Whānau Mārama - NZIFF 2023 coverage highlights
On the adamant
RNZ Saturday Morning with Kim Hill
French filmmaker Nicolas Philibert is known for his intimate and patiently observed documentaries capturing the beauty of everyday humanity.
His latest film On the Adamant/Sur L'Adamant won the top prize at this year's Berlin International Film Festival. It follows the goings-on aboard L'Adamant, a floating day-centre for people with mental maladies, moored on the banks of the Seine in Paris.
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RNZ Saturday Morning with Kim Hill
Bad Behaviour, premiering in New Zealand International Film Festival 2023, is the debut feature film from actor, writer and director Alice Englert, who spoke with Kim Hill.
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Ms. Information
Flicks
Heroism and hatred – Gwen Isaac’s new doco Ms. Information follows Siouxsie Wiles through the pandemic.
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Little Richard: I am Everything
RNZ Saturday Morning with Kim Hill
Without Little Richard would Lizzo exist? Lil Nas X? The Rolling Stones?
Three years after his death, a new documentary directed by Lisa Cortés pays tribute to the pioneer of rock n roll and makes clear his musical DNA is everywhere.
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Riceboy Sleeps
RNZ Nine to Noon
Vancouver-based filmmaker Anthony Shim whose new feature Riceboy Sleeps is gaining critical acclaim and winning awards.
His South Korean family moved to Canada when he was a child and their experiences have helped to inspire Riceboy Sleeps which is featuring at the NZ International Film Festival .
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Grant Sheehan: Light, Ghosts and Dreams
Flicks
Discovering Grant Sheehan, creative genius and subject of NZ film Light, Ghost & Dreams
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GENERAL
New Zealand Herald Canvas
Kiwi Films showcase New Zealand’s independent spirit while premiering at NZIFF
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NZ Listener
Arthouse greats, Kiwis and Cannes on 2023 New Zealand International Film Festival roll
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Stuff
The weirdest and wackiest movies screening at this year's Whānau Mārama: New Zealand International Film Festival
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Radio New Zealand
Whānau Marama New Zealand International Film Festival Preview (part one)
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Whānau Marama New Zealand International Film Festival Preview (part two)
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The Spinoff
Ten must-see films at the 2023 NZ International Film Festival
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Metro
Metro's Picks for 2023's New Zealand International Film Festival
It's back, baby! The New Zealand International Film Festival finally returns to full strength for 2023. These are our picks.
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NZ Listener
The NZ International Film Festival’s most popular directors, ever
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Concrete Playground
Eight Movies You Really Need to See at the 2023 New Zealand International Film Festival
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Stuff
Whānau Mārama: NZ International Film Festival: The 10 widely-screening must-see movies
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Newshub
Newshub's top 15 picks of the 2023 NZ International Film Festival
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Sydney Sweeney, Wes Anderson's latest among full programme for 2023 NZ International Film Festival.
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RNZ At The Movies
Over 100 of the most engaging, perplexing, confronting and comforting movies of the year are coming to Aotearoa for this year's NZ International Film Festival.
General Manager Sally Woodfield talks Simon Morris through this year's lineup.
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Concrete Playground
New Zealand International Film Festival Has Just Unveiled Its Full Auckland Program for 2023
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Stuff
Three unmissable Kiwi docos at this year's Whānau Mārama: New Zealand International Film Festival
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Flicks
A guide to Whānau Mārama animation, from the sweet to the psychedelic
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Doco on Flying Nun band King Loser – and all the other NZ films playing NZIFF.
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Newshub
Auckland shooting: New Zealand International Film Festival to continue after CBD incident.
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Debate Magazine
Māori Cinema: A New Dawn, with Hiona Henare
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At Darren Bevan’s World of Entertainment
Whanau Marama New Zealand International Film Festival 2023 preview.
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Building bridges: bill youren’s vision of peace
Flicks
Why we need to know more about NZ activist Bill Youren, subject of Building Bridges
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TIKI TAANE IN SESSION WITH CSO
Flicks
Tiki Taane on being director, producer, performer (and more) in new concert doco
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Thirty years of Incredibly Strange
RNZ Sunday Afternoon
Dan Slevin talks to Ant Timpson about the history of Incredibly Strange which marks its 30th edition this year as a section of the New Zealand International Film Festival.
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The Spinoff
An Incredibly Strange story: ‘It was a group of gonzo cinephiles running it like a circus’
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