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WELLINGTON 28 JULY – 13 AUGUST 2017 BOOK AT NZIFF.CO.NZ L New Zealand Films Smash Palace Mauri How Far is Heaven The Last Dogs of Winter The World’s Fastest Indian Lambs Madam Black Giselle Night Shift Once Were Warriors Watch your first f ilm for free We have 200 free views to give away for f irst-time subscribers, for a limited time only. Visit ondemand.nzf ilm.co.nz and register. It takes just a few seconds. You will receive a conf irmation of registration by email. Forward your conf irmation to [email protected] and we will send you your unique free-to-view promo code. It’s as easy as that! This offer is limited to the first 200 new subscribers who forward the NZFC ([email protected]) their confirmation email and is one free viewing per new subscriber. Your free viewing must be used by 31 October 2017. This offer expires at the earlier of 200 new confirmation emails received or 31 August 2017. 46th Wellington Film Festival Presented by New Zealand Film Festival Trust under the distinguished patronage of Her Excellency The Right Honourable Dame Patsy Reddy, Governor-General of New Zealand EMBASSY THEATRE PARAMOUNT SOUNDINGS THEATRE, TE PAPA PENTHOUSE CINEMA ROXY CINEMA LIGHT HOUSE PETONE NGĀ TAONGA SOUND & VISION 28 JULY – 13 AUGUST 2017 CITY GALLERY WELLINGTON Director: Bill Gosden General Manager: Sharon Byrne PROUDLY SUPPORTED BY Communications Manager: Rebecca McMillan Wellington Festival Manager: Caroline Palmer Assistant to General Manager: Lisa Bomash Publicist (Auckland): Liv Young Programmer: Sandra Reid Assistant Programmer: Michael McDonnell Animation NOW! Programmer: Malcolm Turner All Ages Programmer: Nic Marshall Incredibly Strange Programmer: Anthony Timpson Online Content Coordinator: Kailey Carruthers Content Manager: Ina Kinski Materials and Content Assistants: Ian Freer, Jule Hartung Technical Adviser: Ian Freer Publications Coordinator: Tim Wong Administration Coordinator: Estela Sangkop Audience Development Coordinator: Alice Vilardel Wellington Communications Assistant: Abby Cattermole Guest Coordinator: Pamela Harvey-White Festival Accounts: Alan Collins Ticketing Supervisor: Tim Keats Festival Interns: Miles Chan (Auckland), Kezia Dwyer (Wellington) Publication Design: Ocean Design Group Publication Production: Greg Simpson Cover Design: Ponui Patuaka, Meri Gracia Cover Illustration: Tom Simpson Animated Title: Anthony Hore (designer), Aaron Hilton (animator), Tim Prebble (sound), Catherine Fitzgerald (producer) THE NEW ZEALAND FILM FESTIVAL TRUST Chair: Catherine Fitzgerald Trustees: Louise Baker, Adrienne Bonell, James Every-Palmer, Tearepa Kahi, Robin Laing, Andrew Langridge, Tanya Surrey, Chris Watson Financial Controller: Chris Prowse The New Zealand Film Festival Trust Box 9544, Marion Square Wellington 6141, New Zealand ph: (64 4) 385 0162 [email protected] PROUDLY SUPPORTED AND PRINTED BY Contact Jim Rendell ph: 0274 774026, (+64 9) 477 0115 [email protected] CONTENTS 07 16 26 52 54 Big Nights Aotearoa World For All Fresh Ages 64 68 76 80 82 Thrill Framing Game Music Portrait Reality Changers of an Artist 86 90 91 Incredibly Shorts with Meet the Strange Features Filmmakers WELCOME In a year fraught with changes you might not want to be reminded about, we bring you the 2017 NZIFF catalogue, cleverly contrived to look like business as usual. Yes, indeed, we have made our choice of the best the world had to offer us and the assortment is as rich and varied as it always has been. But the world’s best filmmakers move as the world moves, and it is impossible to deny the darkness of the new films that dominated Cannes this year – or to ignore the fact that recently so many filmmakers have felt compelled to address the imperilled rights of the young. We’ve screened numerous very long great films before, so we’re a little surprised that our inclusion of Top of the Lake: China Girl has been hailed as the falling of a barricade. We are just pleased that we get to give such enthralling, original work the big-screen treatment it deserves. A more telling sign of the times may be that, thanks to the sponsorship of Shift 72, we have quietly launched NZIFF On Demand to extend the life of our cinema programme. Of course we are delighted that so many of our supporters stay the same. The Wellington City Council’s custodianship of the Embassy Theatre is the rock on which we stand. 