Here is a flyer in Spanish about the New Zealand Film festival coming up this month. The movie Whale Rider will be there, and the author of the movie (and many other works!) Witi Ihimaera will be here to give a seminar. When I get the movie schedule I will post that too, although it's available in Spanish on the website mentioned in the flyer attached.
New Zealand Film Festival 18 - 22 May
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Here is a flyer in Spanish about the New Zealand Film festival coming up this month. The movie Whale Rider will be there, and the author of the movie (and many other works!) Witi Ihimaera will be here to give a seminar. When I get the movie schedule I will post that too, although it's available in Spanish on the website mentioned in the flyer attached.![Emb_de_Nueva_Zelandia_CINE_(2)[1].jpg](/data/attachments/0/472-008193cf314c8b9bffb6814db62b3fb3.jpg)
Sala Leopoldo Lugones, San Martin Theatre, 1530 Corrientes avenue
Wednesday 18 at 14.30hs (Total programme 104 minutes):
Two Cars, One Night
New Zealand, 2003
Direction: Taika Waititi.
With Rangi Ngamoki, Huitini Waikato.
While waiting for their parents, two boys and a girl get to know each other in the parking lot of a rural pub. What seems at the beginning to be a relationship baed in rivalry soon turns into a deep. (11’; 35mm).
Eagle vs. Shark
New Zealand, 2007
Direction:Taika Waititi.
With Loren Horsley, Jemaine Clement, Joel Tobeck.
Lily is a waitress in a fast food restaurant. Her clothing and manner of walking, her way of talking is incorrect. But underneath all that, there is something wonderful: Lily has an unbreakable optimism and loyalty . Jarrod is a videogames champion, determined to win the respect of everyone else but stubborn in pressing the wrong buttons. He makes a great effort to impress his father, his family and his companions but in his crusade he comes dangerously close to the precipice of the greatest losers. Lily and Jarrod will meet and look for some strange way to find love. (Presented in the Berlin, Cannes and Sundance film festivals)
(93’; 35mm)
Wednesday 18 at 17.00 (Total programme 98 minutes):
Noise Control
New Zealand, 2008
Direction: Phill Simmonds.
Voices of Gurunathan Krisnasamy, Joe Simmonds.
Mr Wolf, a local government employee in charge of animal control, becomes top news when he shoots the pet of a preschool child, a rooster. In this animated documentary, all of those involved including the mayor, the neighbours and the preschool teacher, the report, Mr Wolf and Joe Rooster himself, have something to say about the incident.
(11’; 35mm)
The Price of Milk
New Zealand, 2001
Direction: Harry Sinclair.
With Danielle Cormack, Karl Urban, Michael Lawrence.
Lucinda lives a dream life with the farmer Rob and his 117 cows. One day, Lucinda trips over an old maori lady who, miraculously, gets up without a scratch and disappears. Shocked, Lucinda begins to incorporate this in her fears of a loving relationship, thinking her happiness will not last. One night, Lucinda is robbed by a Group of local maoris, who steal the blanket from her bed. In her desperation to get it back. She offers Rob’s 117 cows in Exchange.
(87’; 35mm)
Wednesday 18 at 20.30 (Total programme 101 minutes):
Whale Rider
New Zealand / Germany, 2001)
Direction: Niki Caro.
With Keisha Castle-Hughes, Rawiri Paratene, Vicky Haughton.
In a small township on the New Zealand seaside, the Maori people of the Whangara tribe believe that their origin comes from their one ancestor - Paikea who, after his canoe was capsized, escaped death on the back of a whale. Up until now, the Chief of the Whangara, the Whale Rider, the Paikea has always been the first born male child but Pai, an 11 year old girl, believes that she is the one destined to be the newChief. Her grandfather. Koro remains stuck to the traditions of choosing a masculine leader. Pai loves Koro more than anything else in the world, but she decides to fight against him and against a thousand years of tradition to fulfil her destiny.
