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[21 Aug 11] :: Thursday 27th October - OSS 117: Lost in Rio - SUTER Theatre 6p.m
OSS 117: Lost in Rio
OSS 117: Rio ne repond plus
Michel Hazanavicius, (France), 2009 101min,

Like "OSS 117: Cairo, Nest of Spies," the pic is a full-blown parody of a [...continue]
[21 Aug 11] :: Thursday 20th October - Tsotsi - STATE CINEMA 6p.m
Tsotsi


Screening at the STATE ...Time to be confirmed

Gavin Hood, South Africa, 2005, 94min

They're no longer inking deals for Miramax, but it's as if [...continue]
[21 Aug 11] :: Thursday 13th October - Singin' in the Rain - STATE CINEMA 6p.m
SINGIN' IN THE RAIN

NOTE - Screening at the STATE ...Time to be confirmed


(Stanley Donen,Gene Kelly, USA, 1952) 102 minutes
Directors: Stanley Donen, Gene [...continue]
[21 Aug 11] :: Thursday 6th October - Old Port Nelson - Live Cinema - SUTER Theatre 6p.m
Historic films featuring Nelson give us an insight into our history. This year we present a series of silent films that showcase the city’s links to its harbour and the sea, accompanied by renowned [...continue]
[21 Aug 11] :: Thursday 29th September - Journey to Italy - SUTER Theatre 6p.m
JOURNEY TO ITALY
Viaggio in Italia
(Roberto Rossellini, Italy/France, 1953) 85 minutes

Viaggio in Italia is a unique experience, a beautiful work of art, and perhaps [...continue]
[21 Aug 11] :: Thursday 22nd September - Careful With those Kids - SUTER Theatre 6p.m.
CAREFUL WITH THOSE KIDS
New Zealand 2008-2010
68 mins approx., 35mm

A collection of recent New Zealand short films that all focus around Kiwi kids who get up to no-good in both [...continue]
[21 Aug 11] :: 35th NELSON INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
The Nelson programme has launched! Browse the film selections and start making plans.

The NZ International Film Festival will open in Nelson on September 1, running through to September [...continue]
[21 Aug 11] :: Thursday 25th August - State and Main - SUTER Theatre 6p.m.
State and Main
David Mamet, USA 2000, 102min

Directed by David Mamet
Produced by Sarah Green
Written by David Mamet
Starring: Alec Baldwin, Charles [...continue]
[24 Jul 11] :: Thursday 18th August - The Centre (Die Mitte) - SUTER Theatre 6p.m.
The Centre
Stanislaw Mucha,
Germany, 2004, 85min


The director sets out to find the middle of Europe and visits 12 places, from Germany to the Ukraine, all [...continue]
[24 Jul 11] :: Thursday 11th August - The Woman with the 5 Elephants - SUTER Theatre 6p.m.
The Woman with the 5 Elephants
Vadim Jendreyko
Switzerland/Germany, 2009, 93min

Connoisseurs of wildlife documentaries lured by the exotic-sounding title may possibly be [...continue]
[30 May 11] :: Thursday 4th August - McLuhan's Wake - SUTER Theatre 6p.m.
McLuhan's Wake
Kevin McMahon, Canada, 2002, 94 mins

Director: Kevin McMahon
Producers: Kristina McLaughlin, Michael McMahon
Production co: Primitive [...continue]
[30 May 11] :: Thursday 28th July - LIVE CINEMA! GO WEST! - SUTER Theatre 6p.m.
Go West
Buster Keaton / U.S., 1925, 70min

The resemblance between Buster Keaton and William S. Hart is not lost on the Seven Chances auteur, who here doesn’t so much burlesque as [...continue]
[30 May 11] :: Thursday 21st July - Game Over: Kasparov and the Machine - SUTER Theatre 6p.m.
Game Over:
Kasparov and the Machine
Vikram Jayanti, Canada/UK, 2003 ,90min
Director: Vikram Jayanti
Producer: Hal Vogel
Production co: National Film Board of Canada, [...continue]
[30 May 11] :: Thursday 14th July - The Strangest Dream - SUTER Theatre 6p.m.
The Strangest Dream


Canada 2008
Director: Eric Bednarski
Producer: Kent Martin
Production co: National Film Board of Canada
Photography: Nigel [...continue]
[30 May 11] :: Thursday 7th July - NGATI - SUTER Theatre 6p.m.
NGATI


New Zealand 1987
Director: Barry Barclay
Producer: John O’Shea
Production co: Pacific Film
Screenplay: Tama Poata
Photography: Rory [...continue]
[30 May 11] :: Thursday 30th June - Wendy and Lucy - SUTER Theatre 6p.m.
Wendy and Lucy

