This very special screening is presented to celebrate 50 years of the film festival in Wellington.
Festival Programme
Films — by Genre
- Action
- Activism
- Animals
- Animation
- Artists
- Award-winners
- Bad Kids
- Based on Books
- Belief
- Comedy
- Coming of Age
- Dance
- Documentary
- Education
- Environment
- Feminism
- Films about Films
- Food and Beverage
- Historical
- Horror
- Human Rights
- Incarcerated
- Indigenous
- Jewish
- LGBTQIA+
- Love Stories
- Masters
- Migration
- Music
- Māori/Pacific
- Philosophy
- Photography
- Politics
- Retro
- Science & Technology
- Science Fiction
- Sex and Sexuality
- Stylistic
- Thriller
- Travel
- WTF?
- War Zones
- Wellbeing
- Westerns
- Women Make Docs
- Women Make Features
- Writers
Stylistic

El Planeta
From Spanish creator Amalia Ulman, the darkly comedic El Planeta explores the relationship between a mother and daughter pair on the edge of financial ruin.

Helmut Newton: The Bad and the Beautiful
One of the photography world’s most provocative artists, Helmut Newton’s story is told by the women who knew him best: those who lived with him, inspired him and disrobed for his lens.

Swan Song
“The Liberace of Sandusky” emerges from retirement for one last day in the sun – and one final night on stage – in a knock-out turn by Udo Kier.

Sweat
This portrait of a woman on the verge follows fitness influencer Sylwia Zając, a social media celebrity with 600,000 followers, whose glossy, energetic brand begins to crack as she grows more and more isolated by her fame.