(101’; 35mm)
Thursday 19 at 14.30 and at 21.00 (Total programme 140 minutes):
Coffee and Allah
New Zealand, 2007
Direction: Vaele Sima Urale.
With Zahara Abbawaaaji, Joe Folau.
Coffee and Allah is a film about the love of a young Muslim woman for coffey, Islam and Badminton. Recently becoming a refugee in New Zealand, unable to speak one Word of English and with the veil marking the differences, she has few opportunities to connect with those around her. Until one day, a spontaneous badminton game leads Abeba to accept a friendly gesture.
(14’; 35mm)
In My Father’s Den
New Zealand/ UK , 2004
Direction: Brad McGann.
With: Matthew Macfadyen, Miranda Otto, Emily Barclay.
Paul, a war photographer , tired of the conflicts, returns to his far away Barth town in New Zealand at the momento that his his father dies, obliging him to confront a past that he had left behind. He meets Celia, as well, the adolescent daughter of his first girlfriend, who at 16 years old is anxious to see the world that is hidden beyond the small town. But many – including the members of both families – disapprove of their friendship.
(126’; 35mm).
Hawaikii
New Zealand, 2006
Direction: Mike Jonathan.
With Orewa Wilson Lawrence, Te Kohe Tuhaka.
It is the first day of school for a maori girl. Brought up in the Maori culture, she is about to enter a world who’s ways and customs she does not understand. However, through the love of her family and her culture, she can survive and be accepted in this new World that seems so strange to her.
(11’; 35mm)
Thursday 19 at 18.00 (Total programme 87 minutes):
Nights in the Gardens of Spain
New Zealand, 2010
Direction: Katie Wolfe.
With Calvin Tuteao, Nathalie Boltt, George Henare.
This adaptation of a Witi Ihimaera novel stars Calvin Tuteao, in the role of a successful businessman who inexplicably drags away from his wife and children. The reason will be discovered when an amorous relationship he has with a young actor comes to light. From then on, his desire to keep living this new life is confronted with the traditional path set down by his immediate family. The fact that the family has profound roots in the Maori culture, that they disapprove of homosexuality further complicates the situation.
(76’; 35mm)
Friday 20 at 14.30 and 19.30 (Total programme 87 minutes):
Hawaikii
New Zealand, 2006
Direction: Mike Jonathan.
With Orewa Wilson Lawrence, Te Kohe Tuhaka.
(11’; 35mm)
Nights in the Gardens of Spain
New Zealand, 2010
Direction: Katie Wolfe.
With Calvin Tuteao, Nathalie Boltt, George Henare.
(76’; 35mm)
Friday 20 at 17.00 (Total programme 104 minutes):
Two Cars, One Night
(New Zealand, 2003)
Direction: Taika Waititi.
With Rangi Ngamoki, Huitini Waikato.
(11’; 35mm).
Eagle vs. Shark
(New Zealand, 2007)
Direction: Taika Waititi.
Con Loren Horsley, Jemaine Clement, Joel Tobeck.
(93’; 35mm)
Saturday 21 at 14.30 and 19.30 (Total programme 101 minutes):
Journey to Ihipa
New Zealand, 2008)
Direction: Nancy Brunning.
With Elizabeth McCrae, Nathaniel Lees.
When a young soldier dies during the Second World War, his maori family protects his offspring recovering the young man’s son from his European mother. The woman spends all of her adult life wanting her son to return home but when he finally does, the reconciliation isn’t as she had imagined it.
(15’; 35mm)
The Strength of Water
New Zealand / Germany, 2009
Direction: Armagan Ballantyne.
With Hato Paparoa, Melanie Mayall-Nahi, Jim Moriaty.
Kimi and Melody are ten year old twins who live with their parents and three other siblings on a farm on the exquisite northern coast of Hokianga, in New Zealand. Together they deliver eggs throughout the district and pay dedicated attention to their favourite hen called Aroha (the Maori word for Love) The arrival of Tai, an directionless adolescent who wants to move into the sacred Tapu house that belonged to his grandfather, precipitates a terrible accident that will separate the twins.
