Fund your short film with
Ngā Aho Shorts

Fluent Te Reo Māori Film: $30k

One available

Kaupapa-driven individuals or Communities dedicated to Te Reo & Tikanga Māori.

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Experienced Practitioners: $25k

Two available

NAW members looking to grow their craft and strengthen their storytelling ability in film.

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Innovation Pitch: $10k

Two available

A funding initiative for bold and brave content from Māori talent.

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Development Support: $2.5k

Four available

A funding initiative to assist Māori creatives and writers in getting their ideas from pitch to proposal. $2,000 up front; the remaining $500 to be released upon the delivery of the film proposal to the Ngā Aho Shorts funders.

Films developed through this fund are to be released via an initiative by one of Ngā Aho Shorts' funders.

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It’s all part of our work to encourage the growth of te reo Māori me ngā tikanga in film, by supporting those wanting to grow their storytelling skills in te reo Māori. We also encourage the use of te reo taketake in your scripting.

• A 2-3 minute video pitch (submitted via a YouTube or Vimeo link): Introduce us to your team and why you want to join Ngā Aho Shorts
• A filled-out coversheet (coversheet template link and other useful resources at the bottom of this box) with confirmation of the type of funding being applied for (for example, Fluent Te Reo Māori Film: $30k)
• Your creative proposal including – logline, synopsis, script, style, treatment, schedule, and budget
• An overview of your key creative team: Producer, Director, Writer, and Kaitiaki Reo & Tikanga.
• Kaitiaki Reo & Tikanga Commentary
• The Producer will need a registered company with its own bank account for funding contracts
• Each project needs to have a marketing and social media plan for audience reach, with commentary on who the audience is
  

This should be presented in a single PDF file and emailed to shorts@ngaahowhakaari.org

All teams need to be Ngā Aho Whakaari members.

When we say team, we mean the key creative team.

All key creative teams are to include a Producer, Director, a Writer and a Kaitiaki Reo & Tikanga.

NOTE: All key creatives must be Ngā Aho Whakaari members – and at least three of these four key creative roles must be held by Māori.

The successful teams will be invited to an exclusive development wānanga with industry mentors, to help prepare you for production. To engage our internationally recognised creatives, some of whom are based offshore, these wānanga may be facilitated online.

Ngā Aho Whakaari will facilitate these wānanga and act as Executive Producer to support your kaupapa.