AucklandFilmSociety.org.nz
Title
Auckland Film Society
Description
Auckland Film Society is a non-profit incorporated society and is a member of the New Zealand Federation of Film Societies, which has been screening films throughout the country for 60 years. There are film societies in Auckland, Hamilton, Palmerston North, Wellington, Nelson, Canterbury and Dunedin, as well as in several smaller centres. Each year film societies screen to an estimated total combined audience of 25,000 New Zealanders.
Film Society membership is open to everyone. We operate on an annual subscription basis because (with just a few exceptions) we have non-commercial screening rights, and must screen to members only. All film societies are run by committees of volunteers from the general membership. The Auckland Film Society committee is elected at our AGM in April each year. Current committee members are Doug Althoff, Lindsay Amos, Alison Ashton, Mark Andersen, Simon Erceg, Andrew Lockett, Jane McKenzie, Heather McQueen, Jonathan Smith and Marjorie Sprecher.
Many distinguished and innovative films are never released commercially or shown on television in New Zealand. Film societies specialise in screening these quality films that cannot be seen anywhere else: documentaries, features from around the world, classics, director retrospectives and national cinema seasons. We also showcase selected New Zealand films every year, with the support of the New Zealand Film Commission.
