Thursday 27 August 2026
7:00 PM
Paloma Schneideman’s coming-of-age debut launches our festival with a tender portrait of 14-year-old Sid, as she tentatively traverses insecurity, identity and desire during the summer of 2006. Rating: R16
Space available: 50+
Friday 28 August 2026
1:30 PM
As Iceland's ancient glaciers start to vanish, one family's extensive archive becomes a portrait of a disappearing landscape through the passage of a century. Rating: E
Space available: 50+
Friday 28 August 2026
3:15 PM
Willem Dafoe and Greta Lee bring heart and realness to this wistful, unromantic comedy about the fragility of creative ambition and a bygone, bohemian New York lost to a consumerist era of gentrification and influencers. Rating: M
Space available: 50+
Friday 28 August 2026
5:15 PM
An intimate and warm story of a life entwined with a deep-rooted sense of belonging, and the inconvenience of aging in a world that continues to move at pace. Rating: M
Space available: 50+
Friday 28 August 2026
7:30 PM
Al Pacino, Colman Domingo and Myha’la excel in Gus Van Sant’s gripping take on the events of 1977 when an Indianapolis businessman held his mortgage broker hostage. Rating: R16
Space available: 50+
Saturday 29 August 2026
10:30 AM
Tribute is paid to Jim Anderton as a politician who held out for Labour’s old values as New Zealand shifted to a nastier style of politics, and a new era of capital run amok. Rating: E
Space available: 50+
Saturday 29 August 2026
1:00 PM
A celebrated Turkish theatre couple are suddenly targeted by the state and stripped of their livelihoods, leading to their marriage, their ideals and their sense of self being pushed to breaking point. Rating: M
Space available: 50+
Saturday 29 August 2026
3:30 PM
An intricate nesting doll structure provides Spain’s most iconic auteur Pedro Almodovar a lens with which to reflect on his own creative foibles, in frequently scathing terms, in this lacerating self-portrait. Rating: M
Space available: 50+
Saturday 29 August 2026
5:45 PM
Rugby's first global superstar was also one of its most private — a shy, gentle giant caught between two worlds, whose story mirrors Aotearoa's own coming of age. Rating: E
Space available: 50+
Saturday 29 August 2026
8:00 PM
As a maven of pop-culture detritus, American director Jane Schoenbrun’s campground of twisted delights is a heady, horny headtrip of the highest order. Rating: R16
Space available: 50+
Sunday 30 August 2026
10:30 AM
A hand-drawn wonder brimming with imagination and warmth, Arco is the kind of film that reminds you of the joy of discovery. Rating: PG
Space available: 50+
Sunday 30 August 2026
12:15 PM
A filmmaker balances her outspoken father and a boundary-pushing teenager while working on her latest screenplay that only she believes in, in Sophie Hyde's heartfelt, queer family drama. Rating: M
Space available: 50+
NZIFF: Father Mother Sister Brother #1
Sunday 30 August 2026
2:30 PM
Indie cinema’s long-time King of Cool Jim Jarmusch finds mystery and melancholy alike in this triptych of family short stories, each grappling with the weight of shared history. Rating: M
Space available: 50+
Sunday 30 August 2026
4:45 PM
A classic French psychosexual thriller about infidelity is expertly reimagined within a modern Russia of citizens feeding an inhuman war machine, in director-in-exile Andrei Zvyagintsev’s taut, chilling Cannes winner. Rating: M
Space available: 50+
Sunday 30 August 2026
7:30 PM
Dunedin’s Robert Sarkies ventured into weightier territory after Scarfies, reckoning with a defining tragedy of gun violence that rocked Aotearoa’s sense of security in his chilling but sensitively measured sophomore feature. Rating: R15 Violence and Content may disturb
Space available: 50+
Monday 31 August 2026
12:45 PM
A filmmaker balances her outspoken father and a boundary-pushing teenager while working on her latest screenplay that only she believes in, in Sophie Hyde's heartfelt, queer family drama. Rating: M
Space available: 50+
