Tickets for the Wellington line-up of the New Zealand International Film Festival go on sale tomorrow. Wellington is Admit One‘s home town, so as you can imagine we spent the entire weekend pawing through the programme and selecting the films we just have to see – and review for you guys. With it being Admit One’s first year at the fest, and us still being part-time bloggers (for now), some tough calls had to be made because pesky things like ‘a full-time job’ kept getting in the way – stupid, I know. For some film clashes it really was a case of flipping a coin – a credit to the film fest team for bringing us such an incredible line-up this year.
So we’ve narrowed it down to 24. Yep, 24! And if you think that’s bad, you should’ve seen the list we started with. Check out our final picks below.
The Wellington line-up isn’t all that different to the Auckland one, which we announced a few weeks back. But the big coup for Wellington is the closing night film, Nicholas Winding Refn’s Drive – starring Ryan Gosling and Carey Mulligan.
Click on any of the film names below to see the session times for Wellington. As with our Auckland post, if the film was listed in more than one section we’ve only added it once in order to save space – the list of films is massive! We’ve marked the films we are definitely going to see and some others we’d like to, if we can find the time (Dear work, I have come down with a rare case of bigscreenitus. I have been forced by my doctor to take at least two weeks sick leave and perscribed one film every 3 hours until I’m well enough to return. Kind regards, James).
It’s gonna be great! See you in the cinema!
Once you’ve looked through our picks, let us know what you’re going to see (and how many you’re going to see!).
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Wellington line-up and session times:
AT THE BARRICADES
Better this World (Katie Galloway, Kelly Duane de la Vega, USA, 2011, 98min)
Hot Coffee (Susan Saladoff, USA, 2011, 88mins)
How to Die in Oregon (Peter D. Richardson, USA, 2011, 107min)
If a Tree Falls: A Story of the Earth Liberation Front (Marshall Curry, USA, 2011, 85min) *ADMIT ONE IS GOING!
Windfall (Laura Israel, USA, 2011, 83min)
BIG NIGHTS
Arrietty (Yonebayashi Hiromasa, Japan, 2010, 94min)
Cria Cuervos (Carlos Saura, Spain, 1976, 110min)
Drive (Nicolas Winding Refn, USA, 2011, 100min) *ADMIT ONE IS GOING!
Le Havre (Aki Kaurismaki, Finland, France, 2011, 93min)
Love Story (Florian Habicht, New Zealand, 2011, 91min) *ADMIT ONE IS GOING!
Mana Waka (New Zealand, 1937, 85min)
Melancholia (Lars Von Trier, Denmark, France, Germany, Sweden, 2011, 130min) *ADMIT ONE IS GOING!
Taxi Driver (Martin Scorsese, USA, 1976, 123min) *ADMIT ONE IS GOING!
The Kid with a Bike (Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Luc Dardenne, France, Italy, 2011, 87min)
The Tree of Life (Terrence Malick, USA, 2011, 138min) *ADMIT ONE IS GOING!
FOR ALL AGES
A Cat in Paris (Alain Gagnol, Jean-Loup Felicioli, Belgium, Grance, 2010, 65min)
Animation for Kids 2011 (Australia, Denmark, Germany, Israel, UK, USA, 2010, 59min)
Being Elmo: A Puppeteer’s Journey (Constance Marks, USA, 2011, 75min) *ADMIT ONE IS GOING!
