Films from Te Whenua Moemoeā

Embark on a captivating cinematic journey as you immerse yourself in the enriching tapestry of documentaries, short films, and feature films from the landscapes of Australia.

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 Saturday 23rd | 7:15PM

THE NEW BOY

Warwick Thornton
Australia | English | 2023 | 116min | Drama | Drama | Maoriland Film Festival | Kiriata | Feature Films

A nine-year-old Aboriginal Australian orphan boy arrives in the dead of night at a remote monastery run by a renegade nun.

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THE MOOGAI

 Sunday 24th | 2:45PM

Thursday 21st | 10:00AM

Saturday 23rd | 8:45PM

Films from Te Whenua Moemoeā
Larissa Behrendt
Australia | English | 2022 | 82min | Color | Documentary | Documentary, Politics | Maoriland Film Festival | Pakipumeka | Documentaries

50 years of First Nations activism in Australia through the lens of contemporary Australian Aboriginal artist Richard Bell.

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Marlikka Perdrisat
Australia | English | 2023 | 7min | Color | Documentary | Maoriland Film Festival | Kiriata Poto | Short Films | New Zealand Premiere

Filmmaker Marlikka Perdrisat creates a dreamlike expression of her intergenerational connection to Country, and what connecting with Country could mean for all Australians.

 
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Jon Bell
Australia | English | 2024 | 86min | Drama | Horror | Maoriland Film Festival | Kiriata | Feature Films | New Zealand Premiere

The Moogai is the story of a family terrorized by a child-stealing spirit.

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NGURRAWAANA

 Thursday 21st | 4:30PM

Sunday 24th | 2:15PM

Thursday 21st | 10:00AM

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Daniel King
Australia | English | 2023 | 79min | Color | Documentary | Maoriland Film Festival | Pakipumeka | Documentaries | New Zealand Premiere

A trio of nameless statues buried in the archives of the Australian Museum trigger a granddaughter’s journey to rewrite how Aboriginal people are represented in Australia’s public history.

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John Harvey
Australia | English | 2022 | 13min | Color | Drama | Drama, Mystery, Tradition | Maoriland Film Festival | Kiriata Poto | Short Films

Martha, works tirelessly in a laundromat, ready for the collection of her boss. When a mysterious visitor arrives, she is reminded of the life she has left behind.

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Kieran Satour
Australia | English | 2023 | 3min | Color | Experimental | Documentary | Maoriland Film Festival | Kiriata Poto | Short Films | New Zealand Premiere

Yindjibarndi man Wimiya Woodley takes us on an immersive journey back to his homelands at Ngurrawaana, a place of rejuvenation and recovery for Yindjibarndi people to reconnect with their ancestors.

 

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Friday 22nd | 5:45PM

 Saturday 23rd | 10:30AM

 Saturday 23rd | 10:00AM

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Adrian Russell Wills, Gillian Moody
Australia | English | 2023 | 92min | Color | Documentary | Whanau (Family) | Maoriland Film Festival | Pakipumeka | Documentaries

Kindred is a journey into the emotional landscape of family, love and loss of two close friends, both Aboriginal, who were adopted by white families and have reconnected with their bloodline families.

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Josef Jakamarra Egger, Genevieve Grieves
Australia | English | 2023 | 10min | Color | Documentary | Documentary | Maoriland Film Festival | Kiriata Poto | Short Films

A portrait of life thrown into crisis by energy insecurity, Power to Country tells the story of Garrwa woman Shirley’s displacement from traditional homelands and her yearning to return.

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Jessica Magro
Australia | English | 2022 | 30min | Color | Documentary | Art, Documentary | Maoriland Film Festival | Kiriata Poto | Short Films | New Zealand Premiere

Ella Ganza, and the Meanjin (Brisbane) ballroom scene prepare for one of the biggest ballroom events of the year: The Alexander Ball.