Podcasts about New Zealand International Film Festival

According to audience reviews, the new romantic comedy film "Jane Austen Wrecked My Life" will delight fans of rom coms and fans of the inimitable author. Here to give us her opinion is our film critic Kate Rodger. She also talks to Emile about the winning short film from New Zealand International Film Festival and this weekend's 48Film competition.

Dominic Corry joins Jesse with his latest picks. Courtesy of the New Zealand International Film Festival, The Weed Eaters; Toitu: Visual Sovereignty and Eddington. Weapons - opening in cinemas today.

This week on Viewmaster, Litia catches up with Milly and Rosetta to chat about what she's been watching as part of the New Zealand International Film Festival! Whakarongo mai nei!

There's an adolescent flavour to the show today, with music spanning breezy and bittersweet to grungy angst, and a brand new single from Roy Irwin. Thursday host Emma Gleason also talks to director Stella Reid about her short film Stage Challenge, screening as part of the New Zealand International Film Festival, about the complex, creative and cooked extra-EXTRA-curricular activity.

Kiwi screenwriter Sophie Henderson's been behind many New Zealand-produced hits, and she's drawn on her personal experiences for her next film. Henderson's latest film - in which she also stars - made its debut at the New Zealand International Film Festival, and it's inspired by her time at Auckland's Basement Theatre. She says Workmates was inspired by her love of locally produced New Zealand theatre - and she says the Basement is in better shape now. "I remember being at drama schools and going - if I could just work for Silo Theatre, I'd be happy. That was one of my first jobs, I'd worked at Silo for many years as an actor and then I went and ran the Basement Theatre." LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The New Zealand International Film Festival opened in Auckland last night, and that means busy days and nights for film fans and film critics. Like Kate Rodger! She joins Jesse to talk about her top picks this week; Blue Moon, It Was Just an Accident and The Life of Chuck.

Last week film and TV reviewer Tom Augustine shared his picks of the New Zealand International Film Festival - this week James Croot joins Kathryn with his choices. With so many films on offer, no wonder there's no overlap! James Croot is film and television reviewer for Stuff

Film and TV reviewer Tom Augustine joins Kathryn to talk about some of the less well-known - but no less interesting - offerings at this year's New Zealand International Film Festival.

The Zodiac Killer Project premiered at this year's Sundance Film Festival where it won the Next Innovator Award, and it's screening at this year's New Zealand International Film Festival.

A bevvy of mid-winter music to lift the mood, including brand new tracks from Georgia Knight and The Circling Sun, plus some classics from the vault like Dam Native, Dimmer and Enigma (cringe or cool?). Listen in for some advice on how to see the New Zealand International Film Festival.

A bevvy of mid-winter music to lift the mood, including brand new tracks from Georgia Knight and The Circling Sun, plus some classics from the vault like Dam Native, Dimmer and Enigma (cringe or cool?). Listen in for some advice on how to see the New Zealand International Film Festival.

Toitu Toiora was the landmark exhibition held at the Auckland Art Gallery in 2020. It endured a number of obstacles before opening night, including Covid 19 and the public resignation of its Maori curator, Nigel Borrell. The exhibition is a major survey of contemporary Maori art from the 1950s to the present day and is the largest exhibition the Auckland Art Gallery has ever undertaken. It featured over 300 artworks by 110 Maori artists; the idea was to introduce the audience to new ways of approaching and engaging with Maori art. Award winning producer and director Chelsea Winstanley returned home from Hollywood to make a behind-the-scenes documentary and found herself at the centre of modern day stand for sovereignty. The result is TOITU Visual Sovereignty, is showing at the New Zealand International Film Festival.

Sam Harmony speaks with festival director Paolo Bertolin just after the announce of this year's programme and that 95bFM is veeeery stoked to be presenting Whānau Mārama New Zealand International Film Festival for 2025. It's a stacked programme, so whakarongo mai nei to Sam and Paolo's kōrero on this year's curation.

Featuring a special announcement, 95bFM is pleased to be presenting Whānau Mārama New Zealand International Film Festival for 2025! Later, Pennie Noir phones in for Fashun and whakarongo mai for the weekly book review on Loose Reads, thanks to our pals at Time Out Bookstore!

