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  • EXHIBITION ON SCREEN : Van Gogh & Japan
  • EXHIBITION ON SCREEN : Rembrandt (ENCORE)
  • EXHIBITION ON SCREEN : Young Picasso
  • Show Me Shorts - Better Work Stories
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  • Show Me Shorts - Love & Other Catastrophes
  • Show Me Shorts - My Generation
  • Show Me Shorts - The Sampler
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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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The Farewell

WIN! WATCH THE FAREWELL AT LIGHT HOUSE CINEMA AND BE IN TO WIN A $100 CHOW VOUCHER OR 1 OF 5 ELLEN PLUSH KEYCHAINSTo enter:1. Purchase a ticket to the...
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Amazing Grace

Amazing Grace depicts the 1972 concert when Franklin performed with James Cleveland and The Southern California Community Choir at the New Temple Missionary...
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Once Upon a Time in Hollywood

Quentin Tarantino’s Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood visits 1969 Los Angeles, where everything is changing, as TV star Rick Dalton (Leonardo DiCaprio) and his...
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Dan Carter: A Perfect 10

Two time Rugby World Cup winner, three-time international rugby player of the year, all-time international leading points scorer – All Blacks legend Dan Carter...
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Blinded by the Light

1987. When music fanatic Javed discovers the illustrious back catalogue of Bruce Springsteen his world is turned upside down; already a creative soul his...
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2040

2040 is an innovative feature documentary that looks to the future, but is vitally important NOW. Award-winning director Damon Gameau (That Sugar Film) embarks...
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Billy and The Kids

An insightful look inside the boxing academies run by champion Kiwi boxer Billy Graham, through the eyes of the kids whose lives they have changed.The feature...
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Herbs: Songs of Freedom

Documentary on legendary New Zealand reggae group, Herbs. Celebrates the five men from different islands in the South Pacific who gave voice to a generation and...
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Late Night

Katherine Newbury (Emma Thompson) is a pioneer and legendary host on the late-night talk-show circuit. When she’s accused of being a “woman who hates women,”...
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The Keeper

The Keeper tells the extraordinary love story between a young English woman and a German PoW, who together overcome prejudice, public hostility and personal...
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Booksmart

97% - Rotten Tomatoes Winner (Audience Award) - SFIFF  ★★★★★ - The Sun (UK) ★★★★ - The Guardian ★★★★ - Independent ★★★★ - Daily Telegraph ★★★★ "Outrageously...
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Yesterday

Yesterday, everyone knew The Beatles. Today, only Jack remembers their songs. He’s about to become a very big deal.From Academy Award®-winning director Danny...
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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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Rory's Way

Rory's Way stars acclaimed British actor Brian Cox as Rory MacNeil, a rugged old Scotsman who reluctantly leaves his beloved isolated Hebridean island and...
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EXHIBITION ON SCREEN : Young Picasso

Pablo Picasso is one of the greatest artists of all time – and right up until his death in 1973 he was the most prolific of artists. Many films have dealt with...
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Florianopolis Dream

  • Petone:
    19 Sep 2019
  • Cuba:
    19 Sep 2019
Straight from the NZIFF, Florianopolis Dream opens at Light House Cinema on September 19. Join us for special 'Senior Wednesday' preview screenings of the film...
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Ad Astra

  • All Sites:
    19 Sep 2019
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

  • Petone:
    19 Sep 2019
  • Pauatahanui:
    19 Sep 2019
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 Shanghai, she and her...
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EXHIBITION ON SCREEN : Young Picasso

  • All Sites:
    19 Sep 2019
Pablo Picasso is one of the greatest artists of all time – and right up until his death in 1973 he was the most prolific of artists. Many films have dealt with...
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The Goldfinch

  • Petone:
    26 Sep 2019
  • Cuba:
    26 Sep 2019
"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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Maiden

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    26 Sep 2019
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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Margaret Atwood: Live in Cinemas

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    28 Sep 2019
On Tuesday, September 10, Fane Productions and BY Experience will present the iconic author, Margaret Atwood, live on stage from London, on the worldwide...
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Yuli

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    03 Oct 2019
Based on the rags-to-renown international career of Cuban ballet star Carlos Acosta, and on his 2007 memoir No Way Home, it stars Acosta as himself, looking...
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Joker

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    03 Oct 2019
Warner Bros. Pictures’ “Joker” stars Oscar nominee Joaquin Phoenix in the title role, alongside Oscar winner Robert De Niro, and is directed, produced and...
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Capital in the 21st Century

