Movies
Wellington Silver Screeners: Verity Mackintosh
As new Kiwi film Kōkā takes New Zealand cinemas and festivals by storm, I sat down with producer Verity Mackintosh to get the inside scoop.
Youth and vigour
Full of youth and vigour, the six shorts featured at Canadian Short Film Night at Southern Cross Garden Bar Restaurant on the 25th of June make thoughtful observations about our world.
Wellington Silver Screeners: David Stubbs
Emmy Award-winning filmmaker David Stubbs has recently released his newest series Secrets at Red Rocks, which was filmed entirely in Te Whanganui-a-Tara. We caught up with him to ask him all about the experience of filming in his hometown.
A cinematic celebration
The 19th annual French Film Festival Aotearoa c’est magnifique! Catch comedies and crime capers, dramas and documentaries, romance and more in Wellington from the 4th to the 29th of June.
Wellington Silver Screeners: Akash Saravanan
Meet rising Pōneke film talent Akash Saravanan. Currently undertaking a film degree and with numerous short films under his belt, he fell in love with filmmaking after moving to Aotearoa’s cinema capital.
The symphony of culture
Bring your tissues to Tinā, which is out in theatres on the 27th of February. This heartwarming and heartbreaking story celebrates mothers everywhere and the healing power of music.
Wellington Silver Screeners: Vincent Ward
Vincent Ward is one of Aotearoa’s filmmaking heavyweights, with titles the likes of Map of the Human Heart and What Dreams May Come in his oeuvre. I had the honour of hearing some of his stories.
A smorgasbord of shorts
Be voracious, Wellington! Show Me Shorts Film Festival is coming to Wellington’s Light House Cuba cinema between the 16th and 23rd of October to serve up bite-sized morsels of movie magic.
Steadfast storytelling
A celebration of documentary storytelling, Doc Edge Film Festival takes audiences to the far reaches of the globe and into the heart of humanity. Explore every facet of life from Te Auaha and The Roxy Cinema from the 3rd to the 14th of July.
Furious filmmaking
Can you make a film in just two days? Come watch Wellington’s finalists of the Vista Foundation 48Hours film competition at the Embassy Theatre on the 5th of July.
Crème de la crème
The French Film Festival is the liaison of the saison – check out all kinds of flicks coming to cinemas across the Wellington Region from the 5th to the 26th of June.
Cinema Italiano
For one night only on the 22nd of May, Southern Cross Garden Bar Restaurant will transport cinephiles to the orange-hued land of la dolce vita at The Show Me Shorts Italian Short Film Night.