A highlight selection of the best short films from Ngā Whanaunga: Aotearoa New Zealand's Best 2025, including all award winners, will screen in the regions.
Festival Programme
Films — by Genre
- Action
 - Actors and Theatre
 - Animation
 - Art
 - Based on Books
 - Cannes
 - Comedy
 - Coming of Age
 - Documentary
 - Education
 - Environment
 - Family Ties
 - Fantasy
 - Films about Films
 - Historical
 - Horror
 - Human Rights
 - LGBTQIA+
 - Love Stories
 - Music
 - Māori/Pacific
 - Politics
 - Rural Life
 - Sci-Fi
 - Seniors
 - Sex and Sexuality
 - Style
 - Thriller
 - Travel
 - War Zones
 - Women Make Movies
 - Writers