2018

One language, a world of emotions

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FESTIVAL SPONSORS 4 AUCKLAND BIENVENUE 5 - 6 1 - 21 March Rialto Cinemas Newmarket C’est la vie! OPENING NIGHT 7 KOLEOS 2 - 21 March Mrs. Hyde CL0SING NIGHT 8 Berkeley Cinemas Takapuna from only Kate Rodger’s Festival Picks FESTIVAL PATRON’S PICKS 9 Double Lover DARE TO LOVE 12 CHRISTCHURCH 6 - 25 March Ismael’s Ghosts 13 Hoyts Riccarton BPM (Beats Per Minute) 14 WELLINGTON A Woman Is a Woman 15 + ORC 7 - 28 March $39,990 Redoubtable ICONIC ARTISTS 16 Embassy Theatre Gauguin 17 NEW PLYMOUTH Barbara 18 8 - 21 March Rodin 19 Event Cinemas Dalida 20 NELSON Dr. Knock COMEDY ESSENTIALS 22 14 - 28 March The Exes 23 Suter Theatre Return of the Hero 24 TIMARU 9 The Movie 25 15 - 25 March Jealous 26 Movie Max Digital Ava COMING OF AGE 28 TAURANGA Montparnasse Bienvenüe 29 15 - 28 March Aurore 30 Rialto Cinemas Tauranga Reinventing Marvin 31 HAVELOCK NORTH The Guardians LA GRANDE GUERRE 34 21 March - 4 April See You Up There 35 Event Cinemas Ceasefre 36 DUNEDIN Faces Places SPOTLIGHT ON FRANCE AND BEYOND 40 22 March - 4 April Rialto Cinemas Dunedin Number One 41 The Brigade 42 HAMILTON This Is Our Land 43 22 March - 11 April Lido Cinema Lumières ... Caméra ... Tour de France 44 LED Daylight running headlights, The Graduation 45 ARROWTOWN 5 - 15 April Automatic headlights, 5 colour ambient Rear-view camera and sensors Back to Burgundy 46 Dorothy Browns cabin lighting beam. with easy park assist. Bloody Milk 47 Makala 48 PALMERSTON NORTH 5 - 18 April The Tribe of the Invisible 49 Action! Event Cinemas 2.5L petrol, 2L diesel, 4×2 and all mode 4×4 Land of Metal 49 The Big Bad Fox and Other Tales EDUCATION OUTREACH 51 AKAROA Technology 8 inch touchscreen, panoramic 6, 7, 8 and 13, 14, 15 April Sunroof, auto tailgate Belle & Sebastian: Friends for Life 52 Akaroa Cinema – Ciné Café Orchestra Class 53 SPECIAL EVENTS 54 - 56 See pages 66 - 67 RENDEZ-VOUS AT YOUR LOCAL DEALERSHIP for venue details SCHEDULE 58 - 65 TO TEST DRIVE THE BEST THE FRENCH HAVE TO OFFER TICKETING INFO 66 - 68 Visit renault.co.nz or search KOLEOS ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 70

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Bienvenue à l’Alliance Française French Film Festival en Nouvelle-Zélande! AMBASSADE DE FRANCE New Zealand EN NOUVELLE-ZÉLANDE Silver Sponsors Le cinéma français remains as innovative, exciting, moving and surprising as ever. We feel honoured once again to present you with a diverse selection of some of the best contemporary French and Francophone cinema. Pacific heart Here is a little introduction to what we ofer you in this year’s programme: Ofcial Sponsors L’amour – French people have always been particularly good at talking about love. The flms in our Dare to Love section explore relationships, commitment and love while challenging our attitudes and expectations.

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Chers amis du cinéma français,

It is my pleasure to invite you to the 12th edition of the Alliance Française French Film Festival in New Zealand.

Under the passionate leadership of its very knowledgeable director, Dorothée Basel, and thanks to the hard work of a dedicated team as well as to the essential contribution of outstanding sponsors, the AFFFF has been ramping up from one year to the next, achieving yet again record box ofce attendance during the 2017 edition. Over 37,000 spectators turned this Festival into a great success, sharing a common interest, sometimes even a passion for our culture and language. I would personally like to thank you all for your ongoing support as it is your love of French cinema that enables the Festival to thrive and live on.

With 37 movies brought to 13 cities across the country, this year’s Festival ofers a carefully crafted selection of the best recent releases from France and Francophone countries that tackle a variety of themes. I would like to mention some of the focuses for 2018 that particularly drew my attention. First, 2018 will be the year of women in cinema. OPENING NIGHT The audience of this year’s festival will be able to enjoy the works of some highly skilled and experienced women flm directors such as Agnès Varda (Faces Places), Claire Simon (The Graduation) or Anne Fontaine (Reinventing Marvin) but also rising talents including Léa Mysius (Ava) and Léonor Seraille (Montparnasse Bienvenüe) as well as brilliant C’est la vie! actresses like Marion Cotillard (Ismael’s Ghosts), Agnès Jaoui (Aurore) and Laetitia Dosch (Montparnasse Bienvenüe) to name but a few. “A carefully crafted character comedy, some hilarious slapstick and a cute love story or two.” Hollywood Reporter The arts will also be particularly present in 2018 with a flm selection that includes recent biopics like Gauguin and Rodin, but also Barbara, Dalida, and Redoubtable (depicting legendary flmmaker Jean-Luc Godard) which all celebrate some of France’s most iconic artists in their respective felds. Le Sens de la fête Max has been a caterer for 30 years. When planning a With biopics, drama, comedies, love stories, flms commemorating World War I, and a special young audience fairytale wedding in a 17th-century castle with the most programme, this year’s remarkable line-up is designed to satisfy every taste. Directors: Éric Tolédano, Olivier Nakache disorganised group of waiters, cooks, photographers and Cast: Jean-Pierre Bacri, Gilles Lelouche, wedding singers, a series of hilarious near catastrophes This year again, to the delight of all please join me in this brilliant celebration of French cinema that the Embassy of Jean-Paul Rouve, Vincent Macaigne, puts the planned wedding at risk. From the wedding France is proud to support. Bons flms, et à bientôt au cinéma! Eyé Haidara, Suzanne Clément, preparations early in the morning to the end of the party Benjamin Lavernhe (of the Comédie H.E. Mrs Florence Jeanblanc-Risler Française), Judith Chemla, Kevin Azaïs, at dawn the next day, various personalities and stories Ambassador of France to New Zealand Basky Manmathan, Hélène Vincent, unfold, all centred around grumpy Max who manages to tie Antoine Chappey everyone together around the one quality that they all share: Country of origin: France le sens de la fête, they all know how to have a good time. Year of production: 2017 The directing duo behind French hit The Intouchables (2010) The 12th edition of the Alliance Française French Film Festival is now ready! Hats of to the cast behind the screen Language: French with English subtitles is back with a fast-paced, highly original comedy set during whose various actions have combined to make it happen! Beginning with Dorothée Basel, La Directrice artistique, Genre: Comedy the chaotic preparations of a chateau-set wedding. Written for whose fair, passion and fghting spirit would probably win her la Palme d’or in another festival! and with the legendary Jean-Pierre Bacri, the character of Max Rating: TBC Bravo also to all the actors in the Alliance Française network who have played a signifcant role in this scenario, from guides the viewer through an ensemble flm where even the Duration: 117 min the distribution of brochures to the organisation of flm-themed quiz nights and the running of special French cinema smallest side character contributes to the rich narrative. courses (to name just a few). San Sebastián International The high-speed succession of gags is perfectly timed with About French cinema now, one of its common traits is precisely its uncommon outlook on life. True to this, the Film Festival 2017, Toronto witty dialogues, convincing performances and a cleverly Festival will lead you down the road less travelled, encouraging you to explore flms that refect on our society, on International Film Festival 2017 written story of solidarity and friendship. This entertaining gender, art, history, and so much more. For the younger audience, several titles have been carefully chosen as part of feature guarantees an enjoyable, buzzy and funny comedy the Education Outreach Programme. A flm for all and all for the flms, I would say! experience. And if you would like to understand a little more of the dialogue during the screenings, why not get in touch with your nearest Alliance Française? Bon festival!

José-Marie Cortès Alliance Française Chief Representative in New Zealand OPENING NIGHT

6. 7. At the Festival with our Festival Patron We are very excited to have media entertainment expert and flm reviewer Kate Rodger join us as Festival Patron this year. Kate, entertainment editor with Newshub, has travelled the world to cover flm premieres and festivals, writing on and discussing flms with many talents from the industry. Who better than this ‘self-confessed addict of all things cinema’ to guide our audience through our rich and diverse selection of French flms! We look forward to sharing her Festival picks with you. Merci for your support, Kate! The Festival Team

There are few things greater on this earth than the feeling of being entirely transported by gifted storytellers, and for me, watching those stories unfold in a dark cinema on a big screen is my quiet addiction. And I have Betty to thank for changing the way I experienced cinema, opening my mind, my senses and my heart to an entirely new world of possibilities. I saw Jean-Jacques Beineix’s Betty Blue as an impressionable CLOSING NIGHT young thing in the heat of new love, and she altered me. Zorg and Betty’s invincible and impossible love story was my everything, Gabriel Yared’s score the soundtrack to my life. Fast forward a few decades (more than I care to admit) and I found myself Mrs. Hyde wandering along the teeming Promenade de la Croisette to the Palais after opening night for my frst media conference at the Festival de Cannes, knowing in my heart that “A wacky reimagination of the Stevenson novel.” Hollywood Reporter flm, French flm, was my everything all over again.

So what a thrill to be asked to be Patron of this fabulous Alliance Française French Film Festival, merci merci! And please, don’t hesitate one moment longer, get thee to the cinema! Madame Hyde Madame Géquil is a timid and eccentric teacher despised by her colleagues and students. On a stormy night, she Kate Rodger’s Festival Picks Director: Serge Bozon is struck by lightning and faints. When she wakes up, she Cast: Isabelle Huppert, José Garcia, feels decidedly diferent, flled with a new, mysterious and Ava page 28 Romain Duris, Adda Senani dangerous energy… Will Madame Géquil manage to keep There is nothing j’adore more than the exciting cinematic aroma of Country of origin: France the powerful and vindictive Madame Hyde contained? a new, emerging and enormous talent, and in Ava, inhaling the frst Year of production: 2017 Reinterpreting Robert L. Stevenson’s literary classic The feature of young female flmmaker Léa Mysius flled me with joy. Here Language: French with English subtitles Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Serge Bozon retells she tells the story of 13-year old Ava on holiday by the sea with her Genre: Drama, Fantasy the tale of split identities in a peculiar way. This deadpan mother, the teenager facing a future with slowly diminishing eyesight. comedy is a clever mix of genres: borrowing from the She is drawn to a local gypsy boy banished from his own community and living on the beach, and Rating: TBC inspirational-teacher movie, reusing the visual identity of 1980s as their relationship grows she will see less and less, while seeing more and more. It’s a compelling Duration: 95 min pastel-coloured science fction flms and gothic novels. By notion, allowing the flmmaker and her audience to look beyond what they see, and instead to explore adding a biting touch of contemporary social commentary to their other senses. This is a coming-of-age story told with an oftentimes confrontingly unique voice, Locarno International Film his witty feature, Bozon creates a highly original narrative and intuitively cast and dripping with a brooding intimacy and intensity. Festival 2017 – Best actress flmic universe. Isabelle Huppert Ismael’s Ghosts page 13 Romain Duris (also in Ceasefre) plays the high school’s director with outlandish perfection. Isabelle Huppert excels as You’d be INSANE to let this opportunity pass you by, a chance to soak the beleaguered teacher in a versatile performance, swaying up three of France’s most gifted actors on the big screen. And what an between fragility and maliciousness. Luminous, eccentric, and unmitigated pleasure it is to watch Oscar-winner Marion Cotillard and occasionally hilarious as Mrs. Hyde, Huppert was deservedly César-winners Charlotte Gainsbourg and Mathieu Amalric face of with awarded the Leopard for Best Actress at the 2017 Locarno each other in a typically twisted and unpredictable love triangle. Amalric International Film Festival. This 2018 Closing Night flm is is a widowed flm director, his grief still a palpable living, breathing force in his life. 20 years after his undoubtedly a must see! young wife disappeared, convincing all those close to her she was dead, Carlotta (Cotillard) reappears. Her arrival will of course throw Ismael’s life and his new relationship with Sylvia (Gainsbourg) into total chaos. Fabulously French, this is everything you need in a big screen festival outing, bursting at the seams with passion, life, comedy and a healthy dose of madness (or is it?). The fact this is also a flm CLOSING NIGHT within a flm will add an even more alluring extra layer for committed cinephiles. PICKS PATRON’S FESTIVAL

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10. 11. Festival Patron Kate Rodger’s Film Pick Double Lover Ismael’s Ghosts

“A deliciously twisted erotic thriller.” Variety “An exceptional work.” Cineuropa

L’Amant double Loosely based on a novel by Joyce Carol Oates, Double Les Fantômes d’Ismaël Arnaud Desplechin’s Ismael’s Ghosts introduces the idyllic Lover follows the story of Chloe, an emotionally delicate relationship between Sylvia (Charlotte Gainsbourg) and Director: François Ozon former model who turns to therapy to try to stabilise her life. Director: Arnaud Desplechin Ismael (Mathieu Amalric, also in Barbara), a widowed Cast: Marine Vacth, Jérémie Renier, Enthralled at once by the enigmatic psychoanalyst Paul, her Cast: Mathieu Amalric, Marion Cotillard, flmmaker in the early stages of a new work. Everything Jacqueline Bisset, Dominique Raymond perfect romance is soon disrupted when Chloe fnds out Charlotte Gainsbourg, Louis Garrel, Alba changes when Carlotta (Marion Cotillard), Ismael’s missing Rohrwacher, Hippolyte Girardot Country of origin: France, Belgium that her lover seems to have a double identity, which leads wife, returns to reclaim the life that she left behind. to a shocking discovery. Country of origin: France Year of production: 2017 The narrative structure of Ismael’s Ghosts pulls the viewer Year of production: 2017 Language: French with English subtitles The novel Lives of the Twins provided the base for the through a variety of time periods, perfectly evoking the Language: French with English subtitles Genre: Psychological erotic thriller interaction between Chloe and the ‘Jekyll and Hyde’ disordered nature of human memory and consciousness. characters displayed in a thrilling performance by Jérémie Genre: Drama, Thriller Rating: TBC The incorporation of the narrative thread from Ismael’s flm, a Renier. François Ozon deftly maintains a balance between the Rating: TBC political spy thriller set during the Cold War, further emphasises Duration: 107 min tension and rich physicality and eroticism, supplemented by a the blurring of the distinction between reality and fction, as Duration: 114 min magnifcent score by Philippe Rombi. Silvia and Ismael struggle to adjust to the presence of Carlotta. Cannes International Film Festival (Competition) 2017 Audiences who associate Ozon’s career with more accessible Cannes International Film Intense close-ups throughout viscerally demonstrate the flms such as 8 Women and Frantz might fnd Double Festival (Opening Night Film) tumultuous experience of each of the three main characters, Lover confronting in its explicit nudity, drastic edits and the 2017 creating sustained emotional intensity without ever becoming continuous play with appearances. The flm however fts predictable. Ismael’s Ghosts leaves the viewer musing on the perfectly into Ozon’s oeuvre as a whole, connecting back to true nature of memory and the past, and whether we can ever the director’s earliest flms such as See the Sea (1997) referred truly outrun that which lies therein. to at the time as ‘shocking’ and ‘provocative’. Once again Ozon delivers a visually impressive flm – full of cinematic cross-references – that plays with appearance versus reality in a multiplicity of mediums. Viewers are left questioning both their own senses and those of Chloe as the suspense builds and the efect of the fnal compelling scene lingers long after

