Latest fromNew Zealand International Film Festival
International Film Festival returns in 2022
The festival was hit by a series of perfect storms.
A town called Ayukawa: Kiwi film-maker Tu Neill goes whaling in Japan
"A lot of the people we talked to genuinely love whales — but they love eating them too."
The first movies revealed for this year's Film Festival
The NZIFF 2021 has mermaids, a groundbreaking Kiwi and a movie based on a Twitter thread.
Bond, vaccines delay kick-off for 2021 NZ International Film Festival
The country's biggest film festival won't return to cinemas until October.
Former film festival director Bill Gosden dies at 66
Gosden has been praised for creating an enduring contribution to NZ film culture.
Karl Puschmann: This year the Film Festival gamble pays off
The stakes are much lower when you don't have to leave the house.
NZ International Film Festival: The final wrap
Tom Augustine picks the good, the bad and the ugly from the NZIFF's second week.
Billy Graham: the man who steps into the ring for kids in need
Tom Augustine talks with film-maker Mark Albiston about his film, Billy and the Kids.
NZIFF Review: Brittany Runs a Marathon
Jillian Bell leaps into the spotlight in a joyous, star-making performance.
NZIFF Review: Sibyl
Virginie Efira stars as a troubled therapist who becomes too involved in a patient's life.
This is the winter of our content: The best of week one for NZIFF
Tom Augustine wraps up week one of the NZ International Film Festival.
NZIFF review: Where's My Roy Cohn? succeeds thanks to its subject
An examination of Roy Cohn offers little insight into the infamous figure's legacy.
NZIFF review: Celeste visually beautiful but storyline weak
Radha Mitchell stars as a former opera singer in a film that is more style than substance.
NZIFF review: Litigante nails the way life just happens sometimes
Beautifully drawn Litigante an authentic portrait of one woman struggling to stay afloat.
NZIFF review: Manta Ray a poetic cinematic view on Rohingya crisis
Manta Ray is a stirring story of unlikely human connection.
NZIFF review: Cold Case Hammarskjöld
Documentary about death of Dag Hammarskjöld is entertaining if factually uneven
NZIFF Review: Bellbird taps into effect of toxic masculinity
Local flick Bellbird provides plenty of laughs and tender moments.
Births and deaths: the tragic story of China's one child policy
Award winning film director Nanfu Wang talks about her controversial documentary.
Ant Timpson is incredibly strange
If this is the last Incredibly Strange Film Festival, it's been a heck of a ride.
NZIFF '19 – Tom Augustine's picks for what to see this year
What to pick: Tom Augustine on must sees at the NZ International Film Festival.
NZIFF announces new films, Jane Campion's new role
What do the moon landing, Aretha Franklin and Jane Campion have in common? NZIFF
Chelsea Winstanley: 'Why I'm more than just Taika's wife'
This summer we look back at the best stories of the year. This is from July.
Editorial: Film fest a tribute to diversity
EDITORIAL: Every year Aucklanders get chance to see the world through other sets of eyes.
Here's the film festival's most shocking doco
Triplets reuniting should be a happy story. In Three Identical Strangers, it's shocking.
NZIFF reviews: Best of the fest week two
We wrap up another week of films at the New Zealand International Film Festival.
And Breathe Normally is an entrancing Icelandic drama
And Breathe Normally is a beautiful tale of two desperate souls who come to a crossroads.