  • Petone:
    10 Oct 2019
  • Cuba:
    10 Oct 2019
Based on the international best selling book by Thomas Piketty (Editions du Seuil) Capital in the 21st Century, explores one of the most important and...
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Show Me Shorts - Estonian Short Film Night

  • Cuba:
    12 Oct 2019
Show Me Shorts, in association with the New Zealand Estonian Culture Group (Uus Meremaa Eesti Selts), present an evening of Estonian short films. Join us to...
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Show Me Shorts - Doc Station

  • Cuba:
    12 Oct 2019
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 - Freaky Futures

  • Cuba:
    12 Oct 2019
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 - My Generation

  • Cuba:
    13 Oct 2019
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 - Love & Other Catastrophes

  • Cuba:
    13 Oct 2019
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 - Better Work Stories

  • Cuba:
    14 Oct 2019
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 - Unconventional Families

  • Cuba:
    14 Oct 2019
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 - Wellington Short Film Talk

  • Cuba:
    15 Oct 2019
Interested in learning more about short filmmaking? Hear from three top filmmakers as they each screen one of their films and discuss how they made it, in a...
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Show Me Shorts - The Sampler

  • Cuba:
    15 Oct 2019
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 - Japanese Focus

  • Cuba:
    16 Oct 2019
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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Judy

  • All Sites:
    17 Oct 2019
Legendary performer Judy Garland arrives in London in the winter of 1968 to perform a series of sold-out concerts.
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Zombieland: Double Tap

  • All Sites:
    17 Oct 2019
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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Jojo Rabbit

  • All Sites:
    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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The Dead Don't Die

  • Cuba:
    24 Oct 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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Ride Like A Girl

  • All Sites:
    24 Oct 2019
As a little girl, Michelle Payne (Teresa Palmer) dreams of the impossible: winning the Melbourne Cup — horse-racing's toughest two-mile race. The youngest of 10...
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Midsommar

  • Cuba:
    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)

  • All Sites:
    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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Pain and Glory

  • Cuba:
    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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Last Christmas

  • All Sites:
    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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Bellbird

  • All Sites:
    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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Ford v. Ferrari

  • All Sites:
    14 Nov 2019
The film follows an eccentric, determined team of American engineers and designers, led by automotive visionary Carroll Shelby and his British driver, Ken...
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God of the Piano

  • Petone:
    21 Nov 2019
  • Cuba:
    21 Nov 2019
When she’s told that her newborn son is deaf, concert pianist Anat (Naama Preis, extraordinary) resorts to desperate measures to ensure that her child can hold...
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Fisherman’s Friends

  • Petone:
    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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Knives Out

  • Petone:
    28 Nov 2019
  • Pauatahanui:
    28 Oct 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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Frozen 2

  • Petone:
    28 Nov 2019
  • Pauatahanui:
    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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EXHIBITION ON SCREEN : Van Gogh & Japan

  • All Sites:
    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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Happy Ending

  • Petone:
    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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Star Wars: Episode IX

  • All Sites:
    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

  • Petone:
    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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Jumanji: The Next Level

  • Petone:
    26 Dec 2019
  • Pauatahanui:
    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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Cats

  • All Sites:
    26 Dec 2019
A tribe of cats called the Jellicles must decide yearly which one will ascend to the Heaviside Layer and come back to a new Jellicle life.
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Book a Film

Location
  • Petone
  • Cuba
  • Pauatahanui
Film
  • Downton Abbey
  • The Farewell
  • Amazing Grace
  • Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
  • Dan Carter: A Perfect 10
  • Blinded by the Light
  • 2040
  • Billy and The Kids
  • Herbs: Songs of Freedom
  • Late Night
  • The Keeper
  • Booksmart
  • Camino Skies
  • Yesterday
  • Little Woods
  • Woman at War
  • Rory's Way
  • Margaret Atwood: Live in Cinemas
  • Show Me Shorts - Japanese Focus
  • EXHIBITION ON SCREEN : Van Gogh & Japan
  • EXHIBITION ON SCREEN : Rembrandt (ENCORE)
  • EXHIBITION ON SCREEN : Young Picasso
  • 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 - Unconventional Families
  • Show Me Shorts - Doc Station
  • Show Me Shorts - Estonian Short Film Night
  • Show Me Shorts - Wellington Short Film Talk
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