The 2025 edition of the New Zealand International Film Festival is set to open in Auckland from July 31st and run until September 10th. The event is speculated to show a wide range of films, from local productions to overseas affairs with international prestige. Flicks.co.nz editor Steve Newall unpacked some of the films expected to be screening - and outlined some promising entries. LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Kiwi icon Lucy Lawless has shifted her focus. She's made the move from actor to director – her debut film a documentary about Margaret Moth, an unconventional war correspondent. The documentary ‘Never Look Away' premiered at last year's New Zealand International Film Festival and is coming to Rialto Channel today as a special celebration of International Women's Day. Lawless told Jack Tame she was approached by Moth's best friend to make the documentary, and was immediately swept up by the idea. “I wrote back immediately, I mean, within 90 seconds, making all these crazy promises,” she told Tame. “Saying, I will find the money, I will find the producers – the story has to be told.” LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Play the part and the rest will follow... Hot off the New Zealand International Film Festival circuit, we're checking out Jonathan Ogilvie's post-punk coming-of-age dramedy: Head South. CHAPTERS (00:00:00) Intro (00:01:55) NZ film news (00:07:33) Movie discussion (00:31:46) Kiwi connections (00:34:08) Yeah, nah, or yeah nah? (00:38:28) Next week LINKS Send us an email at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠1978podcast@gmail.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Follow us on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Facebook⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, and ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Letterboxd⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Songs by ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Stanley Gurvich⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, and ⁠⁠⁠⁠Stephen Garton⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.

In episode 32, Johnny talks to New Zealand composer and acoustician Reuben Jelleyman.
 Reuben popped up on Johnny's radar a couple of months back at a screening of Ridley Scott's Blade Runner at the Hollywood Avondale, and before the film, Reuben provided a musical performance up on stage that just blew everyone away.  Not surprisingly their chat covers Reuben's rendition of selections from the iconic Vangelis soundtrack score, they discuss the New Zealand International Film Festival, which took place recently in Auckland, and they talk about the pressures of being a composer and a cinephile in 2024 when you're not really a fan of either Christopher Nolan or Hans Zimmer. This conversation was recorded face to face in late August of 2024. Thanks to James Van As who wrote and performed the brilliant podcast music (check out James' ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Loco Looper⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ game) and to Willow Van As who designed the amazing artwork and provided general podcast support.
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In episode 31, Johnny talks to New Zealand director Michael Duignan.
 Michael's debut feature - The Paragon - premiered last year at the New Zealand International Film Festival, and blew audiences away.  Made for a budget of just $25,000 NZD - the dictionary definition of making something ‘off the smell of an oily rag' - The Paragon is a sci-fi-comedy that punches well above its weight. You can see the film in theatres in five American cities - L.A., New York, Austin, Chicago and Portland - from the 6th of September 2024, or online from Music Box films, and AroVision in New Zealand.  Not surprisingly Johnny and Michael's talk covers the trials and tribulations of making a low-budget psychedelic fantasy film in New Zealand, they discuss the work of Michael Mann - always a favourite subject - and his lasting impact on cinema, and they take a spoiler-filled look at the latest Alien film, Alien Romulus.  This conversation was recorded face to face in late August of 2024. We recorded in the garden of Michael's house - AKA the Paragon house - and so there's a lovely soundtrack of birds, ducks and the occasional car driving past. Thanks to James Van As who wrote and performed the brilliant podcast music (check out James' ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Loco Looper⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ game) and to Willow Van As who designed the amazing artwork and provided general podcast support.
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We Were Dangerous is a brand-new Kiwi film about girlhood, rebellion and violence – but it has friendship at its heart.  Although the story is fictional, it comes at a time that makes you feel it could have been plucked right from the history books.  It follows a misfit trio of Nellie, Daisy, and Lou, determined to rally against the system in 1950's New Zealand.   The film won the Special Jury Prize at SXSW this year and made its premiere at the Auckland launch of the New Zealand International Film Festival.  Erana James and Nathalie Morris, Nellie and Lou, joined Jack Tame for a chat about the making of the film, the story it follows, and the success it has found.  LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

INTERVIEW: Dallas Synnott on the Whānau Mārama: New Zealand International Film Festival Ōtepoti Programme by Zac Hoffman on Radio One 91FM Dunedin

In 1979, group of young Maori and Pasifika activists tried to stop Pakeha students at the University of Auckland performing a parody of haka each capping week. Unfortunately, the consequences for those activists were severe - many were convicted. Three years ago actor, writer and director Katie Wolfe's play The Haka Party Incident opened in Auckland. Now, she's made a documentary intertwining views from both sides of the confrontation. It will have its world premiere at the New Zealand International Film Festival.

