PopUp HQ — 36 Spring St (Open all week)

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🗓 9–15 March 2026
Festival HQ / gallery / daily activation (open throughout the festival week)

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🟣 MONDAY — 9 March

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📍 Luxe Cinemas
🕢 7:30 PM — Best of Fest 
A curated selection of this year’s standout international short films.

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📍 PopUp – 36 Spring Street

🖼 TCFF PopUp HQ Open
🗓 March 9–15
🕙 Open Daily

The heart of the festival.
Exhibitions, books, community conversations, networking,
and daily activation throughout the week.

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🔵 TUESDAY — 10 March

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📍 PopUp – 36 Spring Street
🕠 5:30 PM — TCFF Talks: Break On Through
Breaking into — and breaking through — the film industry.
Persistence, pivots, rejection, opportunity. Honest and practical.
 

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📍 Luxe Cinemas
🕢 7:30 PM — Rules of Living
Cross-cultural comedy exploring identity and belonging.
 

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🟢 WEDNESDAY — 11 March

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📍 Tauranga Club
🕠 5:30 PM — TCFF Talks: Social Cohesion & Culture
Storytelling, identity, belonging in a divided world.
[Buy Tickets]

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📍 Luxe Cinemas
🕢 7:30 PM — Go Movie
Faith, purpose, and cinematic impact.
[Buy Tickets]

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🟡 THURSDAY — 12 March

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📍 PopUp – 36 Spring Street
🕠 5:30 PM — TCFF Talks: Seeking Divinity
Spirituality, doubt, transcendence through cinema.
 

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📍 Luxe Cinemas
🕢 7:30 PM — Beyond The Island
Feature screening.
 

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🔴 Friday 13 March

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📍 Luxe Cinemas 
🕦 11:00 AM — Mindscape 

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🕧 12:30 PM — Uncharted Glory  

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🕝 2:00 PM — Aletheia 

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🕞 3:30 PM — Voices of Venus 

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🕔 5:00 PM — Best of Fest 

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📍 The Tauranga Club
🕡 6:30 PM — Midnight Royale 

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🟠 Saturday 14 March

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📍 Tauranga Waterfront
🕚 11:00 AM — TCFF Oasis Extravaganza (FREE)

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📍 Luxe Cinemas 
🕦 11:00 AM — Under One Sky 

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🕧 12:30 PM — Truth Unscripted 

 

 

 

 

🕝 2:00 PM — Animation 

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🕞 3:30 PM — Cross Slice of Kiwi 

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🕔 5:00 PM — On a Lighter Note

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🕡 6:30 PM — Valley of Shadows

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📍 PopUp — 36 Spring St
🕖 7:00 PM — Networking Night

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🟣 Sunday 15 March

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🕧 12:30 PM — Seeking Eternity (Block 10) 

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🕝 2:00 PM — Best of Fest (Block 1) 

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📍 PopUp — 36 Spring St — Festival Closing
🕕 6:00 PM — Awards Ceremony (Festival event )

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