Movies
Vive le cinéma!
The L’Oréal Groupe French Film Festival Aotearoa returns to Wellington from the 3rd to the 28th of June, giving audiences a taste of the best that French film has to offer.
Wonderful wāhine
The Paekākāriki Film Festival, curated by Andrew Armitage of Aro Video to the theme of Wonderful Wāhine, will be on across three Sundays in June at St Peter’s Village Hall.
Wellington Silver Screeners: Chelsie Preston Crayford
We chat with filmmaker Chelsie Preston Crayford ahead of the May release of Caterpillar, a multi-protagonist story that follows three generations of women all living under one roof.
Architects of imagination
The Resene Architecture & Design Film Festival, on between the 14th of May and the 1st of June, showcases the latest and most captivating films of the genre, providing insights into the brilliant minds and movements that shaped the world.
Thriving independent film
Snap Shot Shorts is back for season two, premiering six short films created by over 200 Pōneke creatives at the Embassy Theatre on the 11th of April.
Hot cannibal summer
A chat with director Callum Devlin about his debut film Weed Eaters ahead of its release in cinema. Four holidaying friends come across a strain of weed that gives them the most extreme case of the munchies ever recorded.
Wellington Silver Screeners: Tom Field
Wellingtonian Tom Field was drawn to filmmaking for its worldbuilding and complex characters from an early age. We chat about his short film monster & me and more.
Walk the soul back home
A chat with director Bart Schrijver on his new film The North, which follows two friends as they reconnect with themselves and each other hiking 600 kilometres across the Scottish Highlands.
Wellington Silver Screeners: Eva Brunel
Emerging screenwriter Eva Brunel chats all about her 2025 David Carson-Parker Embassy Prize-winning script Peephole and what will come next.
Wellington Silver Screeners: Matthew Mawkes
With a journey full of ups and downs, Matthew tells Alessia about his past and his future in film, as well as his newest Wellington-made film Blind Panic.
Wellington Silver Screeners: Jason Stutter
With Warren’s Vortex currently streaming on TVNZ, co-director Jason Stutter and I embark on a journey through the past, present, and future of how he made his dream of becoming a filmmaker a reality.
Wellington Silver Screeners: Emma Duncan and Ashlee Stevens
Emerging filmmakers Emma Duncan and Ashlee Stevens’ short documentary Home by Three Kea Pictures follows Teiti Nepia, a mana wahine who reclaims her autonomy by living on public land when she becomes priced out of Wellington’s rental market.