NZIFF
Rancho Notorious 05/04: “Festival Highlights”
After a long hiatus, Dan and Kailey are back at Rancho Notorious for a special episode looking ahead to the 2018 New Zealand International Film Festival. Audio
NZ International Film Festival - six of the best music films
There’s a great selection of music films in the upcoming NZ International Film Festival, from documentaries to biopics to classic concert films. Here are our picks. Video, Audio
Musical films at the NZIFF
RNZ Music's Kirsten Johnstone previews some musical films in the upcoming NZ International Film Festival. Audio
Dan Slevin’s first look at the full NZIFF 2018 programme
Dan Slevin has a first look at the programme for this year’s New Zealand International Film Festival. Video
Jennifer Brea: 'ME is not about fatigue or tiredness'
Jennifer Brea was pursuing her PhD at Harvard when she fell ill with a fever which turned into years of illness. In the documentary Unrest, she tells the story of discovering and seeking treatment for… Video, Audio
Music for zombie brides and killer clowns
Composer Marc Chesterman discusses the bizarre requests composers get from directors and other challenges of creating music for documentary, in this case, the new Florian Habicht film Spookers. Video, Audio
Where There is Life
For four years, Wellington filmmaker Gwen Isaac documented the Lee family after Margaret (wife of Stephen and mother of Imogen) was diagnosed with motor neurone disease. The resulting documentary is… Video, Audio, Gallery
From Delhi's shantytowns to corridors of power
Two filmmakers in India are caught up in a landmark censorship battle to show their movie after the country's censor board refused to certify it. Khushboo Ranka and Vinay Shukla have directed An… Audio
Waru: eight wāhine bear witness to child abuse
Māori women’s stories are woefully under-represented in New Zealand cinema, director Katie Wolfe says. She is one of eight wāhine directors behind Waru, a cooperative feature film screening at the New… Audio, Gallery
The World in your Window
Eight-year-old Jesse, lives in a twilight world of sadness and silence, squeezed into a tiny caravan with his grief stricken father. Audio, Gallery
Digging deeper into the NZIFF
Dan Slevin previews some of the less-heralded features in this year’s New Zealand International Film Festival.
Music of the NZ International Film Festival
Tony Stamp from RNZ's Music 101 programme features the best music from the NZ International Film Festival. Audio
NZ International Film Fest top picks
The New Zealand International Film Festival opens this week in Auckland and then in a number of centres across the country. It features films from Cannes, kiwi documentaries and films that have… Audio
Annie Goldson: 'Kim Dotcom is dancing in the surf'
The complex and compelling character of Kim Dotcom is now part of the New Zealand vernacular and his story raises issues that are relevant to us all, says Annie Goldson, director of the documentary… Video, Audio
Actor Ben Mendelsohn on playing the villain
Australian actor Ben Mendelsohn talks to Kathryn Ryan about his upcoming film Una, in which he plays a middle-aged man attempting to rebuild his life after running away 15 years earlier with a… Audio
Preview: NZIFF Autumn Events
The nights are getting longer and Dan Slevin recommends we spend more of them enjoying all the film festivals that are arriving in cinemas.
Rancho Notorious 4/15: Kubo tugs the heart strings
Kailey Carruthers and Dan Slevin wrap up this year’s New Zealand International Film Festival and review the new Ghostbusters and Kubo and the Two Strings. Video, Audio
RN 4/15: Kubo tugs the Heart Strings
Kailey's contract at NZIFF has finished so she can start reviewing again - so she starts by catching up with the new Ghostbusters. Dan gets back in to the commercial release scene with Laika's Kubo… Audio
NZIFF diary part six
As the Wellington leg of the New Zealand International Film Festival announces another year of record attendances, Dan Slevin limps across the finish line with his final festival diary entry for 2016.
…Censoring in the modern age
With the rise of online streaming services, the role of the censor gets more difficult. Deputy Chief Censor Jared Mullen has been in the role for a year and gives an insight into what he has to… Audio