Running in the Film Festival of Rotterdam
(86’; 35mm)
Saturday 21 at 17.00 (Total programme 112 minutes):
Tama tu
New Zealand, 2004
Direction: Taika Waititi.
With Tammy Davis, Taungaroa Emile.
Six maori soldiers wait for nighfall in the ruins of an enormous Italian house. Forced to maintain silence, they entertain themselves like kids with jokes and laughs. They try to ignore the signs of war that surround them.
(18’; 35mm)
Second hand Wedding
(New Zealand; 2008)
Direction: Paul Murphy.
With Geraldine Brophy, Holly Shanahan, Patrick Wilson.
Live smiles on the Rose family, inhabitants of the idyllic coastal city of Kapiti where the sunsets are spectacular. The parking is free and the second hand bargains abound. Hill and Brian Rose are happily married. Their daughter Cheryl, a teacher at the primary school, will follow in their footsteps in a short time when her lifelong boyfriend proposes marriage. The horizon is darkened however, when the differences that Cheryl has with her mother with respect to the voracity for trinkets is manifested (94’; 35mm)
Sunday 22 at 14.30 (Total programme 112 minutes):
Tama tu
(Nueva Zelandia, 2004)
Dirección: Taika Waititi.
Con Tammy Davis, Taungaroa Emile.
(18’; 35mm)
Second hand Wedding
(Nueva Zelandia; 2008)
Dirección: Paul Murphy.
Con Geraldine Brophy, Holly Shanahan, Patrick Wilson.
(94’; 35mm)
Sunday 22 at 17.00 (Total programme 101 minutes):
Journey to Ihipa
(Nueva Zelandia, 2008)
Dirección: Nancy Brunning.
Con Elizabeth McCrae, Nathaniel Lees.
(15’; 35mm)
The Strength of Water
(Nueva Zelandia/Alemania, 2009)
Dirección: Armagan Ballantyne.
Con Hato Paparoa, Melanie Mayall-Nahi, Jim Moriaty.
(86’; 35mm)
Sunday 22 at 19.30 (Total programme 98 minutes):
Noise Control
(Nueva Zelandia, 2008)
Dirección: Phill Simmonds.
Voces de Gurunathan Krisnasamy, Joe Simmonds.
(11’; 35mm)
The Price of Milk
(Nueva Zelandia, 2001)
Dirección: Harry Sinclair.
Con Danielle Cormack, Karl Urban, Michael Lawrence.
(87’; 35mm)
Wednesday 18 at 14.30hs (Total programme 104 minutes):
Two Cars, One Night
New Zealand, 2003
Direction: Taika Waititi.
With Rangi Ngamoki, Huitini Waikato.
While waiting for their parents, two boys and a girl get to know each other in the parking lot of a rural pub. What seems at the beginning to be a relationship baed in rivalry soon turns into a deep. (11’; 35mm).
Eagle vs. Shark
New Zealand, 2007
Direction:Taika Waititi.
With Loren Horsley, Jemaine Clement, Joel Tobeck.
Lily is a waitress in a fast food restaurant. Her clothing and manner of walking, her way of talking is incorrect. But underneath all that, there is something wonderful: Lily has an unbreakable optimism and loyalty . Jarrod is a videogames champion, determined to win the respect of everyone else but stubborn in pressing the wrong buttons. He makes a great effort to impress his father, his family and his companions but in his crusade he comes dangerously close to the precipice of the greatest losers. Lily and Jarrod will meet and look for some strange way to find love. (Presented in the Berlin, Cannes and Sundance film festivals)
(93’; 35mm)
Wednesday 18 at 17.00 (Total programme 98 minutes):
Noise Control
New Zealand, 2008
Direction: Phill Simmonds.
Voices of Gurunathan Krisnasamy, Joe Simmonds.
Mr Wolf, a local government employee in charge of animal control, becomes top news when he shoots the pet of a preschool child, a rooster. In this animated documentary, all of those involved including the mayor, the neighbours and the preschool teacher, the report, Mr Wolf and Joe Rooster himself, have something to say about the incident.
