Films by Collection

Staff Picks: Ina Kinski

I am on this planet to be entertained, so my selection of NZIFF18 titles are all this: great stories told with skill, or cinematic experiences that I will enjoy as mind echos for years to come. I enjoy a good scare, honest & real love stories and documentaries that help make sense of this messy life.

Birds of Passage

Pájaros de verano

Cristina Gallego, Ciro Guerra

The ancient traditions of Colombia’s indigenous Wayuu are shaped by an ambitious matriarch to stake a place for her clan in the burgeoning drug economy of the 1970s.

Pick of the Litter

Dana Nachman, Don Hardy

“Puppies rule in Dana Nachman and Don Hardy’s seriously cute account of the breeding and training program that prepares service dogs to become guides for the visually impaired.” — Justin Lowe, Hollywood Reporter