This very special screening is presented to celebrate 50 years of the film festival in Wellington.
Films — by Language
- Albanian
- Arabic
- Bengali
- Bosnian
- Burmese
- Cantonese
- Cook Islands Māori
- Cree
- Croatian
- Czech
- Danish
- Dutch
- Dyula
- English
- Farsi
- Finnish
- French
- Friulian
- Georgian
- German
- Greek
- Hebrew
- Hindi
- Hokkien
- Hungarian
- Italian
- Japanese
- Kazakh
- Korean
- Kurdish
- Lingala
- Maltese
- Mandarin
- Marathi
- Mingrelian
- Norwegian
- Ossetian
- Polish
- Portuguese
- Romanian
- Russian
- Samoan
- Serbian
- Shanghainese
- Shona
- Somali
- Spanish
- Swedish
- Tamazight
- Te reo Māori
- Thai
- Turkish
- Ukrainian
- Urdu
German
Fabian - Going to the Dogs
Fabian oder Der Gang vor die Hunde
Love blooms amidst the frenzied hedonist cityscape of post-WWI Berlin – but can anything, let alone a relationship, survive a society bent on self-destruction and the looming fascist threat?
Great Freedom
Die Grosse Freiheit
In post-war Germany, Hans is repeatedly convicted for being gay. Over his many stints in prison, he develops a tumultuous friendship with Viktor. A moving film about the forces that conspire to destroy one man’s freedom.
Helmut Newton: The Bad and the Beautiful
One of the photography world’s most provocative artists, Helmut Newton’s story is told by the women who knew him best: those who lived with him, inspired him and disrobed for his lens.
I'm Your Man
Ich bin dein Mensch
An archaeologist reluctantly agrees to test-run a humanoid love robot programmed to fulfil her desires in this poignant comedy starring Downton Abbey’s Dan Stevens.
Miss Marx
Socialist pioneer Eleanor Marx is fully brought to life – with all her complexities and contradictions – in this stylised, lavish biopic featuring a deeply affecting performance by Romola Garai.
Mr Bachmann and His Class
Herr Bachmann und seine Klasse
The inspiring story of one teacher making a difference in the lives of migrant children in rural Germany, Maria Speth’s absorbing documentary took the Silver Bear at Berlin 2021.
Nr. 10
When a stranger on a bridge utters a single word in his ear, Günter finds himself falling deep into the rabbit hole of his mysterious childhood in Alex van Warmerdam’s new, paranoia-fuelled thriller.
The Painted Bird
By equal turns horrifying and beautiful, The Painted Bird sees Czech filmmaker Václav Marhoul put a young boy through every manner of evil that 1940s Eastern Europe can conjure in this war-torn vision of hell.
Undine
This captivating tale of fated lovers, drawing on myth and fantasy, is also a love song to Berlin.