The Great Bear (Esben Toft Jacobsen, Denmark, 2011, 73min)
FRAMING REALITY
Brother Number One (Annie Goldson, New Zealand, 2011, 97min)
Buck (Cindy Meehl, USA, 2011, 90min) *Admit One would like to see
Cave of Forgotten Dreams (Werner Herzog, France, UK, 2010, 90min)
Circo (Aaron Schock, Mexico, USA, 2010, 75min)
Eight Ladies/Tales from the Daly (Dena Curtis, Steven McGregor, Australia, 2010, 42min)
Guilty Pleasures (Julie Moggan, 2010, 86min)
Jig (Sue Bourne, UK, 2011, 94min)
Khodorkovsky (Cyril Tushi, France, Germany, 2011, 111min)
Moving (Park Klyong, Korea, New Zealand, 2011, 91min) *Admit One would like to see
My Reincarnation (Jennifer Fox, Germany, Italy, Switzerland, The Netherlands, USA, 2010, 102min)
Pina (Wim Wenders, France, Germany, 2011, 103min) *Admit One would like to see
Pink Saris (Kim Longinotto, UK, 2010, 96min)
Planet Kirsan (Magdalena Pieta, Poland, 2010, 50mins)
Position Among The Stars (Leonard Retel Helmrich, Indonesia, The Netherlands, 2010, 109min)
Project Nim (UK, 93min) *Admit One would like to see
Something Ventured (Dan Geller, Dayna Goldfine, USA, 2011, 85min)
Sons of Perdition (Jennilyn Merten, Tyler Measom, USA, 2010, 86min)
Stori Tumbuna: Ancestor’s Tales (Paul Wolffram, New Zealand. 2011, 83min)
Strawberries with the Fuhrer (Amy O’Connor, New Zealand, 2011, 30min)
The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975 (Goran Hugo Olsson, Sweden, 2011, 100min)
GO SLOW
Aita (Jose Maria de Orbe, Spain, 2010, 85min)
Nainsukh (Amit Dutta, India, Switzerland, 2010, 82min)
Once Upon a Time in Anatolia (Nuri Bilge Ceylan, Turkey, 2011, 150min)
Over Your Cities Grass Will Grow (Sophie Fiennes, France, The Netherlands, 2010, 105min)
The Turin Horse (Bela Tarr, France, Germany, Hungary, Switzerland, 201, 146min)
INCREDIBLY STRANGE
13 Assassins (Miike Takashi, Japan, UK, 2010, 126min) *ADMIT ONE IS GOING!
Cold Fish (Sion Sono, Japan, 2010, 144min)
Hobo With a Shotgun (Jason Eisener, Canada, USA, 2011, 86min) *ADMIT ONE IS GOING!
I Saw The Devil (Kim Jee-Woon, Korea, 2010, 143min) *ADMIT ONE IS GOING!
Kill List (UK, 2011, 90min)
Knuckle (Ben Wheatley, UK, 2011, 93min) *Admit One would like to see
Shut Up Little Man! An Audio Misadventure (Matthew Bate, Australia, 2011, 90min)
The Innkeepers (Ti West, USA, 2011, 102min)
The Last Circus (Alex de la Iglesia, France, Spain, 2010, 102min) *ADMIT ONE IS GOING!
The Man From Nowhere (Lee Jeong-beom, Korea, 2010, 119min)
Troll Hunter (Andre Ovredal, Norway, 2010, 90min) *Admit One would like to see
INSIDE STORIES
A Boatload of Wild Irishmen (Mac Dara O Curraidhin, Ireland, UK, 2011, 84min)
Miss Representation (Jennifer Siebel Newsom, USA, 2011, 95min)
Page One: Inside The New York Times (Andrew Rossi, USA, 2011, 88min) *ADMIT ONE IS GOING!
POM Wonderful Presents: The Greatest Movie Ever Sold (Morgan Surlock, USA, 2011, 90min) *ADMIT ONE IS GOING!
