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The Wellington Film Society Inc, PO Box 1584, Wellington 6140, New Zealand
Registered as a charitable entity under the Charities Act 2005, with donee status
approved by Inland Revenue. Registration No. CC41407
he Wellington Film Society enables you to see in a cinema a range of
international cinema you are unlikely to see elsewhere. Membership
gives you free entry to all our screenings. Full year members also
qualify for generous discounts at the annual New Zealand International
Film Festival held each year in mid July, as well as discounts at
Wellington cinemas and Aro Video.
We are a non-profit incorporated society, affiliated to the New Zealand Federation
of Film Societies, which has been screening films in Wellington for over 60 years.
As well, there are film societies in Auckland, Hamilton, Palmerston North, Nelson,
Canterbury and Dunedin, and several smaller centres. Membership also gives you
free entry at any of these other film societies in New Zealand.
Film Society membership is open to everyone. However, we operate on a
subscription basis because (with just a few exceptions) we have non-commercial
screening rights, and must screen to members only. It is easy to Join, and
membership runs for 12 months from month of joining. We also offer an
upgradeable "Three Film Sampler" to make it easier for potential members to
sample our films. Guests cannot be admitted, unless specifically stated in the
Schedule, in which case visitors are admitted as members’ guests and a donation
is payable at the door.
The Wellington Film Society is run on behalf of its members by a voluntary
committee elected at the Annual General Meeting held in March each year.
All screenings at the Paramount, 25 Courtenay Place, 6.15pm Mondays from the
beginning of March to the end of November (except for public holidays and during
the annual NZ International Film Festival). The Schedule is on the following page.
As with any list, it is subject to change due to circumstances outside the Society's
control.
Our annual programme, as well as appearing on this web site, is published in a
colour brochure which is distributed widely around the Wellington area. You will find
it on the counters of most movie theatres, libraries, book shops, cafes and other
venues.
We are sometimes asked Where Our Films Come From. Click on the link for a
summary of the process.
We invite your comments. Become a Fan of the Wellington Film Society on
Facebook. Join up, get weekly reminders of screenings and comment on the films.
Thanks are due to the following: The National Film Board of Canada for the
Norman McLaren retrospective, the French Embassy for the French films near the
beginning of the year and documentaries in August and September, the Goethe
Institut for the German features and documentary in June, MGM Channel NZ for
our closing film, The NZ Film Archive for the loan of the piano for our silent films,
The NZ Film Commission; and Cinema Paramount Limited for generously making
their facilities available.
