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NZ Film Festivals

Throughout the year two major Film Festivals circuit New Zealand. The years listed to the left are an amalgam of the offerings that have made it to Video or DVD from the World Cinema Showcase (a.k.a. The Canterbury Film Festival) and The International Film Festival. Right: Scene from the extraordinary "Osama"

Querelle (1982)

6.9/10
Director: Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Starring: Brad Davis, Franco Nero, Jeanne Moreau

The final film by Fassbinder was this searing adaptation of the controversial Jean Genet novel starring Brad Davis as a ruggedly handsome, narcissisti... Read more

Polyester (1981)

7/10
Director: John Waters
Starring: Divine, Tab Hunter, Edith Massey, Mink Stole

Divine, Tab Hunter, Edith Massey star in John Water's outrageous melodrama - the daily life of a typical American housewife (Divine) who, despite havi... Read more

James & Isey (2021)

9/10
Director: Florian Habicht
Starring: Florian Habicht

Genuine New Zealand treasures Isey and James invite us into their lives in the week leading up to Isey's 100th birthday. A Northland celebration of li... Read more

One From the Heart (1982)

6.8/10
Director: Francis Ford Coppola
Starring: Frederic Forrest, Teri Garr, Nastassja Kinski, Harry Dean Stanton

An extraordinarily visual film examining the bittersweet romance between Teri Garr and Frederic Forrest, with support from Nastassia Kinski and Harry... Read more

Candyman - The David Klein Story (2010)

Director: Costa Botes
Starring: Robert Klein

The story of the rise and fall of David Klein, the man who invented Jelly Belly jelly beans. Read more

Diagnosis Death (2009)

4.7/10
Director: Jason Stutter
Starring: Raybon Kan, Jessica Grace Smith, Suze Tye, Bret McKenzie, Jemaine Clement

Two people meet as guinea pigs in a weekend drug trial. Andre (an unethical high school teacher) and Juliet (a bookish teenager) soon discover their l... Read more