Somewhere in Tāmaki Makaurau, someone’s wish came true… We’re giving away tickets to our Auckland preview screening of George Miller’s romantic fantasy epic.
UPDATE: Entries have closed and winners contacted by email
Three Thousand Years of Longing
George Miller (Mad Max: Fury Road) directs Three Thousand Years of Longing, starring Tilda Swinton and Idris Elba – and we’re giving Aucklanders an early chance to see it before the film opens in cinemas.
Dr Alithea Binnie (Swinton) is an academic – content with life and a creature of reason. While in Istanbul attending a conference, she happens to encounter a Djinn (Elba) who offers her three wishes in exchange for his freedom.
This presents two problems. First, she doubts that he is real and second, because she is a scholar of story and mythology, she knows all the cautionary tales of wishes gone wrong. The Djinn pleads his case by telling her fantastical stories of his past. Eventually, she is beguiled and makes a wish that surprises them both.
Our preview of Three Thousand Years of Longing is on Monday 29 August, on the big VMAX screen at Event Cinemas Newmarket and starting at 6:30pm. To sweeten the deal, some helpful Djinn will be providing a free popcorn and drink on arrival!
By now you’re no doubt wishing you can attend – watch the trailer and find out how to enter below:
TO GET IN THE DRAW…
1. Sign-up to Flicks’ weekly email – What to Watch (if you are already signed-up, you’re halfway there).
2. Send us an email, with your postal address, to team@flicks.co.nz with ‘Longing’ in the subject line.
3. Await victory. Entries are open until midday, Thursday August 25 and winners will be contacted by email.
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