DARE TO LOVE the credits have rolled. DARE TO LOVE

12. 13. BPM (Beats Per Minute) A Woman Is a Woman “Melds the personal, the political and the erotic to heart-bursting efect.” “There’s more vitality, more reckless love of the cinema, presented in association with Variety in any one scene than in a dozen current flms.” Culture Vulture

120 battements Drawing on the events of the AIDS crisis in the early 1990s, Une femme est A Woman Is a Woman tells the story of the fraught par minute BPM (Beats Per Minute) tells the story of ACT UP, a group une femme relationship between Angela, an exotic dancer, and her of AIDS activists fghting against an obstinate government boyfriend Émile. Angela’s overwhelming desire to have a Director: Robin Campillo and callous pharmaceutical industry to gain education and Director: Jean-Luc Godard child causes endless arguments between the two. In the Cast: Nahuel Pérez Biscayart, treatment. We experience this tumultuous period in history Cast: Anna Karina, Jean-Claude Brialy, face of Émile’s resistance, Angela gives him an ultimatum, Arnaud Valois, Adèle Haenel, through the eyes of Nathan (Arnaud Valois), a new recruit to Jean-Paul Belmondo, Nicole Paquin, threatening to turn to Émile’s lovesick friend Alfred to father Antoine Reinartz Jeanne Moreau ACT UP who begins a romance with the HIV positive activist her child. Country of origin: France Sean (Nahuel Pérez Biscayart, also in See You Up There). Country of origin: France, Italy The traditional concept of the battle of the sexes is subverted Year of production: 2017 Year of production: 1961 French writer and director Robin Campillo worked in in a work which refuses to be pigeonholed by expectations Language: French with English subtitles conjunction with Phillippe Mangeot who is both an HIV activist Language: French with English subtitles of genre. Simultaneously a musical, romance, comedy and Genre: Drama and educator. The script is a raw and visceral exploration Genre: Sérénade à trois drama, the flm crosses borders of genre and plays with Rating: M Sex scenes & ofensive which simultaneously achieves a staggering emotional depth Rating: PG Nudity & coarse language concepts of absurdity to create a uniquely enjoyable viewing language and tenderness, most centrally through the romance which experience. A particular highlight is the interpretation by Anna Duration: 84 min Duration: 144 min blossoms between Nathan and Sean, who is frustrated by Karina (at the time married to director Jean-Luc Godard) of the lack of radical action taken by ACT UP. As the health the tenacious and single-minded Angela. Filled with clever Berlin International Cannes International of Sean and others within the group worsens, the viewer is Film Festival 1961 – Silver Bear references to other cinematic works of the time, Godard’s Film Festival (Competition) 2017 confronted by the true cost of an intransigent government and for Best Actress, Silver Bear A Woman Is a Woman is both a nostalgic presentation of the – Cannes Grand Prize, Cannes an unthinking public in the face of human sufering; “It [AIDS] Extraordinary Jury Prize 1960s cinema scene and an individual genre success in its Queer Palm is a war, a war invisible to the eyes of others… and we do not own right. A true jewel of 1960s Nouvelle Vague cinema. want to die.” European Film Award for Best Bringing A Woman Is a Woman back to the big screen this Editor, New York Film Critics year is an opportunity to showcase the work of one of New Circle Award for Best Foreign Wave’s most infuential directors. Godard’s unique style of Film flmmaking continues to inspire modern flmmakers such as Michel Hazanavicius who renders a beautiful homage to Godard’s work in his Redoubtable. DARE TO LOVE DARE TO LOVE

14. 15. Redoubtable Gauguin

“A sprightly colourful Godardian pastiche.” The Guardian “A beautiful acting performance.” Télérama

Le Redoutable Paris, 1967. Jean-Luc Godard – arguably the most Gauguin – 1891. Painter Paul Gauguin is already well known in renowned flmmaker of his generation – is shooting Voyage de Tahiti Parisian artistic circles but is tired of the moral, political, Director: Michel Hazanavicius La Chinoise with the woman he loves, Anne Wiazemsky, and aesthetic conventions of so-called civilised Europe. Cast: Louis Garrel, Stacy Martin, 20 years his junior. They are happy, attractive, in love. Director: Édouard Deluc Abandoning his wife and children, he exiles himself to the Bérénice Bejo, Grégory Gadebois, They even get married. But the flm’s reception unleashes Cast: Vincent Cassel, Tuhëi Adams, other side of the world and arrives in Tahiti with the intention Micha Lescot, Félix Kysyl, Romain Goupil a profound self-examination in Jean-Luc. The events of Malik Zidi, Pua-Taï Hikutini, Marc Barbé, to reinvent his art, as a free man. He ventures ever deeper Paul Jeanson, Cédric Eeckhout, Country of origin: France May ’68 will amplify this process leading to drastic into the jungle despite his solitude, poverty, and poor health. Samuel Jouy Year of production: 2017 changes in the flmmaker’s behaviour and perception of the Here he encounters Tehura, who will become his wife and Country of origin: France muse, inspiring his most iconic works of art. Language: French with English subtitles world. From star flmmaker to Maoist artist, revolutionary, of-the-wall, destructive, brilliant, misunderstood and Year of production: 2017 Genre: Comedy, Biopic Primarily based on Gauguin’s own travel diary about his 1893 incomprehensible, he will pursue his choices and his beliefs Language: French with English subtitles Rating: TBC trip, director Édouard Deluc also lists the novel The Moon to a breaking point. Genre: Drama, Biopic and Sixpence (1919) by W. Somerset Maugham and Jane Duration: 107 min Academy-Award winning director Michel Hazanavicius delivers Rating: TBC Campion’s flm The Piano (1993) as sources of inspiration an imaginary and tender reinterpretation of an obsessive to convey the fascination of a new and unknown world as Cannes International Film Duration: 102 min experienced by Gauguin upon his arrival to Tahiti. Festival (Competition) 2017 incorrigible. Louis Garrel (also in Ismael’s Ghosts) brilliantly goes from an imitation of the flmmaker to a subtle incarnation. Filming Tahiti as an explosion of colours and luxurious nature In the use of humour, the flm remains faithful to Jean-Luc that contrast with the confned and blunt Paris Gauguin Godard and his cinema, in which he constantly and playfully left, Deluc turns the cinema screen into a gigantic canvas. undermined conventions and expectations. Redoubtable is a Vincent Cassel performs beautifully, taking the audience into creative, witty and unbridled pastiche of Godard – charming, the intimacy of Gauguin’s approach to creation in a series funny and moving. After the success of the internationally of close-ups and detailed shots and a constant play with acclaimed The Artist (2011), Hazanavicius delivers another light, darkness and colour. This laconic, lyrical and cinematic tribute to classic cinema. adventure that goes beyond observing artistic creation is well Be sure not to miss the ‘real’ Godard in this year’s programme, worth watching. A Woman Is a Woman. ICONIC ARTISTS ICONIC ARTISTS

16. 17. Barbara Rodin

“A mega-meta, dreamily blurred biopic-within-a-flm.” The Guardian “Jacques Doillon delivers a touching testament to the precision, beauty and sensuality of Rodin’s work.” Femme Actuelle

Barbara An actress prepares to play the singer Barbara as the Rodin Paris 1880. At 40 years of age, Rodin at last receives his flm shoot is about to start. She rehearses, works on her frst public commission and creates his famous unfnished Director: Mathieu Amalric character, sings, dances, reads her script, moves in and Director: Jacques Doillon portal The Gates of Hell, a sculptural group work composed Cast: Mathieu Amalric, Jeanne Balibar, out of her role. Whilst she relives the singer’s life, the Cast: Vincent Lindon, Izïa Higelin, of many fgures (some of these, such as Le Baiser and Aurore Clément, Vincent Peirani actress fnds herself overwhelmed by her own performance Séverine Caneele, Bernard Verley, Le Penseur, will become his most famous pieces). It is at Anders Danielsen Lie, Oliver Cadiot Country of origin: France and absorbed by the singer’s aura. The flm director this time that he meets young Camille Claudel, his most Country of origin: France Year of production: 2017 observes her, flms her and gets drawn into the actress’ talented student. She entices him with her youth, sensuality transformation and interpretation. Year of production: 2016 and artistic prowess. After ten years of passion, mutual Language: French with English subtitles Language: French with English subtitles admiration and complicity followed by a break up, Rodin Genre: Drama, Biopic, Musical Actor-writer-director Mathieu Amalric (also in Ismael’s Ghosts) relentlessly pursues his work. He has to cope with as much and actor-singer Jeanne Balibar pay a memorable tribute Genre: Drama, Biopic Rating: M rejection as enthusiasm provoked by the sensuality of his to Barbara, one of France’s most unusual and gifted mid- Rating: TBC Duration: 97 min sculptures. 20th century chanteuse, rendering her prodigious talent and Duration: 119 min undiminished emotional pull. Breaking conventions of the Striving for authenticity, the flm was supported by the Musée Cannes International Film traditional biopic, Amalric transcribes authentic aspects of Rodin in Paris as part of the centennial commemorations Festival (Un Certain Regard) Cannes International Film 2017 – Best Poetic Narrative Barbara’s personality through allusions and quick revelations Festival (Competition) 2017 of Rodin’s death, and flmed in his own house in Meudon. rather than a linear retelling of her life and career. The singular Director Jacques Doillon explores the intertwined connection power of the singer’s art is retold in the fascination the actress between the artist and his works. He shows Rodin at work, in and the flmmaker experience (both as characters in the flm revolt, always pursuing an idea, and when found, physically they make and as themselves in Barbara) while re-enacting working through it. A physicality that is transported by Vincent and interpreting her musical works. Lindon’s performance, who skillfully conveys what it is to work with material, being obsessed with an idea and persisting. The The flm constantly blurs the boundaries between on-screen flm beautifully captures the essence of Rodin’s sculptures, and on-stage real performances and being a protagonist in a transcribing the idea of movement and strong emotions that flm. A self-refexive mirroring, Barbara draws the viewer into made the sculptor’s work world-famous. the fascinating world of artistic creation, into the mystery that can be music, just as the characters experience it in the flm. ICONIC ARTISTS ICONIC ARTISTS

18. 19. Dalida “This fascinating and moving flm is maybe the best biopic ever made in France.” Le Parisien

Dalida From her birth in Cairo in 1933 to her worldwide hit Gigi l’Amoroso in 1974, this intimate portrait retraces Director: Lisa Azuelos the life of a complex and legendary woman and singer. Cast: Sveva Alviti, Riccardo Scamarcio, Married to Lucien Morisse – director at the time of Europe 1 Jean-Paul Rouve, Nicolas Duvauchelle radio station – Dalida’s heyday was made of disco nights, Country of origin: France, Italy performances at the Olympia, journeys across India and Year of production: 2016 a number of unforgettable hits. Lisa Azuelos’ flm is a beautifully crafted look into the emergence of a modern Language: French, Italian, English, Arabic with English subtitles woman at a time that was decidedly less modern. Genre: Melodrama, Biopic Dalida was one of Europe’s most famous singers from the Rating: M Adult themes late 1950s to the 1980s and a legend in the disco boom. soothing by nature She reigned over the European charts for three decades, Duration: 124 min reinventing herself from smoky chanteuse to disco diva, always taking her audience along. Her private life, marked by tragedy, signifcantly infuenced her music. This lavish French-Italian co-production retraces Dalida’s tragic life and At the heart of our remarkable singing career. The artist who sold 170 million products, the Avène records worldwide and recorded over 2000 songs remains to this day the most successful French singer. Director Lisa Thermal Spring Water Azuelos renders a magnifcent and powerful melodrama, soothes all types of featuring the uncanny lookalike Italian actress Sveva Alviti who sensitive skin. delivers a mesmerising performance as Dalida. ICONIC ARTISTS

20. EauThermaleAveneNewZealand eauthermaleavenenz eau-thermale-avene.co.nz Dr. Knock The Exes

“[Omar] Sy is perfectly cast in a role worthy of his talents.” ScreenDaily “A kind of anti-Love Actually, which illustrates the old adage: ‘Exes, we can’t live with them, but we can’t live without them’.” Voici

Knock Knock is a retired crook who learnt the skills of the medical Les Ex If Paris is the city of lovers, it is also that of… exes. Antoine profession in rather particular circumstances ‘on the job’ no longer dares to become involved with anyone, Didier Director: Lorraine Lévy on board a ship. After some years ‘in training’, he takes up Director: Maurice Barthélemy regrets breaking up with his ex-wife, Laurent is obliged to Cast: Omar Sy, Alex Lutz, Ana Girardot, a post as a doctor in the small village of Saint-Maurice in Cast: Jean-Paul Rouve, Patrick Chesnais, celebrate the marriage of his ex Julie, Serge is hassled by Sabine Azéma, Pascal Elbé, Audrey Dana, the French Alps. Knock is determined to boost his earnings Arnaud Ducret, Baptiste Lecaplain, Lise, his current girlfriend’s ex, while Greg fnds consolation Michel Vuillermoz, Hélène Vincent, Rufus Stéf Celma, Judith El Zein, Alice David, and introduces free consultations which soon bring even the with his ex’s dog. Whether we’re obsessing about them or Natacha Lindinger Country of origin: France lowliest inhabitants to his door. The master of manipulation we love hating them, deep down, it’s difcult to forget our Country of origin: France Year of production: 2016 and seduction expertly convinces supposedly healthy exes. villagers that they are in fact sufering from a fake illness. Year of production: 2016 Language: French with English subtitles With an outstanding ensemble cast, Maurice Barthélemy But when a fgure from Knock’s shady past comes back to Language: French with English subtitles Genre: Comedy intricately presents the story of fve diferent couples in this collect his debt, his scam begins to unravel. Genre: Romantic comedy Rating: TBC humorous romantic comedy. He looks into dynamics between Star of The Intouchables and Monsieur Chocolat (2017 Rating: M Sexual references couples and exes from diferent generations with a selection Duration: 113 min AFFFF), Omar Sy returns in an enthralling adaptation of Duration: 84 min of hilarious characters, and creates the most unpredictable Jules Romains’ 1923 satiric play Knock ou le Triomphe de situations on screen. Keeping in the spirit of the best romantic la médecine. Sy brings his natural on-screen charisma into comedies, Barthélemy adds an unmistakeable French fair that the multifaceted titular character, who shakes up quiet village will certainly delight rom-coms lovers. life with a lot of wit, humour and convincing arguments. The villagers as much as the viewers of this charming comedy are drawn into an appealing world of deceit, scheming and new found love. COMEDY ESSENTIALS COMEDY ESSENTIALS

