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Tom Sainsbury talks comedy, dramatic aspirations, obsession with the "New Zealand character" Tom Sainsbury wears many hats - actor, writer, comedian, director, host, influencer - across film, tv, stage, and social media here in New Zealand and on international projects. Kiwis might know him for his political impersonations or shows like Wellington Paranormal. Tom is hosting a winter special of New Zealand's International Comedy Festival, and having just returned from a very glamorous international sojourn, he joined Jack Tame in studio for a chat. LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Ngā Whanaunga Māori Pasifika Shorts - Co-curator Craig Fasi previews this year's crop of short films for Ngā Whanaunga Māori Pasifika Shorts at NZ International Film Festival. This show was broadcast on OAR 105.4FM Dunedin - oar.org.nz
Eleanor Cave and Susanne Williamson preview upcoming films showing at State Cinemas Nelson and presented by the Nelson Film Society.
Hans Petrovic and guests review three films currently showing in Christchurch
Tom Sainsbury wears many hats - actor, writer, comedian, director, host, influencer - across film, tv, stage, and social media here in New Zealand and on international projects. Kiwis might know him for his political impersonations or shows like Wellington Paranormal. Tom is hosting a winter special of New Zealand's International Comedy Festival, and having just returned from a very glamorous international sojourn, he joined Jack Tame in studio for a chat. LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Chris Watson joins us this week to preview the NZ International Film Festival
Litia reviews The Beast as part of the NZ International Film Festival. Thanks to Mezze Bar!
No humans allowed. Three episodes in and Larissa is already throwing up! Join us as we chat about the Peter Jackson-produced, sci-fi classic: District 9. CHAPTERS (00:00:00) Intro (00:03:15) NZ International Film Festival (00:06:37) Earliest cinema memories (00:11:39) District 9 discussion (00:43:53) Kiwi connections (01:00:16) Next episode... (01:03:41) Outro LINKS Send us an email at 1978podcast@gmail.com. Follow us on Instagram, Facebook, and Letterboxd. Theme composed by Stephen Garton of Fresh Aesthetic.
Chris Watson joins us for part 2 of his look at the Whānau Mārama:NZ International Film Festival, screening at the Suter Theatre Aug 23-Sep 10
Big Apple. Large lizard. Huge, stinkin' piles of fish. That's right, it's finally time to talk Godzilla's proper Hollywood debut! Be sure to check out our pals over at 70mm, and listen to their episode on this movie too. CHAPTERS (00:00:00) New mics, who dis? (00:01:25) NZ International Film Festival (00:09:33) Godzilla (1998) (00:41:08) Monster Discussion (00:44:32) Trivia (00:50:22) Final Thoughts & Ratings (00:59:54) Battle Line Battle Time (01:01:42) MAILnilla (01:05:09) megaNEWSlon (01:08:39) Next Episode... LINKS We'd love to hear from you! Send us a voice message or email us. Follow us on Letterboxd, Instagram & Twitter, join our Discord, and support us on Patreon. Check out our amazing artists, Cassie Selin & dogora9898.
Chris Watson Joins us for part 1 of his look at the Whānau Mārama:NZ International Film Festival, screening at the Suter Theatre Aug 23-Sep 10
Vancouver-based filmmaker Anthony Shim whose new feature Riceboy Sleeps is gaining critical acclaim and winning awards. His South Korean family moved to Canada when he was a child and their experiences have helped to inspire Riceboy Sleeps which is featuring at the NZ International Film Festival . Anthony Shim has written and directed the film which is his second feature, he also has a background in acting. Riceboy Sleeps is about a single mother So-young who is bringing up her son Dong-hyun in a Vancouver suburb, and canvases their cultural challenges and the common immigrant struggles to provide a better life in a new country. The film's awards include this year's Canadian Screen Awards' nod for Best Original Screenplay.
Kiwi film-maker Michael Duignan's debut feature follows a man who is hit by a silver Toyota Corolla, which sends him on a mission to get cosmic revenge.
Film and TV reviewer James Croot joins Kathryn to deliver his verdict on Mission Impossible: Dead Reckoning, the seventh film in the franchise - does it measure up? He'll also look at local Kiwi black comedy Creamerie season 2 and some of the offerings at this year's NZ International Film Festival, including Ms Information and Sweet As. James Croot is Stuff's Stuff to Watch editor
As the weather cools down, Kiwi film fans have a new excuse to take shelter in movie theatres. The 2023 New Zealand International Film Festival kicks off on July 19th and continues on through 16 towns and cities until September. Flicks.co.nz editor Steve Newall highlights French thriller 'Anatomy of a Fall', Wes Anderson's 'Asteroid City' and Todd Haynes vehicle 'May December' as unmissable highlights. LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Over 100 of the most engaging, perplexing, confronting and comforting movies of the year are coming to Aotearoa for this year's NZ International Film Festival. General Manager Sally Woodfield talks Simon Morris through this year's lineup.
