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The 2024 New Zealand International Film Festival programme has been unveiled, showcasing a variety of talent and storytelling with a diverse and rich roster of films. The Whānau Mārama New Zealand International Film Festival (NZIFF) has announced its line-up for 2024, including various New Zealand-made feature films, short films and documentaries, as well as international films. The festival is designed to showcase the increasing number of talented film-makers telling diverse stories through their films and reach new audiences.

Twelve full-length films and 19 shorts make up the “Māhutonga” strand of the programme, all selected by the artistic director Palolo Berlin and the head of programming Michael McDonnell. The shorts were selected by veteran co-curators Leo Koziol and Craig Fasi, along with guest selector Gerard Johnstone. Here’s what’s in the NZIFF programme and where you can watch these hand-picked films.



What’s screening: New Zealand feature films: Never Look Away (2004), Aotearoa New Zealand. Director: Lucy Lawless. Grafted, Aotearoa New Zealand, 2024.

Director: Sasha Rainbow. I Am a Dark River, Aotearoa New Zealand, 2024. Director: Tess Mitchell.

The House Within, Aotearoa New Zealand, 2024. Director: Joshua Prendeville. Head South, Aotearoa New Zealand, 2024.

Director: Jonathan Ogilvie. A Mistake, Aotearoa New Zealand, 2024. Director: Christine Jeffs.

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