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ANZAC films on screen at the Archive
Wednesday, 19 April 2017, 11:53 am | New Zealand Film Archive
A season of ANZAC films and documentaries begins today at Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision, the New Zealand Archive of Film, Television and Sound in Wellington. More >>
Success in identifying a mystery voice from Gallipoli record
Monday, 28 April 2014, 3:17 pm | New Zealand Film Archive
The hunt to try and put names to the voices of ve Kiwi Gallipoli veterans recorded in a 1969 radio documentary has had some success, with the great-niece of one of the men coming forward to identify him. More >>
Siapo Cinema
Monday, 13 January 2014, 2:49 pm | New Zealand Film Archive
This summer the Film Archive is thrilled to present Siapo Cinema , a festival celebrating Pasifika moving images. The festival has been organised in association with Wellington City Council's Summer City, Positively Pasifika 2014, the New Zealand Film Commission ... More >>
NZ Film Archive Presents Siapo Cinema
Wednesday, 18 December 2013, 12:57 pm | New Zealand Film Archive
This summer the Film Archive is thrilled to present Siapo Cinema, a festival celebrating Pasifika moving images. The festival has been organised in association with Wellington City Council's Summer City, Positively Pasifika 2014, the New Zealand Film Commission ... More >>
Film Archive and Sound Archives Ngā Taonga Kōrero Review
Friday, 29 November 2013, 2:07 pm | New Zealand Film Archive
In October 2012, the Sound Archives Ngā Taonga Kōrero were transferred from Radio New Zealand to the New Zealand Film Archive. The transfer followed a request from the Minister for Arts, Culture and Heritage for the Film Archive to undertake a review ... More >>
The Dam (O)
Friday, 8 November 2013, 3:45 pm | New Zealand Film Archive
Gavin Hipkins’ short film The Dam (O) - which showed at the Oberhausen Short Film Festival and New Zealand International Film Festival this year - begins its season at the Film Archive. The Dam (O) incorporates naturalist and abstracted footage from ... More >>
Reel Life in Rural New Zealand
Thursday, 24 October 2013, 4:43 pm | New Zealand Film Archive
Shearing gangs, kiwi inventions dating back to 1913, and some of the unique rituals of country life are showcased in this programme of films that spans the 20th century. Reel Life in Rural New Zealand screened in woolsheds in the Hawke’s Bay, Tararua ... More >>
Vincent Ward’s The Navigator to Screen at The Film Archive
Wednesday, 16 October 2013, 4:05 pm | New Zealand Film Archive
The Navigator: A Medieval Odyssey (1988) is an absorbing story that links medieval fears and fortunes to our times, while confirming Vincent Ward as an original talent. More >>
Special screenings of Saving Grace - Te Whakarauora Tangata
Tuesday, 8 October 2013, 4:15 pm | New Zealand Film Archive
He pou mataoho kiriata a Merata Mita. Neke atu i te toru tekau tau ia e kokiri ana i te ao pāpāho o Aotearoa, o te Moana nui a Kiwa, otirā te ao huri noa. Ānei tana pakipūmeka mutunga, Saving Grace - Te Whakarauora Tangata e aro atu ki te take ... More >>
Shared Baskets – Social Equality in Aotearoa NZ
Thursday, 12 September 2013, 3:56 pm | New Zealand Film Archive
The third and final in the Magic Playgrounds series of three moving image exhibitions curated by Tina Makereti, on the social history of childhood in Aotearoa / New Zealand. Shared Baskets explores the interplay between notions of social equality and kiwi ... More >>
Wellington in the 1950s and 1960s - NZ Film Archive
Monday, 2 September 2013, 12:56 pm | New Zealand Film Archive
Under the directorship of John O’Shea, Pacific Films made a wide range of films - features, news magazines, documentaries and advertising - during the 1950s and 1960s. This programme is a showcase of some of their documentary, newsreel and advertising ... More >>
The Transformation of the World into Music
Thursday, 29 August 2013, 3:55 pm | New Zealand Film Archive
In celebration of the 200th anniversary of Richard Wagner’s birthday this year and the upcoming opening of The Flying Dutchman at the St James Theatre, the Goethe Institut is delighted to bring you Werner Herzog’s documentary, The Transformation ... More >>
Reel Life in Canterbury
Tuesday, 27 August 2013, 4:22 pm | New Zealand Film Archive
The Canterbury region’s spectacular past will come to life in cinematic splendor next month, when the New Zealand F ilm Archive and New Zealand Historic Places Trust partner to present a programme of films made between 1910 and 2011. The films will ... More >>
'The Devil Dared Me To' at the Film Archive
Monday, 26 August 2013, 3:38 pm | New Zealand Film Archive
The Devil Dared Me To (2007) is a feature film made by and starring daredevil New Zealanders Chris Stapp and Matt Heath. Every kiwi lad dreams of greatness. For some it’s as an All Black, for others it’s scaling the highest peaks. But for little ... More >>
Newtown on Film, 1900 - 2011
Thursday, 8 August 2013, 5:28 pm | New Zealand Film Archive
A selection of over 20 short films and clips illustrating some of the events, institutions, and people associated with Newtown, Wellington over the years. More >>
Bringing It All Back Home
Friday, 19 July 2013, 5:10 pm | New Zealand Film Archive
Too often valuable musical recordings go the way of the Tally Ho! master – accidentally recorded over. The New Zealand Film Archive and the Sound Archives Ngā Taonga Kōrero have joined forces, and are on a mission to save our nation’s musical history. ... More >>
He Toa Takitini: Magic Playgrounds Exhibition Film Archive
Thursday, 11 July 2013, 1:24 pm | New Zealand Film Archive
He Toa Takitini The second in a series of three moving image exhibitions curated by Tina Makereti, on the social history of childhood in Aotearoa / New Zealand, He Toa Takitini focuses on cultural diversity. More >>
He Toa Takitini
Wednesday, 10 July 2013, 5:31 pm | New Zealand Film Archive
The second in a series of three moving image exhibitions curated by Tina Makereti, on the social history of childhood in Aotearoa / New Zealand, He Toa Takitini focuses on cultural diversity. How are kiwi childhoods shaped by different cultural groups ... More >>
Film programme: Doctors and Nurses
Wednesday, 12 June 2013, 3:09 pm | New Zealand Film Archive
A fascinating film programme that looks back on attitudes towards health and medicine across the twentieth century. From rural nurses on horseback to tuberculous detection - see how the work of New Zealand doctors and nurses has changed over the last decades. More >>
Around the World Saturday Matinee
Wednesday, 5 June 2013, 12:57 pm | New Zealand Film Archive
The Film Archive and Square Eyes partner to present the Around the World Saturday Matinee. Saturdays at 4.30, June 8 - July 20 Where: The New Zealand Film Archive, 84 Taranaki St, Wellington Ticket price: $6 for those aged 14 and under / $8 adults ... More >>