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Le Retour du héros 1809, France. Captain Neuville (Jean Dujardin) is sent 9 le flm They come in nines: nine situations, nine slices of life out to the front line, leaving behind a heartbroken bride. occasionally intersecting, nine views on the modern ills of Director: Laurent Tirard Having heard no news of the young captain, the bride’s Directors: Stéphane E. Roy, Luc Picard, loneliness and isolation. Seeking the advice of “Communic- Ricardo Trogi, Jean-Philippe Duval, Cast: Jean Dujardin, Mélanie Laurent, sister Elisabeth (Mélanie Laurent) writes to her on his behalf Action” specialist Marc Gélinas, our nine heroes search for a Micheline Lanctôt, Érik Canuel, Noémie Merlant, Christophe Montenez, to cheer her up. Fabricating a heroic tale of Neuville’s Claude Brie, Marc Labrèche, Éric Tessier way to dispel their inner void. But when the expert is forced Évelyne Buyle daring journey, her story begins to unravel when Neuville to put his theory into practice after accidentally meeting the Cast: Stéphane E. Roy, Marc Labrèche, Country of origin: France unexpectedly reappears in less than valiant circumstances. François Papineau, Bénédicte Décary, love of his life, he is found questioning his own methods. Year of production: 2018 Director Laurent Tirard puts forward a witty and uniquely Pierre-François Legendre, Inspired by director/actor Stéphane E. Roy’s play, Neuf Hélène Bourgeois-Leclerc, Language: French with English subtitles told tale of how good intentions can produce disastrous Anne-Marie Cadieux, Christian Bégin, variations sur le vide, nine French Canadian directors come Genre: Comedy, Historical consequences as Neuville takes on the role of Elisabeth’s Magalie Lépine-Blondeau, Nicolas Canuel, together to create a thought-provoking set of scenarios Maxim Gaudette, Sylvain Marcel, Rating: TBC concocted fairytale hero. Mélanie Laurent plays the upright illuminating the issues with isolation and incommunicability in Elisabeth with plenty of charme while Jean Dujardin puts his Marianne Farley, Marie-Ginette Guay, our modern world. This Québécois sketch comedy showcases Duration: 90 min Noémie Godin-Vigneau, Diane Lavallée, comedy talent forward as the cowardly but highly imaginative the diferent artistic hand of each director and will take Alexis Martin, Anne-Élisabeth Bossé Neuville. Both brilliantly pair up to deliver a true battle of the you through stories that will make you laugh and possibly Country of origin: Canada (Québec) wits, clever dialogues and expressively reenacted heroic tales reconsider your relationships with the people around you. adding to this highly enjoyable fast paced flm. Year of production: 2016 Language: French with English subtitles After Up for Love (2017 AFFFF), Laurent Tirard and Jean Dujardin successfully team up once again to make French Genre: Comedy comedy at its best. Rating: M Ofensive language & sexual references

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24. 25. Jealous

“Both cutting and touching at the same time.” Cineuropa

Jalouse Almost overnight, Nathalie Pêcheux, a middle-aged divorced university professor, changes from being an Directors: David Foenkinos, afectionate woman to being irrepressibly jealous of Stéphane Foenkinos everyone close to her: her best friend, her new colleague, Cast: Karin Viard, Dara Tombrof, her ex-husband, her neighbours and even her daughter Anaïs Demoustier, Anne Dorval, Mathilde, an aspiring ballet dancer. Entangled by her Thibault de Montalembert, Bruno Todeschini sarcastic nature and conficted emotions, Nathalie navigates through this unexpected mid-life crisis in a funny, touching... Country of origin: France and politically incorrect way. Year of production: 2017 The Foenkinos brothers’ flm creates a fascinating Language: French with English subtitles narrative driven by Festival favourite Karin Viard (The Bélier Genre: Black comedy Family, 2015 AFFFF) with her compelling performance Rating: TBC as the increasingly neurotic Nathalie. Jealous efectively Duration: 102 min challenges the stereotypical woman, friend and mother role, experimenting with the balance between comedic timing and genre conventions. It is a portrayal of a woman’s radical and unexpected shift of character that oscillates between black comedy and psychological thriller. COMEDY ESSENTIALS

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Untitled-1 1 23/11/17 9:37 am Festival Patron Kate Rodger’s Film Pick Ava Montparnasse Bienvenüe

“Confdently enigmatic.” Variety “The work of an assured director to watch out for.” IonCinema

Ava Thirteen-year-old Ava is on vacation when she learns that Jeune Femme With a cat under her arm, no money and no work, facing she will lose her sight earlier than predicted. Her mother closed doors and broken relationships, Paula returns to Director: Léa Mysius decides to behave as though nothing has changed so they Director: Léonor Serraille Paris after a long time overseas. Landing in Montparnasse, Cast: Noée Abita, Laure Calamy, can spend the loveliest summer of their lives by the seaside. Cast: Laetitia Dosch, Paula is set on starting over. Even if she has no idea which Juan Cano Ava, however, deals with the problem in her own way. Grégoire Monsaingeon, direction she is heading or how to get there, she’ll do it with Souleymane Seye Ndiaye, Country of origin: France Exploring her identity, she questions her surroundings and panache. Léonie Simaga, Nathalie Richard Year of production: 2017 steals a large black dog that belongs to a young man on the Country of origin: France, Belgium Premiering in the Un Certain Regard section at Cannes last run… Language: French with English subtitles year and winning the coveted Caméra d’Or, Léonor Serraille Year of production: Drama Genre: Drama A bold debut from La Fémis graduate Léa Mysius, Ava will ofers a delightful debut feature flm about a young woman Language: French with English subtitles capture your attention from the very frst scene. Shot on who lives in the moment. Laetitia Dosch gives a stunning Rating: TBC 35mm flm, this visually stunning feature ofers a compelling Genre: Drama performance as Paula and efortlessly weaves in and out of Duration: 105 min narrative as Ava’s impending loss of eyesight provokes an Rating: M Violence, ofensive language the character’s tumultuous moods and impulsive decisions, exploration of her identity and sexuality. Noée Abita’s enigmatic & nudity completely embodying her turbulent personality. With a Cannes International Film performance conveys an incomparable mix of vulnerability and Duration: 97 min delicate script and mischievous humour, skilfully using Parisian Festival (Critics’ Week) 2017 determination as we follow Ava through her journey of self- neighbourhoods as an expressive backdrop, the flm delivers a discovery. Energetic, sensual and sensitive, this coming-of-age Cannes International Film strong, original feminine voice in contemporary French cinema. story moves the viewer with its creative form and overfowing Festival (Un Certain Regard) imagination. 2017 – Caméra d’Or

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28. 29. Aurore Reinventing Marvin

“An ode to women over 50. Truthful and spiced with humour. [Agnès] “Acutely observed, beautifully played.” Variety Jaoui is magnetic, sensual and luminous.” Le Parisien

Aurore Aurore has separated from her husband, has lost her job Marvin ou la belle Martin Clément, born Marvin Bijou, escapes from his and discovered that she is going to be a grandmother. education small village in the Vosges Mountains, leaving behind the Director: Blandine Lenoir Society is gently pushing her toward the exit, but when intolerance and rejection he sufers from his peers and his Cast: Agnès Jaoui, Pascale Arbillot, Aurore re-encounters the love of her youth by accident, she Director: Anne Fontaine family. It is his high school teacher who ofers him a way out Thibault de Montalembert, Sarah Suco, starts to resist, rejecting the scrapheap she seems destined Cast: Finnegan Oldfeld, Isabelle Huppert when discovering his talent for theatre. Moving to Paris, he Lou Roy-Lecollinet, Samir Guesmi, for. What if a whole new life could begin right now? (as herself), Grégory Gadebois, fnds solace in the performing arts where he is able to freely Philippe Rebbot, Laure Calamy Vincent Macaigne, Catherine Mouchet, explore his personal identity. Soon Martin is willing to risk Country of origin: France Blandine Lenoir’s inspiring second feature flm ofers a story Charles Berling everything to craft a stage show that represents so much of rediscovery as Aurore struggles with the changes that Country of origin: France Year of production: 2016 more than success: it’s his path to reinvention. inevitably come from getting older. Agnès Jaoui, who also co- Language: French with English subtitles Year of production: 2016 wrote the flm, gives a nuanced performance as Aurore. She Greatly inspired by Edouard Louis’ autobiography The End Language: French with English subtitles Genre: Comedy brings a touching, truer-than-life poignancy to an endearing of Eddy, Anne Fontaine (The Innocents, 2016) has created Rating: M Sex scenes, ofensive language portrait of the resilience of womanhood, as an everyday Genre: Drama, LGBTQI+ a gripping coming-of-age story through Martin’s struggle to & nudity heroine on the road to (re)discovery. This flm will challenge our Rating: TBC accept his personal identity and navigate a world that fghts Duration: 89 min perceptions of what it means to live in a society that celebrates Duration: 115 min him at every corner. Finnegan Oldfeld gives an exceedingly youth. raw and moving performance as the adult Martin who brings Venice International Film his life story to the stage with the help of Isabelle Huppert, Festival 2017 playing herself. Their climatic stage performance, a theatre scene bathed in black and burgundy, is a powerful call for artistic expression and voicing of one’s own identities.

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33. The Guardians See You Up There

“Meditative in its pacing, painterly in composition.” ScreenDaily “In terms of pure cinematic prowess See You Up There deserves praise […] A rare object in contemporary French cinema.” Hollywood Reporter

Les Gardiennes 1915, rural France. A mother and daughter have taken Au revoir là-haut November 1919. France glorifes the dead but is incapable over the farmwork from the men who have gone to war. of helping the survivors of the war. Albert and Édouard, two Director: Xavier Beauvois They work relentlessly, their lives following the rhythm of Director: Albert Dupontel survivors of the trenches, one a humble accountant, the Cast: Nathalie Baye, Iris Bry, Laura Smet, hard labour and the occasional return of the men on leave. Cast: Nahuel Pérez Biscayart, other a brilliant designer, decide to set up a war memorial Cyril Descours, Gilbert Bonneau, Hortense, the mother, hires Francine, a young woman who Albert Dupontel, Laurent Laftte (of the scam. In the France of the Roaring 20s, the undertaking will Olivier Rabourdin, Nicolas Giraud Comédie Française), Niels Arestrup, grew up in state care, to help on the farm. Francine believes prove to be as dangerous as it is spectacular. Émilie Dequenne, Mélanie Thierry Country of origin: France, Switzerland, she has at last found a family… Monaco, Belgium Country of origin: France Director and lead actor Albert Dupontel manages a brilliant Cannes Grand Prize winner Xavier Beauvois (Of Gods adaptation of Pierre Lemaitre’s Goncourt Prize-winning novel Year of production: 2017 Year of production: 2017 and Men, 2010) returns with a World War I-set drama Au revoir là-haut. Set in the wake of the First World War, this Language: French with English subtitles Language: French with English subtitles starring Nathalie Baye, real-life daughter Laura Smet and bittersweet tale of poetic justice and revenge explores the Genre: Drama, WWI newcomer Iris Bry. These three actresses deliver very strong Genre: Drama, WWI destructive reverberations of combat after the recognised Rating: TBC performances as three women appropriating their own lives Rating: TBC hostilities are over. and destinies when faced with war and the absence of men. Duration: 134 min Duration: 117 min Dupontel’s lavish production is a superbly crafted feature, Beauvois carefully draws a strong feminine portrait, a slow- mixing surrealist humour with dark themes of the time: trauma, Toronto International Film paced but strikingly beautiful homage to women during WWI. San Sebastián International death, corruption and manipulation. Held together by a strong Festival 2017 At the same time pure and very dense, in a richly composed Film Festival 2017 cast featuring Dupontel himself but also BPM (Beats Per widescreen format, the flm tells its story through the cycle Minute) actor Nahuel Pérez Biscayart playing a disfgured artist of life on a farm: the planting, the harvesting. The beautifully hiding behind spectacular masks, the characters carry this flmed faces showcase truer than life characters, with their emotionally honest story remarkably. vulnerability and strengths. Les Gardiennes – the French title fttingly expressing the feminine – is a flm about war that never shows the war itself but instead aspects of it rarely told. Screening only in Auckland, Christchurch, Hamilton, Havelock North, Nelson and Wellington LA GRANDE GUERRE LA GRANDE GUERRE

34. 35. Ceasefre

“A handsomely crafted, quietly afecting period drama.” ScreenDaily

Cessez-le-feu 1923. Georges, a WWI hero who has fed his past, has spent four years as a nomadic adventurer in Africa. He decides to Director: Emmanuel Courcol return to France where his mother and brother Marcel – a Cast: Romain Duris, Céline Sallette, war invalid who has retreated into a world of silence after Grégory Gadebois, Julie-Marie Parmentier, the horrors of the trenches – live. Georges struggles to fnd Wabinlé Nabié, Yvon Martin his place in a world where life has continued without him. Country of origin: France, Belgium When he meets his brother’s sign language teacher Hélène, Year of production: 2016 he manages to come to terms with his own past and fnally Language: French with English subtitles attempts to heal his family’s wounds, and his own. Genre: Drama, WWI In his frst feature flm director Emmanuel Courcol convincingly Rating: TBC manages a realistic reconstruction of the psychological Duration: 103 min and physical horrors of the First World War. Inspired by the experiences of his own grandfather, Courcol retells the Locarno International Film aftermath through the life of a family touched by the horrors Festival 2016 and sacrifces of war. As much an adventure flm as a family drama, Ceasefre successfully paints a portrait of France after WWI and explores the national mood in the early 1920s. The flm, partly set in Africa, also looks at France’s colonial past in an authentic and realistic way. The sequences shot here – without ever falling into the trap of ‘colonial romantic kitsch’ – add space and dimension to the story that closely focuses on the traumatised psyche of the family. Romain Duris Screening only in Auckland, (also in Mrs. Hyde) gives a powerful performance in the role of Christchurch, Dunedin, Georges; strong, obstinate and defant, he breathes life into New Plymouth, Palmerston the tormented character. North, Tauranga and Wellington LA GRANDE GUERRE

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Visages, villages When octogenarian French New Wave legend Agnès Varda Numéro Une Emmanuelle Blachey is a brilliant and determined engineer and 30-something photografeur JR embark together on who has risen up through the ranks of her company – a Directors: Agnès Varda, JR a journey across France, expect more than the usual road Director: Tonie Marshal major French energy frm – and now sits on the board of Cast: Agnès Varda, JR trip. As they travel through the country, they discover and Cast: Emmanuelle Devos, Richard Berry, directors. When an infuential women’s network approaches Suzanne Clément, Sami Frey, Benjamin Country of origin: France profle characters they meet in small villages, on the docks her to take the lead of one of the stock exchange’s top Biolay, Francine Bergé, Anne Azoulay, and at the local factories. As the duo starts posting giant companies, things quickly change around Emmanuelle. The Year of production: 2017 John Lynch portraits of the people (and goats) they meet along the opportunity to become the frst woman in this prestigious Country of origin: France, Belgium Language: French with English subtitles way – creating urban and rural open-air installations – they position is a challenge the business woman is ready to Genre: Documentary, Road movie develop a heart-warming and complicit friendship. Year of production: 2017 undertake, but competing in a realm still largely dominated Rating: Exempt Language: French with English subtitles by men is no mean feat. The ambitious woman must Despite more than a half century age diference, documentary marshal her forces to overcome the hurdles of the milieu, Duration: 89 min flmmaker Agnès Varda and artist JR have more in common Genre: Political thriller including corporate sexism and personal demons in order to than one may think: a curiosity for people and a passion for Rating: M Ofensive language Cannes International Film take part in the ruthless race for power. images – both questioning and sharing them. The complicity Duration: 110 min Festival 2017 between the two artists, joyful, teasing, full of humour, is An excellent cast carries a suspenseful plot in this corporate New York Film Critics’ Circle passed on to the viewer in this moving and poetic flm – as Toronto International Film thriller of political intrigue and economic power, where Award for Best Non-Fiction Film much about the process of making art as about the magic Festival 2017 Emmanuelle Devos brilliantly plays a woman fghting for her that is art. As the story progresses, you will only wish for this place in a male dominated world. Her nuanced performance journey to run longer, for wheelchair races through the Louvre as a determined but also fragile human being recalls other to go faster and for new friendships to blossom. recent French thrillers – such as 150 Milligrams (2017 AFFFF) – that are as much an insight into the world of big corporations The documentary is full of beautiful flm references to Varda’s as a modern portrayal of a woman’s personal journey and fght own work and the flm history she represents; she was recently for her ideals. awarded an Honorary Oscar for her lifetime achievement (as the frst ever woman director in the history of the Academy The Parisian suburb of La Défense – the city’s major business Awards). district and economic power centre – with its monstrous glass and steel towers impressively ofers a menacing visual backdrop to Devos’ character. SPOTLIGHT ON FRANCE AND BEYOND SPOTLIGHT ON FRANCE AND BEYOND

