The Wellington Film Society is open to everyone
We operate on a subscription basis to comply with screening rights restrictions.
Membership gives you free entry to all our screenings, and most screenings are open to members only.
You can join at any time of the year, with membership running for 12 months from the month of joining. The cost is just $120 yearly, with Discounted and Youth membership even less. You can also choose to start with a 3-film sampler and upgrade to a full membership later.
3 Film Sampler
Choose any 3 films to see over 12 months
- Free entry to any other NZ Film Society screenings nationwide.
- Can upgrade to a Full Year Membership by paying the price difference.
- No discounts at the Whānau Mārama (NZIFF) Festival or at local cinemas.
- Admits only the person named on the card.
$40
Full Year Membership
See every film we screen for 12 months
- Free entry to any other NZ Film Society screenings nationwide.
- You may qualify for a discounted price. Check the details on the next form.
- Discounts at the Whānau Mārama (NZIFF) Festival and at some local cinemas.
- Free admission for a guest to any one screening.
$120
Recently Screened Films
A Ghost StoryRepeating Event
This profoundly cinematic ghost story tracks the progress of a spirit who can’t let go of the woman he loved and the house they shared, evoking a moving sense of existential disquiet. “It exists in an eerie cinematic in-between, and is completely unlike anything else you’ll see this year.” – The Telegraph ...
Brewster McCloudRepeating Event
Fresh from the success of M*A*S*H, Altman threw his unmistakable directorial flair behind this sharply scripted, avian-themed black comedy about a recluse who dreams of being able to fly. “One of Altman's most charming exercises in cabaret humor and off-the-cuff modernism.” – Chicago Reader ...
La ChinoiseRepeating Event
Godard’s pop-art masterpiece embraces and parodies the revolutionary spirit of a group of middle-class students determined to overthrow the establishment by any means necessary. “Brilliant dialectical farce, distinctly disquieting as well as gratingly funny.” – Time Out ...
ScarfiesRepeating Event
A group of uni students finds more than they bargained for when they move into an abandoned house in Sarkies’ newly restored Dunedin crime caper. “Easily the most outlandishly entertaining New Zealand film for years.” – Christchurch Star ...
The Wild BunchRepeating Event
Aging outlaws go out in a blaze of glory in Peckinpah’s elegiac film about the last days of the Wild West. Still the brutal benchmark for action cinema, influencing countless imitators. “It’s a towering achievement that grows more riveting and resonant with the years.” – Rolling Stone ...
PolyesterRepeating Event
Baltimore housewife Divine is driven to alcoholism by her cheating husband, promiscuous daughter and foot-fetishist son in this pungent parody of melodramatic delirium. “Polyester is a liberatingly crude satire of suburban mores.” – Entertainment Weekly ...