Productions: A holistic approach to screen production

PASSHOLDERS ONLY

1 pm Thurs 21 March | Māoriland Hub Maara

The media conglomerate-led, extractive era of media production is collapsing. We aspire to build a sustainable and radically abundant media arts ecosystem. So how do we get there?

Māoriland Match-Maker Meetings

PASSHOLDERS ONLY

9 am - 12 pm, 1 pm - 3 pm Fri 22 March | Māoriland Hub

Māoriland is here to help you find a match for your project. Register for match-maker meetings to connect with other filmmakers, commissioners, funders, producers and more

Rangatahi BBQ

PASSHOLDERS ONLY

4:30 pm Fri 22 March | Māoriland Hub Maara

Celebrate the closing of the Māoriland Rangatahi Film Festival in the Māoriland Maara

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 23 March | Māoriland Hub

The Enduring Voice Of Country | 10 am

After the brutal results of Australia's landmark Voice referendum last October, many Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island leaders responded with a vow of silence. They chose this form of protest after what had been an illconceived campaign marked by gross racism and partisan misinformation. With so much misinformation swirling around the world, how do we work more effectively together as informed Indigenous filmmakers?

The Native Mind knows that a voice suppressed is justice denied.

The Power In Our Songs | 11.30 am

Storytellers have turned their narratives into songs for hundreds of thousands of years. Indigenous songs that are written and performed in language offer an immediate connection to a full culture and history. Indigenous song explores beyond words to offer all the sounds within the domain of the human voice.

The Native Mind knows that when we sing, we sing stories of survival.

Te Ara Rongomau - Give Peace a Path | 1.30 pm

Political winds from the right are howling through our land, and the world. Uncivil, transgressive and self absorbed behaviour are wedges that unlock the worst behaviour between individuals and eventually between nations. There is a willingness to negate inconvenient expressions of indigenous endeavour and achievement. Yet the path to peace has never been more clear.

The Native Mind knows that peace is about balance.

Your Story Needs You | 3 pm

Anyone who works as a creative makes things up for a living. Their mind, heart, spirit, and body will be used in a wide variety of ways to bring their imaginations to life. Then they might get paid. To succeed as a creative also requires energy and discipline. You have to do the work. Everyone with a compulsion to create films, images, words, movement or sound will have a unique creative process.

The Native Mind knows to stay intuitive and curious.

Māoriland Red Carpet Party

8:00 PM | Sun 24 March | Māoriland Hub

Put on your most glam outfit for the annual Māoriland Red Carpet Party. A celebration of all the filmmakers at MFF2024 with awards and top entertainment.

The film voted as ‘the people’s choice for MFF2024’ will be given along with prizes for Red Carpet attendees in the following categories:

•Best Regalia

•M ost Sequins & Best ‘Suit’

• B est outfit purchased fro m a local Op shop (must show sale receipt).

Ko Te Kawa Nui Ia, He Manaaki i Te Tangata

Māoriland is committed to creating a safe environment for all our kaimahi and visitors.

The values and functions of Māoriland are derived from cornerstone principles of celebration, unity, vigilance, and respecting the mana of every person and taonga in our whare.

We ask that manuwhiri and visitors alike respect the mana of all who you may encounter.

Some of our spaces are small and lack airflow, so consider wearing a mask while watching a film. If you are feeling sick, please stay home.

Everyone, including Kaumātua and Rangatahi, filmmakers, artists and industry, and members of the public, have the right to be free of harassment, discrimination, sexism, and threatening or disrespectful behaviour - either in-person, online, or from any who are attending Māoriland events.

Te Huarahi MaiTravel Information

Māoriland is located in Ōtaki on the Kapiti Coast, 80 km from Wellington Airport.

Public transport

The train from Wellington to Ōtaki is a one-hour trip that offers stunning views along the Kāpiti Coast. Sit on the left-hand side of the train heading north for the best views out to Kāpiti Island.

The Capital Connection runs Monday-Friday, departing Wellington to Ōtaki daily at 5.15 pm. Stay overnight and return to Wellington at 7.13 am.

The Kapiti Line runs every half hour to and from Wellington. The service arrives and departs from Waikanae, 15 minutes south of Ōtaki.

There are also buses along the train route. Connecting from Waikanae, the 290 bus will bring you to Ōtaki. The bus leaves Waikanae for Ōtaki’s Main St five times daily. This bus returns to Waikanae.

Purchase a Snapper Card to tap on/tap off. Otherwise, public transport is cash only.

Intercity buses provide transport from Palmerston North and Wellington.