40. 41. The Brigade This Is Our Land

“A full-blown immersion.” Variety “A topical drama.” Variety

Les Hommes du feu It’s a hot summer in the south of France. Fires are starting Chez nous Pauline, a self-employed nurse in a former mining district in everywhere and tempers are faring at the local fre station the north of France, is raising her two children alone while Director: Pierre Jolivet where Bénédicte has begun her new job, leading a group Director: Lucas Belvaux also looking after her father, a former steelworker. Devoted Cast: Roschdy Zem, Émilie Dequenne, of seasoned veteran fre fghters who have difculty in Cast: Émilie Dequenne, André Dussollier, and generous, all her patients love her. Yet nobody sees Michaël Abiteboul, Guillaume Labbé, accepting a woman in her position. But in the heat of the Guillaume Gouix, Catherine Jacob, that Pauline, who fnds herself facing an increasingly harsh Grégoire Isvarine Patrick Descamps chaos, personal tensions are set aside as the courageous reality, is slowly embarking on a path that no one in her Country of origin: France squad pulls together to battle fres threatening their Country of origin: France, Belgium family has taken before. A rising nationalist party, in search Year of production: 2017 communities. Year of production: 2017 of respectability, is going to take advantage of her popularity by making her its candidate for the local elections. Language: French with English subtitles Shot in a manner which evokes the style of a documentary, Language: French with English subtitles Genre: Thriller, Drama Pierre Jolivet’s flm celebrates the heroic nature of the vital Genre: Drama, Political thriller Mixing fction and documented reality, Director Lucas Belvaux Rating: TBC work carried out by fremen and frewomen, without shying Rating: TBC draws a portrait of the workings of an extremist political away from the struggles of the job. party, in an area where economic changes have led to Duration: 90 min Duration: 118 min unemployment and disillusionment. With clear references to Fans of the 2017 festival programme will be familiar with the French far right political party of the Front National ahead the name of Roschdy Zem, celebrated director behind the Rotterdam International Film of the 2017 general elections, This Is Our Land is a charged acclaimed drama Monsieur Chocolat. His interpretation of Festival 2017, BFI London Film flm about the dangers of the seductive and misleading power stoic fre captain Philippe is utterly believable, creating an Festival 2017 of the far right, the rise of populism and everyday racism. unmissable onscreen partnership with Émilie Dequenne’s (also in This Is Our Land and See You Up There) sensitively rendered Émilie Dequenne (also in The Brigade and See You Up There) Bénédicte. With an efective script, clever directorial choices gives a strong performance that goes beyond clichés in her and strong performances, The Brigade shows the reality of portrayal of an engaged but apolitical nurse letting herself being a frefghter in all its beauty and its accompanying pain. progressively be seduced by the slogans of an extremist party... This Is Our Land may sound far too familiar. Screening only in Auckland, Christchurch, Dunedin, Hamilton, Nelson, Palmerston North and Wellington SPOTLIGHT ON FRANCE AND BEYOND SPOTLIGHT ON FRANCE AND BEYOND

42. 43. Tour de France proudly supported by The Graduation

“A flm that makes you love France.” Les Inrockuptibles “Funny […] cruel […and] captivating.” Télérama

Tour de France After a violent altercation, Far’Hook, a young rapper, must Le Concours Over a thousand young aspiring flmmakers rush through go of the radar and leave Paris to reassess his behaviour. the doors of one of the world’s most prestigious flm Director: Rachid Djaïdani On the suggestion of his producer Bilal, he becomes an Director: Claire Simon schools, ready to take the very frst test of a long series for Cast: Gérard Depardieu, Sadek, unlikely and unwilling chaufeur to Bilal’s father Serge Country of origin: France the entrance exam. For most applicants, there won’t be a Louise Grinberg (Gérard Depardieu) as they make a tour of all of the ports Year of production: 2017 second step nor a third, as only a handful of students get Country of origin: France of France, following the path taken by the painter Joseph lucky enough each year to call La Fémis home. Dreams of Language: French with English subtitles Year of production: 2016 Vernet. Despite the generation gap and cultural diferences, cinema, success, hopes, disappointment, judgement – it Genre: Documentary the two polarising characters end up forming an unexpected is the jury members as much as the candidates being Language: French with English subtitles friendship. Rating: Exempt analyzed in this cinéma vérité-style documentary. Genre: Drama, Road movie Duration: 119 min Director Rachid Djaïdani succeeds in creating a work which Filmmaker Claire Simon observes with empathy, humour and Rating: M Ofensive language & sexual references satisfes the classic elements of a road movie, while also a bit of malice, while the audience assists the jury decisions Venice International Film ofering a rich portrait of France’s society today. Boasting and discussions that usually happen behind closed doors. Duration: 95 min Festival 2017 realistic and carefully crafted performances by Gérard Uncovering how the school operates, the flm also points Depardieu and real-life rapper Sadek, the flm ofers an out how contemporary societies are too often based on Cannes International Film Festival (Directors’ Fortnight) open and honest view on two initially opposing worlds: competition, all egalitarian, but only the best… that of Serge, a worker from the North whose world has 2016 This fascinating look into the French meritocratic education disintegrated, and that of Far’Hook from Paris, part of a system takes the audience behind the scenes to observe the young generation in search of a way to ft in French society. mechanics of decision making, and introduces a surprising Demonstrating the possibility for friendship to overcome array of students competing to pursue their dream. “He did cultural clashes, misunderstandings and prejudices, Tour de that well!” comments one teacher after watching an applicant’s France is a heart-warming drama. screen test. “I was falling asleep”, argues another. “Help! Don’t come to La Fémis! Get a life!” sneers a professor to her colleague… The great variety of applicants profled is as Screening only in Auckland, Christchurch, Dunedin, thrilling for the jury as it is for the flm’s audience. Havelock North, Nelson, New Plymouth, Palmerston North SPOTLIGHT ON FRANCE AND BEYOND and Wellington SPOTLIGHT ON FRANCE AND BEYOND

44. 45. Back to Burgundy proudly presented by Bloody Milk

“An engaging family drama.” The Guardian “A gripping and personal frst feature.” Variety

Ce qui nous lie After ten years away from his home and family, Jean returns Petit paysan Pierre, 30-something, is a dairy farmer. His life revolves to Burgundy upon hearing of his father’s ailing health. around his farm, his veterinarian sister and his parents, Director: Cédric Klapisch Plunged once again into the midst of the family he left, Jean Director: Hubert Charuel whose farm he has taken over. When one of his beloved Cast: Pio Marmaï, Ana Girardot, must reconnect with his brother Jérémie and sister Juliette, Cast: Swann Arlaud, cows falls ill, he is faced with his worse nightmare. Fearing François Civil, Jean-Marc Roulot, Maria as they attempt to both save the family vineyard and rebuild Sara Giraudeau, Bouli Lanners, the illness stems from an horrifc epidemic striking France, Valverde, Yamée Couture, Karidja Touré, Isabelle Candelier the tenuous links of familial love and trust in the wake of Pierre is prepared to do whatever it takes to protect his Florence Pernel, Éric Caravaca their father’s death. Country of origin: France cows and his livelihood, as both the situation and his mental Country of origin: France Year of production: 2017 state begin to deteriorate. Director Cédric Klapisch is well known for popular flms such Year of production: 2017 as The Spanish Apartment trilogy (2001 - 2012) or Paris (2007), Language: French with English subtitles Director Hubert Charuel grew up as a farmer’s son, and Language: French with English subtitles all big city flms. Here he has for the frst time made a flm Genre: Agricultural thriller incorporates this frsthand knowledge beautifully to give the Genre: Comedy, Drama set in nature. Over the period of a year, the flm captures the Rating: TBC context of his debut flm a notable authenticity. An unusual Rating: M Sex scenes & ofensive beauty of the cycle of the seasons in pure and simple images. subject choice for a thriller, Bloody Milk demonstrates a Duration: 90 min language narrative simplicity which creates a chilling tension, skilfully Klapisch manages an authentic and well-researched insight Duration: 113 min maintained until its fnal moments. into the world of winemaking – Jean-Marc Roulot, real-life Cannes International Film winemaker who plays Marcel in the flm, worked as adviser on Festival (Critics’ Week) 2017 Swann Arlaud gives a very strong performance as the panic- the script. The symbolism of the wine-making tradition and stricken and emotionally fragile Pierre, as the character makes the time and seasons of wine maturing are beautifully used increasingly desperate attempts to keep the illness from the as the context for this family drama where three young adults authorities. This is a gripping drama which breaks traditional rediscover their fraternal relationship. conventions and will keep the viewers glued to the edge of their seat. Set against the splendid and picturesque background of the Bourgogne region, a wine-making region traditionally known for smaller family-run vineyards, Back to Burgundy is both a visual feast and a satisfying, emotional journey musing on the Screening only in Auckland, Christchurch, Dunedin, Hamilton, strength and value of family ties. Nelson, New Plymouth and Wellington SPOTLIGHT ON FRANCE AND BEYOND SPOTLIGHT ON FRANCE AND BEYOND

46. 47. NEW CALEDONIA DOCUMENTARY PROGRAMME This double feature gives an insightful view into beliefs, realities and the history of New Zealand’s closest French neighbour, New Caledonia. La Tribu de l’invisible

Directors: Emmanuel Desbouiges, Dorothée Tromparent Country of origin: New Caledonia Year of production: 2016 Language: French, Kanak with English subtitles Genre: Documentary Rating: Exempt Screening only in Auckland, Christchurch and Wellington Duration: 56 min The Tribe of the Invisible

Makala New Caledonia hides a whole world of mysteries you have probably never heard of. Set on the “Emmanuel Gras’ camera embraces the subject’s every move with such high hills of the main island, interviewees share beliefs from the Kanak culture, the traditional owners of the land. “All you need to do is consider the existence of a diferent form of reality” rapt intimacy and cinematic poetry it’s easy to forget this is not a fctional suggests the voice over as the opening credits roll. drama.” Variety This hybrid documentary introducing ‘the invisible world’ mixes interviews from tribe members, ethnologists and stunning images of the land of ‘pixies’. Using animated characters to represent the power of spirits, and a variety of insightful testimonies, this is a fascinating look into the compelling Makala In the southern province of Katanga in the Congo, young villager Kabwita hopes to ofer his family a brighter future. complexity of the Kanak culture. Director: Emmanuel Gras Working for days in the surrounding bush to craft charcoal Cast: Kabwita Kasongo, Lydie Kasongo from hand-felled trees, his physical struggle is only the Country of origin: France beginning of his Herculean journey. Travelling dangerous Terre de métal and exhausting roads to reach the marketplace to sell Year of production: 2017 Director: Alan Nogues the fruit of his labour, he is faced with the true cost of his Language: Swahili, French with English ambitions. Country of origin: New Caledonia subtitles Year of production: 2016 Genre: Documentary Filmmaker Emmanuel Gras accompanies Kabwita on his journey without ever interfering or commenting. He observes Language: French with English subtitles Rating: Exempt and in this expresses respect for the dignity of this man and Genre: Documentary Duration: 96 min his life. Rating: Exempt Screening only in Auckland, Christchurch and Wellington Cannes International Film Winner of the Cannes Critics’ Week Grand Prize, this beautiful Duration: 52 min Festival (Critics’ Week) 2017 – and moving documentary gets your attention with the very Nespresso Grand Prize opening panorama shot and holds you rapt as you invest Land of Metal in the hero’s journey, hoping for his success. Swahili for ‘charcoal’, the flm’s title refers to the product Kabwita is Destined to remain forever immersed in the depth of oceans, New Caledonia was born almost by risking his life for in the hopes of a better life. accident when an ancient fragment of Gondwana surfaced again after million of years. Home to over 2500 diferent species, the island of New Caledonia has the world’s largest biodiversity per unit area. The remarkable diversity of terrestrial and marine species is all the more unique as they developed on a soil unusually high in heavy metals. Screening only in Auckland (Newmarket), Christchurch, Based on extracts from novels and scientifc essays, this beautifully shot documentary is as much Hamilton, Nelson and Wellington nature documentation as historical drama. It captures New Caledonia’s spellbinding beauty, skilfully

SPOTLIGHT ON FRANCE AND BEYOND balancing poetic recitation and science, reminding us how unique this island, that was once SPOTLIGHT ON FRANCE AND BEYOND connected to New Zealand, is.

48. 49. SCHOOL SCREENINGS & Education Outreach STUDY GUIDES AVAILABLE!

Learning a language is a way to understand our globalised world and expand cultural horizons. Cinema and flm ofer the perfect medium for an enjoyable language learning experience. The Festival puts an emphasis on the importance of learning languages through its Education Outreach programme. The flms selected are suitable for diferent ages and can be booked by schools for individual screenings during the Festival. Please contact your local cinema. French-language study guides have been conceived by the Alliance Française network for the flms Belle & Sebastian: Friends for Life and Orchestra Class for use in French lessons at school. Please contact the Festival ofce for more information. O F F T H E B E A T E N T R A C K S

w w w . c c m a s s u r a n c e . c o m y o u r t r a v e l i n s u r a n c e e x p e r t The Big Bad Fox and Other Tales

“Wacky, heartwarming and wise.” The Hollywood Reporter

Le Grand Méchant Whoever thinks the countryside is calm and peaceful is Renard et autres contes mistaken. On a farm we fnd a collection of particularly agitated animals: a fox that mothers a family of chicks, Directors: Benjamin Renner, Patrick Imbert a rabbit that acts like a stork, and a duck who wants to With the voices of: Céline Ronté, replace Santa Claus. If you want to take a quiet vacation, Boris Rehlinger, Guillaume Bouchede, keep driving… Guillaume Darnault Award winning flmmaking team Benjamin Renner and Patrick Country of origin: France, Belgium Imbert (Ernest & Célestine, 2009) adapted this collection of Year of production: 2016 three animated tales from Renner’s own graphic novels. With Language: French with English subtitles pure burlesque moments and much attention to charming Genre: Animation, Kids details, The Big Bad Fox and Other Tales is a family-friendly For a true French dining experience at one Rating: G flm with a unique 2D hand-drawn animation style which of the top ranking restaurants in Tauranga. creates a raw sketch-pad efect that is visually captivating. Enjoy great food and wonderful ambience Duration: 83 min at restaurant Café Versailles. Recommended ages: 4 - 8

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International Animation Film OUTREACH EDUCATION Festival 2017

50. 51. Belle & Sebastian: Friends for Life Orchestra Class proudly presented by “A story full of tenderness.” Le Parisien

Belle et Sébastien 3, Two years after the events of Belle & Sebastian, the La Mélodie Simon, approaching ffty, is a distinguished but disillusioned le dernier chapitre Adventure Continues (2016 AFFFF), Sebastian, now 12 violinist. He winds up teaching a 6th-grade orchestra class years old, does not want to follow his father and Angelina Director: Rachid Hami at a Parisian middle school. One young student, Arnold, Director: Clovis Cornillac to Canada. He wants to stay in the Alps to watch over Belle Cast: Kad Merad, Samir Guesmi, is painfully shy, but fnds that he has a natural talent for Cast: Félix Bossuet, Tchéky Karyo, who has become the mother of three beautiful pups. When Renély Alfred, Tatiana Rojo, the violin. Inspired by Arnold’s raw talent and the warm Slimane Dazi, Jean-Luc Vincent Clovis Cornillac a stranger arrives claiming to be Belle’s rightful owner, enthusiasm of the class, Simon regains his joie de vivre Country of origin: France Sebastian will do all it takes to protect his best friend and Country of origin: France and rediscovers his love of music. But will he be able to Year of production: 2018 her little ones. Year of production: 2016 overcome the obstacles and keep his promise to take the class to perform at the Paris Philharmonic? Language: French with English subtitles Belle and Sebastian’s heart-warming and unique friendship Language: French with English subtitles Genre: Adventure, Kids remains strong in the third instalment of this well-loved French Genre: Drama, Youth Rachid Hami’s directorial debut ofers an inspiring story about duo. Actor-director Clovis Cornillac ofers a charming story an underdog rising from the ashes. The power of music Rating: PG Violence Rating: M Ofensive language & sexual of innocence, resilience and friendship as Sebastian begins references connects Simon and the young students in a way that allows Duration: 97 min to make his own decisions and fghts for what he believes Duration: 102 min them to understand each other and form a team to achieve Recommended ages: 6 - 12 in. Faithful to the spirit of the frst two parts of the Belle & the ambitious goal of performing at the Paris Philharmonic for Recommended ages: 12 - 16 Sebastian franchise, Friends for Life conveys positive feelings their end-of-year concert. of family, friendship and truth, all set in beautiful Alpine Venice International Film Festival Set in one of Paris’ suburbs, the flm gives a diferent image surroundings. 2017 of the banlieue, too often portrayed as a difcult area where unemployment, violence and hopelessness reign. Here we get to know a community that works together to support their children and the teachers to ofer them access to a world they did not know before: music and artistic expression. EDUCATION OUTREACH EDUCATION OUTREACH EDUCATION

52. 53. Opening Night Celebrations! Films for Foodies: Return of the Hero Wednesday 14 March, 5.30pm for 6.15pm screening See pages 58 - 65 for screening times Rialto Cinemas Newmarket and cinemas in each city

Celebrate the Opening Night of the Alliance Française French Film Festival 2018 with C’est la vie!, Enjoy the inscrutable return of a battlefeld hero – Jean Dujardin at his best! the new hit comedy by directing duo Éric Tolédano and Olivier Nakache – an entertaining look at a Ticket includes a glass of wine, nibbles, and a foodie goodie bag. disastrous day in the life of a wedding planner. Regular tickets $35, Cinebuzz card holders $33. Tickets available from Rialto Cinemas Newmarket or www.rialto.co.nz Join us 45 minutes before the printed screening time* at participating cinemas. Ticket price includes a glass of wine from our Ofcial Wine Sponsor, Clos Henri. Art Lovers’ Film Night: Gauguin * Arrowtown, Hamilton, Timaru and Tauranga: opening night 30 minutes before the screening. Thursday 15 March, 6.00pm for 6.15pm screening Please note that no ofcial opening night will be held in Takapuna (Auckland) and Akaroa. Rialto Cinemas Newmarket EVENTS

AUCKLAND Follow the post-impressionist painter Gauguin on this fascinating voyage to French Polynesia.

