“We’re back!” is New Zealand Film Festival Trust Chair Catherine Fitzgerald’s wrap on the Whānau Mārama New Zealand International Film Festival (NZIFF) 2023 season. Highlights of the 2023 nationwide festival have included: . 3752 hours, or 156 days, of non-stop…
In 1972, the first Wellington Film Festival launched a programme of seven films – one per day at the Paramount Theatre. The “INFORMATION BULLETIN -NUMBER 1” told it’s readers that the 11am Saturday screening of Blanche “should make it worth…
The ticket box doors open at 10am, and you can book your choice of films from a fabulous selection from the Wellington programme of 130 full-length films and seven short film collections, with films hailing from 39 countries, including Uganda, Senegal,…
Dame Gaylene Preston is one of New Zealand’s most valued filmmakers, with a screen career spanning four decades. She has writer, director and producer credits covering feature films, documentaries and TV drama series. Many, including War Stories, Bread And Roses,…
Whānau Mārama: New Zealand International Film Festival (NZIFF) today reveals an impressive line-up of films for tamariki of all ages that are set to feature in its 2023 Square Eyes programme lighting up cinemas around Aotearoa this winter from 19 July.…
NZIFF today announced 8 documentaries selected to screen at the 2023 festival. Subjects covered include alarming covert efforts of governments and private investors to gain control of the most vital resources on the planet, the lives of four black US…
Whānau Marama, the beloved New Zealand International Film Festival, returns to Wellington from 27 July to 13 August this year. This week they’ve announced the first five films of the programme, including the acclaimed donkey tale, EO directed by Jerzy Skolimowski and Past Lives, the debut…