Legit Fests

Film Festivals in New Zealand

43 film festivals in New Zealand, ranked by legitimacy score. Find verified festivals, Oscar qualifiers, and red-flagged events.

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Doc Edge International Documentary Film Festival

Auckland, New Zealand
Tier AOscarScreenings
100

documentary edge festival

Auckland, New Zealand
Tier AOscarScreenings
97

show me shorts film festival

Auckland; Pukekohe; Waiheke Island; Matakana; Various, New Zealand
Tier AOscarScreenings
97

New Zealand International Film Festival

Auckland, New Zealand
Tier AScreenings
82

Auckland International Film Festival

Auckland, New Zealand
Tier AScreenings
82

Dunedin Film Festival

Dunedin, New Zealand
Tier BScreenings
77

Christchurch Film Festival

Christchurch, New Zealand
Tier BScreenings
77

Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland Jewish Film Festival

Auckland, New Zealand
Tier BScreenings
77

wellington film festival

Wellington, New Zealand
Tier BScreenings
77

Rotorua Lakes International Film Festival

Rotorua, New Zealand
Tier BScreenings
72

Wellington Fringe Film Festival

Wellington, New Zealand
Tier BScreenings
72

Antipodean Short Film Festival

Palmerston North, New Zealand
Tier BScreenings
72

NZ Web Fest

Auckland, New Zealand
Tier BScreenings
72

wellington polish film festival

Wellington, New Zealand
Tier BScreenings
67

african film festival new zealand

Wellington, New Zealand
Tier BScreenings
67

wairoa maori film festival

Nuhaka, New Zealand
Tier BScreenings
65

Maoriland Film Festival

Ōtaki, New Zealand
Tier B
65

Doc Edge Festival

Auckland, New Zealand
Tier B
65

NZ Mountain Film & Book Festival

Wanaka, New Zealand
Tier B
65

The Big Bike Film Night

Taupo, New Zealand
Tier B
65

Third Culture Film Festival NZ

Tauranga, New Zealand
Tier B
60

The Vision Feast Film Festival

Auckland, New Zealand
Tier B
60

Wairoa Māori Film Festival

Nuhaka, New Zealand
Tier B
60

Top of the South Film Festival

New Zealand
Tier B
60

Allshorts 2024

Takaka, New Zealand
Tier B
60

Terror-Fi Film Festival

Wellington, New Zealand
Tier B
60

African Film Festival New Zealand 2026

Auckland, New Zealand
Tier B
60

Day One Film Challenge

Auckland, New Zealand
Tier B
60

New Zealand Asia Pacific Film Festival (NZAPFF)

Auckland, New Zealand
Tier B
60

Aotearoa Surf Film Festival

New Zealand
Tier B
60

reel anime

Wellington; Christchurch, New Zealand
Tier CScreenings
57

pasifika film festival new zealand

Auckland, New Zealand
Tier CScreenings
57

South Pacific Film Festival

Nelson, New Zealand
Tier C
55

NZ Indie Film Festival

Nelson, New Zealand
Tier C
55

Taupo Halloween Film Festival 2021

New Zealand
Tier C
55

Aotearoa Mental Health Film Festival

Mount Eden, New Zealand
Tier C
55

Misty Flicks Film Festival

New Zealand
Tier C
55

Aotearoa Poetry Film Festival

Wellington, New Zealand
Tier C
55

Queenstown Queer Film Festival : To Be Minority.

Queenstown, New Zealand
Tier C
50

NEW ORDER YOUTH INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL

Auckland, New Zealand
Tier C
50

ANFX Film Fest

New Zealand
Tier C
50

CREEP FEST

Nelson, New Zealand
Tier C
50

1 Minute AI Film Festival Aotearoa

Auckland, New Zealand
Tier C
45