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PURITIA

The Māoriland Film Festival’s portal for Indigenous Filmmakers and Audiences.

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TALENT DEVELOPMENT

Māoriland Indigenous Co-Lab

The Māoriland Indigenous Co-Lab is for Māori filmmakers with the aim to create exceptional feature films for local and international audiences. 

With funding from Te Tumu Whakaata Taonga (NZFC) and support and mentoring from International Indigenous Screen partners and filmmakers we are building teams of Māori Writers, Directors & Producers on five feature film projects, to become finance and production-ready.

M.A.T.C.H – The Māoriland Tech Creative Hub

M.A.T.C.H Creative Intensifiers are  12-week workplace training programs for Māori to pathway into the film and creative industries.

A unique opportunity to learn in a kaupapa Māori environment M.A.T.C.H identifies and supports Māori potential.


Maiangitia Te Mana Ataata
Towards Māori Screen Success

Puritia aims to support the growth of Indigenous screen excellence, and to celebrate Indigenous storytelling on screen. 

About Māoriland

Māoriland Film Festival is the largest Indigenous screen gathering in the Southern Hemisphere.

It is one of the many activities of the Māoriland Charitable Trust whose purpose is to provide social, economic and cultural benefit to our community through connection to the wider world of Indigenous creativity and innovation.

Our work includes the annual Māoriland Film Festival, Toi Matarau Gallery, the E Tū Whānau Rangatahi filmmaking workshops, talent development programs through M.A.T.C.H – the Māoriland Tech Creative Hub and Māoriland Productions. 

It operates from the Māoriland Hub in Ōtaki on the Kapiti Coast.

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