NZ international film festival to open in Wellington

THE New Zealand International Film Festival gets under way in Wellington on the 17th July with the opening film Bright Star and runs until 2nd of August when another Cannes highlight Broken Embraces closes the event.

The organisers were keen to point out the following films.

This Way of Life
New Zealand 2009/85 mins

World premiere screenings of captivating, ravishing doco about a charismatic East Coast couple raising their six children to respect nature and survive in the wild.

The Strength of Water
New Zealand/Germany 2009/86 mins

New Zealand premiere screenings of the feature debut by Armagan Ballantyne from an original screenplay by Briar Grace-Smith. Already a popular and critical success at the Rotterdam and Berlin Film Festivals.

Find out more at the festival website.