Metro Cinema.. Townhall Building
Moray Place, Dunedin ( just up from the Library )
Coming Soon
SHOW ME SHORTS
ELEANOR THE GREAT
THE GREAT WHITE WHALE
HILARY: OCEAN TO THE SKY
JOY: FULL AND FEARLESS
PIKE RIVER
SHOW ME SHORTS: THE SAMPLER
Highlight of the short films from the festival are collected in this tasty package. Inspiring and thoughtful stories including a boxing nun, an AI robot, a dedicated teacher and a Palestinian man trying to return home... featuring much loved stars as Hugh Bonneville, Marlon Williams, Thomas Sainsbury and Alison Bruce feature... .
- tickets available at Metro Box office
Adult $14, Senior $12 (with gold card), Child $10 (under 12years of age )
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Screening times:
Tues7/10 Wed8/10 Thurs9/10 Fri10/10 Sat11/10 Sun12/10 Mon13/10 Tues14/10 Wed15/10 7:30pm
ELEANOR THE GREAT
Eleanor the Great features a bravura performance from June Squibb in the title role of the spirited 94-year-old who tells a tale that takes on a dangerous life of its own. Eleanor Morgenstein has always stayed engaged and connected to the people around her. So, after a devastating loss, she relocates from Florida to New York City to live with her daughter and grandson, hoping to reconnect with her family. Instead, she feels even more adrift and invisible. One day she unknowingly wanders into a support group where she doesn’t quite belong, only to reveal a story that unwittingly brings her a level of attention she did not intend.
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Screening times:
Tues7/10 Wed8/10 Thurs9/10 Fri10/10 Sat11/10 Sun12/10 Mon13/10 Tues14/10 Wed15/10 TBC
THE GREAT WHITE WHALE
It’s the extraordinary tale, told by those who took part, of ten men, including three New Zealanders, who sailed for months, with no toilet on board, through the roughest of seas, hellbent on reaching and overcoming the Great White Whale. They called it The Great White Whale, because that's what Australia's highest peak, Big Ben, on Heard Island, looks like when approached from the sea. Kosciuszko was Australia’s highest peak until 1947, but that year Heard Island became an Australian Territory, and its highest peak, Big Ben, became, by over 500 meters, Australia’s highest mountain. They also called it The Great White Whale because some of the men had almost been killed in five separate ways in an attempt two years earlier. Yet back they sailed, obsessed like Captain Ahab, to try again. This multi-International Grand Prize- winning film takes you on both those expeditions It's a must see if you love music, outdoor adventure, sailing or all three, but it's much loved by everyone of all backgrounds and ages. It's an incredible tale, full of amazing characters like New Zealander Colin Putt, a Mensa level IQ engineer, who knew his walking club needed a bus to transport them to walks, so he built one himself. As the ship's engineer, he held the boat together with cornflakes and parts of the Albany to Perth railway line. You need a sense of humour for such a crazy venture and the film is full of humour. It's equally enriched by wonderful music, thanks to another of those remarkable men on board. New Zealander John Crick was just 22 at the time of the expedition, and when he and the others sat down to tell their amazing tale, John got up and sang these hauntingly beautiful songs he’d composed about this life changing journey. His songs have been wonderfully interwoven with additional music by the brilliant musician and composer Paul Jarman. And with its overall cinema surround sound someone has said you can sit in the cinema with your eyes closed and still be glad you came. ......tickets available at Metro Box office Adult $14, Senior $12 (with gold card), Child $10 (under 12years of age )
- Rated E
- (104mins )
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Screening times:
Tues14/10 Wed15/10 Thurs16/10 Fri17/010 Sat18/10 Sun19/10 Mon20/10 Tues21/10 Wed22/10 7:30pmQ&A 7:30pm
HILARY:OCEAN TO SKY
In 1953, the same year Sir Edmund Hilary climbed Everest, a new kind of boat was invented in NewZealand.. The jet boat. It was in this type of boat that Hilary would try to be the first to navigate Himalayas greatest river The Ganges. It was soon after the tragic death of his wife and youngest daughter a plane crash. And Hillary, deeply depressed, hoped this would be a healing journey. We would like you to know that Hillary-Ocean to Sky -a multi- international award-winning adventure film is having a once only screening in five South Island cinemas in October, with a Q&A .session Sunday 1:30pm ..19th Oct The film had a successful but shortened cinema run in New Zealand just before Covid-19, receiving a five- star review and Grand Prizes at Mountain Film Festivals in Europe. Feedback was exceptional, with some calling it the best film they have ever seen. If so, it was due to the ten gripping storytellers, the extraordinary story full of laughter and tears, the brilliant music score, and Sir Peter Jackson’s magical transformation of old footage to the big screen, so the audience feels they are alongside Sir Edmund Hillary sharing his favourite and most action- packed adventure. ......tickets available at Metro Box office Adult $14, Senior $12 (with gold card), Child $10 (under 12years of age ) .
- Rated E
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Screening times:
Tues14/10 Wed15/10 Thurs16/10 Fri17/010 Sat18/10 Sun19/10 Mon20/10 Tues21/10 Wed22/10 1:30pm
JOY:FULL AND FEARLESS
JOY, FULL AND FEARLESS is a 1-hour exclusive documentary that follows the trauma and triumph of Joy Cowley’s astonishing life as New Zealand’s prolific, widely published and celebrated author of adult and children's fiction. Brought to you by Krafty Productions and directed by Clare Burgess, this moving picture is a “testament to the power of storytelling, the human spirit, and the enduring impact of one individual's journey.” ......tickets available at Metro Box office Adult $14, Senior $12 (with gold card), Child $10 (under 12years of age )
- Rated E
- (60mins )
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Screening times:
Tues14/10 Wed15/10 Thurs16/10 Fri17/010 Sat18/10 Sun19/10 Mon20/10 Tues21/10 Wed22/10 1:10pm 7:00pm 7:00pm
PIKE RIVER
Three-time Emmy nominee Melanie Lynskey (YELLOW JACKETS, THE LAST OF US) and acclaimed NZ actress Robyn Malcolm (TOP OF THE LAKE, AFTER THE PARTY) star as Anna Osborne and Sonya Rockhouse; two ordinary women who together stand up and take on the government, justice system and a company that will stop at nothing to protect itself, after the 2010 Pike River Mine explosion takes the lives of 29 men underground. .
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Screening times:
Tues28/10 Wed29/10 Thurs30/10 Fri31/010 Sat1/11 Sun2/11 Mon3/11 Tues4/11 Wed5/11 TBA TBA
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