2degrees Mobile returns as sponsor of our World cinema section for a second year. Resene join us for their fourth year as sponsors of another stunning bunch of New Zealand films. Flicks.co.nz, RadioLIVE and Metro magazine remain proactive media partners. We also welcome Herald.co.nz as our digital news partner. Seeing how responsive they all are to our programme energises us when we most need it. Thanks to Wellington Community Trust for a second year’s support and to our longstanding Gala sponsors Russell McVeagh. Ultimately it’s the support of its audience that keeps our non-profit enterprise in action, and, it always bears saying, the perseverance of independent filmmakers who did whatever it took to get these films made. 25% of your ticket money goes their way. Ticket sales contributed 88% of our income in 2016. The major sponsorship we receive from the New Zealand Film Commission is a gratifying institutional contribution to that support system. Come in out of the rain, says our poster. Though not every great film yielded by the last turbulent year was intended to fold you in a warm embrace, there’s fun in store at NZIFF and life to be had together at the movies. Bill Gosden Director 1 TICKET PRICES 2 BUYING TICKETS BOOKINGS OPEN ON THURSDAY 6 JULY AT 10.00 AM A CODED SESSIONS Advance bookings will be available for all NZIFF screenings. You can select your own Sessions starting after 5.00 pm weekdays and all weekend sessions seats if you book online. Book early to secure your favourite seats, and to ensure your (unless otherwise indicated). tickets for screenings at the smaller venues. » Full Price $18.50 ONLINE www.nziff.co.nz » Film Society/Film Industry Guilds $15.00 You have the option to select your own seats if you book online, using the ‘CHANGE SEAT’ button before you complete your purchase. Tickets purchased online will » Student/Community Service Card $15.00 be emailed to you, allowing you to print them at home. Please ensure you print » Child (15 and under)/Senior (65+) $12.50 your ticket, not just your confirmation letter, and bring your ID if you have booked concession discount tickets. You may also present your ticket on your mobile. Please B CODED SESSIONS ensure your ticket is loaded and ready for presentation. Sessions starting before 5.00 pm weekdays or of a shorter duration and IN PERSON BEFORE NZIFF (from Thursday 6 July to Thursday 27 July) others as indicated. Advance tickets for all NZIFF screenings will be available at the NZIFF box office at » Full Price $15.00 the Paramount, 25 Courtenay Place. 10.00 am – 6.00 pm Monday to Friday, 11.00 am – 4.00 pm Saturday and Sunday. » Child (15 and under)/Senior (65+) $12.50 IN PERSON DURING NZIFF (from Friday 28 July) C CODED SESSIONS Embassy, Paramount, Penthouse Cinema, Nga¯ Taonga Sound & Vision, » All tickets $11.50 City Gallery, Light House Petone: From Friday 28 July tickets to all NZIFF screenings are available from these box offices. Each box office will open 45 minutes prior to the first ✪ SPECIAL EVENT Top of the Lake: China Girl NZIFF session of the day and close 15 minutes after the start of the final NZIFF session. » Full Price $45.00 Te Papa: Tickets to all NZIFF screenings are available from the NZIFF box office outside Soundings Theatre. This will open 45 minutes prior to the first NZIFF session of the day » Film Society/Film Industry Guilds $40.00 at Te Papa and close 15 minutes after the start of the final NZIFF session. » Student/Community Service Card $40.00 Roxy Cinema: The box office at the Roxy Cinema can only sell tickets for their » Senior (65+) $40.00 own NZIFF screenings. The box office opens 45 minutes before each NZIFF session commences and closes 15 minutes after each session starts. Box office closed ONLINE DISCOUNT between sessions. Purchase ten Full Price tickets or more in one online transaction and automatically Please note: Patrons buying tickets for sessions about to start may be given priority receive a discount of $2.00 per ticket. over patrons seeking advance bookings. TEN-TRIP PASS MAIL BOOKINGS A booking form can be found on the NZIFF website. Once printed and completed, post Valid for all sessions (excluding Special Events), subject to seat availability. to: New Zealand International Film Festival, PO Box 9544, Marion Square, Wellington Venue sales only. 6141. Alternatively, you can call (04) 802 2579 and we can post you a booking form. » Ten-Trip Pass $150.00 TELEPHONE – Please note that we have very limited phone booking services The Ten-Trip Pass can be purchased in advance from the NZIFF Paramount Box Office Hours before NZIFF (from Thursday 6 July to Thursday 27 July) (or from NZIFF venues during NZIFF dates). It can be used to book tickets in advance 10.00 am – 5.00 pm Monday to Friday, 11.00 am – 4.00 pm Saturday and Sunday. or on the day at NZIFF box offices for any session that is not sold out. The Ten-Trip Ph: (04) 801 8054 Pass cannot be used for online, phone or mail bookings. The pass cannot be used Hours during NZIFF (from Friday 28 July to Sunday 13 August) to secure tickets for Top of the Lake: China Girl.