Ticket includes an introduction by Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, a glass of wine and an Art Lovers’ Film Night Takapuna Turns French: Dr. Knock goodie bag. Friday 2 March, 6.45pm for 7.30pm screening Regular tickets $26.50, Cinebuzz card holders and Auckland Art Gallery Members $24.50. Berkeley Cinemas Takapuna

Celebrate the opening of the Takapuna leg of the Festival with the Auckland premiere of Dr. Knock starring Omar Sy. Soirée Francophonie: 9 The Movie Ticket includes a glass of wine from our Ofcial Wine Sponsor, Clos Henri. Saturday 17 March, 7.30pm for 8.15pm screening $20 AF members, $25 non-members. Tickets available from Berkeley Cinemas Takapuna or www.hoyts.co.nz Berkeley Cinemas Takapuna

Join the Alliance Française Auckland and learn about Francophonie worldwide with this original comedy from Québec. Ladies Film Night: Aurore Ticket includes a glass of wine. Wednesday 7 March, 6.00pm for 6.15pm screening Auckland $20 AF members, $25 non-members. Tickets available from Berkeley Cinemas Takapuna or www.hoyts.co.nz Rialto Cinemas Newmarket

SPECIAL Join Agnès Jaoui on the teetering bridge of women post-ffty in this highly entertaining flm. CHRISTCHURCH Ticket includes a glass of wine and a special Ladies Film Night goodie bag. Wine and Cheese Tasting: Back to Burgundy Regular tickets $24.50, Cinebuzz card holders $22.50. Tickets available from Rialto Cinemas Newmarket or www.rialto.co.nz Friday 16 March, 6.15pm at Decant, 61 Mandeville St, Riccarton Film screening at 8.15pm at Hoyts Riccarton Wine and Cheese Tasting: Back to Burgundy Thursday 8 March, 6.15pm at Maison Vauron, 5 McColl St, Newmarket Join us for an exclusive wine and cheese tasting event around a moving family flm set in Bourgogne, the heart of French Pinot Noir. Film screening at 8.15pm at Rialto Cinemas Newmarket Ticket includes wine and cheese tasting at Decant, followed by a flm screening at Hoyts Riccarton. Booking is essential. All tickets $70. Tickets available from Hoyts Riccarton or www.hoyts.co.nz Join us for an exclusive wine and cheese tasting event around a moving family flm set in Bourgogne, the heart of French Pinot Noir. Ticket includes wine and cheese tasting at Maison Vauron, followed by a flm screening at Rialto Cinemas Newmarket. Soirée Francophonie: 9 The Movie Booking is essential. All tickets $75. Tickets available from Rialto Cinemas Newmarket or www.rialto.co.nz Saturday 24 March, 7.45pm for 8.30pm screening Hoyts Riccarton French painting class and flm: Rodin

FESTIVAL Saturday 10 March, 4.30pm at The Commons, 21 Hurstmere Rd, Takapuna Join the Alliance Française Christchurch and learn about Francophonie worldwide with this original comedy from Québec. Film screening at 6.00pm at Berkeley Cinemas Takapuna Ticket includes a glass of wine and crêpes from Maison de Crêpes. $20 AF members, $25 non-members. Christchurch Come along for an inspirational night of French art, featuring a painting class on French themes with Art In Bloom Academy and a screening of Rodin. Tickets available from Hoyts Riccarton or www.hoyts.co.nz Ticket includes painting class, material and arts introduction at The Commons, followed by a flm screening at Berkeley Cinemas Takapuna. Booking is essential. All tickets $55. Tickets available from Berkeley Cinemas more on special events at www.frenchfilmfestival.co.nz Takapuna or www.hoyts.co.nz 54. 55. WELLINGTON

Ladies Film Night: Aurore Ice Cream Masterclass...... $60 3pm - 6pm, 27 January 2018 Wednesday 14 March, 6.15pm for 6.30pm screening Embassy Theatre Mastering the Art of Macarons...... $299 9am - 5pm, 24 March 2018

Join Agnès Jaoui on the teetering bridge of women post-ffty in this highly entertaining flm. A Taste of Le Cordon Bleu Cuisine...... $399 9am - 4pm, 24 & 25 March 2018 Ticket includes a glass of wine. $20 AF members, $25 non-members. Tickets available from Embassy Theatre or www.embassytheatre.co.nz A Taste of Italy...... $299 9am - 5pm, 7 April 2018

SHORT Get Saucy Course...... $199 Soirée Francophonie: 9 The Movie 9am - 5pm, 23 June 2018 Saturday 24 March, 7.30pm for 8.15pm screening Classic Pâtisserie Techniques...... $599

EVENTS COURSES Embassy Theatre 9am - 5pm, 23 & 24 June 2018

Vegan Masterclass...... $60 Join the Alliance Française Wellington and learn about Francophonie worldwide with this 3pm - 6pm, 7 July 2018 original comedy from Québec. Wellington Cheese Making Workshop...... $199 Ticket includes a glass of wine and cheese tasting from Le Marche Français. 9am - 4pm, 22 September 2018 $20 AF members, $25 non-members. Tickets available from Embassy Theatre or www.embassytheatre.co.nz Classic Cuisine Techniques...... $599 9am - 5pm, 6 & 7 October 2018

Holiday Baking Workshop...... $399 THEMED INTRODUCTIONS 9am - 5pm, 6 & 7 October 2018

The following flms will feature a special introduction at the screening times below. 04 472 9800 / [email protected] Regular festival ticket pricing applies. SPECIAL

A Woman Is a Gauguin Rodin Woman Christchurch Auckland Nelson Monday 12 March, 6.10pm, Hoyts Riccarton, Tuesday 6 March, 6.15pm, in partnership with Christchurch Art Gallery Rialto Cinemas Newmarket, in Monday 19 March, 6.00pm, partnership with Auckland Art Suter Theatre, in partnership Dunedin Gallery Toi o Tāmaki with Nelson Film Society Monday 26 March, 6.00pm, Rialto Cinemas, Wellington in partnership with Otago University Christchurch 2018 Alliance Française French Film Festival Tuesday 20 March, 6.00pm, Monday 19 March, 6.15pm, Tauranga Hoyts Riccarton, in partnership Embassy Theatre, in partnership Tuesday 27 March, 6.00pm, Rialto Cinemas with Christchurch Art Gallery with Wellington Film Society Tauranga, in partnership with Tauranga Art Gallery Wellington Thursday 22 March, 6.00pm, Embassy Theatre, in partnership with the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa

Faces Places Makala FESTIVAL Auckland Auckland Tuesday 13 March, 6.15pm, Tuesday 20 March, 6.10pm, Rialto Cinemas Newmarket, in Rialto Cinemas Newmarket, in partnership with the Doc Edge partnership with the African Film Festival The Graduation Festival Wellington expires 30/06/2018 Tuesday 13 March, 6.00pm, Embassy Theatre, in partnership with Victoria University 56. 57. SCHEDULE

H OPENING NIGHT EVENT SEE PAGE 54 FOR DETAILS Tue 13 Mar 10:00 am Redoubtable 6:10 pm Number One 8:15 pm Dr. Knock ● SPECIAL EVENT SEE PAGES 54 - 56 FOR DETAILS 12:10 pm Jealous 8:30 pm Jealous Tue 20 Mar 10:30 am Rodin s THEMED INTRODUCTION SEE PAGE 56 FOR DETAILS 2:15 pm Ava Tue 6 Mar 10:30 am Back to Burgundy 12:55 pm Jealous 6:15 pm Faces Places s 12:50 pm Dalida 6:10 pm Gauguin AUCKLAND – NEWMARKET 1 - 21 March 8:30 pm Dr. Knock 6:20 pm Tour de France 8:15 pm C'est la vie! Thu 1 Mar 8:15 pm C'est la vie! H Wed 14 Mar 10:00 am The Exes 8:30 pm Redoubtable Wed 21 Mar 10:30 am Dalida Fri 2 Mar 10:00 am Ismael's Ghosts 11:50 am C'est la vie! Wed 7 Mar 10:30 am Double Lover 1:00 pm Return of the Hero 12:15 pm Tour de France 2:15 pm Double Lover 12:45 pm The Exes 5:45 pm BPM (Beats Per Minute) 4:05 pm BPM (Beats Per Minute) 6:15 pm Return of the Hero ● 6:10 pm C'est la vie! 8:35 pm Redoubtable 6:50 pm Barbara 8:30 pm Rodin 8:30 pm The Brigade Jealous 8:50 pm Thu 15 Mar 10:45 am The Brigade Thu 8 Mar 10:30 am Ismael’s Ghosts CHRISTCHURCH 6 - 25 March Sat 3 Mar 12:00 pm Orchestra Class 12:45 pm Ismael’s Ghosts 12:50 pm 9 The Movie Tue 6 March 6:30 pm C'est la vie! H 2:10 pm Return of the Hero 3:15 pm BPM (Beats Per Minute) 6:10 pm Barbara Wed 7 Mar 10:30 am Ismael’s Ghosts 4:10 pm Number One 6:15 pm Gauguin ● 8:15 pm Aurore 1:30 pm Dalida 6:30 pm Ceasefre 8:40 pm Aurore Fri 9 Mar 10:30 am Return of the Hero 4:00 pm Tour de France 8:40 pm Redoubtable Fri 16 Mar 11:00 am Orchestra Class 12:30 pm BPM (Beats Per Minute) 6:00 pm Dr. Knock Sun 4 Mar 11:00 am Belle & Sebastian: Friends for Life 1:15 pm 9 The Movie 6:20 pm Ava 8:30 pm Double Lover 1:00 pm Ava 3:45 pm See You Up There 8:30 pm See You Up There Thu 8 Mar 10:30 am Aurore 3:10 pm Dr. Knock 6:05 pm The Guardians Sat 10 Mar 10:30 am Faces Places 1:30 pm Number One 5:30 pm This Is Our Land 8:45 pm Redoubtable 1:00 pm Dr. Knock 4:00 pm Barbara 8:00 pm Dalida Sat 17 Mar 12:10 pm Belle & Sebastian: Friends for Life 3:30 pm Number One 6:00 pm The Guardians Mon 5 Mar 10:00 am Double Lover 2:10 pm Dr. Knock 6:00 pm Rodin ● 8:40 pm Ava 12:10 pm Back to Burgundy 4:25 pm Back to Burgundy 8:40 pm Back to Burgundy Fri 9 Mar 10:30 am Rodin 2:30 pm A Woman Is a Woman 6:40 pm Barbara Sun 11 Mar 10:30 am Orchestra Class 2:00 pm The Brigade 6:30 pm The Exes 8:40 pm Jealous 1:30 pm The Graduation 4:00 pm 9 The Movie 8:15 pm The Brigade Sun 18 Mar 11:30 am A Woman Is a Woman 4:00 pm Tour de France 6:10 pm Reinventing Marvin Tue 6 Mar 10:00 am C'est la vie! 1:20 pm Gauguin 6:00 pm Redoubtable 8:30 pm Jealous 12:20 pm Barbara 3:30 pm The Graduation 8:15 pm This Is Our Land Sat 10 Mar 10:30 am Orchestra Class 9 The Movie 2:20 pm 6:00 pm Montparnasse Bienvenüe Mon 12 Mar 10:30 am BPM (Beats Per Minute) New Caledonia Documentary Programme: s 6:15 pm Rodin 8:00 pm C'est la vie! 1:20 pm Jealous 1:50 pm The Tribe of the Invisible Land of Metal 8:50 pm See You Up There Mon 19 Mar 10:00 am Tour de France 6:10 pm Return of the Hero 4:10 pm Back to Burgundy Wed 7 Mar 10:00 am Dr. Knock 12:00 pm Ava 8:15 pm Ava 6:30 pm Bloody Milk 12:15 pm Gauguin 2:10 pm Return of the Hero Tue 13 Mar 10:30 am Back to Burgundy 8:30 pm Redoubtable 2:20 pm Return of the Hero 6:00 pm Dalida 12:50 pm Double Lover ● Sun 11 Mar 11:30 am Belle & Sebastian: Friends for Life 6:15 pm Aurore 8:30 pm Double Lover 6:20 pm The Exes 1:50 pm A Woman Is a Woman 8:30 pm Tour de France Tue 20 Mar 10:00 am 9 The Movie 8:15 pm Ismael’s Ghosts 3:45 pm The Graduation Thu 8 Mar 10:00 am Jealous 12:00 pm The Exes Wed 14 Mar 10:30 am Aurore 6:10 pm Ceasefre 12:05 pm Ava 1:50 pm Ismael’s Ghosts 12:30 pm Dr. Knock 8:20 pm Return of the Hero 2:20 pm Dalida 6:10 pm Makala s 6:10 pm See You Up There Mon 12 Mar 10:30 am Tour de France 6:40 pm Number One 8:30 pm Barbara 8:30 pm Number One ● 1:30 pm Ismael’s Ghosts 8:15 pm Back to Burgundy Wed 21 Mar 10:00 am Gauguin Thu 15 Mar 10:30 am C'est la vie! 3:50 pm See You Up There Fri 9 Mar 10:00 am Rodin 12:05 pm The Brigade 12:55 pm Redoubtable 6:10 pm Gauguin s 12:25 pm The Exes 2:00 pm Aurore 6:10 pm Faces Places 8:35 pm The Exes 4:30 pm Faces Places 6:00 pm Number One 8:15 pm Tour de France Tue 13 Mar 10:30 am C'est la vie! 6:30 pm Bloody Milk 8:15 pm Mrs. Hyde Fri 16 Mar 10:30 am Barbara 2:00 pm Ava 8:30 pm Ismael’s Ghosts 12:30 pm A Woman Is a Woman Faces Places Belle & Sebastian: Friends for Life 4:15 pm Sat 10 Mar 12:00 pm AUCKLAND – TAKAPUNA 2 - 21 March 6:10 pm Back to Burgundy New Caledonia Documentary Programme: 6:10 pm Barbara Fri 2 Mar 10:30 am Rodin 8:30 pm Reinventing Marvin 2:00 pm The Tribe of the Invisible 8:15 pm BPM (Beats Per Minute) Land of Metal 12:55 pm C'est la vie! Sat 17 Mar 10:30 am Orchestra Class Wed 14 Mar 10:30 am Jealous 4:15 pm Redoubtable 7:30 pm Dr. Knock ● 1:30 pm Ava 2:00 pm 9 The Movie 6:25 pm See You Up There Sat 3 Mar 10:30 am The Big Bad Fox and Other Tales 3:40 pm The Brigade 4:10 pm Aurore 8:45 pm Montparnasse Bienvenüe 1:30 pm The Brigade 5:40 pm Ceasefre 6:10 pm The Brigade Sun 11 Mar 11:15 am The Big Bad Fox and Other Tales 3:30 pm Ismael’s Ghosts 8:15 pm 9 The Movie ● 8:10 pm Number One 1:10 pm The Brigade 5:30 pm The Exes Sun 18 Mar 10:30 am Belle & Sebastian: Friends for Life Thu 15 Mar 10:30 am Return of the Hero 3:10 pm Ceasefre 8:15 pm Double Lover New Caledonia Documentary Programme: 1:15 pm The Tribe of the Invisible 1:30 pm Rodin 5:30 pm Reinventing Marvin Sun 4 Mar 10:30 am A Woman Is a Woman Land of Metal 4:00 pm Dalida 8:00 pm Double Lover 1:30 pm Gauguin 3:30 pm See You Up There 6:30 pm Ceasefre Mon 12 Mar 10:30 am Aurore 3:40 pm Montparnasse Bienvenüe 6:00 pm Dalida 8:40 pm Double Lover 12:45 pm Dalida 5:40 pm The Guardians 8:30 pm Bloody Milk Fri 16 Mar 10:30 am Gauguin 3:30 pm Number One 8:20 pm Return of the Hero Mon 19 Mar 10:30 am Number One 1:30 pm BPM (Beats Per Minute) 6:00 pm See You Up There Mon 5 Mar 10:30 am See You Up There 12:50 pm Barbara 4:20 pm Redoubtable 8:20 pm Back to Burgundy 12:55 pm Faces Places 6:10 pm Aurore 6:30 pm Tour de France