Tabloid (Errol Morris, USA, 2010, 87min) *Admit One would like to see
The Autobiography of Nicolae Ceausecue (Andrei Ujika, Romania, 2010, 180min)
MUSIC
Ain’t In It For My Health: A Film About Levin Helm (Jacob Hatley, USA, 2010, 84min)
Beats, Rhymes & Life: The Travels of a Tribe Called Quest (Michael Rapaport, USA, 2011, 98min) *Admit One would like to see
Guy and Madeline on a Park Bench (Damien Chazelle, USA, 2009, 82min)
Merle Haggard: Learning to Live with Myself (Gandulf Hennig, Germany, USA, 2010, 83min)
Passione (John Turturro, Italy, USA, 2010, 90min)
Rumble & Bang (Jeff Smith, Simon Ogston, New Zealand, 2011, 60min)
Sing Your Song (Susanne Rostock, USA, 2011, 103min)
View from Olympus (Geoffrey Cawthorn, New Zealand, 2010, 75min)
NEW DIRECTIONS
2.5 Kilometre Mono Action For A Mirage (Alex Monteith, New Zealand, 2011, 4min)
A Useful Life (Federico Veiroj, Spain, Uruguay, 2010, 67min)
At Ellen’s Age (Pia Marais, Germany, 2010, 95min)
Attenberg (Athina Rachel, Tsangari, Greece, 2010, 95min)
Beauty (Oliver Hermanus, 2011, 99min)
Between Worlds (Phillip Dadson, New Zealand, 2011, 10min)
Blue (Stephen Kang, New Zealand, 2011, 14min) *Admit One would like to see
Breathing (Karl Markovics, Austria, 2011, 93min)
Circumstance (Maryam Keshavarz, Israel, Lebanon, 2011, 105min)
Ebony Society (Tammy David, New Zealand, 2011, 13min)
Go the Dogs (Jackie, Can Beek, New Zealand, 2011, 15min)
Greensplat (Dawn Tuffery, New Zealand, 2011, 11min)
Happy, Happy (Anne Sewitsky, Norway, 2010, 88min)
Heartbeats (Xavier Dolan, Canada, 2010, 95min)
Homegrown: Drama (Various, New Zealand, 2011, 83min)
Homegrown: Flights of Fantasy (Various, New Zealand, 2011, 75min)
Home Grown: Works on Film (Various, New Zealand, 2011, 14min) *Admit One would like to see
Koro’s Medal (Jamie Barr, New Zealand, 2011, 14min)
Las Acacias (Pablo Giorgelli, Argentina, Spain, 2011, 84min)
Love Like Poison (Katell Quillevere, France, 2010, 92min)
Martha Marcy May Marlene (Sean Durkin, USA, 2011, 101min) *ADMIT ONE IS GOING!
Meathead (Sam Holst, New Zealand, 2011, 11min)
Medianeras (Gustavo Taretto, Argentina, Germany, Spain, 2011, 95min) *Admit One has seen and can highly recommend
Michael (Markus Schleinzer, Austria, 2011, 96min)
My Joy (Sergel Loznitsa, Germany, The Netherlands, Ukraine, 2010, 127min)
Play (Ruben Östlund, Denmark, France, Sweden, 2011, 118min)
She Monkeys (Lisa Aschan, Sweden, 84min)
Sleeping Beauty (Julia Leigh, Australia, 2011, 101min) *Admit One would like to see
Snowtown (Justin Kurzel, Australia, 2011, 120min)
Stick Climbing (Daniel Zimmerman, Austria, Switzerland, 2010, 14min)
Submarine (Richard Ayoade, UK, 2010, 97min) *ADMIT ONE IS GOING!
Take Shelter (Jeff Nichols, USA, 2011, 123min) *ADMIT ONE IS GOING!
The Artists Cinema (Various, Egypt, Germany, India, Lebanon, Lithuania, New Zealand, USA, 2010, 65min)
The Forgiveness of Blood (Joshua Marston, Albania, Denmark, Italy, USA, 2011, 109min)
The Future (Miranda July, Germany, USA, 2011, 91min) *ADMIT ONE IS GOING!
The Guard (John Michael McDonagh, Ireland, 2011, 96min) *Admit One would like to see
The Yellow See (Na Hong-Kin, Korea, 2010, 140min)
Tiny Furniture (Lena Dunham, USA, 2010, 98min) *Admit One would like to see
Tomboy (Celine Sciamma, France, 2011, 84min)
Tyrannosaur (Paddy Considine, UK, 2011, 91min) *ADMIT ONE IS GOING!