The Lord of the Rings film trilogy won 17 Academy Awards and its legacy endures nearly 25 years after the first film's release. The trilogy's success has put its filming location, New Zealand, on the industry map. The motion picture business contributes at least $2.12 billion a year to New Zealand's economy. That's also been a boon for Indigenous cinema. Māori film critic and programmer Leo Koziol calls it a “renaissance". The recent Māori-led film The Convert, directed by Lee Tamahori, is garnering critical acclaim. We'll talk with Koziol and hear from Māori creatives who worked on Lord of the Rings about progress on Māori representation in film since then. GUESTS Leo Koziol (Ngāti Kahungunu and Ngāti Rakaipaaka), founder of the Wairoa Māori Film Festival, Indigenous editor at Letterboxd, and a programmer for the New Zealand International Film Festival Lawrence Makoare (Ngāti Whātua), actor Hammond Peek (Ngāi Tahu and Te Āti Awa), sound recordist and production sound mixer Ra Vincent (Te Atiawa), production designer and artist Dr. Tom Roa (Ngāti Maniapoto, Waikato, Ngāti Apakura), Tainui leader and Ahorangi (professor) in the University of Waikato's Te Pua Wananga ki te Ao Māori and Indigenous Studies

The star actress Erana James' new film We Were Dangerous opened the Auckland leg of the New Zealand International Film Festival.

NZIFF - We Were Dangerous - Josephine Stewart-Te Whiu will be in Dunedin for the local premiere of her directorial debut feature film We Were Dangerous, on opening night of New Zealand International Film Festival. This show was broadcast on OAR 105.4FM Dunedin - oar.org.nz

Japanese journalist-turned director Shiori Ito tells her own story in Black Box Diaries. Her film is part of Whanau Marama - the New Zealand International Film Festival. In 2017 Shiori went public with an allegation of a sexual assault against a well-known figure and received death threats and hate mail. The film follows Shiori as she sets out to change attitudes and Japan's sexual assault laws.

Sofia and Elle took over Wednesday Drive this week! For Flicks and That, Steve chats to us about all things New Zealand International Film Festival. And Brad from Créme Jéan is in sharing a selection of tunes for What's Cooking. Too good - whakarongo mai ! xx

NZIFF - Marimari - Producer/director Paul Wolffram presents Marimari at Whānau Mārama New Zealand International Film Festival. The documentary tells the story of human rights workers in Papua New Guinea who work alongside families displaced through accusations of sanguma, a type of witchcraft or black magic. This show was broadcast on OAR 105.4FM Dunedin - oar.org.nz

Nights' resident screen critic Dan Slevin is in with some essential viewing, including five picks for the New Zealand International Film Festival, a limited edition boxset of Martin Scorsese's Films of Faith, and the Vanguard Film collection streaming on YouTube.

Writer director Joanthan Ogilvie joins Jonny on the phone to chat about his new film Head South. Catch it at The New Zealand International Film Festival. Thanks to Mezze Bar!

Litia reviews Marimari ahead of the New Zealand International Film Festival. Thanks to Mezze Bar!

Film and TV reviewer James Croot joins Kathryn to talk about Skywalkers (Netflix), a documentary that follows two Moscow daredevils and lovers who scale some of the world's tallest buildings. But will KL's Merdeka building defeat them? Mr Bigstuff (Neon) is a British series that follows two estranged brothers - and how their reunion doesn't go smoothly. And James also has his pick of movies to see at this year's New Zealand International Film Festival.

