Whānau Mārama: New Zealand International Film Festival
25 Canon St, Timaru, South Canterbury
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Whānau Mārama: New Zealand International Film Festival announces its full programme for the Timaru leg of the festival, featuring 31 feature films from 15 countries. The festival will run for 11 days at the Movie Max Digital Cinema from Thursday 11 November and tickets are on sale now.
NZIFF has worked with all its partner venues and cinemas around the country to be able to present the festival under the new Alert Level 2 requirements in 12 towns and cities nationwide.
“We can’t wait to share our fantastic 2021 programme with Timaru audiences in a safe environment this November. We hope that the people of Timaru will rally behind the festival and show their support by visiting Movie Max Digital Cinemas to check out as many of the outstanding New Zealand and international films that on offer,” says Festival Director Marten Rabarts.
Films joining NZIFF’s 2021 line-up for Timaru include, Sundance Film Festival’s Grand Jury Prize winning documentary, Flee; decorated Chinese director Zhang Yimou’s love letter to cinema, One Second; and Bosnia and Herzegovina’s contender for the 2021 Best International Feature Oscar, Jasmila Zbanic’s Quo Vadis, Aida?
Delivering star power is Berlin Golden Bear nominee, Maria Schrader’s I’m Your Man, featuring Downton Abbey’s Dan Stevens as a love android; and moving literary memoir My Salinger Year, staring Sigourney Weaver and rising star Margaret Qualley (Maid)
Thirteen films direct from the Cannes Film Festival are confirmed to screen in Timaru, including Palme d’or winner Titane; Grand Prix award winners, A Hero, from decorated Iranian director Asghar Farhadi and Juho Kuosmanen’s offbeat train romance, Compartment No. 6; and Venice Film Festival Special Jury Prize winner, Dear Comrades!
New Zealand films screening in Timaru include, Signed, Theo Schoon, in which art historian and filmmaker Luit Bieringa re-examines the legacy of the often-contested Dutch immigrant artist; Amy Taylor’s MILKED, a spirited documentary that sees a young activist from rural Northland go up against the powerful dairy industry. Short films by New Zealand filmmakers also feature in short film competition New Zealand’s Best screening and short film Marieville by Kiwi director Grant Lahood will screen ahead of After Love.
To view the full NZIFF 2021 programme for Timaru, visit the Whānau Mārama: New Zealand International Film Festival website.
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