Pacific Showcase
Michael Jonathan’s debut feature is an action-filled account of the 1864 battle of Ōrākau where a small group of disparate Māori, vastly outnumbered by British soldiers, went to war to…
Pacific Showcase
This urgent documentary takes us into the remote highlands of Papua New Guinea and one indigenous woman’s fight against the insidious influence of sanguma – sorcery violence. Enter a cinematic…
Pacific Showcase
We’ve all seen her, the hula girl swinging from the dashboard, the sultry South Seas siren smiling languidly in postcards, and the alluring topless native belle telling you to come…
Pacific Showcase, Special Screening
Amidst the mean streets of Auckland, Beth Heke (Rena Owen) lives with her husband Jake (Temuera Morrison) and their three children in a tenement house for native Maori. Jake’s battle…
Pacific Showcase, YES
A lively and inspirational coming-of-age tale from Rachel House as three kids–a cancer patient, a friendless boy honoring the memory of his mother, and a self-appointed “guardian of Mother Earth”--go…
Opening Night Film, Pacific Showcase
HIFF is honored to kick off the 2024 festival with the world premiere of TINĀ. It''s an inspiring drama, a light-hearted, rhythmic tear-jerker, and the story of Samoan teacher Mareta…
Pacific Showcase
In this affecting drama set in 1954 New Zealand, Nellie and Daisy attempt to escape a reform school for delinquent girls that has been relocated to a facility on a…