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Tina Makereti's Curatorial Process
On June 7 we opened the first exhibition by our 2013 Curator-at-Large, Tina Makereti. Her audiovisual exhibition, The Natural Environment – Ko te Taiao, is currently on display in the Film Archive mediagallery. This is the first of three exhibitions Ma...
18/06/2013 | 15:09 | Full story
Sound Accessions
Welcome to a monthly update from Gareth Watkins, Accessions Archivist with Sound Archives, about some of the fascinating items that are being collected. This last month saw the Archive collect over 100 hours of significant content about or by New Zealan...
11/06/2013 | 13:49 | Full story
No Place to Rest in Edinburgh
The latest experimental film by New Zealand artist / film maker SJ.Ramir has been selected to screen at this years Edinburgh International Film Festival. Screening as part of the Black Box 1 programme, No Place To Rest will make its world premiere at the ...
5/06/2013 | 16:33 | Full story
Boosting the Theatre Royal
The New Zealand Film Festival has launched a Boosted campaign for Christchurch. “The Festival is seeking public donations towards the estimated $280,000 costs to equip the Isaac Theatre Royal for film. It’s a big ask, but it’s a figure that we hop...
28/05/2013 | 17:01 | Full story
Autumn Just Got a Bit Better!
It's getting colder, but that means the Film Festival is getting closer! Warm up for the Festival proper with the NZIFF's fabulous Autumn Events. NZIFF have recently announced the start of an exciting new venture from the organisers of the NZ Internationa...
12/04/2013 | 12:39 | Full story
Annual Report
The 2011-12 New Zealand Film Archive Annual Report is now available in PDF Format (3.6MB)
28/03/2013 | 14:48 | Full story
Reel Life in Rural New Zealand
Agriculture, history and incredible inventions from the Hawke’s Bay, Tararua and Wairarapa regions will be showcased in all their cinematic glory next month, when the New Zealand Film Archive and New Zealand Historic Places Trust partner to present a pr...
25/02/2013 | 09:10 | Full story
Introducing our 2013 Curator-at-Large, Tina Makereti
We are excited to announce that our next Curator-at-Large will be Tina Makereti. The Curator-at-Large programme was initiated in 2012 as a means of opening up our collections for exploration by emerging curators, and facilitating their availability to a w...
21/02/2013 | 12:23 | Full story
Shopping
Shopping the new feature film by Mark Albiston and Louis Sutherland has been awarded the Grand Prix of the Generation 14plus International section for the best feature film at the Berlin Festival. Read more about this prestigious award
18/02/2013 | 08:59 | Full story
Tongan Ark in Competition
NZ Film, Tongan Ark, is selected to screen ‘In Competition’ at FIFO Pacific International Documentary Film Festival, 11th – 17th February 2013. Tongan Ark - watch trailer here! Ancient philosophy, opera and Tongan culture come together in this intim...
4/02/2013 | 14:08 | Full story