58. 59. CHRISTCHURCH continued... 6 - 25 March WELLINGTON 7 - 28 March Tue 20 Mar 10:30 am Ismael’s Ghosts D 8:30 pm 9 The Movie 8:15 pm Back to Burgundy ● Wed 7 Mar 8:15 pm C'est la vie! H E 1:50 pm Dalida D Wed 14 Mar 2:30 pm Rodin Sat 17 Mar 10:30 am The Big Bad Fox and Other Tales Thu 8 Mar 10:30 am Faces Places D 4:20 pm 9 The Movie D 6:00 pm The Graduation 1:30 pm See You Up There 2:00 pm Ismael’s Ghosts D 6:25 pm Number One E 8:35 pm Aurore 3:55 pm Dr. Knock 4:20 pm Barbara D 8:40 pm Rodin D Thu 15 Mar 10:30 am Back to Burgundy 6:15 pm This Is Our Land 6:20 pm Montparnasse Bienvenüe E Wed 21 Mar 10:30 am See You Up There D 4:00 pm Dr. Knock 8:40 pm C'est la vie! 8:20 pm Number One D 1:30 pm Dr. Knock D 8:15 pm Double Lover Sun 18 Mar 11:30 am Orchestra Class Fri 9 Mar 10:30 am Jealous D 3:50 pm BPM (Beats Per Minute) D Fri 16 Mar 10:30 am Gauguin 1:30 pm The Guardians 2:00 pm Aurore D 6:35 pm Tour de France D 4:00 pm Ismael’s Ghosts 4:10 pm Jealous 3:55 pm The Exes D 8:35 pm Ava E 6:20 pm Barbara 6:15 pm Montparnasse Bienvenüe 6:00 pm Bloody Milk E Thu 22 Mar 10:30 am C'est la vie! D Sat 17 Mar 10:30 am Belle & Sebastian: Friends for Life 8:15 pm Ava 8:00 pm Double Lover D 1:45 pm Jealous D 4:00 pm See You Up There Mon 19 Mar 10:30 am The Brigade Sat 10 Mar 10:30 am The Big Bad Fox and Other Tales D 3:50 pm Double Lover D 6:20 pm Return of the Hero 2:00 pm Faces Places 1:40 pm Gauguin D 6:00 pm Gauguin s E Sun 18 Mar 10:30 am Orchestra Class 4:00 pm A Woman Is a Woman 3:45 pm Dalida D 8:20 pm Montparnasse Bienvenüe D 4:15 pm The Exes 6:00 pm Number One 6:15 pm This Is Our Land E Fri 23 Mar 10:30 am Orchestra Class D 6:15 pm Dalida 8:15 pm Dalida 8:40 pm Back to Burgundy E 2:00 pm The Brigade D Mon 19 Mar 2:30 pm Aurore Tue 20 Mar 10:30 am The Exes Sun 11 Mar 10:30 am A Woman Is a Woman D 4:00 pm Aurore D 6:15 pm Redoubtable 1:40 pm Redoubtable 1:40 pm Makala D 6:00 pm The Guardians E 8:25 pm The Brigade 4:00 pm Tour de France 4:00 pm Redoubtable D 8:40 pm Bloody Milk D Tue 20 Mar 2:30 pm C'est la vie! 6:00 pm Rodin s 6:10 pm Ceasefre D Sat 24 Mar 10:30 am The Big Bad Fox and Other Tales D 6:15 pm Ava 8:40 pm See You Up There 8:20 pm BPM (Beats Per Minute) D 1:55 pm Redoubtable D 8:25 pm Dr. Knock Wed 21 Mar 10:30 am BPM (Beats Per Minute) Mon 12 Mar 10:30 am Rodin D 4:05 pm Makala D Wed 21 Mar 2:15 pm Jealous 1:40 pm C'est la vie! 2:00 pm 9 The Movie D 6:20 pm The Exes D 6:00 pm See You Up There 4:00 pm Ava 4:05 pm Ava D 8:15 pm 9 The Movie ● E 8:20 pm Mrs. Hyde 6:10 pm This Is Our Land 6:15 pm The Brigade D Sun 25 Mar 10:30 am Belle & Sebastian: Friends for Life D 8:35 pm Ismael’s Ghosts 8:10 pm See You Up There E New Caledonia Documentary NELSON 14 - 28 March 1:50 pm Programme: The Tribe of the Invisible D Thu 22 Mar 10:30 am Barbara Tue 13 Mar 10:30 am Barbara D Land of Metal Wed 14 Mar 6:30 pm C'est la vie! H 1:40 pm Gauguin 2:00 pm Return of the Hero D 4:05 pm Return of the Hero D Thu 15 Mar 11:00 am Return of the Hero 3:50 pm Dr. Knock 3:55 pm Jealous D 6:00 pm This Is Our Land E 1:00 pm Dalida 6:10 pm The Graduation 6:00 pm The Graduation s E 8:25 pm Dalida D 3:30 pm Ismael’s Ghosts 8:35 pm Reinventing Marvin 8:40 pm Tour de France D Mon 26 Mar 10:30 am Gauguin D 8:15 pm The Guardians Fri 23 Mar 10:30 am Number One Wed 14 Mar 10:30 am The Exes D 1:30 pm C'est la vie! D Fri 16 Mar 11:00 am The Exes 2:00 pm Jealous 2:00 pm Redoubtable D 3:55 pm See You Up There D 1:00 pm Number One New Caledonia Documentary Programme: 4:10 pm C'est la vie! D 6:15 pm Jealous D 3:25 pm Rodin 4:10 pm The Tribe of the Invisible 6:30 pm Aurore ● E Land of Metal 8:20 pm Barbara E 6:00 pm Redoubtable 8:25 pm Double Lover D 6:25 pm Montparnasse Bienvenüe Tue 27 Mar 10:30 am Ava D 8:15 pm Double Lover Thu 15 Mar 10:30 am Number One D 8:30 pm Back to Burgundy 2:10 pm Tour de France D Sat 17 Mar 11:40 am The Big Bad Fox and Other Tales 1:30 pm Back to Burgundy D Sat 24 Mar 10:30 am Belle & Sebastian: Friends for Life 4:10 pm Faces Places D 1:30 pm The Brigade 3:50 pm Dalida D 1:50 pm The Exes 6:10 pm Reinventing Marvin E 3:30 pm See You Up There 6:20 pm Dr. Knock E 3:40 pm Makala 8:30 pm Redoubtable D 6:00 pm Montparnasse Bienvenüe 8:40 pm Ismael’s Ghosts D 5:45 pm Redoubtable Wed 28 Mar 10:30 am Ismael’s Ghosts D 8:15 pm Dr. Knock Fri 16 Mar 10:30 am Redoubtable D 8:30 pm 9 The Movie ● 1:30 pm Number One D Sun 18 Mar 1:15 pm Belle & Sebastian: Friends for Life 2:00 pm See You Up There D Sun 25 Mar 11:30 am See You Up There 3:45 pm Back to Burgundy D 3:20 pm Jealous 4:20 pm Tour de France D 2:00 pm Return of the Hero 6:05 pm Dr. Knock D 5:30 pm Bloody Milk 6:20 pm Return of the Hero D 4:00 pm Bloody Milk 8:25 pm Mrs. Hyde E 7:30 pm Tour de France 8:15 pm Ceasefre E 6:00 pm Aurore Mon 19 Mar 1:20 pm Back to Burgundy Sat 17 Mar 10:30 am Belle & Sebastian: Friends for Life D 8:00 pm Mrs. Hyde NEW PLYMOUTH 8 - 21 March 3:40 pm Ava 1:45 pm Rodin D 6:00 pm A Woman Is a Woman s Thu 8 Mar 6:30 pm C'est la vie! H H OPENING NIGHT EVENT SEE PAGE 54 FOR DETAILS New Caledonia Documentary 8:15 pm Gauguin 4:10 pm Programme: The Tribe of the Invisible D Fri 9 Mar 10:30 am Number One ● SPECIAL EVENT SEE PAGES 54 - 56 FOR DETAILS Tue 20 Mar 1:30 pm Aurore Land of Metal 2:30 pm Redoubtable s THEMED INTRODUCTION SEE PAGE 56 FOR DETAILS 3:30 pm See You Up There 6:25 pm Montparnasse Bienvenüe E 6:30 pm Back to Burgundy 6:00 pm Number One 8:25 pm The Brigade D Sat 10 Mar 10:30 am The Big Bad Fox and Other Tales 8:20 pm Ismael’s Ghosts Sun 18 Mar 10:30 am Orchestra Class D 4:15 pm Tour de France Wed 21 Mar 10:30 am C'est la vie! 1:30 pm Ava D 6:15 pm Ceasefre 1:00 pm Jealous 3:40 pm The Guardians E Sun 11 Mar 10:30 am Faces Places 3:15 pm Redoubtable 6:20 pm Barbara D 4:15 pm Jealous 8:15 pm The Graduation 8:20 pm Reinventing Marvin E 6:20 pm Bloody Milk Thu 22 Mar 11:15 am Barbara Mon 19 Mar 10:30 am Aurore D Mon 12 Mar 2:30 pm Return of the Hero 1:20 pm Tour de France 1:45 pm Double Lover D 6:15 pm Gauguin 3:30 pm Dr. Knock 3:55 pm Back to Burgundy D 8:20 pm BPM (Beats Per Minute) 8:15 pm Montparnasse Bienvenüe 6:15 pm A Woman Is a Woman s E Tue 13 Mar 2:30 pm A Woman Is a Woman Fri 23 Mar 11:45 am Faces Places WELLINGTON THEATRE KEY: E EMBASSY THEATRE D EMBASSY DELUXE 8:30 pm Return of the Hero E 6:15 pm Number One

