2024 Whānau Mārama: New Zealand International Film Festival brings a special mix of highly anticipated dramas, comedies, documentaries, shorts, and horrors to this year's programme.

The 2024 lineup brings together a programme of diverse films. This year's films come from 20 countries including Bhutan, Iran, Somalia, Nepal and Vietnam, as well as China, Japan, the UK, Ireland, USA, France, Germany, Portugal and Australia.

Some films showing in the Nelson region include:
- We Were Dangerous dir. Josephine Stewart-Te Whiu
- The Substance dir Coralie Fargeat
- A Mistake dir. Christine Jeffs
- Alien Weaponry: Kua Tupu Te Ara dir. Kent Belcher