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2010 SCHEDULE
All screenings at the Paramount, 25 Courtenay Place, at 6.15pm Mondays
All Members Only. *Except the German Films in June which are Koha
March 1
THE ROAD (John Hillcoat, USA 2009) 111 mins 35mm R16 Thanks to the Paramount
March 8
Annual General Meeting (approx 30 mins), followed by:
MY WINNIPEG (Guy Maddin, Canada 2007) 80 mins 35mm M
March 15
THE WITNESSES (André Téchiné, France 2007) 112 mins 35mm R16
March 22
THE FIVE OBSTRUCTIONS (Jørgen Leth/Lars von Trier, Denmark 2003) 90 mins 35mm PG
March 29
LA FRANCE (Serge Bozon, France 2007) 102 mins 35mm M
April 5
No Screening - Easter Monday
April 12
HEARTBEAT DETECTOR (Nicolas Klotz, France 2007) 143 mins 35mm M
April 19
CLOSE UP (Abbas Kiarostami, Iran 1990) 90 mins 35mm G
April 26
MOVEMENT, MUSIC AND CONFLICT (Norman McLaren, Canada 1940-83) 81 mins dvd
May 3
THE WHITE BALLOON (Jafar Panahi, Iran 1995) 85 mins 35mm G
May 10
THE INNOVATOR (Norman McLaren, Canada 1941-2002) 70 + 40 mins dvd
Screening introduced by Terence Dobson who curated the McLaren programme. Q&A to follow.
May 17
THE COLOUR OF PARADISE (Majid Majidi, Iran 1999) 90 mins 35mm M
May 24
DAZZLERS (Norman McLaren, Canada 1939-71) 75 mins 35mm
May 31
A TIME FOR DRUNKEN HORSES (Bahman Ghobadi, Iran 2000) 80 mins 35mm M
June 7
No Screening - Queen’s Birthday
June 14*
ABSURDISTAN (Viet Helmer, Germany 2008) 88 mins 35mm
June 21*
CHERRY BLOSSOMS - HANAMI (Doris Dörrie, Germany 2008) 127 mins 35mm
June 28*
COMRADES IN DREAMS (Uli Gaulke, Germany 2006) 100 mins dvd
July 5
LEN LYE: ART THAT MOVES (Roger Horrocks/Len Lye, NZ 2009/UK 1934-80) 80 mins dvd+16mm
July 12
RAIN OF THE CHILDREN (Vincent Ward, NZ 2008) 98 mins 35mm M
July 16-August 1
NZ International FILM FESTIVAL Embassy, Paramount, etc.
August 9
BACK TO NORMANDY (Nicolas Philibert, France 2007) 113 mins dvd
August 16
LIFE IS A MIRACLE (Emir Kusturica, Serbia-Montenegro/France 2004) 154 mins 35mm M
August 23
BECAUSE WE WERE BORN (Jean-Pierre Duret, France/Brazil 2008) 90 mins dvd
August 30
NO MAN’S LAND (Danis Tanivic, Bosnia-Herzegovina 2001) 98 mins 35mm R13
Sept 6
HER NAME IS SABINE (Sandrine Bonnaire, France 2007) 85 mins dvd
Sept 13
BEYOND IPANEMA (Guto Barra, USA 2009) 90 mins digital
In association with the Reel Brazil Film Festival
Sept 20
OSS117: CAIRO: NEST OF SPIES (Michel Hazanavicius, France 2006) 99 mins dvd M
Sept 27
STALKER (Andrei Tarkovsky, USSR 1979) 161 mins 35mm G
Oct 4
RETURN TO THE DARK SIDE (NZ short films, 2004-09) 70 mins 35mm
Oct 11
SWING TIME (George Stevens, USA 1936) 103 mins 35mm G In memory of Michael Thomas
Oct 18
THE MOTORCYCLE DIARIES (Walter Salles, USA 2003) 126 mins 35mm M
Oct 25
No Screening - Labour Day
Nov 1
Accompanied by Adrianne Roberts. Piano courtesy NZ Film Archive and Friends of the Film Archive
Nov 8
90 mins dvd Accompaniment still to be confirmed
Nov 15
TO HAVE AND HAVE NOT (Howard Hawkes, USA 1945) 100 mins 16mm G
Nov 22
MEMBERS SHORT FILM PROGRAMME
(Still to be programmed. If you are, or have been, a film society member, and you have a film that
you think we should consider, use the “Contact Us’ button at the top of the page.)
Nov 29
SOME LIKE IT HOT (Billy Wilder, USA 1959) 122 mins 35mm PG Presented by MGM Channel NZ
The Wellington Film Society Inc, PO Box 1584, Wellington 6140, New Zealand
Registered as a charitable entity under the Charities Act 2005, with donee status
approved by Inland Revenue. Registration No. CC41407
