Press Release Archive

Touring Film Show
1 December, 2004

The Touring Film Show starts its run in the on the Kapiti Coast and 10 days later presents a final show in Eastbourne.

SoundTracks 5: A Night of Live Music and Images
1 November, 2004

One of the highlights of Wellington's experimental music scene is just around the corner and Soundtracks 5 is set to be bigger than ever.

Woodenhead
14 October, 2004

As part of its season of musical films, "Singing in the Frame", the Film Archive presents Woodenhead, one of the most remarkable New Zealand films of recent years.

Secret Century: the Darker Side of American Life
21 September, 2004

The New Zealand Film Archive presents Secret Century: The Darker Side of the American Dream, a collection of advertising, educational and instructional films from the Prelinger Archives, San Francisco.

Screening New Zealand's Musical Feature Films
15 September, 2004

Singing in the Frame: in the Tracks of the New Zealand Musical Film, a series of six screenings plotting the course of the musical film in New Zealand over the last forty years begins Sunday 12 September at the Film Archive mediaplex on the corner of Ghuznee and Taranaki Streets.

Telecom New Zealand International Film Festivals 2004
16 July, 2004

"So many movies, so little time." To assist your decision making process the Film Archive draws your attention to the following films in the Telecom International Film Festivals 2004.

'Forgotten Silver' - a Film Festival curated by Daniel Malone
9 July, 2004

Mythopoeia - There & Back Again - exploring perceptions of Aotearoa/New Zealand after The Lord of The Rings trilogy is Malone’s contribution to Telecom Prospect 2004 New Art New Zealand. Installed at the New Zealand Film Archive’s mediaplex the exhibition also includes “Forgotten Silver” – a film festival curated by Daniel Malone from the collection of the Film Archive.

Mediaplex Opens
23 March, 2004

In the past few months many Wellingtonians have walked by 84 Taranaki Street with great curiosity. The ground floor has been a hive of activity with walls demolished, floors ripped up and trades people dashing in and out.

Vaccess Whangarei
9 September, 2003

New Zealand’s film history will soon become more accessible to Whangarei and Northland communities. An exciting new facility will be available to residents in the Northland region through a partnership between the New Zealand Film Archive and the Whangarei District Library.

Mediaplex
30 August, 2003

The New Zealand Film Archive today announced detailed plans to develop the world’s first Mediaplex - a combination of archive, library, cinema, gallery and research centre for the country’s film and television community.

SoundTracks 4 - a night of live music and images
6 August, 2003

The Film Archive continues its annual live music and film series with SoundTracks 4 - Friday 29 August and Saturday 30 August, 8pm at Shed 11, Wellington.

Travelling Film Show visits Otago, Southland and Stewart Island
28 July, 2003

Audiences from the Otago/Southland region will soon have the opportunity to experience the successful Bank of New Zealand Travelling Film Show 2003 which is due to start its tour in Dunedin on August 13.

Speaking Rites
30 June, 2003

The Film Archive celebrates Montana Poetry Day with Speaking Rites, a free film screening featuring the poets Denis Glover and Alistair Te Ariki Campbell discussing and reading their work.

Archive’s Schools Project a Runaway Success
3 June, 2003

An overwhelmed New Zealand Film Archive has pronounced its new school video project a runaway success.

The Te Kooti Trail
16 May, 2003

Bay of Plenty audiences will soon have the opportunity to see the recently restored early New Zealand feature film The Te Kooti Trail

Media Icon Launches New Zealand Secondary Schools Video Library
9 April, 2003

Media icon, Ian Johnstone, and Associate Minister of Education, Marian Hobbs, launched the ON TAPE Video Library for secondary schools at Wellington College today.

Travelling Film Show 2003
23 January, 2003

The Film Archive has announced the opening of the 2003 season of the Bank of New Zealand Travelling Film Show – a celebration of our movie making past.

Movies by Starlight
20 January, 2003

As part of the Interisland Line Summer City the Film Archive, with the generous support of the Bank of New Zealand Travelling Film Show, presents two classic Kiwi flicks at this year’s Movies by Starlight in the Botanic Garden, Wellington.

Film Archive in new home
19 December, 2002

Film Archive Chief Executive Frank Stark announced today that the Film Archive was on track to reopen for restricted access as scheduled on January 13, 2003. "The move to Te Anakura Whitiahua is all but complete and we are thrilled at the results," he said. "The vaults are up and running and the collection is settling in nicely."

Film Archive website wins award
5 November, 2002

The Film Archive website has won a national award for excellence in interactive media. The website, www.filmarchive.org.nz was declared winner of the Information Reference section at the Telecommunications Users Association of New Zealand (TUANZ) Interactive Awards held in Wellington on Thursday 31 October.

Te Hokinga Mai ki Ngāpuhi
3 October, 2002

The New Zealand Film Archive Ngā Kaitiaki O Ngā Taonga Whitiāhua today announced its outreach marae programme, Te Hokinga Mai O Ngā Taonga Whitiāhua, is preparing to tour Northland in October, 2002.

