Another day in paradise! Shrinic visions massage the temple of my eyes… the dance of the motion capture is like a neverending waltz for me year on year, my friends. Find below a little nest to burrow in on cold days in Christchurch at NZIFF 2019. The eight I dedicate to the one man in film I most adore, and that is Bill Gosden! Adios amigo x — Nick Paris, Christchurch Festival Host/Lumière Cinemas Managing Director
Films — by Collection
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Staff Picks: Nick Paris
  A White, White Day
Hvítur, Hvítur Dagur
Evidence of a deceased wife’s affair tips a grieving ex-cop in remote Iceland over the edge, leading to a shocking spiral of events in search of the truth.
  Sibyl
Exploring psychotherapy, boundaries and obsession, Justine Triet’s film deliciously portrays the creative crisis of a shrink-wannabe-author, who steals her actress patient’s story for a novel.
  Inna de Yard
Beyond Bob Marley, Inna de Yard dives deep into the soul of reggae music, the die-hard singers and songwriters who were there from the beginning, and the Jamaican sound and spirit.
  Les Misérables
In the crime-ridden suburbs of impoverished Paris, the line between corrupt cop and upstanding criminal is not so clearly defined, in this explosive, Cannes Jury Prize-winning French thriller.
  Portrait of a Lady on Fire
Portrait de la jeune fille en feu
Winner of Best Screenplay and the Queer Palm at Cannes, Céline Sciamma’s striking 18th-century tale of romantic obsession burns bright with female desire and the craft of a masterful filmmaker.
  High Life
A forbidding spaceship carrying death row inmates hurtles towards oblivion in Claire Denis’s long-awaited, intensely hypnotic sci-fi opus.