Whānau Mārama Venues

The Embassy cinema (EMB) is located on Level 1.

Box Office
A dedicated NZIFF 2024 box office will be located on the ground floor from Thursday 1 August to Sunday 11 August. Tickets for all NZIFF 2024 sessions in Wellington are available to purchase from this box office.

Information Desk
Located in The Embassy and staffed by Wellington Film Society committee members. 

Accessibility
Six wheelchair spaces available in the main cinema. Venue fully accessible via lift to Level 1 for the main cinema. Lift is located to the left of the main foyer. Headsets are available for films that have the technology enabled. Please enquire at the box office to ensure this is available for your film of choice.

Parents
Please leave prams with staff.

Meet Up Eat Up
Candy Bar on Level 1 will be open for the duration of the festival for drinks (hot and cold) and snacks. The Black Sparrow (ground level through tunnel) will be open in the evenings.

Accessibility: One wheelchair space. Venue fully accessible. Infra-red headphones available from the box office.

Public Transport: Buses: 3, 7, 18 pass near the Cinema.

The cinema is a 12 min walk from Courtenay Place, with access via Buckle St up through Pukeahu Park, Massey University Entrance D. Located on the east side of the Former Dominion Museum building, the cinema can be reached through the large double doors.

Accessibility: The cinema is fully accessible, with entry available at street level via wheelchair access. The cinema includes two wheelchair spaces, and an accessible toilet is conveniently located on the ground floor directly opposite the cinema entrance. For ease of arrival, there is a drop-off point and parking 50m south of the Cinema entrance, which provides level entry to the building.

Parking: Unrestricted free car parking space on the grounds of the Dominion Museum Building.

Phone: (04) 388 5555

Screenings will be in Cinemas 1 & 2.

Accessibility: One wheelchair space available in each cinema. Venue fully accessible via lift (access through the right side of the restaurant and down the back corridor). Infra-red headphones available from the box office. Cinema 1 is located on the upstairs floor and Cinema 2 is located on the ground floor down a corridor to the left of therestaurant. The accessible bathroom is located on the groundfloor only.

Parking: Unrestricted car parking space on Tahi Street, and further south on Park Road. Taxi stands are located directly outside The Roxy and there is also a disabled drop-off zone directly outside The Roxy.

Public Transport: Buses: 2,12e, 30x or 31x from Courtenay Place will drop off at the Miramar shops, around the corner from the Roxy.

Accessibility One wheelchair space. The front row (Row A) of cinema 4 is fully accessible from the ground floor. Infra-red headphones available from the box office. Drop off outside the cinema.

Parking Car park across from Light House Petone is free for 180 minutes, as is on-street parking on Beach St. There is also paid parking along Jackson St and in the large Peel Car Park behind the Petone Library between 9am-5pm. 

Public Transport:

Buses: 81, 83, and 84 pass near the Cinema from Courtenay Place

Buses: 110 and 130 pass near the Cinema from Lower Hutt

Home to the annual Wellington Film Society Film Quiz.