Fans of original, thought-provoking cinema are in for a treat this March thanks to a new event celebrating the best in experimental filmmaking from New Zealand and abroad. The three-day Wellington Underground Film Festival (WUFF) will showcase a diverse collection of 35 mostly single-author films, ranging from one-minute colourful experimental pieces to a 40-minute cinéma vérité documentary. Festival organizer Rosie Rowe, who also has two short films showing at the event, explains what makes an underground film so special: “The lack of money, equipment, resources and sometimes even technical skills express an attitude and ethos you can’t find in the dominate narrative form. These films are usually made on the cheap with whatever equipment is available, often by a single person with a single vision, and with very little thought given to the expectations of a cinema audience. While technical flaws are acceptable, formulaic ideas are not, and often the flaws in these films are their greatest assets. It’s really exciting to give a new audience the chance to step outside typical cinema and experience something real, something that’s purely creative.” WUFF will take place March 21st - 23rd at The New Zealand Film Archive / Nga Katiaki O Nga Taonga Whitiahua, 84 Taranaki Street. For more information visit www.wuff.org.nz.