RIFF features a diverse program, including curated screenings, panel discussions, and social and cultural events that connect filmmakers with networks, funders, media artists, and industry professionals.

HONEY KAHA
2023 | 21 mins | Comedy Action Mockumentary
When pāua thieves ruin takeaway night for fisheries officer Honey Kaha and her whānau, she sets out with partner Wiremu Brown to track down the perpetrators and give them the old whaddup.

SHADES OF BLUE AND GREEN
2023 | 10 mins | Drama
Gem tries to stay strong as she grows increasingly concerned for her partner’s pain.

CHATTERBOX
2023 | 14 mins | Comedy Musical
A woman struggles with her relationship with her body. It’s not that she hates it, she just wishes her vagina would stop calling her a bitch.

TUIA NGĀ HERE
2023 | 10 mins | Drama | Reo Māori
When the land calls, you come home. Tuia Ngā Here draws on the deep connection that many Indigenous communities have to the land, throughout generations.