Film Festivals 2011
Hoyts, Northlands was the Christchurch venue for this years International Film Festival, so grateful to Hoyts that Christchurch had a Film Festival at all... Most of the films shown at the 2011 festival have now found their way onto the DVD or Blu-ray format and are available for rental. To assemble your Personal Film Festival, simply scroll the candidates below for your consideration. Highlights include "Drive", the fascinating "How Much Does Your Building Weigh Mr Forster", the acclaimed "Incendies" and from old maestro's Lars Von Trier comes "Melancholia" and Wim Wenders delivers with "Pina". The "Add to My Picks" function at the top right of you screen on any film page my prove useful at this time.
Heartbeats (2010)
7.2/10
Director: Xavier Dolan
Starring: Monica Chokri, Niels Schneider, Xavier Dolan
Francis (Xavier Dolan) and Marie (Monia Chokri) are best friends and seemingly have it all youth, good looks and style in abundance. One night they... Read more
Hobo With a Shotgun (2011)
6.1/10
Director: Jason Eisener
Starring: Rutger Hauer, Brian Downey
Originally a trailer featured in the Canadian theatrical run of Robert Rodriguez and Quentin Tarantino's "Grindhouse," this exploitation tribute stars... Read more
Hobo With a Shotgun (Blu-ray) (2011)
6.1/10
Director: Jason Eisener
Starring: Rutger Hauer, Brian Downey
Originally a trailer featured in the Canadian theatrical run of Robert Rodriguez and Quentin Tarantino's "Grindhouse," this exploitation tribute stars... Read more
How Much Does Your Building Weigh, Mr Foster? (2010)
7.1/10
Director: Norberto Lopez Amado, Carlos Carcas
Starring: Norman Foster
Norman Foster is one of the world's most celebrated architects, a designer whose buildings combine a striking visual style with a conscious desire to... Read more
Illustrious Energy (1987)
7.9/10
Director: Leon Narbey
Starring: Heather Bolton, Peter Hayden, Shaun Bao, Peter Chin, Desmond Kelly, Harry Ip, Ge...
Two Chinese gold miners in a remote valley in Central Otago struggle to improve their lot. The goldrush is over. Their life is tough. When they make a... Read more
Incendies (2011)
8.2/10
Director: Denis Villeneuve
Starring: Remy Girard, Melissa Desormeaux-Poulan, Lubna Azabal, Maxim Gaudette
In the highly-acclaimed suspense thriller 'Incendies', a mothers dying wish creates a painful puzzle her children are forced to solve. At the reading... Read more
Incendies (Blu-ray) (2011)
8.3/10
Director: Denis Villeneuve
Starring: Remy Girard, Melissa Desormeaux-Poulan, Lubna Azabal, Maxim Gaudette
In the highly-acclaimed suspense thriller 'Incendies', a mothers dying wish creates a painful puzzle her children are forced to solve. At the reading... Read more
Jig (2011)
6.7/10
Director: Sue Bourne
Hoping to make as big of a splash on the Irish dance scene as Michael Flatley did, participants in the 40th Irish Dancing World Championships prepare... Read more
Jiro Dreams of Sushi (2011)
7.9/10
Director: David Gelb
An acclaimed documentary that focuses on 85-year-old Jiro Ono, considered by many to be the world's greatest sushi chef. He is the proprietor of Sukiy... Read more
Knuckle (2011)
6.8/10
Director: Ian Palmer
Takes us inside the brutal, secretive and exhilarating bare-knuckle fighting lives of an Irish Traveller community . This epic 12-year journey into in... Read more