FILMS BY DAYS
DOCUMENTARY
PECKING ORDER
THURSDAY 10AM
Join members of the Christchurch Poultry, Bantam and Pigeon Club in the lead up to the NZ National Championships, as they battle history and each other in a quest for glory and for the love of their birds.
DOCUMENTARY
SUZY AND THE SIMPLE MAN
THURSDAY 12:00PM
Eight years in the making, this intimate yet funny and uplifting film features Suzy and her adventurer husband Jon Muir, who live a simple life off the grid growing their own food.
FEATURE
SCHOOL OF LIFE
THURSDAY 2:00PM
Paris 1930. Nine year old Paul, from an austere orphanage in Paris, is entrusted to Célestine, a cheerful country lady and her husband, Borel, the game-keeper of a vast estate in Sologne that is owned by the Count of Fresnaye.
FEATURE
POP AYE
THURSDAY 4:30PM
This unique road trip film from Thailand was the Opening Night feature at Sundance. Discontented middle-aged architect Thana wanders out of his Bangkok office and, as an expression of midlife angst, buys an elephant he’s convinced is his long-lost childhood pet, Pop Aye.
FEATURE
LET THE SUNSHINE IN
THURSDAY 7:00PM
Luminously headlined by Juliette Binoche, Claire Denis’s delightful foray into romantic comedy retains all the director’s signature sensual delicacy.
