Saturday
23
Aug
2025
Anchor Me - The Don McGlashan Story - Wellington

Anchor Me - The Don McGlashan Story - Wellington

Posted Monday 11 Aug 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 the most films in the NZ International Film Festival – this is her thirteenth! This is not just the usual kind of music documentary but the first in-depth feature portrait of an extraordinary creative figure, inducted in 2023 into the New Zealand Music Hall of Fame. His life story, told in his own words, is a rich evening’s entertainment that combines great music with much food for thought.

A drink and nibbles provided. Cash bar. Booking is essential. Register for Pre-Screening Gathering Here. Free to members and non-members. MUST HAVE TICKET TO SCREENING.

🎟️ Tickets for Anchor Me - The Don McGlashan Story screening

 

Wellington – you have a fabulous 26 hours of excellent content to view on 23 and 24 August! Here’s your schedule!

Saturday, 23 August, 12.45 PM:  TOITŪ Visual Sovereignty Venue Massey University National Academy of Screen Arts Cinema
Unprecedented insight into the curation of the Toi Tū Toi Ora: Contemporary Māori Art exhibition reveals the struggle for Māori artistic sovereignty within the structures of Aotearoa New Zealand’s cultural institutions. Directed by Chelsea Winstanley.  Produced by Desray Armstrong and Chelsea Winstanley.   https://www.nziff.co.nz/2025/te-whanganui-a-tara-wellington/toitu-visual-sovereignty/

Saturday, 23 August, 2 PM: Went Up the Hill Lighthouse Petone but you could see this instead at the Embassy at 8.30 PM on 21 August to avoid a clash!
An unsettling, sinister slow-burn thriller, Samuel Van Grinsven unites rising star Dacre Montgomery with Phantom Thread’s Vicky Krieps and New Zealand’s own Sarah Peirse for a supernatural chiller like no other. Produced by Vicky Pope.  https://www.nziff.co.nz/2025/te-whanganui-a-tara-wellington/went-up-the-hill/

Sunday 24 August, 1.45 PM: War Stories Our Mother Never Told Us Massey University National Academy of Screen Arts Cinema
Seven women reflect on the emotional cataclysm of World War II in Dame Gaylene Preston’s landmark contribution to the collective memory of Aotearoa, which has lost none of its raw power on its 30th anniversary. https://www.nziff.co.nz/2025/te-whanganui-a-tara-wellington/war-stories-our-mothers-never-told-us/

And don’t miss War is Over, our talented Board Member Sophie Cherry’s Academy Award-winning short film, inspired by the music of John and Yoko this Academy Award winning animated short delivers a moving message.  Screening before One to One:  John & Yoko https://www.nziff.co.nz/2025/te-whanganui-a-tara-wellington/one-to-one-john-yoko

Date: Saturday 23 Aug 2025
Location: The Black Sparrow, Embassy Theatre
Time: 6.30PM pre-screening gathering | 8.15 PM screening + Q&A to follow

Saturday
23
Aug
2025

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Tuesday 09 Dec 2025

Combined Guilds Xmas Party (Christchurch)

Combined Guilds Xmas Parties 2025 – Ōtautahi 

It’s been another interesting year for Aotearoa’s screen industry, now it’s time to reflect, raise a glass, and celebrate together!

Join the writers, directors, editors, actors, stunties, crew, producers, postproduction and VFX magicians and all the screen creators who keep the cameras rolling and the stories flowing.

The Combined Guilds Xmas Parties are your chance to reconnect with old friends, meet new collaborators, and enjoy a well-earned festive catch-up with good people who get it.

What’s included:

  • Your $10 ticket covers a bar tab and snacks
  • A warm, welcoming mix of industry whānau across all screen guilds
  • The perfect chance to unwind, swap stories, and toast to another creative year

Whether you’ve been in development, on set, in post, behind the scenes, or in front of the camera, come celebrate the people who make Aotearoa’s screen industry what it is!

Ōtautahi / Christchurch – Tuesday 9 December, 5–9pm

Venue: Dux Central, 144 Lichfield Street, Christchurch Central City

https://events.humanitix.com/combined-guilds-xmas-party-christchurch

Thursday 11 Dec 2025

Combined Guilds Xmas Party (Auckland)

Combined Guilds Xmas Parties 2025 – Tāmaki Makaurau 

It’s been another interesting year for Aotearoa’s screen industry, now it’s time to reflect, raise a glass, and celebrate together!

Join the writers, directors, editors, actors, stunties, crew, producers, postproduction and VFX magicians and all the screen creators who keep the cameras rolling and the stories flowing.

The Combined Guilds Xmas Parties are your chance to reconnect with old friends, meet new collaborators, and enjoy a well-earned festive catch-up with good people who get it.

What’s included:

  • Your $10 ticket covers a bar tab and snacks
  • A warm, welcoming mix of industry whānau across all screen guilds
  • The perfect chance to unwind, swap stories, and toast to another creative year

Whether you’ve been in development, on set, in post, behind the scenes, or in front of the camera, come celebrate the people who make Aotearoa’s screen industry what it is!

Tāmaki Makaurau / Auckland – Thursday 11 December, from 6pm

Venue: The Longroom, 114 Ponsonby Road, Grey Lynn

https://events.humanitix.com/combined-guilds-xmas-party-auckland

Thursday 18 Dec 2025

Combined Guilds Xmas Party (Wellington)

Combined Guilds Xmas Parties 2025 – | Te Whanganui-a-Tara

It’s been another interesting year for Aotearoa’s screen industry, now it’s time to reflect, raise a glass, and celebrate together!

Join the writers, directors, editors, actors, stunties, crew, producers, postproduction and VFX magicians and all the screen creators who keep the cameras rolling and the stories flowing.

The Combined Guilds Xmas Parties are your chance to reconnect with old friends, meet new collaborators, and enjoy a well-earned festive catch-up with good people who get it.

What’s included:

  • Your $10 ticket covers a bar tab and snacks
  • A warm, welcoming mix of industry whānau across all screen guilds
  • The perfect chance to unwind, swap stories, and toast to another creative year

Whether you’ve been in development, on set, in post, behind the scenes, or in front of the camera, come celebrate the people who make Aotearoa’s screen industry what it is!

Te Whanganui-a-Tara / Wellington – Thursday 18 December, from 6pm

Venue: Southern Cross Garden Bar & Restaurant, 39 Abel Smith Street, Te Aro

https://events.humanitix.com/combined-guilds-xmas-party-wellington

Programme is brought to you with generous support from the NZ Film Commission and Foundation North.