Monday 31 August 2026
3:00 PM
Al Pacino, Colman Domingo and Myha’la excel in Gus Van Sant’s gripping take on the events of 1977 when an Indianapolis businessman held his mortgage broker hostage. Rating: R16
Space available: 50+
Monday 31 August 2026
5:30 PM
A heartrending, austere portrait of a physically and spiritually scarred woman returning to her postwar hometown in the 1600s, posing as a male soldier. Rating: M
Space available: 50+
Monday 31 August 2026
7:30 PM
A bullied 14-year-old sends farewell letters to his classmates and vanishes, but when a girl from his school spots him wandering the streets at night, the two begin to build a fragile, secret world of their own. Rating: M
Space available: 50+
Tuesday 1 September 2026
1:30 PM
“Inspired by 'Call My Agent,' backstage farce 'La Comédie-Française' lovingly skewers Paris' most elite theater.” Rating: M
Space available: 50+
NZIFF: The Voice of Hind Rajab#1
Tuesday 1 September 2026
3:00 PM
The devastating last words of a five-year-old girl - and a film that refuses to let the world look away. Rating: M
Space available: 50+
Tuesday 1 September 2026
5:30 PM
Beyond the confines of a factory farm, a heroic hen finds a new lease on life in a crumbling restaurant's courtyard. Feathers are ruffled and jokes are cracked in this egg-cellent adventure. Rating: M
Space available: 50+
Tuesday 1 September 2026
7:30 PM
Kore-eda's nuanced exploration of how grief manifests is distinctly Japanese yet universally resonant, in this empathetic consideration of how technology may serve as a vehicle for healing. Rating: PG
Space available: 50+
Wednesday 2 September 2026
1:30 PM
The competitive world of musical whistling takes centre stage in this humorous documentary that showcases the weird and wonderful lives that have devoted themselves to the art. Rating: E
Space available: 50+
Wednesday 2 September 2026
3:15 PM
A heartrending, austere portrait of a physically and spiritually scarred woman returning to her postwar hometown in the 1600s, posing as a male soldier. Rating: M
Space available: 50+
Wednesday 2 September 2026
5:30 PM
As Iceland's ancient glaciers start to vanish, one family's extensive archive becomes a portrait of a disappearing landscape through the passage of a century. Rating: E
Space available: 50+
Wednesday 2 September 2026
7:30 PM
Coming off a win for Best Film at the San Sebastián Film Festival, Sundays is a coming-of-age drama with the fragility of family and faith at its forefront. Rating: M
Space available: 50+
NZIFF: Whispers in the Woods #1
Thursday 3 September 2026
1:15 PM
Blending stunning wildlife footage with generational storytelling, Whispers in the Woods invites the audience to be immersed in an untouched world shrouded in mist, where nature reigns supreme Rating: G
Space available: 50+
Thursday 3 September 2026
3:15 PM
An intricate nesting doll structure provides Spain’s most iconic auteur Pedro Almodovar a lens with which to reflect on his own creative foibles, in frequently scathing terms, in this lacerating self-portrait. Rating: M
Space available: 50+
NZIFF: The Voice of Hind Rajab #2
Thursday 3 September 2026
5:30 PM
The devastating last words of a five-year-old girl - and a film that refuses to let the world look away. Rating: M
Space available: 50+
Thursday 3 September 2026
7:15 PM
Willem Dafoe and Greta Lee bring heart and realness to this wistful, unromantic comedy about the fragility of creative ambition and a bygone, bohemian New York lost to a consumerist era of gentrification and influencers. Rating: M
Space available: 50+
Friday 4 September 2026
1:00 PM
An intimate and warm story of a life entwined with a deep-rooted sense of belonging, and the inconvenience of aging in a world that continues to move at pace. Rating: M
Space available: 50+
NZIFF: Father Mother Sister Brother #2
Friday 4 September 2026
3:15 PM
Indie cinema’s long-time King of Cool Jim Jarmusch finds mystery and melancholy alike in this triptych of family short stories, each grappling with the weight of shared history. Rating: M
