A Festival on its Way for Manukau Film Buffs
Media release
9 October 2009
Manukau Film Festival makes a welcome return to the city, offering film buffs the opportunity to see some great flicks in their backyard.
This year’s film festival brings a
collection of home-grown and internationally acclaimed films
to local theatres, as a part of the Manukau Festival of
Arts.
Films will be shown at three different locations
across the city including Metro Theatre in Mangere,
Spotlight Theatre in Papatoetoe and Uxbridge Creative Centre
in Howick from 19 October to 11 November.
All three
theatres will be playing Children of the Migration, a warm,
funny and moving documentary. This film focuses on what it
is like to be a Pacific Islander living in New Zealand and
features interviews with All Black Tana Umaga, boxer David
Tua, and hip-hop artist King Kapisi.
For an
international flavour, both Metro Theatre and Uxbridge
Creative Centre will be featuring the film The Class,
otherwise known by its French title as Entre les murs.
Winner of the Golden Palm, the highest prize at the Cannes
Film Festival, in 2008, this film is based on an
autobiographical novel about a French high school teacher
who grapples with students in a racially-mixed part of
France.
Spotlight Theatre and Uxbridge Creative Centre
will be showing the award-winning documentary on New
Zealand’s own comedic, country singing, dancing, and
yodelling double act – The Topp Twins.
A number of
exciting films will be showing at Uxbridge Creative Centre
during the film festival including The Map Reader, The
Italian, and Man on Wire.
Tickets are $5 at the door,
cash only. For more information about the films and
screening times visit http://www.mfa.org.nz .
ENDS