[imc-wellington] Fwd: Festival of Festivals

[ksimpson at ihug.co.nz]

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Subject: Festival of Festivals
Date: Tue, 20 Nov 2007 10:41:18 +1300
From: Steve Russell <steve.russell at nzfa.org.nz>
To: ksimpson at ihug.co.nz

Hi Ken

And on screenings you might be interested in these upcoming:

All in the NZ Community Trust mediatheatre, NZ Film Archive, cnr  
Taranaki & Ghuznee Streets, Wellington
Visit the Film Archive events calendar on-line for more information:  
http://events.filmarchive.org.nz

Best regards



Steve Russell
mediaplex Manager

New Zealand Film Archive




FRIDAY 23 NOVEMBER:  7.00pm
FESTIVAL OF FESTIVALS 2007: FRENCH DOCUMENTARY MONTH
Lip Factory: Imagination in Power (France, 2006  Exempt, 118 mins)
Dir/writer: Christian Rouaud. Photo: Jean-Michel Humeau, Alexis  
Kavyrchine
Using new interviews and news and other footage Lip Factory tells the  
story of the epochal Lip Watch factory strike and worker takeover of  
1973-75, in the French town of Besancon.
Tickets: $8 Public ($6 concession, incl Alliance Francaise)

SATURDAY 24 NOVEMBER:  7.00pm
FESTIVAL OF FESTIVALS 2007: FRENCH DOCUMENTARY MONTH
The Sugar Curtain (France, 2005  Exempt, 80 mins)
A film by Camila Guzman Urzua
The daughter of Patricio (Battle of Chile) Guzman contrasts her  
memories of a happy childhood growing up in Cuba with her thoughts  
about the country she has been exiled from for much of her adult  
life. Preceded by Tweety Lovely Superstar  (France, 2005, 18 mins)
  Tickets: $8 Public ($6 concession, incl Alliance Francaise)

THURSDAY 29 NOVEMBER: 7.00pm
OPEN ARCHIVE
The Last Resort (NZ, 2006 G cert, 92 mins)
A film by Errol Wright and Abi King-Jones
Filmmakers Abi King-Jones and Errol Wright bring Paradise Lost  
uncomfortably close to home in their documentary about ‘overseas  
investment’ in NZ. Opposition to the sale of the 60-year-old Blue Bay  
campground at Mahia to a residential developer provides an  
informative case study of the ongoing privatisation of public  
resources. Q&A with filmmakers.
Tickets: $8 Public ($6 Concession)

SATURDAY 1 DECEMBER:  5.30pm
FESTIVAL OF FESTIVALS 2007: FRENCH DOCUMENTARY MONTH
Rafah, One Year in the Gaza Strip (France, 2006  Exempt, 52 mins)
Directors: Stéphane Marchetti, Alexis Monchovet
FIPA (Mitrani Prize: Best Reportage and Current Affairs) 2007
A close quarters portrait of a Palestinian town in the course of a  
year of upheavals following the pull-out if the Israeli Army from  
Gaza in September 2005

SATURDAY 1 DECEMBER:  7.00pm
FESTIVAL OF FESTIVALS 2007: FRENCH DOCUMENTARY MONTH
Nisida, Growing Up in Prison (France/Italy, 2006  Exempt, 110 mins)
Director/producer/photography: Lara Rastelli
In the prison on the island of Nisida, off Naples, live 40  
adolescents aged between 14 and 21. The kids design masks to hide  
their identities during the shooting of the film. It is this very  
facet which contributes to establishing an increasingly intimate  
rapport with four of the inmates: Ali, Enzo, Rosario and Samir,  
confronted by prison life, invite us to share their daily routine of  
school and work, boredom and captivity
Tickets: $8 Public ($6 concession, incl Alliance Francaise)