New Zealand Film Archive - Latest News [Page 3]
Flippin ‘eck, we’ve found the films!
Thursday, 2 June 2011, 4:03 pm | New Zealand Film Archive
Fishing fleets talking with pigeons, politicians visiting Stonehenge, Chinese bakers on strike, Tahiti sinking and ‘The Maoris’ smashing Somerset – stone the crows, that’s a lot of weird happenings going on! And they also happen to be true. More >>
Film Archive makes a home in Rotorua
Wednesday, 18 May 2011, 4:34 pm | New Zealand Film Archive
Imagine having over 150,000 slices of New Zealand’s film and television history, from 1895 to the present, at your fingertips - and you don’t have to travel further than the Rotorua library. More >>
An inventive cure for Gadgetophilia on film
Wednesday, 11 May 2011, 3:50 pm | New Zealand Film Archive
Did you know New Zealand made its own tank? Or produced a lawnmower that could cut through rocks and 4” bolts? And what about the electric tractor, complete with power cord? Those glorious contraptions were the very embodiment of Kiwi can-do – ... More >>
Silent cinematic history set for Havelock North
Wednesday, 23 March 2011, 3:00 pm | New Zealand Film Archive
One of the greatest American directors of all time, John Ford directed more than 140 films and won four Academy Awards for Best Director. More than 60 of those were from the silent era, and most of those have been lost. One of those films, Upstream, ... More >>
Dawn ceremony marks leap forward for NZ film future
Friday, 18 March 2011, 12:54 pm | New Zealand Film Archive
The New Zealand Film Archive holds 120,000 films videos and television programmes, held on around 300,000 cans of film, in addition to hundreds of thousands of photographs, publications and papers of our cinematic history. A year ago it was full to bursting. ... More >>
The Film Archive presents From Thorndon to Island Bay
Wednesday, 16 March 2011, 1:38 pm | New Zealand Film Archive
With moving images of the way the City of Wellington used to be, the New Zealand Film Archive is sending a moving message to the City of Christchurch. The Film Archive is proud to screen a special presentation of the Traveling Film Show, From Thorndon ... More >>