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  • Show Me Shorts - My Generation
  • Show Me Shorts - The Sampler
  • Show Me Shorts - Doc Station
  • EXHIBITION ON SCREEN : Rembrandt (ENCORE)
  • EXHIBITION ON SCREEN : Van Gogh & Japan
  • NT Live: A Midsummer Night's Dream
  • NT Live: Fleabag
  • NT Live: The Lehman Trilogy
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  • NT Live: All My Sons
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  • Met Opera: Maria Stuarda
  • Met Opera: Tosca
  • Met Opera: Der Fliegende Hollander
  • Met Opera: Agrippina
  • Met Opera: Porgy and Bess
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Judy

Winter 1968 and showbiz legend Judy Garland (Renée Zellweger) arrives in Swinging London to perform a five-week sold-out run at The Talk of the Town.It is 30...
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Zombieland: Double Tap

A decade after Zombieland became a hit film and a cult classic, the lead cast (Woody Harrelson, Jesse Eisenberg, Abigail Breslin, and Emma Stone) have reunited...
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Photograph

A struggling street photographer living in Mumbai, pressured to marry by his grandmother, convinces a shy stranger to pose as his fiancée. The pair develops a...
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Ride Like A Girl

Sneak previews this weekend! As a little girl, Michelle Payne (Teresa Palmer) dreams of the impossible: winning the Melbourne Cup — horse-racing's toughest...
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Joker

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Yuli

WIN! Watch yuli at light house cinema and be in to win one of three copies of the book that inspired the film! To enter:1. Purchase a ticket from 3 October to...
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Florianopolis Dream

Straight from the NZIFF, Florianopolis Dream is now playing at Light House Cinema! Lucrecia (Mercedes Morán) and Pedro (Gustavo Garzón), psychoanalysts both,...
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Capital in the 21st Century

Adapting one of the most groundbreaking and powerful books of our time, CAPITAL IN THE 21st CENTURY is an eye-opening journey through wealth and power, that...
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Maiden

Maiden is the inspirational story of how Tracy Edwards, a 24-year-old cook on charter boats, became the skipper of the first ever all-female crew to enter the...
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The Goldfinch

"The Goldfinch" is the film adaptation of Donna Tartt's globally acclaimed bestseller of the same name, which won the 2014 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction and spent...
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Ad Astra

Astronaut Roy McBride (Brad Pitt) travels to the outer edges of the solar system to find his missing father and unravel a mystery that threatens the survival of...
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Abominable

ADULTS AT KIDS PRICES - When teenage Yi (Chloe Bennet, Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.) encounters a young Yeti on the roof of her apartment building in...
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Downton Abbey

You are cordially invited to return to Downton Abbey. Only in theaters 2019.  The television series Downton Abbey followed the lives of the Crawley family and...
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Little Woods

“A powerful performance piece for Tessa Thompson and Lily James" - News.com.au. Ollie (Tessa Thompson) is barely getting by in Little Woods, an economically...
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Woman at War

Halla is a fifty-year-old independent Icelandic woman. But behind the scenes of a quiet routine, she leads a double life as a passionate environmental activist....
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Camino Skies

Camino Skies is a walking meditation on life, love and loss. Exploring themes of spirituality, wellbeing and religion, this is the inspirational journey of six...
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Show Me Shorts - Better Work Stories

Find a job you love, and you’ll never work a day in your life. So they say. It’s easier said than done, though! The people in these short films have interesting...
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Show Me Shorts - Freaky Futures

Imagine our future. Is it apocalyptic or other-worldly? What technologies await us? Science fiction and dystopian short films populate this section of the...
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Show Me Shorts - Love & Other Catastrophes

Dating disasters, tales of grand gestures and love gone wrong make the best stories. We all want to live vicariously through someone else’s adventures. We can...
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Show Me Shorts - My Generation

Short films are great for kids! This section of the programme is suitable for the whole family to enjoy together. Join the Pony Express! Take a trip into outer...
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Show Me Shorts - The Sampler

Sit back and enjoy some of the best and most vibrant short films from New Zealand and around the world. This collection provides a great way to sample what Show...
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Show Me Shorts - Unconventional Families

What would we do without our brothers and sisters? The ties that bind us together are not always blood related, but it doesn’t make them any less strong. The...
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Show Me Shorts - Doc Station

Watch this collection of the best new short documentaries from all over the world. Join us for the world premiere of a Kiwi documentary shot in Antarctica....
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Show Me Shorts - Japanese Focus

The seven short films in this collection explore the lives of modern Japanese. What are their concerns, fears, hopes and dreams? We delve into a variety of...
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Jojo Rabbit

New Zealand’s own Taika Waititi (Hunt for the Wilderpeople, Thor: Ragnarok) brings his signature style of humour and pathos back on the world stage in his next...
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Jojo Rabbit

