AFRICAN FILM FESTIVAL NEW ZEALAND

JULY 18, 2024 TO JULY 28, 2024

Patrons

We are extremely proud of and grateful to our wonderful Patrons, who are some of the most respected leaders and practitioners in the New Zealand arts community. They were a great source of advice and inspiration for us at our inaugural festival in 2015 and we couldn’t be happier that they are with us again this year.

Penny Hulse
Councillor, Auckland City / Former Deputy Mayor

Sam Neill
Actor and Wine Maker

Clare de Lore, Lady McKinnon
Honorary Consul,
Republic of Rwanda

Wanjiku Kiarie Sanderson
Kenyan – New Zealand
playwright, actor

Professor Michael Neill
Shakespearean scholar and actor

Dame Jenny Gibbs
New Zealand arts patron

Professor Annie Goldson
University of Auckland,
documentary film maker

Oscar Vaito’elau Kightley
MNZM, New Zealand actor
and playwright

Witi Ihimaera
Author

Gregory Fortuin
Former Race Relations
Concilliator

Celia Wade-Brown
Former Mayor,
Wellington City

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