NZIFF 2017 Gore 17 Aug–27 Aug 2017

Films — by Collection

Metro: David Larsen

“The New Zealand International film Festival is... our annual embodiment of the Great Truth About Culture: you are going to die leaving a lot of good things unread, unlistened to, and unwatched...

The right approach is to work out how much you can take in while still enjoying it, and then do that. There is no wrong number: in case of the festival, 50 films over 17 days is great, but so is five.

Which only leaves the problem of choice. My Mantra: Follow your people, but take some risks.” — David Larsen, Metro Magazine

I Am Not Your Negro

Raoul Peck

This Oscar-nominated documentary draws an astonishing, challenging and utterly contemporary examination of race in the United States entirely from the writings and interview footage of civil rights icon James Baldwin.

20th Century Women

Mike Mills

Annette Bening captivates as a single mother enlisting Greta Gerwig and Elle Fanning to help raise her 15-year-old son in this funny, nuanced memoir of late-70s lifestyles from director Mike Mills (Beginners).

Spookers

Florian Habicht

In this funny and improbably charming documentary Florian Habicht looks behind the curtain to show us the real lives of the frighteners at the infamous and hugely popular horror theme park at the old Kingseat Hospital.