The 2026 Programme
The Top of the South Film Festival (TSFF) returns for it’s 12th annual edition.
Ticketing details:
- Nelson events are scheduled for Friday and Saturday, 2. and 3. October (Suter Theatre). Tickets available at events.humanitix.com/tsfilmfest/tickets
- Marlborough screenings are scheduled for Sunday, October 10 (Blenheim Event Cinemas). Tickets at Humanitix
All festival proceeds are donated to the Top of the South Film Production Society, which provides financial support to its members who pursue the art of filmmaking in our Top of the South region.
2026 Programme of Events
Friday 2nd Oct
Screening 1
7-9pm | The Suter, Nelson | M rating
Welcoming Pōwhiri, complimentary canapés, followed by a screening of NZ finest short films.
In alphabetical order:
| A Helping Hand |
| Absolute |
| Assistance |
| Cookies & Cream |
| Going Down |
| Hardly Working |
| Porkie Pies |
| Rumpelstilzchen |
| Threads Across The Pacific |
| When life gives you lemons. |
| XPT |
| Yeah The Girls |
Saturday 3rd Oct
Screening 2 6-8pm | The Suter, Nelson | M rating
screening of NZ finest short films.
In alphabetical order:
| Banana Destiny |
| Big Boys |
| Birds of a Feather |
| Miss 32 |
| Ōpaoa |
| Our Glass |
| Sail Away |
| Sister Josephine |
| The Adventures Of Boy and Luann |
| The Magnum Opal |
| The Pair |
| The Wizard of Wellington |
| Washed Up |
Screening 3 8-10pm | The Suter, Nelson | M rating
screening of NZ finest short films.
In alphabetical order:
| A Starling Called Matisse |
| Engari |
| MAN AND HIS WILL |
| MoonLite |
| More Than Anything |
| Spleenberg |
| Static Noises |
| The Subantarctic: Wild Islands (~15) |
| Trace |
Thursday 16 Oct
Screening 4
6-8pm | Blenheim Event Cinemas | M rating
screening of NZ finest short films.
In alphabetical order:
| A Helping Hand |
| Absolute |
| Birds of a Feather |
| Cookies & Cream |
| Hardly Working |
| Ōpaoa |
| Porkie Pies |
| Rumpelstilchen |
| Sister Josephine |
| The Wizard of Wellington |
| Threads Across The Pacific |
| Trace |
| Yeah The Girls |
Screening 5
8-10pm | Blenheim Event Cinemas | M rating
screening of NZ finest short films.
In alphabetical order:
| A Starling Called Matisse |
| Banana Destiny |
| Engari |
| MAN AND HIS WILL |
| MoonLite |
| More Than Anything |
| Our Glass |
| Sail Away |
| Spleenberg |
| Static Noises |
| The Subantarctic: Wild Islands (~15) |
| Washed Up |
| When life gives you lemons. |
| XPT |
Tickets are on sale now!
https://events.humanitix.com/host/top-of-the-south-filmmakers