Kelly Reichardt, USA, 2008, 80 mins, 35mm
Director/Editor: Kelly Reichardt
Producers: Neil Kopp, Anish Savjani, Larry Fessenden
Production co: [...continue]
[30 May 11] :: Thursday 23th June - Touchez Pas au Grisbi - SUTER Theatre 6p.m.
Touchez pas au grisbi

"Don't Touch the Loot"

France/Italy 1953
Director: Jacques Becker
Producer: Robert Dorfmann
Production co: Del Duca Films, [...continue]
[30 May 11] :: Thursday 16th June - Séraphine - SUTER Theatre 6p.m.
A surprise winner of seven Césars – the French Oscars – including best film, Séraphine is a deceptively subtle tale based on the true story of the life and art of a simple maid discovered by a German [...continue]
[30 May 11] :: Thursday 9th June - Look Both Ways - SUTER Theatre 6p.m.
Look Both Ways
Sarah Watt, Australia, 2005,100min

BY ROGER EBERT
It doesn't really matter if you look both ways. The piano may be falling from the sky. If we gave much thought [...continue]
[30 May 11] :: Thursday 2nd June - Happy-Go-Lucky - SUTER Theatre 6p.m.
The new Mike Leigh film, “Happy-Go-Lucky,” is a real pleasure, and besides being Leigh’s most buoyantly comic feature it’s a marvelous showcase for Sally Hawkins, who has worked twice before with the [...continue]
[02 Mar 11] :: Thursday 26th May - Le Doulos - SUTER Theatre 6p.m.
Le Doulos The Finger Man
France/Italy 1962
In French with English subtitles 108 mins, 35mm, black and white
Director: Jean-Pierre Melville
Producers: Georges De [...continue]
[02 Mar 11] :: Thursday 19th May -Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives - SUTER Theatre 6p.m.
Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives
Loong Boonmee raleuk chat

Thailand, Germany, Spain, France, United Kingdom, 2010
113 Min


DIR Apichatpong [...continue]
[02 Mar 11] :: Thursday 12th May - TIBET: CRY OF THE SNOW LION - SUTER Theatre 6p.m.
TIBET: CRY OF THE SNOW LION

USA, 2002
104 minutes -- Contains brutal violence and intense thematic material



THE BERLIN WALL is down. Apartheid has been [...continue]
[02 Mar 11] :: Thursday 5th May - Breach - SUTER Theatre 6p.m.
Breach

USA 2007
110 mins, DVD

Director: Billy Ray
Producer: Bobby Newmyer, Scott Strauss, Scott Kroopf
Production co: Outlaw/Intermedia
Screenplay: Adam [...continue]
[02 Mar 11] :: Thursday 28th April - Millennium Actress - SUTER Theatre 6p.m.
Millennium Actress
Sennen joyu,

Japan 2001
In Japanese and English, with English subtitles
87 mins, 35mm
Director: Kon Satoshi
Producer: Maki [...continue]
[02 Mar 11] :: Thursday 21st April - Story of Women - STATE CINEMA - 6.20 p.m.
6.20p.m. at STATE CINEMA THIS WEEK!

Story of Women
Une affaire de femmes,

France 1988
In French with English subtitles
108 mins, 35mm
Director: Claude [...continue]
[02 Mar 11] :: Thursday 14th April - Russian Ark - SUTER Theatre 6p.m.
Russian Ark
Russki kovcheg,

Russia/Germany 2002
In Russian with English subtitles
95 mins, 35mm

Director: Alexander Sokurov
Producers: Andrei Deriabin, [...continue]
[02 Mar 11] :: Thursday 7th April - Clean Slate - SUTER Theatre 6p.m.
Clean Slate
Coup de torchon,

France 1981
In French and English, with English subtitles
128 mins, 35mm
Director: Bertrand Tavernier
Producer: Adolphe [...continue]
[02 Mar 11] :: Thursday 31st March - The New World - SUTER Theatre 6p.m.
The New World

USA 2005
In English and Algonquian, with English subtitles
135 mins, 35mm

Director/Screenplay: Terence Malick
Producer: Sarah [...continue]
[02 Mar 11] :: Thursday 24th March - The Lacemaker - SUTER Theatre 6p.m.
The Lacemaker
La dentellière

France/Switzerland/West Germany 1977
In French with English subtitles
107 mins, 35mm

Director: Claude Goretta
Producer: Yves [...continue]
[02 Mar 11] :: Thursday 17th March - Spirited Away - SUTER Theatre 6p.m.
Spirited Away

In Japanese with English subtitles
125 mins, 35mm

Director/Screenplay: Miyazaki Hayao
Producer: Suzuki Toshio
Production co: Studio Ghibli, [...continue]
[01 Mar 11] :: New Screening Programme 2001
We've uploaded our new screening programme for 2011. Have a look here.
 
     
     
 
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