Space available: 50+
Friday 4 September 2026
5:30 PM
A pristine masterpiece from Polish Academy Award winner Pawel Pawlikowski, reflecting on history and its shadows on the present, as well as on the undying bond of family ties. Rating: M
Space available: 50+
NZIFF: The Wizard of the Kremilin #1
Friday 4 September 2026
7:15 PM
Actors Jude Law and Paul Dano star as Putin and his propagandist in an epic political thriller by Olivier Assayas, that shows how brutal repression in Russia is puppet-mastered behind a veil of manufactured illusion Rating: R16
Space available: 50+
NZIFF: Nga Whanaunga Aotearoa: Best 2026 #1
Saturday 5 September 2026
11:00 AM
Nga Whanaunga: Aotearoa New Zealand’s Best presents the very best of Maori and Pasifika filmmaking alongside the best films made by everyone in Aotearoa. Rating: tbc
Space available: 50+
NZIFF: Footrot Flats: Dog's Tale #1
Saturday 5 September 2026
1:00 PM
40 years ago, New Zealand’s most loved cartoon strip was adapted into our first-ever animated feature and the result broke the box office and captured the hearts of a far more innocent nation. Rating: PG
Space available: 50+
Saturday 5 September 2026
2:30 PM
Javier Bardem gives a power-house performance as a filmmaker directing his estranged daughter in Rodrigo Sorogoyen’s making-of-a-movie drama. Rating: M
Space available: 50+
Saturday 5 September 2026
5:15 PM
The competitive world of musical whistling takes centre stage in this humorous documentary that showcases the weird and wonderful lives that have devoted themselves to the art. Rating: E
Space available: 50+
Saturday 5 September 2026
7:00 PM
A divisive talking point at Cannes even before it took its top award, Cristian Mungiu’s story of a conservative immigrant family under institutional suspicion is a barbed interrogation of liberal Nordic attitudes. Rating: M
Space available: 50+
NZIFF: Little Amelie or the Character of Rain #1
Sunday 6 September 2026
10:30 AM
Amélie loves exploring everything her world has to offer, guided by her friend, Nishio-san, but everything changes when, on her third birthday, an event changes the course of her life forever. Rating: PG
Space available: 50+
NZIFF: Whispers in the Woods #2
Sunday 6 September 2026
12:30 PM
Blending stunning wildlife footage with generational storytelling, Whispers in the Woods invites the audience to be immersed in an untouched world shrouded in mist, where nature reigns supreme Rating: G
Space available: 50+
Sunday 6 September 2026
2:30 PM
“Inspired by 'Call My Agent,' backstage farce 'La Comédie-Française' lovingly skewers Paris' most elite theater.” Rating: PG
Space available: 50+
Sunday 6 September 2026
4:00 PM
A queer epic spanning 85 years of Spanish history, inspired by an unfinished work by poet Federico García Lorca and brought to the screen with breathtaking ambition Rating: M
Space available: 50+
Sunday 6 September 2026
7:00 PM
A tender love story set against the most desolate backdrop imaginable, Coward is an inspirational tale about choosing one's own fate, against all odds. Rating: tbc
Space available: 50+
EOS: Vermeer - The Greatest Exhibition #1
Thursday 29 October 2026
7:00 PM
In the spring of 2023, the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam opened its doors to the largest Vermeer exhibition in history. The show sold out within days of going on sale. This award-winning film offers you the chance to experience the exhibition of the century on the big screen… Rated E | Runtime 90 mins
Space available: 50+
EOS: Vermeer - The Greatest Exhibition #2
Sunday 1 November 2026
2:00 PM
In the spring of 2023, the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam opened its doors to the largest Vermeer exhibition in history. The show sold out within days of going on sale. This award-winning film offers you the chance to experience the exhibition of the century on the big screen… Rated E | Runtime 90 mins
Space available: 50+