SoundTracks 3: a night of live music and images
26 August, 2002

The New Zealand Film Archive presents SoundTracks 3, a night of live music and images, at 8pm on Saturday September 14th, 2002, at Wellington's Shed 11.

Archive closing in preparation for move
9 August, 2002

The New Zealand Film Archive has announced that will close to the public and depositors on Friday September 6, 2002, with an anticipated re-opening date of Monday January 13, 2003 at its new premises.

Runaway at the Wellington Film Festival
24 July, 2002

“The story of a young man on the run. And the people he meets: the desperate, the passionate, the lonely.” - from the original trailer for the film. Screenings of a brand new restoration of John O'Shea's 1964 feature Runaway at this year’s Wellington Film Festivals.

Archive move announced
29 June, 2002

The Film Archive announced today that it has solved its long-standing accommodation problems with the purchase of a new home in central Wellington. It will relocate the staff and collections to Te Anakura Whitiahua on the corner of Ghuznee St and Taranaki St.

Affection: new works from students at Elam School of Fine Arts
12 June, 2002

The New Zealand Film Archive, in collaboration with the Intermedia and Time-based Arts Department of the Elam School of Fine Arts, is pleased to present Affection, an exhibition featuring current work by 17 Elam students.

The Bush Cinderella screening in Palmerston North
27 May, 2002

The New Zealand Film Archive and Bank of New Zealand Travelling Film Show 2002 are proud to present a special screening of Rudall Hayward’s The Bush Cinderella (1928).

My Lady of the Cave screening in Dunedin
30 April, 2002

The New Zealand Film Archive and Bank of New Zealand Travelling Film Show 2002 are proud to present a special Dunedin screening of Rudall Hayward’s My Lady of the Cave (1922). The film will screen at 7.00pm on Thursday, May 9 in Dunedin’s magnificent Regent Theatre.

A success story of growth
9 April, 2002

The New Zealand Film Archive’s 21st birthday will be celebrated with a traditional coming-of-age party in Wellington on Thursday April 11.

Bank of New Zealand Travelling Film Show 2002
8 March, 2002

The New Zealand Film Archive today announced the opening of the 2002 season of the Bank of New Zealand Travelling Film Show – a celebration of our movie-making past.

Archive farewells Jonathan Dennis
31 January, 2002

On Tuesday, 29 January, family, friends and colleagues filled the Paramount picture theatre in Wellington to celebrate the life and work of Jonathan Dennis, the first director of the New Zealand Film Archive. Jonathan died from cancer, aged 48, on Thursday, 24 January.

Public launch of the Archive’s new website
19 December, 2001

The Chief Executive of the New Zealand Film Archive, Nga Kaitiaki O Nga Taonga Whitiahua, today described himself as “proud and excited” at the public launch of the Archive’s new website which went live to the public for the first time on December 18.

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Australian New Media Art @ the Centenary of Federation, 2001
1 October, 2001

With a total of 26 works created for video, 2D, CD-ROM, and the web, ::contagion::, opening at the Film Centre, Wellington on October 12th, is one of the most exciting exhibitions of contemporary Australian new media art ever assembled in New Zealand.

15 Minute Wait: a multimedia installation by Janine Randerson
27 August, 2001

Inspired by Hitchcock's classic tale of voyeurism Rear Window, Janine Randerson's new multimedia installation, 15 minute wait, explores the role of the viewer as an actor/investigator in a real life drama unfolding before their eyes.

Tu Tangata: Weaving for the People
14 August, 2001

The New Zealand Film Archive today announced a series of screenings of the highly acclaimed documentary Tu Tangata: Weaving for the People.

Archival Films at the Film Festival
29 July, 2001

The Film Archive and the Film Festival celebrate the vital importance of film rescue and archive work world wide with live cinema screenings of The Diary of a Lost Girl (Das Tagebuch einer Verlorenen, Germany, 1929) starring the legendary Louise Brooks.

SoundTracks 2; images by Len Lye
music by the Wellington Jazz Collective
1 July, 2001

The New Zealand Film Archive celebrates the internationally acclaimed New Zealand-born artist and filmmaker Len Lye with SoundTracks 2; images by Len Lye, music by the Wellington Jazz Collective, at The Film Centre, 3pm, Sunday July 8th.

My Lady of the Cave screening in Auckland
1 June, 2001

Presented as part of the Bank of New Zealand Travelling Film Show and the finale of the Auckland leg of the country wide tour is a special screening to be held at Sky City Theatre on June 12, featuring a newly restored print of Rudall Hayward’s My Lady of the Cave (1922).

The Bank of New Zealand Travelling Film Show 2001 is coming to Waikato

The Travelling Film Show 2001 team will be touring the Waikato region between June 13 and June 23 where a variety of film programmes will be shown.

Partnership: the Film Archive and Te Wananga o Raukawa
20 May, 2001

The New Zealand Film Archive and Te Wananga o Raukawa today signed an agreement establishing a major strategic partnership. Te Wananga o Raukawa is a Maori operated centre of higher learning located in Otaki.