Aotearoa Poetry Film Festival

26/03/2026

Our co-director Tyler Shane Tesolin gave a great interview about poetry film and the Aotearoa Poetry Film Festival for Wellington Access Radio in the occasion of our special curation for CubaDupa this coming weekend.

We play one-off specials and short-run series, of interest to Wellington Access Radio communities.   CubaDupa Week 2026! 23 March – 27 March 2026  

24/03/2026

CubaDupa Meets Aotearoa Poetry Film Festival!!!

This coming weekend CubaDuba will feature a special curation of poetry films submitted to the Aotearoa Poetry Film Festival over the past three years. The curation will play on a loop at Te Whanga – The Cove (139 Vivian Street) from 12pm to 5.00pm (both on Saturday and Sunday 28 and 29 March). Stop by to say Hi and watch a few poetry films with us!

23/11/2025

That’s a wrap folks! A huge thank you to everyone who helped make these past few days something to truly remember, and a big congratulations to this years winners. We can’t wait to see you all for the next one. 🥳🎊 🎉

22/11/2025

Big congratulations to the winners of the third edition of APFF!🎉

This year we received over 100 submissions, and the jury faced an incredibly tough challenge selecting the best among so many outstanding entries. Here are our award winners and honourable mentions:

Best New Zealand Film
Memory - Tiso Ross

Honourable Mention
The Girl with Matches - Britta Pollmuller

Best International Film
Wind Rabbit - January Marie Rogers

Honourable Mention
When I Came to Your Door - Antonio Paoletti

Best Student Film
09.01 Berkovich - Anya Ryzhkova

20/11/2025

Make sure to be at Vogelmorn for 3:30pm today Friday 21 November for an exclusive discussion with one of our jurors Marco Sonzogni! This is a free event! Everybody welcome!

20/11/2025

What an amazing first day for the Aotearoa Poetry Film Festival! Phenomenal work from all of our filmmakers who got their work screened today. Excited to see what tomorrow brings! We will be doing a livestream of the awards ceremony on both our Instagram and pages tomorrow. If you can't manage to grab tickets for tomorrows event (through the link in our bio) be sure to tune in around 8pm.

12/11/2025

Here's a quick look at the upcoming festival programme! Over these exciting two days we will screen 42 films, hear Professor Marco Sonzogni discuss the historical relationship between image and word, and watch burgeoning students' promising poetic creations. Make sure to check out our website in the bio for the full programme.

05/11/2025

The festival date is now fast approaching! Tickets have now gone live and can be purchased through the link in our bio. Grab them quick while they last! check out our facebook event for more details

23/10/2025

The Aotearoa Poetry Film Festival is redefining how we experience poetry, blending language, image, and sound into powerful cinematic stories. 🎬

In an insightful interview curated by Dimitri Ruggeri, festival co-directors Alfio Leotta and Tyler Shane Tesolin reflect on creative experimentation, and the rise of a distinctive Aotearoan voice in poetry film. 🌿

👉 Read the full conversation and discover how this festival is shaping a new global art form.

20/10/2025

Our co-directors Tyler Shane Tesolin and Alfio Leotta were interviewed by SlamContemPoetry about the Aotearoa Poetry Film Festival

Interview curated by Dimitri Ruggeri – In recent years, poetry film has emerged as one of the most dynamic and hybrid forms of artistic expression, merging the evocative power of language wit…