First Selection of 2024 Films Announced
We’re busy preparing our 2024 programme and look forward to sharing all the details with you in the new year. We’ve already announced our opening night film, Stanley Kubrick’s Barry…
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Ryan O’Neal dies aged 82
He was remembered by many for his early career in the soap opera Peyton Place and his films such as Love Story, and for Paper Moon, where he starred opposite…
Stanley Kubrick’s masterpiece Barry Lyndon to open WFS 2024 programme
The Wellington Film Society is delighted to announce that Barry Lyndon will open our 2024 programme of cinema next year in Wellington’s Embassy Theatre. Released in 1975, Barry Lyndon is Stanley Kubrick’s…
End of Season Celebration
You are Invited to a Celebration of the Final Night of the 2023 Film Society Programme ! On 4 December 2023, right after our last screening of The African Queen,…
Wellington Film Society on the airwaves
Wellington Film Society President, Harry Evans joined host Rosie Howells on RadioActive’s breakfast programme this Monday to discuss all things WFS! They discussed our 2024 programme including our screenings of The…
Notice of Special General Meeting
Under Section 3-5 (d) of the Wellington Film Society Inc. Rules, you are invited to attend a Special General Meeting of the Wellington Film Society Inc., to be held: 6.15pm,…
Reframing Mental Health
Aotearoa Mental Health Film Festival Mental health narratives have long been depicted in cinema – for example, the recent WFS screening of Nightmare Alley shows the ravages of addiction and substance use…
Volunteer slots available for Youth Film Festival
As a volunteer, you will be part of an exclusive event where you can experience the glamour and excitement of the special Industry Day and a red carpet Awards Ceremony…
Halloween week Prom Night: Brian de Palma’s Carrie
Ever dreamed of watching one of the horror genre’s most influential films in a gothic church? Keep the Halloween spirits alive all week with a very special screening of Brian…
Italian Film Festival 2023
Benvenuti from the Embassy of Italy and the organisers who introduce the Festival… “It is our great pleasure to present the Eighth Edition of the Italian Film Festival | Cinema…
Exploring the folk horror of The Wicker Man and Eerie Pageantry
Wellington Film Society is delighted to partner with City Gallery Te Whare Toi to celebrate the folk horror connections of our Halloween and fiftieth anniversary screening of The Wicker Man…
British and Irish Film Festival
Opening with One Life starring Anthony Hopkins and Helena Bonham Carter, you can name check a list of great actors and personalities in a range of 2023 releases. Olivia Colman…
Your favourite Festival Film
What was your favourite Festival film? The votes are in, the numbers have been officially crunched and Your Top 5 films are listed in ascending order below. As well as…
We’re back! says NZIFF
“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…
Our Top 5 Festival Films
By Sarah Leslie We hope everyone had a great festival and hope it wasn’t too difficult to see most of the films that caught your eye. Like many of you, we spent…
WFS brings quizzing back to the film festival
Wellington Film Society (WFS) was delighted to host its annual film quiz for the first time since 2019 on 8 August 2023. Part of Whānau Mārama New Zealand Annual Film…
Mladen Ivančić, six-time acting boss of the Film Commission, retires
Behind classic black spectacles in a Wellington cafe, newly-retired Mladen Ivančić ponders his future. “I’m going to miss the camaraderie, the people, the intellectual challenge of solving problems that seem…
Encore screenings: 13-16 August
Wellington, we’re excited to announce encore screenings for the following popular films. Get in quick and secure your tickets before they sell out! Monday 14 August The Corridors of Power 5.30pm…
Wellington Film Society to fend off the post-festival blues with thrilling triple-header
The New Zealand International Film Festival may be wrapping up its Wellington programme on 13 August, but Wellington Film Society is dedicated to keeping the momentum going for the Capital’s…
Enjoy every movie…
Our homegrown festival is now in full swing, and in gently darkened cinemas across Aotearoa New Zealand we can sit together and watch films that allow us, however briefly, to…
52nd Wellington Film Festival Is Live!
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…