Viva Riva! (Djo Tunda Wa Munga, Belgium, France, 2010, 98min)
We Talk About Loss (Oliver Page, New Zealand, 2011, 18min)
Weekend (Andrew Haigh, UK, 2011, 96min)
Where Dad Walked (David Coyle, New Zealand, 2010, 9min)
PORTRAIT OF THE ARTIST
A Matter of Taste: Serving Up Paul Liebrandt (Sally Rowe, USA, 2010, 67min)
Daytime Tiger (Costa Botes, New Zealand, 2011, 92min) *Admit One would like to see
How Much Does Your Building Weight, Mr Foster? (Carlos Carcas, Norberto Lopez Amado, Spain, UK, 2010, 78min)
Jiro Dreams of Sushi (David Gelb, USA, 2011, 83min)
Joseph Brodsky: In the Prison of Latitudes (Italy, USA, 2010, 60min)
Magic Trip: Ken Kesey’s Search for a Kool Place (Alex Gibney, Alison Ellwood, USA, 2011, 107min)
Michael Smither: Into Perspective (Tony Hiles, New Zealand, 2011, 55min)
Over Your Cities Grass Will Grow (Sophie Fiennes, France, The Netherlands, 2010, 105min)
Sing Your Song (Susanne Rostock, USA, 2011, 103min)
The Mills & the Cross (Lech Majewski, Poland, Sweden, 2011, 91min)
The Temptation of Rossano Fan (Richard Riddiford, New Zealand, 2011, 58min)
SPORTING LIFE
Autumn Gold (Jan Tenhaven, Germany, 2010, 93min)
Bobby Fischer Against the World (Liz Garbus, UK, USA, 2011, 90min) *Admit One would like to see
Boxing Gym (Frederick Wiseman, USA, 2010, 91min)
Fire in Babylon (Stevan Riley, UK, 2010, 87min) *Admit One would like to see
Senna (Kapadia Asif, France, UK, USA, 2010, 104min) *ADMIT ONE IS GOING!
WORLDS OF DIFFERENCE
A Separation (Asghar Farhadi, Iran, 2011, 123min)
Anton Chekhov’s The Duel (Dover Kosashvili, USA, 2010, 95min)
Beginners (Mike Mills, USA, 2010, 105min) *ADMIT ONE IS GOING!
Elena (Andrey Zvyagintsev, Russia, 2011, 109min)
Elite Squad: The Enemy Within (Jose Padilha, Brazil, 2010, 116min) *ADMIT ONE IS GOING!
Footnote (Joseph Cedar, Israel, 2011, 103min)
Gantz (Sato Shinsuke, Japan, 2011, 130min) *Admit One would like to see
Gantz: Perfect Answer (Sato Shinsuke, Japan, 2011, 145min) *Admit One would like to see
Goodbye (Mohammad Rasoulof, Iran, 2011, 104min)
Illustrious Energy (Leon Narbey, New Zealand, 1988, 101min)
Incendies (Denis Villeneuve, Canada, France, 2010, 130min)
La dolce vita (Federico Fellini, Italy, 1960, 174min) *Admit One would like to see
Le quattro volte (Michelangelo Frammartino, Germany, Italy, Switzerland, 2010, 88min)
Let the Bullets Fly (Jiang Wen, China, Hong Kong, 2010, 132min)
Love Story (Florian Habicht, New Zealand, 2010, 91min) *ADMIT ONE IS GOING!
Meek’s Cutoff (Kelly Reichardt, USA, 2010. 104min) *ADMIT ONE IS GOING!
Metropolis (Fritz Lang, Germany, 1927, 150min) *ADMIT ONE IS GOING!
Mysteries of Lisbon (Raul Rulz, France, Portugal, 2010, 272min)
Norwegian Wood (Tran Anh Hung, Japan, 2010, 133min)
Nothing to Declare (Belgium, France, 2010, 108min)
Oki’s Movie (Hong Sang-soo, Korea, 2010, 80min)
Point Blank (Fred Cavaye, France, 2010, 85min)
Romantics Anonymous (Jean-Pierre Ameris, Belgium, Frances, 2010, 8min)
Silent Souls (Aleksei Fedorchenko, Russia, 2010, 75min)
Sleeping Sickness (Ulrich Kohler, Germany, 2011, 91min)
Space Battleship Yamato (Yamazaki Takashi, Japan, 2010, 131min) *Admit One would like to see
Terri (Azazel Jacobs, USA, 2011, 105min)
The First Grader (Justin Chadwick, UK, 2010, 120min)
The Giants (Bouli Lanners, Belgium, France, Luxembourg, 2011, 84min)
The Round Up (Rose Bosch, France, Germany, Hungary, 2010, 115min)
The Salt of Life (Gianni Di Gregorio, Italy, 2011, 90min)
The Screen Illusion (Mathieu Amalric, France, 2010, 88min)
The Solitude of Prime Numbers (Saverio Costanzo, France, Germany Italy, 2010, 118min)
The Trip (Michael Winterbottom, UK, 2010, 107min) *Admit One would like to see
The Women on the 6th Floor (Philippe Le Guay, France, 2010, 106min)
Wild River (Elia Kazan, USA, 1960, 115min)
Winter Vacation (Li Hongqi, China, 2010, 91min)