(11’; 35mm)
The Price of Milk
New Zealand, 2001
Direction: Harry Sinclair.
With Danielle Cormack, Karl Urban, Michael Lawrence.
Lucinda lives a dream life with the farmer Rob and his 117 cows. One day, Lucinda trips over an old maori lady who, miraculously, gets up without a scratch and disappears. Shocked, Lucinda begins to incorporate this in her fears of a loving relationship, thinking her happiness will not last. One night, Lucinda is robbed by a Group of local maoris, who steal the blanket from her bed. In her desperation to get it back. She offers Rob’s 117 cows in Exchange.
(87’; 35mm)
Wednesday 18 at 20.30 (Total programme 101 minutes):
Whale Rider
New Zealand / Germany, 2001)
Direction: Niki Caro.
With Keisha Castle-Hughes, Rawiri Paratene, Vicky Haughton.
In a small township on the New Zealand seaside, the Maori people of the Whangara tribe believe that their origin comes from their one ancestor - Paikea who, after his canoe was capsized, escaped death on the back of a whale. Up until now, the Chief of the Whangara, the Whale Rider, the Paikea has always been the first born male child but Pai, an 11 year old girl, believes that she is the one destined to be the newChief. Her grandfather. Koro remains stuck to the traditions of choosing a masculine leader. Pai loves Koro more than anything else in the world, but she decides to fight against him and against a thousand years of tradition to fulfil her destiny.
(101’; 35mm)
Thursday 19 at 14.30 and at 21.00 (Total programme 140 minutes):
Coffee and Allah
New Zealand, 2007
Direction: Vaele Sima Urale.
With Zahara Abbawaaaji, Joe Folau.
Coffee and Allah is a film about the love of a young Muslim woman for coffey, Islam and Badminton. Recently becoming a refugee in New Zealand, unable to speak one Word of English and with the veil marking the differences, she has few opportunities to connect with those around her. Until one day, a spontaneous badminton game leads Abeba to accept a friendly gesture.
(14’; 35mm)
In My Father’s Den
New Zealand/ UK , 2004
Direction: Brad McGann.
With: Matthew Macfadyen, Miranda Otto, Emily Barclay.
Paul, a war photographer , tired of the conflicts, returns to his far away Barth town in New Zealand at the momento that his his father dies, obliging him to confront a past that he had left behind. He meets Celia, as well, the adolescent daughter of his first girlfriend, who at 16 years old is anxious to see the world that is hidden beyond the small town. But many – including the members of both families – disapprove of their friendship.
(126’; 35mm).
Hawaikii
New Zealand, 2006
Direction: Mike Jonathan.
With Orewa Wilson Lawrence, Te Kohe Tuhaka.
It is the first day of school for a maori girl. Brought up in the Maori culture, she is about to enter a world who’s ways and customs she does not understand. However, through the love of her family and her culture, she can survive and be accepted in this new World that seems so strange to her.
(11’; 35mm)
Thursday 19 at 18.00 (Total programme 87 minutes):
Nights in the Gardens of Spain
New Zealand, 2010
Direction: Katie Wolfe.
With Calvin Tuteao, Nathalie Boltt, George Henare.
This adaptation of a Witi Ihimaera novel stars Calvin Tuteao, in the role of a successful businessman who inexplicably drags away from his wife and children. The reason will be discovered when an amorous relationship he has with a young actor comes to light. From then on, his desire to keep living this new life is confronted with the traditional path set down by his immediate family. The fact that the family has profound roots in the Maori culture, that they disapprove of homosexuality further complicates the situation.
(76’; 35mm)
Friday 20 at 14.30 and 19.30 (Total programme 87 minutes):
Hawaikii
New Zealand, 2006
Direction: Mike Jonathan.
With Orewa Wilson Lawrence, Te Kohe Tuhaka.
(11’; 35mm)
Nights in the Gardens of Spain
New Zealand, 2010
Direction: Katie Wolfe.
