World Cinema Showcase
The World Cinema Showcase kicks off in Auckland on Friday 1 April at SKYCITY theatre before moving to Wellington (April 14 - 30) and then on to Dunedin (May 5 - 18).
This year the Showcase presents an Art & Artist section in the programme:
Intimate portrait of master monologist Spalding Gray [Swimming to Cambodia] crafted by Steven Soderbergh. “Funny, illuminating and poignant — what amazing company this man was!” – NY Times
Return screenings of festival charmer on NY Times fashion photographer. “Fashion is his muse, not the manufactured glamour and celebrity fetishism that often pollutes it.” — Manohla Dargis, NY Times
How does a city gain control of a fabulous private collection of impressionist and modern masterpieces worth billions? Fascinating documentary about art, business and politics.
Up close and personal with Motorhead frontman Lemmy Kilmister. “Hugely entertaining… leaves no doubt as to why he's admired by just about everyone who likes or plays loud music.” – Variety
Clip-laden doc celebrates John Lennon’s post-Beatles love affair with New York City, from his arrival there with wife Yoko Ono in 1971 until his murder in 1980.
French novelist and “charming little monster” Françoise Sagan, catapulted to international fame for her Bonjour Tristesse at the age of 18, is brilliantly impersonated by actress Sylvie Testud.
NZ film OPERATION 8 will have its world premiere in Wellington on April 17 before then screening in Auckland on April 18.