Editor of flicks.co.nz Steve Newall joined Francesca Rudkin to discuss a last pick of the NZ International Film Festival, the new Netflix thriller The Gray Man and music documentary This Is Gwar. LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
bMovies is back to celebrate the NZ International Film Festival! To kick it off, writer-director Tom Levesque comes up to the studio to talk about his debut feature film Shut Eye. Shut Eye follows the story of a young woman and her discovery of the ASMR world, shot in downtown Auckland in the winter of 2021. It's beautiful, eerie, and definitely not one to miss. Catch it at the Hollywood Avondale, 31 July. Whakarongo mai nei!
'Muru', a new film from the director behind 'Poi E: The Story of our Song' and 'Mt. Zion', will make its world premier at the Whanau Marama NZ International Film Festival, where it has been announced as the opening night film. It dramatises the controversial 2007 police raids on the Tuhoe community of Urewera, where 18 people were arrested under suspicion of domestic terrorism. It stars Cliff Curtis as a conflicted Tuhoe police sergeant and activist Tame Iti as himself.
Editor of flicks.co.nz Steve Newall joined Francesca Rudkin to discuss the highlights of the NZ International Film Festival and Part 2 of the final season of Breaking Bad prequel Better Call Saul.LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Michelle Savill (on 'Millie Lies Low' at the NZ International Film Festival 2021) Interview by Hannah Williams and Sunaina Born on Radio One 91fm Dunedin
Michelle Savill (on 'Millie Lies Low' at the NZ International Film Festival 2021) Interview by Hannah Williams and Sunaina Born on Radio One 91fm Dunedin
NZ International Film Festival board chair Catherine Fitzgerald pays tribute to the late Bill Gosden
NZ International Film Festival - Publicist Dallas Synnott says there are plenty more highlights to come in this year's festival.
Nga Whanaunga Maori Pasifika Shorts 2021 - Craig Fasi is co-curator of the programme for the 2021 NZ International Film Festival.
Amy Taylor (on 'MILKED' at the NZ International Film Festival 2021) Interview by Eileen Corcoran on Radio One 91fm Dunedin
Amy Taylor (on 'MILKED' at the NZ International Film Festival 2021) Interview by Eileen Corcoran on Radio One 91fm Dunedin
Julien Temple (on 'Crock of Gold - A Few Rounds with Shane MacGowan' at the NZ International Film Festival 2021) Interview
Julien Temple (on 'Crock of Gold - A Few Rounds with Shane MacGowan' at the NZ International Film Festival 2021) Interview
Jan Oliver Lucks (on 'There is No I in Threesome' at the NZ International Film Festival 2021) Interview by Jamie Green on Radio One 91fm Dunedin
Jan Oliver Lucks (on 'There is No I in Threesome' at the NZ International Film Festival 2021) Interview by Jamie Green on Radio One 91fm Dunedin
This week, the New Zealand International Film Festival has announced its dates and plans to return to movie theatres after last year's programme was delivered online. Karyn speaks with Festival director, Marten Rabarts, about how the Festival is being planned in a Covid-stricken world, and if there are any glimpses yet of the programme.
