Whakapapa Film Festival

Italy has suffered greatly in these grave times and our lockdown is only now slowly being lifted. We are all still cautious and aware that we must continue to be vigilant. The Whakapapa Film Festival is about film makers interacting and having the opportunity to talk and share experiences whilst enjoying southern Italian hospitality. We have watched events unfold over the last few weeks, waiting as long as we could to make a decision but we now accept that the only decision we can make, to maintain the integrity of the Whakapapa Film Festival and because of our responsibility to our small town, is to cancel the festival for this year. Our sister Festival in New Zealand, the well respected Wairoa Film Festival will be going ahead as planned. We thank you all for your entries, our selectors have thoroughly enjoyed watching your films. Art and culture and creativity are even more important in these dark times. We look forward to your entries next year and even more, we look forward to hosting some of you in our beautiful hill top town. --------------------------------//////////////////////////////------------------------------------- The aim of the Whakapapa Film Festival (WFF) is to promote and spread documentary cinema, ethnographic cinema and anthropological audiovisual research. The main focus of the festival is culture in general, with a special emphasis on Māori culture which provides the word and the philosophy for the event - Whakapapa. Whakapapa binds all things animate and inanimate. The inter and intra-relationships between all living and inanimate things. The Whakapapa Film Festival is organised and promoted by numerous sponsors and two private individuals and is strictly in line with the principles of a non-profit organisation. The competition includes documentaries and short-themed films: anthropology, cultures, rituals, the environment, human rights, biodiversity, war, integration, sustainable development, the relationship between man and the environment. The Whakapapa Film Festival is in its third year in 2020, and for the first time will be partnering with the Wairoa Māori Film Festival of New Zealand for inclusion of a selection of Māori films in the festival.