International Film Festival starring Auckland
INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2010
Article taken from NZ Herald. Written by Russell Baillie.
"When it opens in Auckland in a month, the 2010 New Zealand International Film Festival will have a decidedly domestic flavour. It's always been global in its reach during its 42 years as the annual highpoint for the city's film buffs. But this year it is also focussed on Auckland like never before. Even the programme, which is launched next week, has its own section titled "Auckland Erupts" dedicated to the five features set in the city having their world premieres at this year's event.
Inevitably, those films involve some familiar faces as well as familiar territory.
Both After The Waterfall and The Hopes and Dreams of Gazza Snell feature Outrageous Fortune stars in leading roles - Antony Starr in the former and Robyn Malcolm in the latter.
Starr plays a park ranger living on the West Coast, whose life is up-ended with the disappearance of his young daughter, while Malcolm is the wife of the titular Gazza (played by Aussie actor William McInnes) whose life in Howick with their two teenage sons Marc and Ed comes under pressure from Dad's efforts to make motorsport heroes out his boys..."
Read the full article here.
Read the full festival line up on Flicks here.