NZ feature film receives special Q&A screening with director in Wellington this Sunday

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This Sunday (19 June), the writer-director of New Zealand feature Russian Snark will take part in a special Q&A at Wellington’s Paramount Cinema after the 5pm screening of the film, which opens in cinemas nationwide this week.

Stephen Sinclair is a successful screenwriter, having written the scripts for The Lord Of The Rings: The Two Towers, Meet the Feebles and Braindead with Peter Jackson and Fran Walsh.

He’s also a celebrated playwright – as well as writing such plays as The Bach and The Bellbird, he's the co-creator of international stage hit Ladies Night Anthony McCarten.

Sinclair is making his feature film directorial debut with Russian Snark, which he describes as “an eccentric comedy-drama-art movie” about a Russian filmmaker struggling to further his career in NZ and the pressure this puts on his marriage and mental health.

A central theme of the movie is whether it’s better to be a great artist or a good man, something Sinclair laughingly admits has great personal resonance for him.

“Filmmaking is not a family-friendly profession,” he says, “and the conflict between work and private life was certainly an issue during the making of Russian Snark. Though my wife is still talking to me – so at least the outcome wasn’t disastrous!”

Sinclair will also be attending Q&A screenings of the film in Auckland (Rialto Cinema, Newmarket,16 June, 6pm) New Plymouth (Art House Cinema,18 June, 8.20pm) and Palmerston North (Cinema Gold, 23 June, 5.45pm).

MEDIA INFO
Local screening times: http://www.paramount.co.nz/
Trailer: http://www.flicks.co.nz/movie/russian-snark/
Official website: www.russiansnark.com
Media requests, including interview, high resolution photos: nof.grant@gmail.com