The best way to experience the festival! Access to ALL of our 30 film screenings the weekend of 28-30th Oct 2016.

Entry to our 5 feature documentary screenings. Atlantic, A Dream At Sea, Spirit of the Ancestors, The Art of Recovery, Mind Landscape. Refer to schedule for more details.

Access to Friday 28th Oct events: 7pm Launch Party, 8:30pm World Premiere of I will Treasure Your Friendship (Australia), and NZ Premieres of Stick To Your Gun (NZ) and Unit 6 (NZ) w/director Q&As, as well as NZ Premiere of half hour film Tamara, Echelon (Romania), After Party. Ratings TBA at http://arohanuifilmfestival.nz/tamara.html

Saturday 29th Oct 10:30am - Narrated by Emmy Award-winning actor BRENDAN GLEESON, Atlantic follows the fortunes of three small fishing communities as they struggle to maintain their way of life in the face of mounting economic and ecological challenges. Preceded by award winning NZ short film Madam Black. http://arohanuifilmfestival.nz/atlantic.html

Saturday 29th Oct 1pm - Set on New Zealand’s most iconic street this collection of short films - by some of New Zealand’s most creative filmmakers - explores the uncommon, the contrasting, and the crazy. followed by film-maker Q&As. Rated M

Saturday 29th Oct 3pm - Two first-time single mothers, one a girl racer, the other a pianist and gardener, who share a room in a post-natal ward after the birth of their babies. A precarious friendship develops between the two, and as they face the challenges of new motherhood, they must also confront their pasts and face the truth of the paternity of their newborn babies. Preceded by NZ Premiere of Risky Game (Germany) Rated: M Offensive language & adult themes

Saturday 29th Oct 6pm - Film-maker Csaba Bene Perlenberg joins us from Sweden to present his feature filmed entirely from the perspective of a dog. Preceded by world premiere of Waikato short film Only Humane. Rated: M Violence, sexual references & content that may disturb.

Saturday 29th Oct 8:30pm - Award-winning epic action-comedy in the vein of Galaxy Quest meets Monty Python. Followed by Q&A with writer/director/actor Christian Nicolson. Rated M

Saturday 29th Oct 10:30pm - NZ Premiere. Three wannabe artists build a boat out of garbage and imagination. Driven by naivity they set course for the open seas. Their goal is to hijack a world known art exhibition.

SUNDAY 30th OCTOBER 10am - This documentary portraits a journey in search of the lost Mana, but it will also be the registry of part of a social and political movement the island is going through, that is trying to claim back the value of what’s theirs, their lands and the objects that give sense to one of the world most complex and extraordinary Cosmo visions. Preceded by The Bus Trip (Sweden/Israel/Palestine).

SUNDAY 30th OCTOBER 1:30pm - The Art of Recovery celebrates the creativity that spontaneously emerged in post-quake Christchurch, and explores the tension between this organic grassroots movement and Central Government's corporate-driven urban plan. It's bohemia verses big business, and tells an uplifting story of resilience that informs a greater conversation about how we live together and how our cities could be. Preceded by NZ Premiere of The Boxer (UK)

Sunday 30th Oct at 3:30pm - Photographer Yankang Yang spent 10 years capturing Tibet, trying to show the world a decade of enlightenment. Follow him and see what he saw. Preceded by Bitter Sweet (NZ).

Sunday 30th Oct at 5pm - 7th grader Thomas lives in a small city in Denmark. He's in love with the schools tough girl, Vikki and to get close to her, he has to help her and a gang of older boys blow up their teachers bike. The head of the gang is Vikki's boyfriend. Rating TBA at http://arohanuifilmfestival.nz/where-the-windmills-are.html Preceded by Digit (NZ)

Sunday 30th Oct at 7pm - The 1981 Kiwi classic road movie from Geoff Murphy that takes a stolen mini from Kaitaia to Invercargill. Preceded by short film Ride (NZ).

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