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Animated films part of festival offerings
The annual International Film Festival is a great place to check out some great movies and documentaries that may not make it to your local multiplex.
The festival runs from July 31 until August 17.
The festival seems to grow each year and now has a well-established Animation section including Japanese anime film Evangelion: 1.0 You Are (Not) Alone.
Persepolis is the story of teenage life of Marjane Satrapi who grew up in Iran during the turbulent years of Islamic revolution and then moved to Europe as a teenager for her high school years. The books are available at the library and you can view the trailer online.
Other films of interest include:
- Trouble is My Business – documentary about the kids of Aorere College in Mangere and their assistant principal Mr Peach.
- Man On a Wire – the story of Philippe Petit who in 1974 walked the highwire between the Twin Towers of the World Trade Centre in New York. Not one for people scared of heights.
- CJ7 – Story of a poor Chinese boy whose life is changed when he befriends an extraterrestrial. From the director of Kung Fu Hustle and Shaolin Soccer.
- Somers Town – tale of a friendship between two teenage boys on the loose in London.
- Be Kind Rewind – Jack Black and Mos Def in a goofy tale of two friends trying to replace the stock of their video library with homemade remakes.
- Ben X – Ben has Aspergers. School is a hell of bullying and confusion. His online escape sees him as a high scoring superhero.
- Billy the Kid – documentary about Billy – an outsider kid in a small town in Maine, USA.
- Planet B-Boy – Follows crews from France, Japan, South Korea and the US as they prepare for the International Battle of the Year staged in Germany.
- Sharkwater – documentary gets close up with sharks while exploring the threat of the shark-fin trade to the world’s ecosystems.
- Surfwise – story of surfing legend Doc Paskowitz and his nine children who were raised on a nomadic lifestyle of surfing and living off the land.
- The Wave – a cautionary tale about the seductive power of fascism. Set in a modern day German high school it is based on the true story of a real experiment that took place in a Californian high school in the 1960s.(Note this is an R16 film)
Incredibly Strange Film Festival
The Incredibly Strange Film Festival also rears its head. Some of its films are R16 and R18 somake sure you check the film's rating before you go, but make sure you see The King of Kong.
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