NZ Film Archive August 17- 23

Wednesday 17 August, 6.30pm
The Maori Dynamic in Film and Television

Short: WIFT NZ presents this month's Screen Discussion Series; a conversation with Ella Henry (Ngatikahu ki Whangaroa, Te Rarawa, Ngati Kuri). Ella Henry shares insights from her research into Māori entrepreneurship and careers in the screen industry, with a view to the future of Maori film and television.

Long: WIFT NZ presents this month's Screen Discussion Series; a conversation with Ella Henry (Ngatikahu ki Whangaroa, Te Rarawa, Ngati Kuri). From Once Were Warriors to Whale Rider to Boy, Māori stories and Māori films have consistently punched above their weight both here in NZ and internationally. Ella Henry shares insights from her research into Māori entrepreneurship and careers in the screen industry, with a view to the future of Maori film and television. Stay afterwards for a chat and a drink courtesy of Teece Family Vineyards.

Free for WIFT members
$5

Thursday 18, Friday 19 and Saturday 20 August, 7pm
Design and Architecture
New Zealand, various, 70mins

Short: This month the Traveling Film Show presents Design and Architecture. Looking specifically at interior and exterior design in New Zealand housing, this programme features a variety of clips and footage from pre war to the late seventies; from quirky designs including the Queenstown Bottle House, to examples of New Zealand designs in wall paper and carpet from the 1960s.

Long: For the past decade the Film Archive has taken films from the collections to small towns and communities around New Zealand. In 2010 the Traveling Film Show came ‘home’ to Wellington every month, and in 2011 this programming continues. This month The Traveling Film Show presents Design and Architecture. This programme looks at post-war architecture in New Zealand as seen through documentaries, newsreels, advertising and promotional films, tracing the post-war housing boom, the changes in building materials, architectural styles and house prices. Of special interest is an interview with Peter Beaven, recorded by the NZBC in 1969 on the history of Christchurch architecture. It is a sobering fact that many of these iconic buildings now survive only on film.

Tickets: $8/6

Friday 19 August, 12.15pm
SOUP & A SEAT. Cinema condensed to fit into your lunchbreak.
In The Shadow Of King Lear
Warrick (Waka) Attewell, 1997, Exempt, 46 mins

Short: A behind-the-scenes look at the process of New Zealand screen legend, Ian Mune, as he prepares to undertake one of the most challenging leading roles in classic Shakespearean theatre.

Long: In the Shadow of King Lear tracks New Zealand screen legend, Ian Mune and local theatre company Theatre At Large through nine weeks of rehearsal for their 1996 production of Shakespeare's great tragedy. Nine weeks for most companies would be a luxury, but in the case of this production, where actors are asked to go without many of their usual 'props' (including initially the text), opening night looms frighteningly close. Here is the company's much talked-about rehearsal process opened up for all to see.

Tickets: $8 includes soup

In the Pelorus Trust mediagallery until Saturday 23 August 

New Zealand Film: An Illustrated History

Short: Clips from the films featured in the recently published New Zealand Film: An Illustrated History, drawn from the thousands of hours stored in the Archive vaults.

Long: Te Papa Press in conjunction with the New Zealand Film Archive have this month published New Zealand Film: An Illustrated History. Spanning 115 years, this book is the first comprehensive, illustrated and locally authored history of NZ film. Come and see clips from the films featured in the book, drawn from the thousands of hours stored in the Archive vaults.

Free entry