AUCKLAND 16 JULY – 2 AUGUST BOOK AT NZIFF.CO.NZ 47TH AUCKLAND INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2015 Presented by New Zealand Film Festival Trust under the distinguished patronage of His Excellency Lieutenant General The Right Honourable Sir Jerry Mateparae, GNZM, QSO, Governor-General of New Zealand THE CIVIC THEATRE SKYCITY THEATRE RIALTO CINEMAS NEWMARKET EVENT CINEMAS QUEEN STREET WWW.NZIFF.CO.NZ ACADEMY CINEMAS Director: Bill Gosden Festival Management: Lynn Smart General Manager: Sharon Byrne Assistant to General Manager: Lisa Bomash Publicist (National): Liv Young Publicist (Wellington & Regions): Megan Duffy PROUDLY SUPPORTED BY Programmer: Sandra Reid Assistant Programmer: Michael McDonnell Animation Programmer: Malcolm Turner Children’s Programmer: Nic Marshall Incredibly Strange Programmer: Anthony Timpson Assistant Manager (Auckland): Felicity Drace Communications Assistant (Auckland): Kate McArthur Content Manager: Hayden Ellis Materials and Content Assistant: Tom Ainge-Roy Festival Accounts: Alan Collins Publications Manager: Sibilla Paparatti Audience Development Coordinator: Angela Murphy Online Content Coordinator: Kailey Carruthers Guest Coordinator: Rachael Deller-Pincott Festival Interns: Ali Nicoll Van Leeuwen (Auckland), Cianna Canning (Wellington), Poppy Granger (Wellington) Technical Adviser: Ian Freer Publication Design: Ocean Design Group Publication Production: Greg Simpson Cover Design: Matt Bluett Cover Illustration: Blair Sayer Animated Title: Anthony Hore (designer), Aaron Hilton (animator), Tim Prebble (sound), Catherine Fitzgerald (producer) THE NEW ZEALAND FILM FESTIVAL TRUST Chair: Catherine Fitzgerald Trustees: Louise Baker, Tearepa Kahi, Robin Laing, Andrew Langridge, Jacquie Kean, Tanya Surrey, Chris Watson Financial Controller: Chris Prowse The New Zealand Film Festival Trust Box 9544, Marion Square Wellington 6141, New Zealand ph: (64 4) 385 0162 [email protected] Proudly supported and printed by TAIPEI ECONOMIC AND CULTURAL OFFICE IN NEW ZEALAND Contact Jim Rendell ph: 0274 774026, (+64 9) 477 0115 [email protected] Resene Resene Wellywood Piha Sand Resene Resene Pohutukawa Gumboot Resene Resene Pukeko Koru Resene Resene Gorse Pavlova Bringing colour to kiwi life since 1946 Resene’s big screen story began back in 1946 when Ted Nightingale started making paint from his Wellington garage. Over 69 years later and the Resene name lives on as a truly homegrown success story, known for its quality paint, colour and innovation. Our paints are designed and made in New Zealand for our harsh weather conditions and our colours are inspired by everyday kiwi life. So you can be sure they will look great in your home, while also looking after it. Proud supporters of the NZ fi lms in the International Film Festival. CONTENTS Resene Resene Wellywood Piha Sand 07 14 16 22 38 Big Nights Retro Aotearoa World Fresh 50 54 58 64 66 Vision For All Ages Framing Sport Inside Stories Reality Resene Resene Pohutukawa Gumboot 68 70 74 78 82 Champions Music Portrait Incredibly Shorts with of an Artist Strange Features 83 85 Meet the Indices Filmmakers Resene Resene Pukeko Koru WELCOME Is that a movie screen in your pocket? With vast libraries of film and television a mere finger tap away for many of us, it behoves any film festival to choose more carefully than ever. At the speed with which today’s audiences demand access to films, our haul from May’s Cannes Film Festival sits squarely with the zeitgeist – but our commitment to getting Inherent Vice, one of the great American films of late 2014, onto the giant screen in July 2015 almost looks like a nostalgic gesture. That is, until you are sitting in the Civic completely absorbed in the present tense of the film’s unique fictional universe. Programming NZIFF is more than ever about celebrating the public occasion of movie-going, privileging the big screen experience and enlivening the interaction between films and audiences, ideally with the Resene Resene filmmakers present to contribute in person. The only challenge about finding 150 or so films that fit that agenda in Gorse Pavlova 2015 was finding even more. We never forget that it’s the support of its audience that keeps NZIFF alive and kicking. Ticket sales contributed 88% of our income in 2014. The major sponsorship we receive from the New Zealand Film Commission is a gratifying institutional endorsement of that support, and we appreciate it immensely. Foundation North’s funding keeps our Auckland office in place. We’re very pleased ATEED recognise our annual contribution to Auckland’s liveability and that Heart of the City welcomes us so effectively to their patch. We welcome Resene for their second year as sponsors of myriad films from New Zealand filmmakers. Māori Television and RadioLIVE are great media