With Calvin Tuteao, Nathalie Boltt, George Henare.
(76’; 35mm)
Friday 20 at 17.00 (Total programme 104 minutes):
Two Cars, One Night
(New Zealand, 2003)
Direction: Taika Waititi.
With Rangi Ngamoki, Huitini Waikato.
(11’; 35mm).
Eagle vs. Shark
(New Zealand, 2007)
Direction: Taika Waititi.
Con Loren Horsley, Jemaine Clement, Joel Tobeck.
(93’; 35mm)
Saturday 21 at 14.30 and 19.30 (Total programme 101 minutes):
Journey to Ihipa
New Zealand, 2008)
Direction: Nancy Brunning.
With Elizabeth McCrae, Nathaniel Lees.
When a young soldier dies during the Second World War, his maori family protects his offspring recovering the young man’s son from his European mother. The woman spends all of her adult life wanting her son to return home but when he finally does, the reconciliation isn’t as she had imagined it.
(15’; 35mm)
The Strength of Water
New Zealand / Germany, 2009
Direction: Armagan Ballantyne.
With Hato Paparoa, Melanie Mayall-Nahi, Jim Moriaty.
Kimi and Melody are ten year old twins who live with their parents and three other siblings on a farm on the exquisite northern coast of Hokianga, in New Zealand. Together they deliver eggs throughout the district and pay dedicated attention to their favourite hen called Aroha (the Maori word for Love) The arrival of Tai, an directionless adolescent who wants to move into the sacred Tapu house that belonged to his grandfather, precipitates a terrible accident that will separate the twins.
Running in the Film Festival of Rotterdam
(86’; 35mm)
Saturday 21 at 17.00 (Total programme 112 minutes):
Tama tu
New Zealand, 2004
Direction: Taika Waititi.
With Tammy Davis, Taungaroa Emile.
Six maori soldiers wait for nighfall in the ruins of an enormous Italian house. Forced to maintain silence, they entertain themselves like kids with jokes and laughs. They try to ignore the signs of war that surround them.
(18’; 35mm)
Second hand Wedding
(New Zealand; 2008)
Direction: Paul Murphy.
With Geraldine Brophy, Holly Shanahan, Patrick Wilson.
Live smiles on the Rose family, inhabitants of the idyllic coastal city of Kapiti where the sunsets are spectacular. The parking is free and the second hand bargains abound. Hill and Brian Rose are happily married. Their daughter Cheryl, a teacher at the primary school, will follow in their footsteps in a short time when her lifelong boyfriend proposes marriage. The horizon is darkened however, when the differences that Cheryl has with her mother with respect to the voracity for trinkets is manifested (94’; 35mm)
Sunday 22 at 14.30 (Total programme 112 minutes):
Tama tu
(Nueva Zelandia, 2004)
Dirección: Taika Waititi.
Con Tammy Davis, Taungaroa Emile.
(18’; 35mm)
Second hand Wedding
(Nueva Zelandia; 2008)
Dirección: Paul Murphy.
Con Geraldine Brophy, Holly Shanahan, Patrick Wilson.
(94’; 35mm)
Sunday 22 at 17.00 (Total programme 101 minutes):
Journey to Ihipa
(Nueva Zelandia, 2008)
Dirección: Nancy Brunning.
Con Elizabeth McCrae, Nathaniel Lees.
(15’; 35mm)
The Strength of Water
(Nueva Zelandia/Alemania, 2009)
Dirección: Armagan Ballantyne.
Con Hato Paparoa, Melanie Mayall-Nahi, Jim Moriaty.
(86’; 35mm)
Sunday 22 at 19.30 (Total programme 98 minutes):
Noise Control
(Nueva Zelandia, 2008)
Dirección: Phill Simmonds.
Voces de Gurunathan Krisnasamy, Joe Simmonds.
(11’; 35mm)
The Price of Milk
(Nueva Zelandia, 2001)
Dirección: Harry Sinclair.
Con Danielle Cormack, Karl Urban, Michael Lawrence.
(87’; 35mm)
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