Third Culture Film Festival NZ

Third Culture Film Festival NZ Premiere International Film Festival In Tauranga, New Zealand

27/04/2026

All eyes on Christine ✨

Modelling Rakshi’s Design at the Midnight Royale Signature Gala, she brought a standout energy to the runway!

The one the audience couldn’t let go of.Celebrating our 2026 People’s Choice Award winner 🎬🏆 Home BaseChosen by the peop...
21/04/2026

The one the audience couldn’t let go of.

Celebrating our 2026 People’s Choice Award winner 🎬

🏆 Home Base

Chosen by the people, felt by everyone —
this is the story that resonated beyond the screen.
The votes spoke… and Home Base answered.

Congratulations to the team behind Home Base — such a memorable and impactful film! 👏

The vision. The risk. The stories that led the way.Celebrating our 2026 Major Creative Award winners! 🎬🏆 Best Director —...
12/04/2026

The vision. The risk. The stories that led the way.

Celebrating our 2026 Major Creative Award winners! 🎬

🏆 Best Director — Fatman
🏆 Best Action Sequence — Issen
🏆 Best Narrative — Girl No. 60427
🏆 Outliers Award — Gunny
🏆 The Teo Award — Other I

The films that pushed boundaries, defined voice, and shaped the stories we won’t forget.

Honouring bold direction, standout storytelling, and creativity that sets itself apart.

See you next year. 🎬✨

06/04/2026

A moment with Georgia at the Midnight Royale Signature Gala ✨

Modelling in Rakshi’s Design, Georgia brings elegance, edge and confidence to the night. An introduction to a face you’ll be seeing more of.

Precision and detail…the craft behind every frame. Celebrating our 2026 CRAFT Award winners 🎬🏆 Best Sound Design — Yash...
06/04/2026

Precision and detail…the craft behind every frame.

Celebrating our 2026 CRAFT Award winners 🎬

🏆 Best Sound Design — Yash Pagare | Maniac
🏆 Best Editor — Richard Curtis & Lea McLean | Rapido
🏆 Best Music — Wesley West | Noise and Neighbors
🏆 Best Director of Photography — Teega Michl | At Horizon’s End

These are the artists shaping what we feel, often without us even realising — the rhythm, the tension, the atmosphere, the image.

Honouring the work behind the scenes that brings every story to life.

See you next year. ✨🎬

Where imagination meets identity. Celebrating the 2026 Spirit of New Zealand Award winner! 🎬🏆 RapidoA film that begins i...
02/04/2026

Where imagination meets identity.

Celebrating the 2026 Spirit of New Zealand Award winner! 🎬

🏆 Rapido

A film that begins in the world of war comics, and ends in a deeper reckoning with identity, history and belonging.��Rapido captures the heart of Aotearoa storytelling — how our stories shape us, and how we make sense of them in our own lives.

Congratulations to the team behind Rapido — such an incredible and thoughtful film. 🎬✨

Each frame, a statement. Each story, unforgettable. Celebrating our 2026 Film Category winners:🏆Best Music Video — LUCY ...
31/03/2026

Each frame, a statement. Each story, unforgettable.

Celebrating our 2026 Film Category winners:

🏆Best Music Video — LUCY | The Hawthorne Experience
🏆 Best Animation — In Half
🏆 Best Experimental — Hello Anna
🏆 Best Documentary — More Than Convenience

From rhythm and movement
to worlds imagined and redefined,
to stories that challenge form
and truths that demand to be seen…

These didn’t just exist on screen —
they moved us, pushed us, and stayed with us.

Each one a reminder of why we tell stories in the first place.

See you next year. 🎬✨

A big shoutout to our amazing sponsors for TCFF 2026! We wouldn’t be able to make the festival an unforgettable experien...
27/03/2026

A big shoutout to our amazing sponsors for TCFF 2026!

We wouldn’t be able to make the festival an unforgettable experience without the generous support of our incredible partners 👏 🎬

, , , , , , Tauranga and Western Bay Indian Association, Mortgage Advice For You, and Interconnect, with a special thanks to our Principal Sponsor, CRAFT Management Charitable Trust.

Join us in showing them some love! 💛

26/03/2026

See You Next Year!

was more than a film festival.
For one week…

🌍 The World came to Tauranga.

Connection.
Revelation.
Excellence.

From Cinema
to Fashion
to Wellness
to Visual Arts
& more…

This was the Third Culture Experience!

If you were there — You felt it.
If you weren’t… We’ll see you soon!


…The ride has just begun. 🎬✨

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