Kia Ora everyone. I am a NZer that loves teaching some of our up and coming filmmaker. I have done Roseanne Liang with my 15 year old the last few years with texts such as My Wedding and Other Secrets, Take 3, Shadow in The Cloud etc.
Two questions:
Is it possible to watch one episode of hers that she has directed without the need to watch the rest. Can it stand alone?
Two is what kind of discussions would we be able to have?
Delete if not allowed. I am in no way affiliated with the New Zealand International Film Festival, apart from as a fan of Kiwi and World Cinema.
I went to day one to see the opening with some school kids to watch the NZ premiere of Big Girls Don't Cry. For anyone born 1988 to 1995 it was a prescient coming of age film that had me grimacing with delight and cringe for the similataneous coming of age of Digi nz. It was particularly relevant for teens also coming through this as well. If you want I have written a more extensive review here https://boxd.it/fwP2NJ but this is more about getting around New Zealand film. There are also showings of Mum I am Alien Pregnant which I saw for a test screening and has great cult potential. And The Ungrateful Tenant among many other kiwi showings.
Not just this but there are some world releases likely to have done well and have potential as award winner, cult classics, bizarre fun times, or gritty slices of cultures around the world. Minotaur, Hen, Fjord, The Fox (Sam Neill RIP as Magpie), Goodbye Cruel World, Heel, Gail Daughtry and the Celebrity Sex Pass, I want Your Sex, The holy Boy, Ghost in A Cell, Blue Heron are all on my list.
Support our Arts go along you won't regret it.
After your best and worst meet cutes in film history. What are some of the more egregious examples, ones that make you cringe? What ones do you struggle to look past later on. Look forward to hearing your thoughts?
We all know the likes of Amelie emerges as an character with traits of autism and the mum from EEAAO likely has adhd traits, but what other characters from pulp culture, may or may not go under the radar in this way.