Check the timetable links below for more information. www.greatjourneysnz.com/capital-connection/ www.metlink.org.nz/timetables/train/KPL www.metlink.org.nz/timetables/bus/290 www.intercity.co.nz www.snapper.co.nz

ŌTAKI

WELLINGTON

MĀORILAND HUB

68 Main Street Ōtaki

Monday - Saturday 11:00 AM - 4:00 PM

Festival ticket office will be open during the festival

The Māoriland Hub in the Ōtaki township is open throughout the year. It showcases Indigenous creativity and innovation through film, visual, music and performing arts, technology, kōrero, and more.

At the Māoriland Hub, you will find the Toi Matarau Art Gallery, M.A.T.C.H - the Māoriland Tech Creative Hub, Māoriland Productions and the Māoriland Filmmaker Residency.

Indigenous Cinema

Indigenous peoples play a vital role as guardians of some of the most biodiverse regions on our planet.

Our territories hold rich biological diversity, and our cultural and linguistic diversity contributes to the evolving tapestry of our humanity.

Furthermore, our traditional knowledge is an invaluable resource that benefits society as a whole.

However, Indigenous communities still face significant challenges, including discrimination, marginalisation, extreme poverty, and conflict. Many Indigenous peoples are being deprived of their ancestral lands, threatening their livelihoods and cultural heritage. In some instances, our belief systems, languages, and ways of life are on the verge of extinction.

Indigenous filmmakers bring these stories into the light. This contributes to growing recognition worldwide of these threats, and the staunch efforts made to address them.

This includes land claims settlements, constitutional amendments, and symbolic actions like apologies for past mistreatments.

2024 Venue Map

Māoriland Film Festival 2024 Timetable

MĀORILAN D HU BRAUK AWA MARAERANGIATEAHARUATA

2:30 PM Maoriland Garden Party

RĀPARE 21 POUTŪ TE RANGI

8:30 AM Indigenous Innovators Breakfast

11 AM International Indigenous Collaboration

1 PM Indigenous Productions: A holistic approach to screen production

RĀMERE 22 PO UT Ū T E RANGI

9 AM - 3 PM MĀORILAND MATCH MAKER MEETINGS

11:00 AM Pōwhiri

6:00 PM Maoriland

Keynote Address

- Kia Tau Te Ro ng omau

3:00 PM Te Ahi Kōmau S ho rts

NGA PURAPURA

8: 00 PM WORLD PREMIERE

Opening Night Screening: The Reciprocity Project

9:00 AM - 3:00 PM Mā oriland

Ran gatahi Film Festival - He Reo Waiata

•E Tū W hā nau Rang atahi Film Awar ds

• Waiata A nthe m s

• Co co Reo Mā ori

6:00 PM Twice Colonised (Greenland)4:30 PM Her N am e Is Nanny Nellie (Austra lia)

8:30 PM Eallogie rd uThe Tundra Within Me (S ámi)

4:00 PM Rangatahi BBQ

RĀHOROI 23 PO UT Ū T E RANGI

10 :00 AM NATIVE MindsThe E nd uring Voice of C ou ntry

11:30 AM NATIVE MindsThe Power In Our S on gs

1:30 PM NATIVE MindsGive Peace a Path

3: 00 PM NATIVE Minds -

You r Story Needs You

RĀTAPU 24 PO UT Ū T E RANGI

8: 00 PM Māoriland

Red Ca rpet Party R18

7:30 PM Free

W hā nau Outd oo r

Screening: Red, White & Brass

9:30 AM Korokī Koro ka S ho rts

12:00 PM Te Tini O Wai S ho rts

2:30 PM Inky Pinky Ponky (Aote ar oa)

5:45 PM Kindred (Austra lia)

8:30 PM Kei Taumaha Noa S ho rts (M)

7:30 PM The M ou ntain (Aote ar oa)

9:00 AM - 3:00 PM Mā oriland

Ran gatahi Film Festival - Nō ku Te Ao

• Home, Land an d Sea - Rang atahi S ho rts

• Te Ārai - Ran gatahi S ho rt s

• U pro ar

6:00 PM The Beautifu l Scars of Tom Wilson (Ca na da)

8:30 PM Hey Viktor! (Ca na da) (M)

10 :00 AM Hūro! Ka Tika! S ho rts

10 :30 AM Hawaiki Tū! S ho rts

12:30 PM W hā nau S ho rts

5:00 PM Bing o S ho rts

7:15 PM The New Boy (Austra lia) (M)

8:45 PM The Moogai (Austra lia) (M)

9:45 AM Whakapapa S ho rts

12:0 0 PM Te Hā O Hine kaha S ho rts (M)

2:15 PM Tō Ki Tua S ho rts

4:30 PM Kei Hea Taku W ha karuruhau? S ho rts

1:00 PM Waapake (Ca na da)

3:30 PM Warrior Stron g (Ca na da)

10 :30 AM Wairua S ho rts

1:00 PM Máhccan - Homecoming (Sámi)

2:45 PM You Ca n Go Now (Austra lia)

6:30 PM Closing Night: Frybread Face & Me (USA) (PG)