60. 61. NELSON continued... 14 - 28 March TAURANGA 15 - 28 March 3:50 pm Back to Burgundy 6:20 pm Montparnasse Bienvenüe 1:45 pm Gauguin Thu 15 Mar 6:00 pm C'est la vie! H 6:15 pm Montparnasse Bienvenüe 8:20 pm 9 The Movie 4:00 pm The Brigade Fri 16 Mar 11:00 am Aurore 8:30 pm The Exes Mon 26 Mar 10:00 am Jealous 6:00 pm Reinventing Marvin 6:15 pm Barbara Sun 25 Mar 10:30 am Orchestra Class 12:05 pm The Brigade 8:20 pm Return of the Hero 8:15 pm Return of the Hero 1:30 pm A Woman Is a Woman 6:00 pm Gauguin s Sat 24 Mar 10:50 am Orchestra Class Sat 17 Mar 11:15 am The Big Bad Fox and Other Tales 3:30 pm Jealous 8:30 pm Dr. Knock 1:00 pm Rodin 1:40 pm Jealous 5:45 pm The Graduation Tue 27 Mar 10:30 am Aurore 3:30 pm 9 The Movie 3:45 pm Back to Burgundy 8:10 pm Ava 1:00 pm BPM (Beats Per Minute) 5:40 pm The Guardians 6:00 pm Ismael’s Ghosts Mon 26 Mar 11:00 am Aurore 6:00 pm Reinventing Marvin 8:20 pm Back to Burgundy 8:15 pm 9 The Movie 6:00 pm Gauguin 8:20 pm Dalida Sun 25 Mar 12:45 pm Dalida Sun 18 Mar 11:15 am Orchestra Class 8:10 pm BPM (Beats Per Minute) Wed 28 Mar 10:00 am Redoubtable 3:20 pm Makala 1:45 pm Faces Places Tue 27 Mar 11:00 am Rodin 12:05 pm Double Lover 5:30 pm This Is Our Land 3:40 pm See You Up There 1:25 pm Tour de France 6:10 pm The Graduation 8:00 pm Aurore 6:00 pm Dr. Knock 6:00 pm Number One 8:30 pm The Exes Mon 26 Mar 1:40 pm Dr. Knock 8:15 pm Double Lover 8:20 pm Double Lover Thu 29 Mar 10:00 am Orchestra Class 4:00 pm The Exes Mon 19 Mar 11:00 am Tour de France Wed 28 Mar 11:00 am The Brigade 12:05 pm Rodin 6:00 pm Ava 6:00 pm Ava 1:00 pm C'est la vie! 6:30 pm Bloody Milk 8:15 pm BPM (Beats Per Minute) 8:15 pm Dalida 6:00 pm Jealous 8:30 pm Back to Burgundy Tue 27 Mar 11:15 am 9 The Movie Tue 20 Mar 11:00 am Rodin 8:10 pm Dalida Fri 30 Mar 2:00 pm Tour de France 1:25 pm Double Lover 6:15 pm The Brigade Thu 29 Mar 11:15 am The Exes 4:00 pm Ismael’s Ghosts 3:40 pm Number One 8:15 pm The Exes 1:15 pm Dr. Knock 6:15 pm Jealous 6:00 pm See You Up There Wed 21 Mar 11:00 am Gauguin 6:00 pm Ava 8:30 pm See You Up There 8:30 pm Redoubtable 6:00 pm Back to Burgundy 8:15 pm Ismael’s Ghosts Sat 31 Mar 2:00 pm Ava Wed 28 Mar 11:40 am Back to Burgundy 8:15 pm Aurore Fri 30 Mar 11:00 am Return of the Hero 4:10 pm Number One 2:00 pm Aurore Thu 22 Mar 11:00 am 9 The Movie 1:00 pm Redoubtable 6:30 pm Return of the Hero 4:00 pm Tour de France 6:00 pm Number One 6:00 pm Faces Places 8:30 pm Barbara 6:10 pm Barbara 8:15 pm See You Up There 8:00 pm See You Up There Sun 1 Apr 4:20 pm A Woman Is a Woman 8:15 pm Mrs. Hyde Fri 23 Mar 11:00 am Ismael’s Ghosts Sat 31 Mar 10:30 am BPM (Beats Per Minute) 6:10 pm This Is Our Land 4:00 pm Return of the Hero 1:20 pm Barbara 8:30 pm Aurore TIMARU 15 - 25 March 6:00 pm Reinventing Marvin 3:30 pm Aurore Mon 2 Apr 4:00 pm Dr. Knock Thu 15 Mar 6:00 pm C'est la vie! H 8:15 pm Jealous 5:45 pm Tour de France 6:20 pm Redoubtable 8:30 pm Back to Burgundy Sat 24 Mar 11:15 am C'est la vie! 8:00 pm The Guardians 8:35 pm C'est la vie! Fri 16 Mar 1:00 pm Rodin 1:40 pm Barbara Sun 1 Apr 10:30 am C'est la vie! Tue 3 Apr 10:00 am Gauguin 6:30 pm Aurore 3:45 pm Rodin 1:00 pm Number One 12:05 pm Faces Places 8:30 pm Dr. Knock 6:15 pm Tour de France 3:30 pm Redoubtable 6:10 pm Number One Sat 17 Mar 11:00 am Belle & Sebastian: Friends for Life 8:15 pm Redoubtable 6:00 pm Back to Burgundy 8:30 pm See You Up There 6:20 pm Jealous Sun 25 Mar 11:00 am Belle & Sebastian: Friends for Life 8:25 pm 9 The Movie Wed 4 Apr 10:00 am Ismael’s Ghosts 8:30 pm Redoubtable 1:00 pm A Woman Is a Woman Mon 2 Apr 11:00 am Belle & Sebastian: Friends for Life 12:15 pm The Brigade Sun 18 Mar 11:00 am Gauguin 2:45 pm Dalida 6:00 pm Dr. Knock 6:10 pm Ava 6:00 pm See You Up There 5:30 pm The Exes 8:20 pm Double Lover 8:30 pm Mrs. Hyde Return of the Hero 8:30 pm 7:30 pm Ceasefre Tue 3 Apr 11:00 am See You Up There A Woman Is a Woman Mon 19 Mar 12:00 pm Mon 26 Mar 11:00 am Back to Burgundy 1:30 pm Return of the Hero HAMILTON 22 March - 11 April 5:20 pm Double Lover 5:45 pm BPM (Beats Per Minute) 6:00 pm The Brigade Thu 22 Mar 7:45 pm C'est la vie! H 7:30 pm 9 The Movie 8:30 pm Dr. Knock 8:00 pm Rodin Fri 23 Mar 11:00 am Aurore Tue 20 Mar 12:00 pm Jealous Tue 27 Mar 11:00 am Return of the Hero Wed 4 Apr 11:00 am Back to Burgundy 3:40 pm Dr. Knock 5:15 pm Number One 6:00 pm Gauguin s 1:20 pm Gauguin 6:00 pm Redoubtable 7:30 pm The Brigade 8:20 pm Ava 6:00 pm Aurore Sat 24 Mar 2:00 pm Barbara Wed 21 Mar 12:00 pm Aurore Wed 28 Mar 11:00 am Number One 8:00 pm Mrs. Hyde 4:10 pm Ava 5:30 pm The Exes 6:00 pm Redoubtable 6:25 pm Bloody Milk 7:30 pm Dalida 8:15 pm Mrs. Hyde Sun 25 Mar 11:05 am The Big Bad Fox and Other Tales Thu 22 Mar 12:00 pm Redoubtable DUNEDIN 22 March - 4 April Thu 22 Mar 6:15 pm C'est la vie! H 5:20 pm Back to Burgundy 5:00 pm Ismael’s Ghosts Fri 23 Mar 10:00 am The Big Bad Fox and Other Tales 7:45 pm The Guardians 7:30 pm Ava HAVELOCK NORTH 21 March - 4 April Barbara Return of the Hero Fri 23 Mar 1:00 pm Faces Places Wed 21 Mar 6:30 pm C'est la vie! H 12:00 pm Mon 26 Mar 11:00 am 6:30 pm Tour de France Thu 22 Mar 11:30 am Aurore 6:20 pm Reinventing Marvin 5:50 pm Dalida 8:30 pm BPM (Beats Per Minute) 1:25 pm Dalida 8:40 pm Return of the Hero 8:30 pm Double Lover Sat 24 Mar 11:00 am Return of the Hero 6:00 pm Redoubtable Sat 24 Mar 12:00 pm Belle & Sebastian: Friends for Life Tue 27 Mar 11:00 am Number One 6:20 pm Barbara 8:15 pm Return of the Hero 2:00 pm The Exes 8:30 pm Ismael’s Ghosts 8:30 pm Number One Fri 23 Mar 11:00 am 9 The Movie 4:00 pm Tour de France Wed 28 Mar 11:00 am Back to Burgundy Sun 25 Mar 11:00 am C'est la vie! 1:10 pm Number One 6:00 pm Ceasefre 6:00 pm Dr. Knock 6:00 pm Back to Burgundy 6:15 pm Barbara 8:15 pm Double Lover Thu 29 Mar 11:00 am Jealous 8:30 pm Mrs. Hyde 8:30 pm Dr. Knock Sun 25 Mar 11:00 am Back to Burgundy 6:00 pm Reinventing Marvin H OPENING NIGHT EVENT SEE PAGE 54 FOR DETAILS Sat 24 Mar 10:30 am The Big Bad Fox and Other Tales 1:30 pm Dalida 8:30 pm See You Up There See You Up There Faces Places s THEMED INTRODUCTION SEE PAGE 56 FOR DETAILS 1:30 pm Ismael’s Ghosts 4:00 pm Fri 30 Mar 11:00 am

62. 63. HAMILTON continued... 22 March - 11 April 3:30 pm Tour de France Mon 16 Apr 11:00 am Number One 3:50 pm BPM (Beats Per Minute) 6:00 pm Barbara 1:15 pm Double Lover 6:45 pm Gauguin 8:15 pm C'est la vie! 6:00 pm Rodin Sat 31 Mar 2:00 pm 9 The Movie Fri 13 Apr 11:00 am The Exes 8:30 pm Back to Burgundy 4:10 pm Aurore 1:00 pm A Woman Is a Woman Tue 17 Apr 11:00 am See You Up There 6:10 pm Return of the Hero 3:00 pm Ava 1:20 pm Ava Sun 1 Apr 11:05 am C'est la vie! 5:45 pm See You Up There 6:00 pm Dalida 5:25 pm Barbara 8:15 pm Double Lover 8:30 pm The Brigade 7:30 pm The Exes Sat 14 Apr 11:00 am Dalida Wed 18 Apr 11:00 am Gauguin Mon 2 Apr 11:00 am Belle & Sebastian: Friends for Life 1:30 pm Return of the Hero 1:15 pm Ismael’s Ghosts 6:00 pm Rodin 3:30 pm C'est la vie! 6:00 pm Jealous 8:30 pm A Woman Is a Woman 8:15 pm BPM (Beats Per Minute) 8:05 pm Mrs. Hyde Tue 3 Apr 11:00 am Dalida Sun 15 Apr 11:00 am See You Up There 8:30 pm See You Up There 1:30 pm Gauguin AKAROA 6, 7, 8 and 13, 14, 15 April Wed 4 Apr 11:00 am Ismael’s Ghosts 3:45 pm Dr. Knock Fri 6 Apr 3:45 pm Dr. Knock 6:00 pm Ava 6:15 pm Mrs. Hyde 6:00 pm C'est la vie! Thu 5 Apr 11:00 am The Exes Sat 7 Apr 4:00 pm Return of the Hero 6:00 pm Makala PALMERSTON NORTH 5 - 18 April 6:00 pm See You Up There 8:20 pm Aurore Thu 5 Apr 6:30 pm C'est la vie! H 8:20 pm Faces Places Fri 6 Apr 11:00 am Double Lover Fri 6 Apr 11:30 am Aurore Sun 8 Apr 1:45 pm Number One 3:45 pm C'est la vie! 1:25 pm Number One 4:00 pm Aurore 6:15 pm Tour de France 6:00 pm Dr. Knock 6:00 pm Back to Burgundy Sat 7 Apr 1:25 pm Back to Burgundy 8:20 pm Double Lover Fri 13 Apr 4:00 pm See You Up There 3:45 pm Redoubtable Sat 7 Apr 10:30 am Faces Places 6:20 pm Gauguin 6:00 pm This Is Our Land 1:30 pm Back to Burgundy Sat 14 Apr 3:45 pm Back to Burgundy Sun 8 Apr 11:05 am Orchestra Class 3:50 pm Ava 6:00 pm Dr. Knock 5:00 pm Montparnasse Bienvenüe 6:00 pm See You Up There 8:15 pm Aurore 7:10 pm Jealous 8:20 pm BPM (Beats Per Minute) Sun 15 Apr 1:30 pm Belle & Sebastian: Friends for Life Corner Aikmans & Papanui Roads Mon 9 Apr 11:00 am Gauguin Sun 8 Apr 10:30 am Belle & Sebastian: Friends for Life 3:30 pm C'est la vie! Christchurch 6:00 pm Number One 1:00 pm Dalida 6:00 pm Return of the Hero 8:20 pm Return of the Hero 3:45 pm 9 The Movie traiteur.co.nz H OPENING NIGHT EVENT SEE PAGE 54 FOR DETAILS Tue 10 Apr 11:00 am 9 The Movie 6:00 pm Montparnasse Bienvenüe 8:30 pm The Brigade 8:00 pm Redoubtable Wed 11 Apr 11:00 am Tour de France Mon 9 Apr 11:00 am Tour de France 7:45 pm Mrs. Hyde 1:10 pm Aurore 6:10 pm A Woman Is a Woman ARROWTOWN 5 - 15 April 8:10 pm The Exes Thu 5 Apr 6:00 pm C'est la vie! H Tue 10 Apr 11:00 am C'est la vie! Fri 6 Apr 11:00 am Gauguin 1:20 pm Return of the Hero 3:30 pm Number One 6:00 pm Number One 8:15 pm Dr. Knock 8:15 pm Barbara Sat 7 Apr 11:00 am Barbara Wed 11 Apr 11:00 am The Brigade 1:15 pm The Exes 1:20 pm 9 The Movie 3:45 pm The Brigade 6:00 pm Gauguin 6:00 pm Back to Burgundy 8:10 pm Ismael’s Ghosts Sun 8 Apr 11:00 am Belle & Sebastian: Friends for Life Thu 12 Apr 10:30 am Rodin 1:30 pm Aurore 1:20 pm The Exes supports 3:30 pm Back to Burgundy 6:00 pm The Graduation 6:00 pm Redoubtable 8:30 pm Ava the Mon 9 Apr 11:00 am Faces Places Fri 13 Apr 11:00 am Back to Burgundy 1:15 pm Rodin 1:20 pm Redoubtable 6:00 pm Jealous 6:10 pm Reinventing Marvin French 8:30 pm 9 The Movie 8:30 pm Jealous Tue 10 Apr 11:00 am Number One Sat 14 Apr 10:30 am The Big Bad Fox and Other Tales Film 3:00 pm Dalida 1:30 pm C'est la vie! 5:45 pm Back to Burgundy 4:00 pm Dr. Knock Festival 8:15 pm Ismael’s Ghosts 6:15 pm Tour de France Wed 11 Apr 11:00 am A Woman Is a Woman 8:20 pm Ceasefre 3:00 pm Aurore Sun 15 Apr 10:30 am Orchestra Class 16 Joll Rd, Havelock North 6:00 pm Faces Places 1:30 pm Barbara 8:15 pm Return of the Hero 4:00 pm Aurore Ph: (06) 877 8993 Thu 12 Apr 11:00 am Redoubtable 6:00 pm This Is Our Land www.pipicafe.co.nz 1:15 pm Jealous 8:20 pm Return of the Hero

