New Zealand filmmakers will be present at selected screenings in Wellington to introduce their films and answer questions following the sessions.
Note: Some of these Q&As will take place via Zoom due to travel restrictions for Auckland-based filmmakers.

Annie Goldson — A Mild Touch of Cancer
Annie Goldson is a NZIFF regular with her films including Kim Dotcom: Caught in the Web (2017), He Toki Huna: NZ in Afghanistan (2013) and Brother Number One (2011) previously featuring at NZIFF. A Mild Touch of Cancer is a departure for Annie, the first time she has tackled a science topic. Annie is a Professor in Media, Film and Television at The University of Auckland.
A Mild Touch of Cancer screenings featuring Annie Goldson (via Zoom)
Fri 12 Nov, 6.15pm – City Gallery
Sat 13 Nov, 11.30am – City Gallery

Jim Speers — Ayukawa: The Weight of a Life
Jim Speers came to documentary filmmaking through his work with Field Recordings, a collective of Chinese and New Zealand artists who’ve produced Chinese language documentary artworks exhibited in galleries internationally. This is his first feature film working with Tu Neill. Jim is an Associate Professor at Elam School of Fine Arts at The University of Auckland.
Ayukawa: The Weight of a Life screening featuring Jim Speers (via Zoom)
Sun 21 Nov, 3.10pm – City Gallery

Fiona Clark — Fiona Clark: Unafraid
Fiona Clark will introduce the following screenings
Thu 18 Nov, 6.15pm – Embassy Theatre
Fri 19 Nov, 1.45pm – City Gallery

Peter Brook Bell — Mark Hunt: The Fight of His Life
Peter Brook Bell has worked as a director on television series including Beyond the Darklands, Radar’s Chequered Past and Grand Designs. Peter also produced the recent Origins series about how Māori reached Aotearoa.
Mark Hunt: The Fight of His Life screenings featuring Peter Brook Bell (via Zoom)
Wed 10 Nov, 8.15pm – Roxy Cinemas
Thu 11 Nov, 1.15pm – Roxy Cinemas

Amy Taylor & Chris Huriwai — MILKED
Amy Taylor's debut feature documentary Soul in the Sea premiered at NZIFF 2013, won awards internationally, and was nominated at the prestigious Jackson Hole Wildlife Film Festival. Amy is the owner of Ahimsa Films and has worked with non-profit organisations involved in environmental and social justice movements for more than 20 years. Chris Huriwai (Ngāpuhi, Ngati Porou, Te Ātiawa) is an animal rights activist and vegan advocate. He's the co-founder of the animal rights project Aotearoa Liberation League, and is passionate about te ao Māori and using veganism as a decolonial tool.
MILKED screening featuring Amy Taylor & Chris Huriwai
Sun 14 Nov, 12.30pm – Embassy Theatre

Ana Scotney, Desray Armstrong and Angela Littlejohn — Millie Lies Low
Ana Scotney, Desray Armstrong and Angela Littlejohn will introduce the following screening
Sat 6 Nov, 8.30pm – Embassy Theatre

Briar March — Mothers of the Revolution
Briar March is an award-winning filmmaker and Fullbright scholar, whose first feature-length documentary, 2004's Allie Eagle and Me premiered at NZIFF. Her other films include global warming documentary There Once Was an Island and the social housing documentary A Place to Call Home.
Mothers of the Revolution screening featuring Briar March (via Zoom)
Sat 20 Nov, 12.30pm – Embassy Theatre

Kathleen Gallagher  — Rohe Kōreporepo
Kathleen Gallagher's Seven Rivers Walking – Haere Mārire featured at NZIFF 2017. Previously she directed internationally-acclaimed environmental documentary Earth Whisperers Papatuanuku.
Rohe Kōreporepo screenings featuring Kathleen Gallagher
Sat 13 Nov, 4.00pm – City Gallery
Sun 14 Nov, 11.00am – City Gallery

Luit & Jan Bieringa — Signed, Theo Schoon
Luit Bieringa, the art historian, gallery director, curator and photography specialist, added filmmaking to his bow in 2006 and together with Jan they have made five feature documentaries around art, education, culture. All five films premiered at NZIFF and continue to be screened widely.
Signed, Theo Schoon screenings featuring Luit & Jan Bieringa
Sat 6 Nov, 12.45pm – Embassy Theatre
Wed 17 Nov, 1.15pm – City Gallery

Aileen O'Sullivan & Toby Mills — Whetū Mārama: Bright Star
Aileen O’Sullivan set upSeannachie (Gaelic for Storyteller) Productions 30 years ago to tell stories that connect our past with our present and celebrate New Zealand Culture. Toby Mills has worked extensively in the film and television industry over a period of 30 years with 25 mainstream documentaries to his credit as well as numerous series and other film projects.
Whetū Mārama: Bright Star screenings featuring Aileen O'Sullivan & Toby Mills
Sun 14 Nov, 6.00pm – Embassy Theatre
Mon 15 Nov, 1.35pm – City Gallery

Florian Habicht — Woodenhead
Florian is a NZIFF regular with seven of his films having their premieres at the festival! Highlights include Kaikohe Demolition (2004), Pulp: a Film about Life, Death and Supermarkets (2014) and Love Story (2011). Florian is a 2021 New Zealand Arts Foundation Laureate and the recipient of the Dame Gaylene Preston Award for Documentary Filmmakers 2021.
Woodenhead screening featuring Florian Habicht
Sun 14 Nov, 6.20pm – Roxy Cinemas