The Film Archive Vault - July 11

At the Archive.

Well, consider New Zealand Film: An Illustrated History officially launched. Edited by our own Diane Pivac with Frank Stark and Lawrence McDonald, New Zealand Film: An Illustrated History is published by Te Papa Press in conjunction with the Archive's 30th birthday celebrations - and book launch events held in both Auckland and Wellington last week doubled as birthday shin-digs. And what shin-digs they were. It was terrific to have so many in attendance to celebrate with us, including those authors who contributed to the text, film makers included in the pages, the cultural community at large, and special guest Keisha Castle-Hughes who formally launched the book on behalf of all who worked to create it. We're delighted to see that early reviews are favorable, and very much hope this most handsome book (even if we do say so ourselves) finds its way on to the bookshelves of many NZ homes - it's available from bookstores nationwide, or online at www.tepapastore.co.nz.

We continue to honor the work and memory Aotearoa's most important Māori Filmmakers this week. As we approach the 30th anniversary of the 1981 Springbok tour, we visit our dramatic past in New Zealand's most powerful documentary, Patu!

The school holidays are almost upon us, and this July the Archive are partnering for the first time with Square Eyes - New Zealand Children's Film Foundation to bring you Mini Sized Square Eyes, an hour-long collection of short films for our youngest film enthusiasts. Screenings run through both holiday weeks - why not make a morning of it and stay for a coffee or fluffy in the cafe pre or post screening.

Next week we host the latest installment of the Screen Discussion Series, held at the Archive on the third Wednesday of the month. This month Script to Screen presents a Wellington Writer’s Room with one of our most original filmmakers, writer/director Florian Habicht in conversation with Actor Loren Horsley, talking life, love and film making the night before his feature Love Story opens the New Zealand International Film Festival.

And finally, next week the Traveling Film Show rolls back into Wellington, this month presenting Our Immigrant Experience, 1920-2004, which shares the range of experiences of settling in New Zealand for various people, including Polish refugees en-route to Dannevirke in the 40's and 50's, Italian immigrants in Island Bay, and contemporary Indian and Pacific Island communities.

Currently the Pelorus Trust mediagallery continues our book theme, showing clips from the films featured in New Zealand Film: An Illustrated History.

Around the country.

Later this month the Archive in Wellington begins to play host to over 50 New Zealand Film Festival screenings. We are also thrilled to be in partnership with the festival to present Mana Waka, the 1990 feature-length documentary directed by Merata Mita, screening as a tribute to the filmmaker who passed away suddenly a year ago. The film is made from footage shot by RGH Manley between 1937 and 1940 of the construction of three waka for the 1940 centenary of the signing of the Treaty of Waitangi. The screening has been made possible by the Saving Frames project, a partnership between the Film Archive, Park Road Post Production and the Government of New Zealand. Mana Waka screens at the Civic Theatre, Auckland this Saturday 16 July at 6pm and in Wellington at Soundings Theatre, Te Papa on Saturday 30 July at 6pm. Tickets to the screenings are available through Film Festival outlets.

Our listings for this week, and next.

Wednesday 13 to Saturday 16 July, 7pm
Patu!
New Zealand, 1983, 113mins, PG.

Short: The most controversial, and the most contested, event in recent NZ history was the 1981 South African rugby tour. Half the country opposed the tour, the establishment was determined it would go ahead; the result was a country divided almost to the point of civil war. Patu! shows what happened.

Long: The most controversial, and the most contested, event in recent NZ history was the 1981 South African rugby tour. Half the country opposed the tour, the establishment was determined it would go ahead; the result was a country divided almost to the point of civil war. Patu! shows what happened. The credit list on this film is a who’s who of the renaissance of New Zealand cinema. Their contributions, running to many hours, were edited into this incredibly persuasive feature by Merata Mita.

Tickets: $8/6

Monday 18, Wednesday 20 & Friday 22,
Monday 25, Wednesday 27 & Friday 29 July, 11am
Mini Sized Square Eyes
Various, G

Short: An hour-long collection of funny, quirky and engaging award-winning short films from all around the world, presented in partnership with Square Eyes - New Zealand Children's Film Foundation. The programme is designed for kids aged 5-12 years. Prams and buggies welcome.

Long: These holidays you won't want to miss Mini Sized Square Eyes, brought to you by the Film Archive in partnership for the first time with Square Eyes - New Zealand Children's Film Foundation. This hour-long collection of funny, quirky and engaging short films from all around the world, includes award-winning shorts recently featured at the 2011 New York International Children's Film Festival alongside long-time Square Eyes favourites. The programme is designed for kids aged 5-12 years. Prams and buggies welcome.

Tickets: Entry by gold coin donation

Wednesday 20 July, 6.30pm
Love Story

Short: Script to Screen presents a Wellington Writer’s Room with one of our most original filmmakers, writer/director Florian Habicht. Florian's latest film Love Story opens the New Zealand International Film Festival this month, here he discusses life, love and film making with actor Loren Horsley.

Long: Script to Screen presents a Wellington Writer’s Room with one of our most original filmmakers, writer/director Florian Habicht. A combination of visual brilliance and a consistently innovative approach to narrative has led to films as diverse as Woodenhead, Kaikohe Demolition, Rubbings From A Live Man, and Land of the Long White Cloud. Fresh from his time in New York as the recipient of the Harriet Friedlander New York residency and bearing his latest film Love Story which opens the New Zealand International Film Festival this month, Florian discusses life, love and film making with actor Loren Horsley. Stay afterwards for a chat and a drink courtesy of Teece Family Vineyards.

Tickets: $5

Thursday 21, Friday 22 & Saturday 23 July at 7pm
The Traveling Film Show: Our Immigrant Experience, 1920-2004
New Zealand, various, 70mins

Short: This month the Traveling Film Show presents 'Our Immigrant Experience, 1920-2004'. Come and share in the range of experiences of settling in New Zealand for various people, including contemporary Indian and Pacific Island communities.

Long: For the past decade the Film Archive has taken films from the collections to small towns and communities around New Zealand. In 2010 the Traveling Film Show came ‘home’ to Wellington every month, and in 2011 this programming continues. This month The Traveling Film Show presents 'Our Immigrant Experience, 1920-2004'. A 1920 government promotion showing English migrants leaving Liverpool begins this look at immigration in our country. Come and share in the range of experiences of settling in New Zealand for various people, including contemporary Indian and Pacific Island communities.

Tickets: $8/6

In the Pelorus Trust mediagallery
New Zealand Film: An Illustrated History

Short: Clips from the films featured in the recently published New Zealand Film: An Illustrated History, drawn from the thousands of hours stored in the Archive vaults.

Long: Te Papa Press in conjunction with the New Zealand Film Archive have this month published New Zealand Film: An Illustrated History. Spanning 115 years, this book is the first comprehensive, illustrated and locally authored history of NZ film. Come and see clips from the films featured in the book, drawn from the thousands of hours stored in the Archive vaults.

Free entry

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