MIFF
Explore
Introduction Re-usable elements built using Alpine JS and Tailwind CSS. How to use Couldn't be easier. It is as simple as copy, paste, and preview. Contributing Feel free to contribute your expertise. All these elements are open-source.
Explore the MIFF 2024 program: Strand Origin Genre Language

Explore: New Zealand

Feature
Past Event

Bookworm

Elijah Wood stars as a wayward but well-meaning dad in this magical father–daughter quest set in the New Zealand wilderness.

Dir. Ant Timpson / 2024 / 103 mins / New Zealand / English
Short
Past Event

First Horse

A haunting riff on the western framed from a Māori perspective.

Dir. Awanui Simich-Pene / 2023 / 11 mins / New Zealand / Māori
Feature
Past Event

Head South

A charming autobiographical valentine to coming of age in New Zealand during the height of punk, which was Rotterdam’s 2024 opening-night film.

Dir. Jonathan Ogilvie / 2024 / 98 mins / New Zealand / English
Feature
Past Event

Heavenly Creatures

A friendship between two teens leads to an unspeakable crime in Peter Jackson’s tour de force, re-emerging for a special 30th-anniversary screening.

Dir. Peter Jackson / 1994 / 108 mins / Germany, New Zealand / English
Short
Past Event

Honey Kaha

This distinctively Māori spin on the mockumentary recounts the exploits of a staunch and charming police officer.

Dir. Te Waiarangi Ratana / 2023 / 19 mins / New Zealand / English
Short
Past Event

Lea Tupu'anga / Mother Tongue

A speech therapist oversells her Tongan language skills to get a job.

Dir. Vea Mafile'o / 2023 / 17 mins / New Zealand / English, Tongan
Feature
Past Event

We Were Dangerous

Executive-produced by Taika Waititi, this fiercely feminist Māori-led debut is an emotive subversion of the ‘coming-of-age delinquent’ narrative.

Dir. Josephine Stewart-Te Whiu / 2024 / 82 mins / New Zealand / English