I knew that applying for a role at NZIFF would be the perfect excuse to move back to Wellington, the city that taught me to live from a drip feed of art, music, and film. And I was right to return from Melbourne. We are all being spoilt by this year's incredibly diverse, fresh and challenging (in the best way) programme. I have managed to whittle my list of 50 (yes, 50!) films I've seen and loved, and the titles that make my heart pound, down to 12. This was hard guys. Enjoy.
Films — by Collection
- At the Movies: Bill Gosden and Simon Morris
- Bill Gosden’s Guide to NZIFF 2017
- Coup De Main
- Letterboxd
- Metro: David Larsen
- Staff Picks: Abby Cattermole
- Staff Picks: Alice Vilardel
- Staff Picks: Ant Timpson
- Staff Picks: Beck Eleven
- Staff Picks: Hedda ten Holder
- Staff Picks: Ina Kinski
- Staff Picks: Jo Scott
- Staff Picks: Kailey Carruthers
- Staff Picks: Kezia Dwyer
- Staff Picks: Manali Bhatia
- Staff Picks: Miles Chan
- Staff Picks: Nick Paris
- Staff Picks: Rebecca McMillan
- Staff Picks: Sandra Reid
- Staff Picks: Tim Keats
- The Residents: Lucy Revill
- Wellington Film Society
Staff Picks: Abby Cattermole
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Brigsby Bear
This weird and wonderful indie comedy stars Saturday Night Live’s Kyle Mooney as a man totally obsessed with a TV show about a bear saving the world. Also starring Greg Kinnear, Mark Hamill, Claire Danes.
![The Killing of a Sacred Deer](/assets/resized/sm/upload/5y/d6/5p/bq/Killing%20of%20a%20Sacred%20Deer%20KEY-0-520-0-390-crop.jpg?k=3fdac21f6e)
The Killing of a Sacred Deer
Reuniting with his Lobster director, Colin Farrell plays a surgeon, husband and father of two whose placid domestic life is slowly, insidiously disrupted by the persistent demands of a teenage stalker.
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A Ghost Story
A simple story told with the simplest means, A Ghost Story tracks the progress of a ghost who can’t let go of the woman he loved and the house they shared, evoking a profoundly moving sense of existential disquiet.