We’re excited to announce that Big Girls Don’t Cry, a tender coming-of-age portrait of girlhood, is this year’s Opening Night film 🎉
Jen Raoult
Drumroll please… first films of NZIFF 2026 revealed!
Horror, heartbreak, history and a healthy dose of the utterly unhinged… the first films to join this year’s lineup have all that and more.
Our Centrepiece film for NZIFF 2026 is... Lomu!
Directed by Vea Mafile’o and Gavin Fitzgerald, Lomu is lighting up the big screen at Tāmaki Makaurau’s mighty Civic on Saturday 1 August before playing across the motu through the festival.
