Film Festivals

A short film and music video festival that celebrates New Zealand audio visual art. Allshorts accept any genre up to seven minutes, including narrative, documentary, comedy, music video, experimental and video art.

A festival dedicated to providing you with a unique opportunity to view films from the 'Date Palm region', stretching from Morocco to Iran - a region often misunderstood and misrepresented.

Australasia's only competitive international documentary film festival, showcasing the very best in documentary films from all around the world. The festival is held in Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch and Dunedin.

An international Short Film Festival held annually in Wellington, hosting two competitions.

A film festival featuring documentaries from across the globe and touching on a range of human rights issues. The event, held in Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch, aims to increase awareness of human rights issues and raise New Zealand’s profile as a human rights society internationally.

The festival presents to New Zealand a broad cross section of films. Some are new and fascinating portraits of modern Italian life. One is a glance back to the start of last century and of course there are some Italian classics.

A Rotorua short film festival offering awards for original short films of up to thirty minutes duration. Visit the site for further information.

Gay and lesbian film festival.

A film festival located in Wanganui.

New Zealand's own trans-Tasman short film festival, running at cinemas in Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch and Dunedin.

Hosted at the Deluxe Theatre at Opotiki, the Silent Film Festival showcases cinema just like it was in the good old days.

An annual film festival event held in cities throughout New Zealand, showcasing quality films from around the world.

An annual celebration of new genre films and documentaries, with a 10 year history of bringing some of the most controversial films ever to be screened in this country to the New Zealand public.

Have you got what it takes to enter the V Movie Marathon? The event is held annually at Hollywood Cinema in Auckland and Paramount Theatre in Wellington.

The first ever Vegetarian Film Festival celebrates World Vegetarian Day, bringing together a well chosen selection of films from New Zealand and around the world.

A celebration of Maori and indigenous film, showcasing movies, short films and documentaries in the Hawke's Bay region.

A four-day programme of extreme sport and adventure lifestyle films, guest speakers and exhibitions. The Wanaka Mountain Film Festival also incorporates a film making competition for international and New Zealand filmmakers.

An event which gives New Zealand film makers the opportunity to screen their work in a supportive, informative and non-competitive environment; and providing New Zealand's emerging film makers with a platform on which to develop their talent as producers, directors and writers.

An annual world cinema film festival, offering film lovers in Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch and Dunedin the chance to view international films from a wide range of genres.