The Jasmax Film Festival, brought to you by Jasmax Ltd and NZ Home + Entertaining, will kick off in three days time on
Thursday 23rd August.
This year’s festival will run from the 23rd until the 29th of August in Auckland, Hamilton, Wellington, Christchurch,
Dunedin, Matakana, Tauranga, Rotorua, Havelock North, Palmerston North, Nelson and Arrowtown.
With a whole range of architectural films tickets are already selling fast, with the Herzog and de Meuron double feature
proving to be a favourite with punters. The double feature includes the short film the Tate Modern - which documents the
conversion of the disused powerstation – and The Alchemy of Building, a film reflecting the Swiss architecture duo’s
ability to astonish and explores the way in which they transform what might otherwise be ordinary shapes, materials and
surfaces through new treatments and techniques.
The Rural Studio captures the vision of the innovative Rural Studio program, established by Auburn University Professor
Samuel Mockbee, which set out to develop an architecture that transcends both race and class, and in the process changes
the lives of both student and client.
2005 audience favourite Philip Johnson – Diary of an Eccentric Architect is proving once again to be a popular choice.
This fascinating look into the mind of one of our most creative and significant architects is a hit with architects and
non architects alike.
Other films showing at the festival are:
- The Concrete Revolution (subtitled) - Examination of the tremendous moral and human cost of creating a 'New China'
- Renzo Piano – Piece by Piece - The career and creations of the Pritzker Architecture Prize-winning architect.
- Tall: The American Skyscraper and Louis Sullivan - The story of the unstoppable rise of skyscrapers.
- A Crude Awakening - Oil Crash - The story of how our civilisation's addiction to oil puts it on a collision course
with geology.
- Antonello and the Architect - Wellington architect Bill Toomath's home is typical of the architecture of the 1950s and
'60s.
- City of Dreams - A living history is conveyed via the architecture of the city of Asmara in Eritrea.
For more information on the Jasmax Film Festival and to download a brochure please go to www.jasmax.com/filmfestival or
email filmfestival@jasmax.com
ENDS