The 2013 New Zealand International Film Festival is upon us, and I’m sure many of you have already emptied an entire highlighter on your NZFF schedule.
But I also know there are many of you that have only skimmed the expansive and detailed schedule. As a professional writer, I know how hard it can be to read words – especially big, fancy words. Therefore, I have created this blitz guide to tend to your attention-deficit needs that ask the basic question:
Why should I see this movie?
A Band Called Death
A Field in England
Antarctica: A Year On Ice
Blackfish
The Bling Ring
Blood Brother
Blue Ruin
Behind the Candelabra
Cheap Thrills
The Deadly Ponies Gang
Ernest and Celestine
Fantail
Frances Ha
Magic Magic
Maidentrip
Maniac
Mood Indigo
Much Ado About Nothing
Mud
Only Lovers Left Alive
Persistence of Vision
Pussy Riot: A Punk Prayer
Romeo and Juliet: A Love Song
Scenes in my Head
Soul in the Sea
The Spectacular Now
Stories We Tell
The Strange Little Cat
Goblin Plays Suspiria
Terms and Conditions May Apply
The Past
The Weight of Elephants
To the Wonder
Upstream Color
Utu Redux
Village at the End of the World
Wadjda
What Maisie Knew
What Richard Did
We Steal Secrets: The Story of WikiLeaks
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