Head South by Jonathan Ogilvie - Christchurch-born director Jonathan Ogilvie discusses Head South, an evocative coming-of-age story that brilliantly captures the feeling of growing up weird in the Garden City. The film screens at Whānau Mārama New Zealand International Film Festival. This show was broadcast on OAR 105.4FM Dunedin - oar.org.nz

On the Sunday Session with Francesca Rudkin Full Show Podcast for Sunday 14 July 2024, Australian national treasure Rachel Griffiths joins Francesca to talk about the New Zealand series that won two major international awards before a single episode hit our screens - Madam. Bill Edgar confesses all about what it's like to be paid by the dying to gate crash their funerals. Francesca speaks with Restaurant Association CEO Marisa Bidois to explore why the hospitality industry is still struggling, as some of the country's most iconic venues close. Plus, Francesca ponders the complex challenge ahead for the Interislander. Steve Newall gives his top picks for the New Zealand International Film Festival. Plus, in The Panel - Liam Hehir considers the potential reaaction if he were to wear a g-string bikini publicly. Get the Sunday Session with Francesca Rudkin Full Show Podcast every Sunday on iHeartRadio, or wherever you get your podcasts. LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Simon Morris talks to the new director of Whānau Mārama, the New Zealand International Film Festival. Paolo Bertolin plucks some highlights from. this year's programme, including Cannes sensation The seed of the sacred fig, tributes to musician Paul Simon and one-time Superman, the late actor Christopher Reeves, and New Zealand classics, new and old - Alien Weaponry: Kua Tupu Te Ara and Heavenly Creatures.

The New Zealand International Film Festival kicks off at the end of this month, with 105 local and international films on offer.

Five senior programmers have left the New Zealand International Film Festival, as it was announced the 2024 festival would shrink to playing in only four cities.

Charcoal sees an impoverished Brazil family and a wealthy Argentine fugitive see if they can solve each other's problems. From the recent New Zealand International Film Festival.

Paekakariki-based award-winning animator, illustrator and graphic artist Ned Wenlock's first graphic novel Tsunami is a cautionary tale about Peter, a self-righteous12-year-old boy, and his fraught last six weeks at primary school. It's a coming-of-age story, and an examination of teenage alienation and the unpredictable consequences of our actions. Everything feels overwhelming to Peter - like a tsunami is coming and he isn't sure he can stop it. Wenlock won 2016 New Zealand International Film Festival, Show Me Shorts Best Film Award & DEGNZ Best Director Award.

Maud Arnold is one half of a sisterly duo who have been revolutionising the world of tap dance. She and older sister Chloe started dancing at an early age in Washington DC - learning a bit of everything - ballet, jazz and tap. But it was tap that really fired them up, with both having the opportunity to train with tap legends - Maud won a scholarship to the Debbie Allen Dance Academy. The pair founded an all-women dance band called Syncopated Ladies - a high energy celebration of female empowerment - which won the first dance crew battle on So You Think You Can Dance and has attracted world-wide fans and followers - including Beyonce. Their charity, the Chloe and Maud Foundation helps give underprivileged kids access to dance through events like the annual DC Tap Fest - the biggest tap festival in the world. New Zealanders can see Maud's work in a new movie out as part of the New Zealand International Film Festival, Theater Camp, about eccentric staff at a rundown theatre-focused summer camp. Maud joins Susie to talk about her role in choreographing the film and her love of working with young dancers.

Filmmaker Celine Song's first feature film is being described as the best Sundance Festival debut in years. Past Lives is a modern-day love story, centered on the lives two childhood sweethearts, separated when one - Nora - leaves South Korea for the US. Song, known for unorthodox and confrontational plays, wrote the film script in 2018, weaving in parallels of her own life as an immigrant to Canada. Her previous works include the critically acclaimed broadway show Endlings, and she also, among other projects, directed a live production of Chekhov's The Seagull using The Sims 4 on Twitch for New York Theatre Workshop. Past Lives is screening as part of the New Zealand Film Festival. She speaks with Susie Ferguson. Past Lives is screening as part of the New Zealand International Film Festival.

