WIFT NZ Events

Sunday
27
Sep
2026
WIFT Special Screening + Q&A: Big Girls Don't Cry
Auckland Special Screening Big Girls Don't Cry

WIFT Special Screening + Q&A: Big Girls Don't Cry

Posted Tuesday 01 Sep 2026

Miss it at NZIFF? Now's your chance to catch Big Girls Don't Cry (2026) before it hits cinemas in October. And you better believe the hype - the film is FANTASTIC!

Co-Produced by WIFT member Vicky Pope, Big Girls Don't Cry played to a full house at the Civic for its NZIFF debut. It has travelled to some of the most competitive festivals on the international circuit including Sundance and SXSW and received the Grand Prix at the 2026 Biarritz Film Festival.

WIFT and Madman are hosting an exclusive preview screening, followed by a Q&A with Writer and Director Paloma Schneideman and lead actor Ani Palmer, moderated by Kate Rodger.

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A glass of bubbles will be included on entry.

WIFT Members: $20, Non-Members: $25

Please note: The annual Moon Festival will be happening on on Dominion Road on this day, so please allow extra time for travel and parking.

Unfortunately, The Capitol Cinema is not wheelchair accessible. We sincerely apologise for this inconvenience.

Date: Sunday 27 Sep 2026
Location: The Capitol Cinema, 610 Dominion Road, Auckland.
Time: Drinks from 5:30pm | Screening at 6pm

Sunday
27
Sep
2026

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Wednesday 21 Oct 2026

In Conversation With: Cathy Garcia-Sampana
In Conversation With: Cathy Garcia-Sampana

You may have missed her at the Big Screen Symposium this year, but in our eyes, she was the hidden gem of the conference.

Cathy Garcia-Sampana is one of the most successful filmmakers in the Phillipines. Her films have been the highest-grossing Filipino film of the year on nine occasions, and on six occasions have been the highest-grossing Filipino film of all time (Wikipedia). And with all of that, she spends a half of her time in Aotearoa!

Across a career spanning more than three decades and closely associated with ABS-CBN and its film studio Star Cinema, she has directed some of the most successful and widely watched productions in Philippine screen history. Her credits include One More Chance (2017), The Hows of Us (2018) Hello, Love, Goodbye (2019) and Hello, Love, Again (2024). The themes that are present through her work are family, navigating love, ambition, migration, and personal reinvention.

WIFT & PASC are delighted to have Cathy speak to us about her journey as a filmmaker, working within her values, and how the screen industry in Asia is vastly different from ours.

The session will be moderated by Marc Laureano.

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Drinks & nibbles provided.

FREE for WIFT & PASC Members | $20 for non-members

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