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2026 NZIFF 2026 29 Jul–9 Sep 2026

Big Girls Don’t Cry announced as our Opening Night film for NZIFF 26

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Awanui Simich-Pene

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(Ngāpuhi, Ngāti Hauā, Ngāti Tuwharetoa, Ngāti Apakura)

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First Horse (Short)

Awanui Simich-Pene

Rū (Short)

Awanui Simich-Pene

A pregnant woman must fight for her life when she inadvertently becomes the victim of a violent initiation

Waru

Briar Grace-Smith, Casey Kaa, Ainsley Gardiner, Katie Wolfe, Chelsea Cohen, Renae Maihi, Paula Jones, Awanui Simich-Pene

Eight Māori female directors have each contributed a sequence to this powerful and challenging feature which unfolds around the tangi of a small boy who died at the hands of his caregiver.

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