partners. Again we enjoy the imaginative engagement with NZIFF and the films we Bringing colour to kiwi life since 1946 show so very evident in the pages of Metro magazine and The New Zealand Herald TimeOut. We’re all of us aboard this enterprise because filmmakers gave whatever it took to get their pictures into the world in Resene’s big screen story began back in 1946 when Ted Nightingale started making paint from his Wellington garage. Over 69 the first place. So one wanted to contemplate the immanence of the past in a Thai hospital; another to orchestrate the years later and the Resene name lives on as a truly homegrown success story, known for its quality paint, colour and innovation. comic misunderstandings of a Latin Lothario’s ex-wives; another to count the ways you can bludgeon a zombie with an Our paints are designed and made in New Zealand for our harsh weather conditions and our colours are inspired by everyday kiwi life. oversize dildo? We hope team NZIFF’s advocacy of their many achievements will help lead you to the explorations that So you can be sure they will look great in your home, while also looking after it. mean the most to you. Proud supporters of the NZ fi lms in the International Film Festival. Bill Gosden Director 1 TICKET PRICES 2 BUYING TICKETS A CODED SESSIONS PHONE AND ONLINE BOOKINGS: open from 9.00 am Friday 26 June The Civic Theatre Box Office opens from 9.00 am Friday 26 June Sessions starting after 5.00 pm weekdays and all weekend sessions Book early to secure the best seats. Seats are allocated on the basis of best available at (unless otherwise indicated) the time of booking. Please note that all advance bookings for The Civic Theatre weekday » Early Bird Full (purchased before 16 July) $17.50 daytime screenings up to 5.00 pm and Saturday and Sunday screenings up to 1.00 pm will be allocated in the Stalls only. » Full (purchased from 16 July) $18.50 MAIL BOOKINGS » Film Society/Film Industry Guilds * $15.50 Download and print a booking form from the NZIFF website. Post to: New Zealand » Student * $15.50 International Film Festival, C/- Ticketmaster, PO Box 106 443, Auckland 1143. » Senior (60+) $12.50 ONLINE BOOKINGS AND PRINT-AT-HOME TICKETING www.nziff.co.nz or www.ticketmaster.co.nz » Children (15 and under) $12.50 Tickets can be purchased up until the time the session commences. You will need to print B CODED SESSIONS your Print-at-Home tickets (not just the confirmation letter) and bring the credit card used to purchase the tickets for identification. Sessions starting before 5.00 pm weekdays and other shorter duration Print-at-Home is the most convenient way of receiving your tickets, allowing you to print your tickets sessions indicated right away from the comfort of your own home. If you are not already a member of Ticketmaster you » Full $15.00 will be asked to register for a My Ticketmaster account. » Senior (60+) $12.50 MOBILE TICKETING Tickets can be purchased on your phone through Ticketmaster’s mobile site. Please » Children (15 and under) $12.50 ensure your ticket is loaded and ready for scanning before you arrive at the venue. LIVE CINEMA The Kid & Lonesome TELEPHONE BOOKINGS Freephone 0800 111 999 From Mobile 09 970 9700 » Full $40.00 9.00 am – 9.00 pm Monday to Friday; 9.00 am – 5.00 pm Saturday & Sunday Telephone bookings can be accepted until the start of each screening time (subject to » Film Society/Film Industry Guilds * $33.00 Ticketmaster telephone booking hours). » Students * $33.00 WHEELCHAIR BOOKINGS Phone: 09 970 9711 » Senior (60+) $33.00 9.00 am – 9.00 pm Monday to Friday; 9.00 am – 5.00 pm Saturday & Sunday » Children (15 and under) $25.00 SCHOOLS AND GROUPS For group bookings of 20 or more people contact Kate McArthur on 09 378 6100 3D FILMS before Monday 20 July. After this date, phone 027 311 2430. 3D glasses not included. We encourage you to recycle and bring your own. ADVANCE COUNTER BOOKINGS They can be purchased at the cinema entrance for $1.00. The Civic Theatre Box Office, Wellesley Street: 9.00 am – 6.00 pm daily » Full $20.50 Aotea Centre Box Office, Level 3, Aotea Centre: 9.00 am – 5.30 pm Monday to Friday; 10.00 am – 4.00 pm Saturday & Sunday » Film Society/Film Industry Guilds * $18.50 Bruce Mason Centre, Cnr Hurstmere Road & The Promenade, Takapuna: » Students * $18.50 9.00 am – 5.00 pm Monday to Friday Real Groovy, 328 Queen Street: » Senior (60+) $14.50 9.00 am – 6.45 pm Monday to Wednesday and Sauturday & Sunday » Children 15 and under $14.50 9.00 am – 8.45 pm Thursday & Friday TEN-TRIP PASS From Friday 17 July advance bookings will be available from The Civic Box Office one hour prior to the first NZIFF screening that day until 15 minutes after the last » Ten-Trip Pass $155.00 screening commences. The Ten-Trip Pass can be purchased in advance or on the day.