Posted Monday 21 Jul 2025
Wāhine at Cannes: Insights from the International Stage
Three wāhine. One iconic festival. A global perspective.
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Fresh from the Croisette, join us as three Aotearoa screen professionals share their experiences from the 2025 Cannes Film Festival — the people they met, the trends they spotted, and what it all means for…
Posted Tuesday 29 Jul 2025
WIFT Pre-screening gathering:
Buy your ticket to the film, and join WIFT and Dame Gaylene Preston for a pre-screening gathering at SkyCityTheatre foyer after the Ngā Whanaunga Māori Pasifika screening and before the world premiere of GRACE. It’s a chance to come together with WIFT and NZIFF friends — to acknowledge the creative partnerships that…
Posted Tuesday 29 Jul 2025
Meet the Filmmakers – Leela Varghese and Emma Hough Hobbs: Lesbian Space Princess - Auckland
Join WIFT NZ for an informal pre-screening gathering to welcome our two Australian new friends before you see their award-winning film.
Leela Varghese
Leela Varghese (she/her) is a writer/director known for telling joyful, impactful stories. Her debut feature Lesbian Space Princess won…
Posted Tuesday 29 Jul 2025
Join WIFT NZ for an informal pre-screening In Conversation moderated by WIFT Board member, Vanessa Wells with acclaimed screenwriter and actor Sophie Henderson, ahead of the NZIFF Christchurch screening of her new feature film Workmates.
Sophie will be joined by Alison Walls, Artistic Director, The Court Theatre.
Workmates is a delightful and nuanced romantic dramedy…
Posted Tuesday 29 Jul 2025
WIFT Pre-screening gathering:
Buy your ticket to the film and join us to celebrate Director / Producer Shirley Horrocks stellar career. Shirley has had an exceptional 40-year career making award-winning documentaries about Aotearoa’s great artists, writers, and scientists (including Marti Friedlander, Len Lye, and Paul Callaghan). She is the New Zealand director who has had…