Behind the screen at Whānau Mārama NZ International Film Festival' Dorota talks to film director Malgosia Goliszewska: about Mārama of friendship, hope and love. The best of Poland, Polish connections and heritage matters Downunder
Director Anna Marbrook came to the screen from an extensive theatre background. More than 150 episodes directing on Shortland Street laid the groundwork for a run of factual work, focused on Pacific themes: including food series Real Pasifik, award-winning waka documentary Te Mana o te Moana – The Pacific Voyagers, and reality series Waka Warriors.The films of Jim Marbrook include feature-length documentaries on speed chess maestros (2003 award-winner Dark Horse), psychiatric hospitals (Mental Notes) and environmental issues in New Caledonia (Cap Bocage). Marbrook also lectures in screen and television at Auckland University of Technology.Anna & Jim Marbrook's New Zealand International Film Festival film is 'LOIMATA, The Sweetest Tears.' The story of the last voyage of the great waka maker, sailor and mentor Ema Siope, whose journeys between Aotearoa and Sāmoa in search of healing, and her family's reckoning with systemic abuse.#NZIFFwww.theDOC.nzwww.patreon.com/theDOCNZwww.twitter.com/patbrittenden- Like - Share - Subscribe -
NZ International Film Festival 2020 and Motoko Kikkawa show - Today on Arts Hub - Dallas Synnott tells us about the new-form NZ International Film Festival starting this Friday through until the 3rd of August. Motoko Kikkawa previews 'Another Alley I Strayed Into', her work opening next Friday at the Favour Gallery in Princes Street and Amber Clausner from Shared Lines tells us about Pūtahitanga and the performance screening at the Blue Oyster Gallery last night. Broadcast on OAR 105.4FM Dunedin www.oar.org.nz
NZ International Film Festival - Festival publicist Dallas Synnott previews this year's online festival plus screenings at the Regent Theatre
NZ International Film Festival - Festival director Marten Rabarts previews this year's online screenings
Louisa Tipene Opetaia is a communications specialist with over 20 years experience in publicity, marketing, and media. Of Māori and Samoan descent. She was born in NZ and moved overseas as a child, spending decades away - living in Australia, California, Japan and Hawai'i. She runs her own business called Glorious Inc. She is a sought-after tours and event manager but her tours and events are cancelled thanks to Covid. She currently works as a publicist and her superpower is being a connector - connecting films, businesses and brands with audiences. She is promoting a number of Pacific films as part of the New Zealand International Film Festival. LOIMATA, the sweetest tears (a feature documentary playing at the NZ International Film Festival) . Director Anna Marbook honours the last voyage of the great waka maker, sailor and mentor Lilo Ema Siope, whose journeys between Aotearoa and Samoa in search of healing, and her aiga's reckoning with systemic abuse, are powerfully documented. https://www.nziff.co.nz/2020/at-home-online/loimata-the-sweetest-tears/ TUPAIA'S ENDEAVOUR: Lala Rolls' fascinating quest examines what happens to a Tahitian high priest and navigator when he travels across the pacific as a translator and guest (or is it as a living trophy?) - aboard Captain James Cook's HMS Endeavour.https://www.nziff.co.nz/2020/at-home-online/tupaias-endeavour/
Rosie and Nate chat about the history behind why June is Pride Month in so many parts of the world, connecting to the Stonewall Riots. They also look at local news including the All Black who spoke out about homophobia, the Big Sleep Out coming up in Auckland and LGBTQ+ films in the upcoming NZ International Film Festival.
International program curator Vicci Ho is using her vast experience curating film festivals internationally to give NZ International Film Festival goers an online programme to remember.
Movie reviewer Francesca Rudkin has some tips for movie lovers; details on where you can watch the NZ International Film Festival picks during iso, and she's been watching the Beastie Boys Story. LISTEN TO AUDIO ABOVE
A new documentary Mystify: Michael Hutchence, currently showing at the NZ International Film Festival, seeks to reveal the truth about the late INXS singer. Director Richard Lowenstein speaks to RNZ Music about Hutchence and what it's like to make a film about a lost friend.
Award-winning dramas, exciting documentaries, ground-breaking art films and classics from the past – all cinematic life will be on display at this year's NZ International Film Festival (kicking off in Auckland on 18 July). Tireless movie scout and long-time NZIFF programmer Sandra Reid joins Simon Morris to discuss the astonishing mix of riches.
Herald movie reviewer Francesca Rudkin joins Jack Tame to give her views on some recent films including:Mamma Mia: Here We go Again starring Alexa Davies and Lily JamesI Used to Be Normal: A Boyband Fangirl Story a documentery by Rita Walsh and Jessica Leski screening at the NZ International Film Festival."Jessica Leski’s documentary is a celebration of women coming of age and navigating adulthood through the music and romantic appeal of their beloved boybands."LISTEN ABOVE FOR HER VERDICT
From the latest news and reviews to undiscovered gems – Join Duncan Eastwood & Simon Lambert as they discuss everything they love and hate about cinema. Episode 55: August 2016 In which your hosts discuss the NZ International Film Festival, get punk rock violent with thriller ‘Green Room’, list the Top 5 Heroic Actors turned Bad […]
The unruly side-bars to the Festival proper - Animation and Incredibly Strange - are unveiled by curators Malcolm Turner and Ant Timpson.
NZ International Film Festival 2016 - Festival Director Bill Gosden
Wal Reid chats with James Napier Robertson director of The Dark Horse, Kiwi group Ekko Park play unplugged, Anoushka Klaus co-star from the movie Jake, Anthony Mitchell gives his top 5 NZ International Film Fest picks and Jarred Tito/Gracie Aroha co-host. Running time: 0:34:24