Bad Behaviour is the debut feature film from actor, writer and director Alice Englert, celebrated New Zealand film-maker Jane Campion's daughter. Bad Behaviour stars Ben Whishaw as the spiritual leader of a retreat attended by 40-something Lucy (Jennifer Connelly) who, while seeking enlightenment meets her nemesis in the form of model and DJ Beverly. Meanwhile, Lucy's stunt-performer daughter, Dylan (played by Alice Englert) is in New Zealand working on set. We very soon learn they have a fraught relationship, just as Lucy did with her own mother. There are supporting roles here from Ana Scotney, Marlon Williams, Xana Tang, Robbie Magasiva, Tom Sainsbury - and a cameo from mum. Having premiered at Sundance Film Festival, Bad Behaviour is showing in the New Zealand International Film Festival.

We have a packed show to send you off into the weekend! The SRN Breakfast Buffet consumes a hearty meal of community, as we check in with Maggie at Radio Active in the capital. On Travelling Tunes, Dr Kirsten Zemke explores the budding music-home-decor-fashion grouping of 'whimsigoth'. A controversial name, and a microniche with many facets. bMovies makes a triumphant return to mark the New Zealand International Film Festival kicking off very soon! Leo Koziol, one of the curators of Ngā Whanaunga Māori Pasifika Shorts 2023 speaks to Rachel about the collection of eight short films from Aotearoa and the Pacific. On the other side of intermission, Sam Sinnott makes a nostalgic appearance to review Passages, a film from Ira Sachs. Geneva AM comes into the studio to talk about her new single, IHO. Whakarongo mai nei!

Initially screened at the New Zealand International Film Festival, Shut Eye is back. The is made and set in Auckland, the feature film debut for writer and director Tom Levesque. He talks to Jesse.

When the old Datsun 120Y that belonged to his late father is about to be sold, a teenage boy takes his younger brother and cousin out for a final road trip. This is the start of Datsun, the latest short film by Kiwi Mark Albiston. Things quickly spiral out of control - drugs, explosions, and a high speed chase. Datsun has already picked up awards at overseas festivals, and won People's Choice at last year's Covid-affected New Zealand International Film Festival. Now it's about to be shown as part of the Show Me Shorts Festival. Mark's previous shorts - Run in 2007 followed by The Six Dollar Fifty Man - each received a Special Distinction award at Cannes. His first feature - the well-received Shopping - came out in 2013. He talks to Lynn Freeman about directing and co-writing the script for Datsun. Datsun will show in "The Sampler" section of the 17th Show Me Shorts Festival. It will show at 36 cinemas and community venues nationwide from the 7th of October.

Episode 13: The Small Popcorn for $15 Affair Fukumodo's been to see some of the offerings at Whānau Mārama New Zealand International Film Festival - reviewing three films. He also plays a local act's CD and a track from the Flowerpornoes. Nan pops in to announce her Top 5 Chocolate Bars list and conspired with Pak'n'Save to get Nice Biscuits infront of Corey on his most recent visit there. Someone also won a small button pin with Corey's face on it - and now has to send it to Canada.

A very special movie is premiering tonight at the New Zealand International Film Festival. It's a called Kainga. Shuchi Kothari is one of Kainga's producers, she talks to Jesse about the film.

A film re-telling the events of the 2007 police raids in Te Urewera premiered last night at the opening of the New Zealand International Film Festival. Muru is based around the anti-terrorism powers invoked by the government to launch an armed raid on the people of Tuhoe. It premieres in cinemas on 1 September, and writer and director Tearepa Kahi hopes it will prompt new conversations in Aotearoa. He spoke to Corin Dann.

Sally Woodfield (on New Zealand International Film Festival programme launch) Interview by Jamie Green on Radio One 91FM Dunedin

Whanau Marama: the New Zealand International Film Festival has just announced it will return this year, though it's going to have to reduce the number of films and venues. It's coming off the back of a challenging two years. The Film Festival was hit by a series of perfect storms - the closedown of half the country, two years in a row, and similar damage caused to the overseas festivals from where we draw many of our big films. There was also a new experimental, hybrid viewing system that struggled to replace the popular live party atmosphere we're used to at the Festival. This year the Film is under new - but hugely experienced - management. Head of Programming Michael McDonnell has been there for 21 years. Senior programmer Sandra Reid has been doing it for 28 years. So can the Festival rise again? General Manager Sally Woodfield joins Lynn and Simon to discuss her plans.