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    24 Oct 2019
New Zealand’s own Taika Waititi (Hunt for the Wilderpeople, Thor: Ragnarok) brings his signature style of humour and pathos back on the world stage in his next...
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Ride Like A Girl

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    24 Oct 2019
Sneak previews this weekend! As a little girl, Michelle Payne (Teresa Palmer) dreams of the impossible: winning the Melbourne Cup — horse-racing's toughest...
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Hillary: Ocean To Sky

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    31 Oct 2019
In 1977 Ed and his companions, which included son Peter Hillary, embarked on what would be Ed’s last major expedition. The extraordinary journey included...
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Midsommar

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    31 Oct 2019
Dani and Christian are a young American couple with a relationship on the brink of falling apart. But after a family tragedy keeps them together, a grieving...
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EXHIBITION ON SCREEN : Rembrandt (ENCORE)

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    31 Oct 2019
Every Rembrandt exhibition is eagerly anticipated but this major show hosted by London’s National Gallery and Amsterdam’s Rijksmuseum was an event like no...
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Bellbird

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    07 Nov 2019
Ross (Marshall Napier) has farmed the land all his life, just as his father and grandfather did before him. A largely silent man, Ross farms the land alongside...
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Last Christmas

  • Petone:
    07 Nov 2019
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    07 Nov 2019
Kate harumphs around London, a bundle of bad decisions accompanied by the jangle of bells on her shoes, another irritating consequence from her job as an elf in...
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Pain and Glory

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    07 Nov 2019
PAIN AND GLORY tells of a series of re-encounters experienced by Salvador Mallo, a film director in his physical decline. Some of them in the flesh, others...
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Ford v. Ferrari

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    14 Nov 2019
Based on the remarkable true story of two renegade misfits who took the American dream for a ride, FORD V FERRARI is a thrilling race against all odds. Academy...
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Shepherd

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    14 Nov 2019
The Green family, during the voyage home to Earth from Mars Moon Base Phobos, encounter a phenomenon when the entire star system fades from view leaving them...
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NT Live: All My Sons

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    14 Nov 2019
Broadcast live from The Old Vic in London, Academy Award-winner Sally Field (Steel Magnolias, Brothers & Sisters) and Bill Pullman (The Sinner, Independence...
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Fisherman’s Friends

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    21 Nov 2019
A fast-living, cynical London music executive (Danny Mays) heads to a remote Cornish village on a stag weekend where he’s pranked by his boss (Noel Clarke) into...
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Met Opera: Turandot

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    21 Nov 2019
Two of opera’s most thrilling dramatic sopranos, Christine Goerke and Nina Stemme, reprise their fierce portrayals of the title princess. Yannick Nézet-Séguin...
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Frozen 2

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    28 Nov 2019
From the Academy Award®-winning team—directors Jennifer Lee and Chris Buck, and producer Peter Del Vecho—and featuring the voices of Idina Menzel, Kristen Bell,...
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Knives Out

  • Petone:
    28 Nov 2019
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    28 Nov 2019
Acclaimed writer and director Rian Johnson (Brick, Looper, The Last Jedi) pays tribute to mystery mastermind Agatha Christie in KNIVES OUT, a fun, modern-day...
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The Dead Don't Die

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    28 Nov 2019
The peaceful town of Centerville finds itself battling a zombie horde as the dead start rising from their graves. The greatest zombie cast ever disassembled...
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The Biggest Little Farm

  • Petone:
    05 Dec 2019
  • Cuba:
    05 Dec 2019
A testament to the immense complexity of nature, The Biggest Little Farm follows two dreamers and a dog on an odyssey to bring harmony to both their lives and...
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EXHIBITION ON SCREEN : Van Gogh & Japan

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    05 Dec 2019
“I envy the Japanese” Van Gogh wrote to his brother Theo. In the exhibition on which this film is based – VAN GOGH & JAPAN at the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam...
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Met Opera: Manon

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    05 Dec 2019
Exhilarating soprano Lisette Oropesa stars as the irresistible title character, the tragic beauty who yearns for the finer things in life, in Laurent Pelly’s...
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Happy Ending

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    12 Dec 2019
  • Cuba:
    12 Dec 2019
Helle has been waiting forever for her workaholic husband Peter to retire, so they can enjoy the autumn of their life together. She really wants to travel and...
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NT Live: Small Island

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    12 Dec 2019
Andrea Levy’s Orange Prize-winning novel Small Island comes to life in an epic new theatre adaptation. Experience the play in cinemas, filmed live on stage as...
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Star Wars: Episode IX

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    19 Dec 2019
The final chapter of the saga from a galaxy far, far away. Starring Daisy Ridley, John Boyega, Lupita Nyong'o, Keri Russell, Oscar Isaac, Mark Hamill, Domhnall...
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Happy New Year, Colin Burstead

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    26 Dec 2019
  • Cuba:
    26 Dec 2019
Colin hires a lavish country manor for his extended family to celebrate New Year. Unfortunately for Colin his position of power in the family is under serious...
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Sorry We Missed You

