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PURITIA
Māoriland Film Festival’s portal for Indigenous Filmmakers and Audiences.
TALENT DEVELOPMENT
Māoriland Indigenous Co-Lab
The Māoriland Indigenous Co-Lab (MICL) is a Māori-led advanced development programme designed to accelerate Indigenous feature film projects. It supports Māori and Indigenous filmmakers to strengthen their creative vision, develop financing-ready materials, and produce proof-of-concept films through a uniquely Indigenous, globally connected process.
Delivered by the Māoriland Charitable Trust – presenters of the world’s largest Indigenous film festival, the MICL harnesses cultural frameworks, industry mentorship, and international collaboration to prepare Indigenous stories for the global screen stage.
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.
PURITIA PLATFORM
Puritia embodies the concept of nurturing, protecting, and preserving authenticity and integrity in storytelling, with a view to the future.
Currently available by invitation only as we continue to test and refine the platform. It already houses the programmes from the past 12 Māoriland Film Festivals and you can reacquaint yourself with all these films.
Puritia isn’t a streaming site — it’s a curated database of Indigenous films and filmmakers, created to showcase your work and stories. You’ll find space to link to where your films are screening or streaming, as well as other ways for audiences to learn about and support you.
Māoriland wanted to build this site for all Indigenous filmmakers and our role is as a guardian and advocate and not the owner, ensuring your stories remain in your control. If you would like to join you can contact us using the button below.
Guided by the Puritia Declaration, the platform recognises your authority over your work.
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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