How well do we really know our family? The sibling we haven’t spent much time with in adulthood but who we think of as being the same person we knew as a child, how do we reconcile realising we don’t know much about them at all? Driveways opens to single mum Kathy (Hong Chau) and […]
A controversial movie in that this is a sensitive portrait of a young man, Johnathan, who is physically attracted to pre-pubescent girls, and the battle he endures to keep this at bay, when a lonely ten-year-old girl moves in next door to him with her solo mum. Director: Patrice Toye Starring: Tijmen Govaerts, Julia Brown, […]
Set in East Germany in the summer of 1989, Fritzi is an animated family movie about twelve-year-old East German Fritzi, who says goodbye to best friend Sophie who is leaving for a holiday in Hungary. When Sophie does not return, or call, Fritzi begins a quest to find out where her friend is. In the […]
“It’s the Co-op that keeps the community alive, you should know that,” states one farmer to another as they square off under the umbrella of a harsh Icelandic sky. The County tells the story of one woman’s audacity to take on the powerful who hold the means of her financial survival in their ledgers, camouflaged […]
An epic Iliad cinema experience at the passing of the most influential person of the twentieth century, Josph Stalin. All the glory but none of the horror. Director: Sergei Loznitza
Hong Kong Moments attempts to capture the mood of the city and the forces at play leading up to the large-scale demonstrations against the notorious Extradition Bill in 2019. Director Zhou Bing attempts and all-sides examination of the ongoing conflict – through the eyes of seven Hong Kong citizens. Director: Zhou Bing
The story of missing teens and adults in Mexico, has been festering for years, as they disappear somewhere along the way, trying to cross the border to the promised land of the USA. In Identifying Features, a mother whose teenage son is missing after boarding a bus to a border town, undertakes a trip into […]
Director Oualid Mouness weaves a well-crafted story with 1982, drawing excellent performances from its young cast. Set on the outskirts of Beirut, their lives and the surrounding countryside seem so peaceful and predictable. But as civil war erupts in the world around them, adolescence further topples their world with perils of its own. Director: Oualid […]
Whānau Mārama: New Zealand International Film Festival has announced the winners of the Audience Choice awards for New Zealand’s Best and Ngā Whanaunga Māori Pasifika Shorts. The award winners were announced during the Live Online Closing Event. The winner of the Ngā Whanaunga CineMāori Audience Award is Gurl. Director Mika X receives the $1,000 cash […]
“They’re your friends, they’re your family, they’re your colleagues, they’re your neighbours,” states Jazz Thornton, referring to those suffering to a point in which they have given up on life. The Girl on the Bridge, a NZ documentary directed by Leanne Pooley, follows Jazz as she puts together a web series inspired by the story […]