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Friday, 31 July 2020
Animation Now 2020: NZIFF Review
Wendy: NZIFF Review
Wendy: NZIFF Review
Family Members: NZIFF Review
Family Members: NZIFF Review
Sandra Beerends - They Call Me Babu New Zealand International Film Festival Q&A
Sandra Beerends - They Call Me Babu New Zealand International Film Festival Q&A
Tell us about your 2020
What have you learned about film-making, the film-making community and the film-going audience during the pandemic?
What's the single best moment of your film?
Thursday, 30 July 2020
Heroic Losers: NZIFF Review
Heroic Losers: NZIFF Review
Last and First Men: NZIFF Review
Last and First Men: NZIFF Review
Corpus Christi: NZIFF Review
Corpus Christi: NZIFF Review
The Truth: NZIFF Review
The Truth: NZIFF Review
Unhinged: Film Review
Unhinged: Film Review
Where'd You Go, Bernadette?: Film Review
Where'd You Go, Bernadette?: Film Review
Wednesday, 29 July 2020
True History of the Kelly Gang: NZIFF Review
True History of the Kelly Gang: NZIFF Review
Exile: NZIFF Review
Exile: NZIFF Review
Ellie & Abbie (& Ellie's Dead Aunt Too): NZIFF Review
Ellie & Abbie (& Ellie's Dead Aunt Too): NZIFF Review
Dinner in America: NZIFF Review
Dinner in America: NZIFF Review
Bloody Nose, Empty Pockets: NZIFF Review
Bloody Nose, Empty Pockets: NZIFF Review
Tuesday, 28 July 2020
Rūrangi: NZIFF Review
Rūrangi: NZIFF Review
Monday, 27 July 2020
King of the Cruise: NZIFF Review
King of the Cruise: NZIFF Review
Some Kind of Heaven: NZIFF Review
Some Kind of Heaven: NZIFF Review
Win a double pass to see UNHINGED in the cinema
Win a double pass to see UNHINGED in the cinema
Sunday, 26 July 2020
Kubrick by Kubrick: NZIFF Review
Kubrick by Kubrick: NZIFF Review
Steelers: The World's First Gay Rugby Club: NZIFF Review
Steelers: The World's First Gay Rugby Club: NZIFF Review
Jumbo: NZIFF Review
Jumbo: NZIFF Review
The Prince's Voyage: NZIFF Review
The Prince's Voyage: NZIFF Review
Saturday, 25 July 2020
Yummy: NZIFF Review
Yummy: NZIFF Review
Coded Bias: NZIFF Review
Coded Bias: NZIFF Review
Perfect 10: NZIFF Review
Perfect 10: NZIFF Review
Fritzi: A Revolutionary Tale: NZIFF Review
Fritzi: A Revolutionary Tale: NZIFF Review
Instinct: NZIFF Review
Instinct: NZIFF Review
Friday, 24 July 2020
Relic: NZIFF Review
Relic: NZIFF Review
Tench: NZIFF Review
Tench: NZIFF Review
Driveways: NZIFF Review
Driveways: NZIFF Review
Just 6.5: NZIFF Review
Just 6.5: NZIFF Review
Thursday, 23 July 2020
Jumbo director Zoe Wittock - New Zealand International Film Festival 2020 Q&A
New Zealand International Film Festival Q&A 2020: Zoe Wittock, Jumbo
Tell us about your 2020
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Wednesday, 22 July 2020
Tench director Patrice Toye - New Zealand International Film Festival Q&A 2020
Tench director Patrice Toye - New Zealand International Film Festival Q&A 2020
Your Name My name is Patrice Toye
Title of your film Tench Tell us about your 2020 Tench had its international première at the Rotterdam Film Festival, that was great ! But soon Covid changed all my plans of travelling around from festival to festival with my delicate film. First I was very frustrated and sad about that, but once I accepted things as they are, I saw the advantages: more time to spend with my family, time to read and time to write. There is beauty in being silent for a while…
How has Covid-19 impacted you and your film? Tench had just been released in theatres in my home country when Corona closed everything down. I hope we will have a ‘re-birth ‘ online and in some arthouse cinemas later this year.Tench plays at Whanau Marama, the New Zealand International Film festival. You can get all the details here - https://www.nziff.co.nz/2020/at-home-online/tench/
Tuesday, 21 July 2020
Whanau Marama - the New Zealand International Film Festival 2020 Preview - five of the best
Whanau Marama - the New Zealand International Film Festival 2020 Preview - five of the best
that commands every frame as it unspools.
Sweet, innocent and yet profoundly moving, the story is one of those that can be filed under "Life happens"; and yet, it's a little more than that.
It may be one of Dennehy's last roles, but that sentiment isn't the reason to adore Driveways - it's a timeless film of connection that doesn't rely on cheap narrative tricks and reveals to hammer its point home. In fact, it's the antithesis of such films - and it's all the better for it.
Driveways also has the most bittersweet final shots of the festival too, so don't be surprised if it catches you off guard.
Whanau Marama - The New Zealand International Film Festival 2020 runs from 24 July to August 3.
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