A celebration of local grassroots filmmakers showcasing recent short films, documentaries and music videos created by Otago and Southland creatives, presented by the Southern Filmmakers Collective.
The Southern Filmmakers Collective are thrilled to present a night of local screen arts creativity!
With a diverse program or short films, music videos, and documentaries from recent years by creatives from across Otago and Southland, this event celebrates local talent from students to seasoned professionals and shows off our region through the eyes of its resident filmmakers.
Little Cinema’s first season under SFC’s guardianship kick off November 2025!
Have a film you’d like to screen?
Little Cinema is ppen to narrative, documentary films or music videos under 15 minutes by a director, producer or writer living in, or who is closely connected to, Otago or Southland, and completed within the last 2 years.
Little Cinema is not a competitive film festival, but a grassroots screening celebrating local filmmakers of all levels. You may submit several films with separate entry forms. We will however need to make selections of films for the screening's program should there be too many entered.
Our first programme of films is now confirmed for screenings in November 2025 across Queenstown, Wanaka an Dunedin. Stay tuned for future opportunities!
