New Zealand International Film Festival '09 - Trailer Special

7th February 2011
Flicks.co.nz's favourite festival of the year, the World Cinema Showcase, is nearly upon us – Auckland, April 1st – 8th; Wellington, April 14th - 30th; Dunedin, May 5th - 18th (visit worldcinemashowcase.co.nz for full schedules). As is tradition, we've pulled together every trailer to help you peruse this year's line-up...

And Everything Is Going Fine
Steven Soderbergh's (Ocean's Eleven, Traffic) documentary on actor, playwright and master monologist Spalding Gray... more.
Another Year
British comedy-drama from veteran director Mike Leigh (Vera Drake, Secrets & Lies) with Jim Broadbent and Ruth Sheen... read more.
Armadillo
Follows Danish soldiers in Afghanistan. The first ever documentary to screen in the Cannes Critics' Week competition, and the first doc to win it... read more.
The Art of the Steal
Plays like a thrilling whodunit as it seeks to solve what happened to the world-renowned Barnes art collection, valued in the "billions and billions"... read more.
Bicycle Dreams
Doc following a group of cylclists - madmen, hell-bent on riding across America on bike in less than ten days... read more.
Bill Cunningham New York
Photographer Bill Cunningham, well into his ninth decade, has two weekly columns in the ‘Style’ section of the New York Times... read more.
Catfish
Facebook-romance, mystery-thriller documentary about... well, that would be spoiling the surprise. Tagline: "Don't let anyone tell you what it is"... more.
Client 9: ...Fall of Eliot Spitzer
Brilliant documentarian Alex Gibney (Gonzo) takes a look at the rapid rise and dramatic fall of disgraced New York Governor Eliot Spitzer... read more.
Cold Weather
From mumblecore director Aaron Katz (Quiet City), a slice-of-life mystery about a Sherlock Holmes enthusiast, named Doug... read more.
Freakonomics
Omnibus documentary based on the best-selling non-fiction book of the same name, about economics and the study of incentives... read more.
Gallants
Crazy action-comedy kung-fu flick from Hong Kong. He’s fast, powerful, undefeated and hates ugly people... read more.
Kaboom
A hyperstylized, pansexual trip, Kaboom is a live-action film born out of the graphic novel aesthetic... read more.
Lemmy
A veritable institution and definitive rock God, Lemmy Kilmister at 65 years old, still downs two packs of Marlboro Reds and a bottle of Jack Daniel's a day... read more.
LENNONYC
Doc exploring and celebrating the arc of John Lennon's solo career, his relationship with Yoko Ono, and time spent in New York City... more.
My Afternoons with Margueritte
Comedy set in provincial France starring Gerard Depardieu. From Jean Becker (Conversations with My Gardener)... read more.
Of Gods and Men
Award-winning French drama, based on true events, about Trappist monks who stand up for their beliefs when confronted by fundamentalists in Algeria... more.
Operation 8
Examines the Rambo-like ‘anti-terror’ raids of October 2007, illuminating how and why they took place - and at what continuing cost... read more.
Potiche
A French farce, from François Ozon (Swimming Pool) starring Catherine Deneuve and Gérard Depardieu. read more.
Rabbit Hole
Based on the stage play by David Lindsay-Abaire, starring Nicole Kidman and Aaron Eckhart as a pair of grieving parents... read more.
Reign of Assassins
Chinese wuxia flick starring Michelle Yeoh (Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon) and co-directed by John Woo (Face/Off)... read more.
Restrepo
Sundance-winning and Oscar-nominated documentary following a US platoon, for one year, fighting in the deadliest valley in Afghanistan... read more.
Rubber
Horror comedy about a rubber tyre that mysteriously gains telepathic powers and an appetite for murder... read more.
Sagan
French biographical film about hedonistic French author Françoise Sagan, charting the rise and fall of her fame and fortune... read more.
Smash His Camera
Sundance winning doc about the life and career of the original paparazzi photographer Ron Galella, from the director of When We Were Kings... more.
Tucker & Dale vs Evil
Canadian, hillbilly, horror-comedy: Tucker and Dale are two simpletons heading to their “fixer-upper” cabin for some relaxin’... read more.
Uncle Boonmee
Thai director Apichatpong Weerasethakul's surreal comedy, winner of the Palm d'Or at the 2010 Cannes Film Festival... read more.
Waiting for Superman
From the director of An Inconvenient Truth, doc analyses the failures of America's public education by following several students... read more.
Waste Land
Vik Muniz is a Brazilian artist known for composing portraits from such materials as sugar and chocolate syrup and, now, trash... read more.
The Way Back
War drama inspired by the true story, directed by Peter Weir (The Truman Show) and starring Colin Farrell and Ed Harris... read more.
We Are What We Are
Critically acclaimed, macabre horror from Mexico, in which a family of cannibals who, after the death of the father, are on the hunt for some flesh... read more.
When We Leave
Austrian actress Feo Aladag's directorial debut, Germany's official Oscar submission (for Best Foreign Language) in 2011... read more.
White Meadows
In this dreamlike yet earthbound film, Rahmat the boatman navigates the increasingly brackish waters of a coastal land... read more.
Who Is Harry Nilsson?
Explores the enigmatic life and music of pop-rock singer/songwriter Harry Nilsson - named by the Lennon & McCartney as their favourite American artist... more.
The Woodmans
Documentary about doomed photographer Francesca Woodman and her "family's fall and redemption in the often brutal world of art"... more.
William S. Burroughs
Documentary about American beat poet and novelist, William Burroughs. Narrated by Peter Weller and featuring a soundtrack from Sonic Youth... more.
You Don't Like The Truth
Documentary formed from security camera footage from the Guantánamo Bay prison... read more.

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