64. 65. TICKETING INFO TICKETING INFO

AKAROA AUCKLAND CHRISTCHURCH DUNEDIN HAVELOCK NORTH NEW PLYMOUTH TAURANGA WELLINGTON Akaroa Cinema – Ciné Café Rialto Cinemas Newmarket Hoyts Riccarton Rialto Cinemas Dunedin Event Cinemas Event Cinemas Rialto Cinemas Tauranga The Embassy Theatre 4 Selwyn Avenue 167-169 Broadway, Newmarket Westfeld Riccarton 11 Moray Place 11 Joll Road 119 - 125 Devon St East Level 1, Goddard Centre & Embassy Deluxe Tel: (03) 304 8898 Tel: (09) 369 2417 Rotherham St Tel: (03) 474 2200 Tel: (06) 877 9016 Tel: (06) 759 9077 21 Devonport Road 10 Kent Terrace, Mount Victoria www.cinecafe.co.nz www.rialto.co.nz Tel: 0508 446 987 www.rialto.co.nz www.eventcinemas.co.nz www.eventcinemas.co.nz Tel: (07) 577 0445 Tel: (04) 384 7657 www.hoyts.co.nz www.rialtotauranga.co.nz www.embassytheatre.co.nz Standard sessions (anytime) Berkeley Cinemas Takapuna Standard sessions (anytime) Standard sessions (anytime) Standard sessions (anytime) Standard sessions (anytime) 32-34 Anzac Street,Takapuna Weekdays after 5.00pm Standard sessions (anytime) Adults $15.00 Adults $16.00 Adults $17.00 Adults $15.50 Tel: (09) 488 6000 Adults $17.00 and Weekends all day www.hoyts.co.nz Platinum (for E sessions only) $19.50 Students, Benefciaries and Students $12.50 Seniors $13.00 Students $13.00 $14.50 Adults $17.00 Standard sessions (anytime) Students $14.50 Alliance Française members Adults $17.50 Alliance Française members $13.00 Alliance Française members $13.00 Seniors, Children $10.00 Students and Alliance Seniors $12.50 $15.00 Adults $17.50 Alliance Française members $14.00 Française members Film Society $16.00 Other Children $10.00 Seniors, Children $11.50 Students $15.00 Seniors, Children $12.50 Children $11.00 Seniors, Children $10.50 Students, Benefciaries and Opening Night $30.00 $15.00 Other Alliance Française members Other Other Weekdays before 5.00pm ARROWTOWN Alliance Française members $14.50 School children on class Opening Night $30.00 Seniors, Children $12.50 Opening Night $30.00 Opening Night $30.00 trips (on weekdays, between $9.50 Dorothy Browns Cinema Seniors, Children $12.50 Adults $15.50 Opening Night (AF members) $25.00 10am-4pm) Other 18 Buckingham Street Opening Night (AF members) $25.00 Students and Alliance Other Opening Night (AF members) $25.00 Tertiary students on class $15.00 Tel: (03) 442 1964 School children on class Française members Opening Night $30.00 www.dorothybrowns.com Opening Night Newmarket School children on class School children on class trips trips (on weekdays, between $10.50 $25.00 trips (on weekdays, between $10.00 10am-4pm) (AF members) trips (on weekdays, between $9.50 (on weekdays, between $9.00 Seniors, Children $10.50 Opening Night (AF members) $25.00 Standard sessions (anytime) 10am-4pm) 10am-4pm) 10am-4pm) 5 Trip Pass (5 tickets to 5 Opening Night Newmarket Other $30.00 Tertiary students on class diferent sessions, excludes School children on class trips Adults $18.50 (All other tickets) Tertiary students on class trips (on weekdays, between $12.50 Tertiary students on class $67.50 (on weekdays, between $9.50 trips (on weekdays, between $13.00 opening night, special Opening Night $30.00 School children on class 10am-4pm) trips (on weekdays, between $12.50 10am-4pm) Seniors, Students $15.00 10am-4pm) events. T&Cs apply) trips (on weekdays, between $10.00 10am-4pm) Group rate (for groups that School children on class Tertiary students on class 10am-4pm) Group rate (for groups that fll Children $10.00 fll any cinema, i.e. pay for 5 Trip Pass (5 tickets to 5 Please Note School and tertiary groups trips (on weekdays, between $9.00 trips (on weekdays, between $13.00 any cinema i.e. pay for every Tertiary students on class every seat, between Monday $13.00 diferent sessions, excludes must have a minimum of 10 people to 10am-4pm) 10am-4pm) Other seat, between Monday and $13.00 $75.00 be eligible for the discounted group trips (on weekdays, between $14.00 and Thursday, and who pay opening night, special Tertiary students on class Thursday, and who pay in rate. Tickets must be purchased in one Group booking rate (for 10am-4pm) in one transaction) events. T&Cs apply) trips (on weekdays, between $12.00 Opening Night $25.00 one transaction) transaction. groups of 20+ to any Group rate (for groups that fll 10am-4pm) standard session, who book Group booking rate (for 5 Trip Pass (5 tickets to 5 Please Note School and tertiary groups $15.00 any cinema i.e. pay for every $1.35 booking fee is charged per ticket groups of 20+ to any diferent sessions, excludes must have a minimum of 10 people to $2.00 booking fee is charged per ticket and pay in one transaction seat, between Monday and $14.00 $70.00 booked online. standard session, who book opening night, special be eligible for the discounted group booked online. at least 10 days prior to the Thursday, and who pay in $14.00 and pay in one transaction events. T&Cs apply) rate. Tickets must be purchased in one session) one transaction) at least 10 days prior to the transaction. PALMERSTON NORTH Please Note School and tertiary groups TIMARU 5 Trip Pass (5 tickets to 5 Group booking rate (for session) must have a minimum of 10 people to $1.35 booking fee is charged per ticket diferent sessions, excludes groups of 20+ to any Event Cinemas $77.50 5 Trip Pass (5 tickets to 5 be eligible for the discounted group booked online. Movie Max Digital opening night, special standard session, who book 70 Broadway Avenue $15.00 diferent sessions, excludes rate. Tickets must be purchased in Corner of Canon and Sophia Streets events. T&Cs apply) and pay in one transaction $75.00 Tel: (06) 355 5335 opening night, special one transaction. For each group of Tel: (03) 684 6975 at least 10 days prior to the NELSON www.eventcinemas.co.nz Please Note All sessions screening events. T&Cs apply) 20, one teacher gets a complimentary www.moviemaxdigital.co.nz session) at the Embassy Theatre are marked admission. Suter Theatre Standard sessions (anytime) Please Note School and tertiary groups Standard sessions (anytime) with either ‘E’ or ‘D’. ‘E’ refers to the 5 Trip Pass (5 tickets to 5 must have a minimum of 10 people to Festival tickets can be purchased in Queens Gardens Adults $17.00 Embassy’s main auditorium. ‘D’ refers diferent sessions, excludes $77.50 be eligible for the discounted group cinema or online at www.rialto.co.nz. 199 Bridge Street Adults $16.00 to Cinema Deluxe which is situated on opening night, special rate. Tickets must be purchased in Booking fees will apply - $1.35 per Tel: (03) 548 3885 Seniors, Students, the ground level of the Embassy. This Students and Alliance events. T&Cs apply) one transaction. For each group of ticket for tickets booked online. All www.statecinemas.co.nz Benefciaries and Alliance $12.50 $14.00 features two intimate 70-seat premium Française members 20, one teacher gets a complimentary (Suter Page) Française members cinemas. Please Note School and tertiary groups sessions have allocated seating, so admission. pre-booking is recommended. Seniors, Children $12.00 must have a minimum of 10 people to Adults (after 5pm) $16.50 Children $11.00 School and tertiary groups must have a be eligible for the discounted group $1.50 booking fee is charged per ticket All cinemas are wheelchair accessible minimum of 10 people to be eligible for Other rate. Tickets must be purchased in booked online. – please contact the cinema to arrange Adults (before 5pm) $13.50 Other the discounted group rate. Tickets must one transaction. For each group of bookings for these seats. Opening Night $30.00 be purchased in one transaction. 20, one teacher gets a complimentary Opening Night $30.00 Seniors, Children (anytime) $11.50 $1.35 booking fee is charged per ticket admission. Opening Night (AF members) $25.00 HAMILTON Students, Alliance Française Opening Night (AF members) $25.00 booked online. Rialto Cinemas Newmarket: members and Film Society $13.50 School children on class Festival tickets can be purchased in Lido Cinema School children on class (anytime with ID) trips (on weekdays between $10.00 cinema, online at www.rialto.co.nz, or The Balcony, Centre Place trips (on weekdays, between $9.00 10am-4pm) by phone on (09) 369 2417. Booking 501 Victoria Street Other 10am-4pm) fees will apply - $1.35 per ticket for Tel: (07) 838 9010 Tertiary students on class Tertiary students on class tickets booked online and $2.50 per www.lidocinema.co.nz Opening Night $30.00 trips (on weekdays, between $12.00 trips (on weekdays, between $10.50 ticket for tickets booked over the phone. Opening Night 10am-4pm) Standard sessions (anytime) $25.00 10am-4pm) All sessions have allocated seating, so (AF members with ID) pre-booking is recommended. Please Note School and tertiary groups Adults $16.50 5 Trip Pass (5 tickets to 5 Please Note State Cinemas Free must have a minimum of 10 people to All cinemas are wheelchair accessible diferent sessions, excludes be eligible for the discounted group Students and Alliance Vouchers are not accepted. $75.00 – please contact the cinema to arrange $12.50 opening night, special rate. Tickets must be purchased in one Française members bookings for these seats. School and tertiary groups are entitled events. T&Cs apply) transaction. to one free ticket every nine tickets One hour free carparking is available in Seniors, Children $10.00 that are purchased. Tickets must be Please Note School and tertiary groups Festival tickets can be purchased at the the Tournament Rialto Carpark on Kent Movie Max Digital candy bar or online Other for weekday sessions before 5pm. must have a minimum of 10 people to Street (behind the cinema), Newmarket. be eligible for the discounted group at www.moviemaxdigital.co.nz. A $1.20 Just show your ticket on exit. Please Opening Night $30.00 rate. Tickets must be purchased in one non-refundable booking fee is charged note, charges apply for all parking transaction. per ticket booked online. A credit card over 1 hour. Opening Night (AF members) $25.00 phone booking service is available $1.35 booking fee is charged per ticket during cinema hours. School or tertiary students booked online. on class trips (on weekdays, $9.00 between 10am-4pm) Please Note Festival tickets can be purchased at the Lido box ofce or online at www.lidocinema.co.nz. See next page for Ticketing Information and Censorship Classifcation

66. www.frenchfilmfestival.co.nz www.frenchfilmfestival.co.nz 67. TICKETING INFO Maison de Crepes - Proudly SPECIAL FESTIVAL EVENTS CENSORSHIP CLASSIFICATION supporting The French Please refer to the Special Events highlights on pages 54 - 56 for more information about ticket G - suitable for general audiences Film Festival pricing and booking details for each event. Special ticket prices will apply for some of these events. PG - parental guidance recommmended for younger viewers TICKETING INFORMATION M - unrestricted. Recommended for mature • 5 Trip Pass available in Auckland, Christchurch, Dunedin, Havelock North, New Plymouth, audiences Palmerston North and Wellington only. The 5 Trip Pass is available at the box ofce of the RP13 - restricted to persons 13 years and screening venue only. Valid for 5 tickets for 5 regular sessions at AFFFF 2018. One ticket over, unless accompanied by a parent or per session. Excludes opening night and special events. Pass does not guarantee a seat in guardian sold out sessions. Not transferable and non-refundable. Pass is valid in the cinema where purchased for the duration of the Festival in that venue only. No refunds will be given. Cannot RP16 - restricted to persons 16 years and be used to purchase tickets online or over the phone. over, unless accompanied by a parent or guardian • ID will be required for discounted tickets (seniors, students, Alliance Française and Film Society members) and for all restricted flms when collecting or purchasing tickets. R13 - restricted to persons 13 years and over • Alliance Française, Film Society members and Community Services Card holders’ tickets R16 - restricted to persons 16 years and over cannot be purchased online. R18 - restricted to persons 18 years and over • All flms are no complimentaries except for Festival complimentary passes. No cinema Amazing Classifcations will be published on the Festival vouchers, movie money or ticket discount ofers can be used for Festival flms, unless website, in the daily newspaper listings, and otherwise specifed. No complimentary tickets are accepted for opening night functions and Savoury & displayed at the venues’ box ofce. Children’s other special events during the Festival. tickets are only available for flms classifed G, Sweet Crepes • Seniors: 65 years or over. PG and M. The Authentic Taste of France • Children: 14 years and under OR any age if booked with school groups on weekdays between At the time of printing some flms had not been Coffee and Gelato 10am and 4pm, unless otherwise outlined in the individual cinema details. Conditions may rated. Until they receive a censor rating, they Breakfast in Wellington apply. are considered R18 (unless clearly aimed at • Programme may be subject to change. The Festival reluctantly reserves the right to change the children) and can only be purchased by and Lunch schedule by amending dates, session times or replacing flms. Any necessary change will be for people who are 18 years or over. For more advertised at Festival venues and on the Festival website. information please visit the Festival website or Dinner nearest Festival venue. • Please contact your local cinema for details about their wheelchair access and parking facilities. Desserts • Terms and conditions may apply. See your local cinema within. WWW.LEMARCHE.CO.NZ 2 Papanui Rd, Christchurch- Tel 379 8067 262 THORNDON QUAY 04 499 1834

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68. 69. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Festival Director Christelle Blanchett Julia Forsyth Stephanie Maitland Dan Shanan Palace Films Dorothée Basel Morgane Blondel Nigel Forsyth Salvatore Marti Elena Sharma Potential Films Marketing and Andrea Booker Frankie at the Suter Chris Matthews Samantha Shattock Pyramide International Communications Director Fraser Booth Marion Garnier Kathleen Matyn Sophie Soghomonian Studiocanal New Zealand Kailey Carruthers Lise Boursier Dave Gibson Bill McDermid Mark Spratt Tamasa Distribution Betty Bousquet Cathrine Gjerde Michael McDonnell Victoria Stark TF1 Festival Coordinator SPREAD Claude Brenez Annie Goldson Sonia McEwen Carine Stewart The Festival Agency SPREAD Alice Vilardel Nathalie Buckrell Ilaria Gomarasca Steve Meng-Yee Mark Stocker Umbrella Entertainment Graphic and Web Design Adrienne Bushell Martin Gondre Valérie Meunier Ben Stoyer Vendetta Films Anne Johnston Anaëlle Busnel Bill Gosden Clémence Michalon Susan Superville Wide House Film Content Manager Caleb Button Fergus Grady Jack Montgomerie Jessica Sutton THE LOVE Grants THE LOVE Ian Freer Sharon Byrne David Graham Clayton Morgan Marie Tarascon Foundation North Editing, Video production Esther Cahill-Chiaroni Anne Gummer Chris Morris Hedda ten Holder The Lion Foundation Richard Lane Mathilde Caillol Andrea Haines Nicole Mouat Chris Thistlethwaite Pub Charity Festival Accounts Doug Cameron Frédéric Han Maurine Mourali Vanessa Tjemplon BlueSky Community Trust Portia Campbell Bridget Hargreaves Alexandre Muller Paul Tonta Sharon Walton Exhibitors Rosaria Campbell Jef Harrison Luke Murray Dorothée Tromparent French Film Arts Trust Chair Akaroa Cinema – Ciné Café Lisa Caron Nick Hayes Anne-Sophie Musset Ania Truman John Martins Berkeley Cinemas Takapuna Mark Chilvers Aude Hesbert Sarah Navarro Simon van Praag Dorothy Browns Arrowtown Trustees Karl Chitham Brian Hewitt Dieynaba N’Diaye Anne Vassevière Embassy Theatre Wellington Vicki Jackways Mark Christensen Andria Hibe Alan Nogues Rob Verkerk Event Cinemas Havelock North David Kember (legal advice) Ross Churchhouse Murray Holdaway Kim O’Loughlin David Vogelsanger Event Cinemas New Plymouth Martine Marshall Chantelle Cole Mat Holleaux Zara Overton Bernie Voice Event Cinemas Palmerston North Isabelle Pof-Pencole Lana Coles Terry Holt Sibilla Paparatti Yann Wachten Hoyts Riccarton Christchurch Interns Laura Lana Collada Chris Hormann Courtney Parkinson Deborah Walker Lido Cinema Hamilton Stephanie Phan José-Marie Cortès Morgane Jafry Bho Patel Sharon Walling Movie Max Digital Timaru Fiona Qiao Clare Coulson-Dalton H.E. Florence Jeanblanc-Risler Chris Payne Chris Watson Rialto Cinemas Dunedin Aliénor Courtois Robert Jeromson Danielle Payne Patricia Watson Education study guides Rialto Cinemas Newmarket Andrew Cozens Thierry Jutel Karina Penfold Adin Wentzel Alliance Française Rialto Cinemas Tauranga James Croot Christian Kahnt Sally Pepermans Simon Werry Christchurch Suter Theatre Nelson Alliance Française Wellington Boubacar Coulibaly Kylie Klein-Nixon Marina Perillat Nicolas Whatson Kathryn Crawford Mark Knof Thomas Philippe Platel Leanne Wickham A big thank you to Study guides design Lynda Cullen Dov Kornits Jean-Christophe Poizat Lucy Wigmore all Alliance Française David Knight Zoe Dahlenberg Shuchi Kothari Jean-François Ponthieux Kadeen Williams Committee and Staf Festival Patron Richard Dalton Olivier Lacoua Christiane Pracht Tamara W inkler Members and to all other Kate Rodger Marie Degouvello Yves Lafoy Adrina Rahurahu Lisa Wong volunteers who have given Special thanks to Morgane Delay Sébastien Lambert Stéphane Ré Lorenz Wright their time, energy and talent Janet Abbott Gina Dellabarca Ketty Laurent Jim Rendell Damien Yvon to make this event possible. Anne-Laure Barbarit Jackie Denis Sara Laver Olivier Rivoalan Lise Zipci Thank you also to the Fondation Alliance Française Claire Battistoni Sarah Dennis Alex Lee Craig Robinson Film Distribution for their support of the Vanessa-Tatjana Beerli Nicola Denney Edouard Le Gof Nicolas Roger Be for Films Alliance Française network in Raynald Belay Michael Deslandes Coralie Le Fahler Ulrike Rosenfeld Icon Film Distribution New Zealand and the Cook Wendy Belcher Sébastien Donnadieu Christiane Leurquin Diana Rothstein Indie Sales Islands. Last but not least Henry Belt Iona Dragomirescu Maarten Loefen Nicolas Sabourin Institut Français Dorothée wishes to thank Roger Belton Eleshea D’Souza Samuel Loussouarn Véronique Sauzeau Le Pacte her family for their ongoing Nicolas Bence Frédérique Dupoy Clémence Lugagne-Delpon Olivier Schillé Les Films du Losange support and love. Kathryn Bennett Julie Eagle Sören Lundberg Karine Schroeder Limelight Distribution Laurence Berbon Manuel Feifel Jill Macnab Louis Sergeant Madman Entertainment Danielle Bertozzo Kennessey Foote Philippe Maginot Stephanie Sew-Hoy MK2 Films

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