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    26 Dec 2019
  • Cuba:
    26 Dec 2019
Ricky, Abby and their two children live in Newcastle and have been fighting an uphill struggle since the 2008 financial crash. Ricky has skipped from one...
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Jumanji: The Next Level

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    26 Dec 2019
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    26 Dec 2019
In Jumanji: The Next Level, the gang is back but the game has changed. As they return to Jumanji to rescue one of their own, they discover that nothing is as...
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Little Women

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    02 Jan 2020
Four sisters come of age in America in the aftermath of the Civil War.
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André Rieu: 70 Years Young

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    08 Feb 2020
Cinema host Charlotte Hawkins welcomes in the New Year by inviting audiences from around the world to André Rieu’s castle in Maastricht. During the party, André...
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NT Live: The Lehman Trilogy

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    13 Feb 2020
The story of a family and a company that changed the world, told in three parts on a single evening. Academy Award-winner Sam Mendes (Skyfall, American...
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The Good Liar

  • Petone:
    05 Dec 2019
  • Cuba:
    05 Dec 2019
Career con artist Roy Courtnay can hardly believe his luck when he meets well-to-do widow Betty McLeish online. As Betty opens her home and life to him, Roy is...
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Met Opera: Madama Butterfly

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    20 Feb 2020
Leading sopranos Hui He and Ana María Martínez share the heartbreaking title role of the doomed geisha, with tenors Piero Pretti and Andrea Carè as the American...
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NT Live: Fleabag

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    05 Mar 2020
See the hilarious, award-winning, one-woman show that inspired the BBC’s hit TV series Fleabag, broadcast live to cinemas from London’s West End. Written...
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Met Opera: Akhnaten

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    12 Mar 2020
Director Phelim McDermott tackles another one of Philip Glass’s masterpieces, following the now-legendary Met staging of Satyagraha. Star countertenor Anthony...
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NT Live: A Midsummer Night's Dream

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    19 Mar 2020
A feuding fairy King and Queen of the forest cross paths with four runaway lovers and a troupe of actors trying to rehearse a play. As their dispute grows, the...
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Met Opera: Wozzeck

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    26 Mar 2020
After wowing audiences with his astounding production of Lulu in 2015, South African artist William Kentridge now focuses his extraordinary visual imagination...
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Met Opera: Porgy and Bess

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    30 Apr 2020
One of America’s favorite operas returns to the Met for the first time in nearly 30 years. James Robinson’s stylish production transports audiences to Catfish...
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Met Opera: Agrippina

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    14 May 2020
Handel’s tale of intrigue and impropriety in ancient Rome receives its first Met performances, with star mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato as the controlling,...
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Met Opera: Der Fliegende Hollander

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    18 Jun 2020
The great bass-baritone Sir Bryn Terfel returns to the company for the first time since 2012, in the title role of the cursed sea captain doomed to sail the...
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Met Opera: Tosca

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    23 Jul 2020
Soprano Anna Netrebko, whom the New York Times hailed as “magnificent” when she made her role debut as Tosca in 2018, returns as Puccini’s explosive diva, back...
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Met Opera: Maria Stuarda

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    06 Aug 2020
Soprano Diana Damrau, following her triumph as Violetta in last season’s new production of Verdi’s La Traviata, stars as the martyred Mary, Queen of Scots, in...
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Location
  • Petone
  • Cuba
  • Pauatahanui
Film
  • Judy
  • Zombieland: Double Tap
  • Photograph
  • Ride Like A Girl
  • Jojo Rabbit
  • Capital in the 21st Century
  • Yuli
  • Joker
  • Florianopolis Dream
  • The Goldfinch
  • Maiden
  • Ad Astra
  • Downton Abbey
  • Camino Skies
  • Little Woods
  • Woman at War
  • André Rieu: 70 Years Young
  • Show Me Shorts - Japanese Focus
  • Show Me Shorts - Better Work Stories
  • Show Me Shorts - Freaky Futures
  • Show Me Shorts - Love & Other Catastrophes
  • Show Me Shorts - My Generation
  • Show Me Shorts - The Sampler
  • Show Me Shorts - Doc Station
  • EXHIBITION ON SCREEN : Rembrandt (ENCORE)
  • EXHIBITION ON SCREEN : Van Gogh & Japan
  • NT Live: A Midsummer Night's Dream
  • NT Live: Fleabag
  • NT Live: The Lehman Trilogy
  • NT Live: Small Island
  • NT Live: All My Sons
  • Shepherd
  • Met Opera: Maria Stuarda
  • Met Opera: Tosca
  • Met Opera: Der Fliegende Hollander
  • Met Opera: Agrippina
  • Met Opera: Porgy and Bess
  • Met Opera: Wozzeck
  • Met Opera: Akhnaten
  • Met Opera: Madama Butterfly
  • Met Opera: Manon
  • Met Opera: Turandot
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