A wide selection of thought-provoking, inspiring and entertaining movies from around the world are on screen from Friday 15th September at the 2017 Raglan Film Festival.
Reserve online: raglanmovies.nz or phone 825 0023. Door sales from 30 minutes before screening times.
The annual festival returning for the ninth time, is on from 15-23 September at the Raglan Old School Arts Centre in Stewart Street. For further details about each movie showing at the festival, plus the Raglan Arts Film Festival (RAFFA) screenings, pick up copies of the official Film Festival leaflet and brochure, available at the Old School and various outlets around town.
An extra bonus on the opening night is the film by Raglanite Ray Diprose, “Leanna and Dan- Steps, Stairs, Stairwells”
Whaingaroa homegrown talent is on screen throughout the festival, with extracts from RAFFA-nominee films screened ahead of main feature films. Covering a diverse array of topics and genres, these include: Bag it Raglan by Pedro Cordova, about producing reusable fabric bags for local residents; Paws a While, by Zara Beeby about the work of an animal rescue centre; and Chooked Up, a drama by Leila-Rose Skeates about a group of detectives investigating the death of a chicken.
The festival opens on Friday 15 September with Haka and Guitars, a multi-award winning New Zealand documentary about Operation Belisi, modern history’s most successful peacekeeping mission.
Friday 15 Sept, 8pm, and Wednesday 20 Sept, 4.30pm. Documentary/ 52 mins/New Zealand.
A troubled town is plunged into chaos when a boy accidentally makes a new friend in My Pet Dinosaur, an imaginative action adventure suitable for the whole family.
Sunday 17 Sept, 2pm, and Tuesday 19 Sept, 5.30pm. Action Adventure Family/97 mins/PG Coarse Language /Australia.
Raoul Peck’s outstanding Oscar-nominated documentary, I Am Not Your Negro, narrated by Samuel L Jackson, presents an astonishing and challenging examination of race in the USA.
Tuesday 19 Sept, 7pm, and Friday 22 Sept, 5.30pm. Documentary/90 mins/USA.
Gardeners and artists alike won’t want to miss The Artist’s Garden, which tells the story of the American Impressionist movement.
Sunday 17 Sept, 4.30pm, and Wednesday 20 Sept, 7pm. Documentary/90 mins/USA.
PERFECT STRANGERS – smartphones, selfies in a dinner table Italian comedy
Perfect Strangers presents a fiendishly clever take on decorum in the age of technology posing the question: how well do we really know those closest to us?
Saturday 16 Sept, 8pm, and Thursday 21 Sept, 4.30pm. Comedy Drama/96mins/M Offensive Language and Sexual Themes/Italy. Subtitles.
Lords of Dogtown follows the ‘Z-Boys’ skate team in Venice, California. It’s the 1970s, a drought has an unexpected side effect: as people empty their swimming pools, a group of teen surfers from the ‘Dogtown’ area of Venice Beach, California move in with skateboards, and a new sport is born. Based on a true story, this film follows ‘Z-Boys’ skate team as they revolutionize competitions with a more aggressive form of skateboarding, propelling three of them into stardom but shredding their friendships. Soak up the time and place.
Saturday 16 Sept, 5.30pm, and Friday 22 Sept, 8pm. $8 with skateboard, $10 without! Biography/Rated M,
Sexual References/107 mins/USA.
The story of prolific rapper, actor, poet and activist Tupac Shakur is the subject of All Eyez On Me, showing on Sunday 17 Sept, 7pm, and Thursday 21 Sept, 7pm. Biographical Drama/139 mins/R16 Violence, Offensive.
Licensed bar and homemade snacks on sale at all screenings. Adult single $15, concession $12, child $8. Multi-entry special: Six sessions for the price of four $60.
Reserve online: raglanmovies.nz or phone 825 0023. Door sales from 30 minutes before screening times.
Lords of Dogtown follows the ‘Z-Boys’ skate team in Venice, California. It’s the 1970s, a drought has an unexpected side effect: as people empty their swimming pools, a group of teen surfers from the ‘Dogtown’ area of Venice Beach, California move in with skateboards, and a new sport is born. Based on a true story, this film follows ‘Z-Boys’ skate team as they revolutionize competitions with a more aggressive form of skateboarding, propelling three of them into stardom but shredding their friendships. Soak up the time and place.