Chinese Film Festival

The 11th Chinese Film Festival in New Zealand 
29 November - 1 December 2019
The Roxy Cinema

2019 (11th) Chinese Film Festival in New Zealand is the continuing effort to showcase excellent Chinese films to New Zealanders and strengthen partnership of film makers between New Zealand and China. Since 1998, the Chinese Film Festival in New Zealand and New Zealand Film Festival in China have been held in both countries in alternating years.

Friday 29 November, 7:00pm
Song of Lingshui / 陵水谣 - Zheng Yujie, a young fisherman from Hainan fishing village, and Anna, a female college student who came to Hainan from Russia to make music, never knew each other before. They fell in love after they meet.

Saturday 30 November, 3:15pm
Animal Rescue Squad / 动物出击 - A ship with toxic waste is hijacked by pirates and only a girl who is able to talk with animals, can save the day.  

Saturday 30 November, 5:15pm
Sharp the Bull / 疯狂斗牛场 - A story about the harmony between humans and animals. Through an interesting and exciting adventure, they find out the road to liberty is full of difficulties. The only way to resolve conflicts is LOVE.   

Saturday 30 November, 7:00pm
I'll wait for you / 我在耀瓷小镇等你 - Kang Qing fell in love with a rich girl, Geng Fei. Geng Fei joined Kangqing to restore his family’s kiln business. However, unexpectedly Kang Qing dies in a car accident. In order to fulfill her lover’s last wishes, Geng Fei finally succeeds in firing the firewood kiln producing high quality products.  

Sunday 1 December, 4:30pm
Mosley / 直立象传说 - A species of creatures known as "thoriphants" rebel against their life of servitude and embark on a treacherous journey to find the fabled city of Uprights. (A Kiwi and Chinese co-production animated in New Zealand)

Sunday 1 December, 6:15pm
Live Life / 似水流年 - Three brothers who studied Kunqu Opera with a Master as a child will face the cruel fate of the stage being demolished. Faced with the complex emotional entanglement between the three brothers, the decline of Kunqu Opera, and the difficulties faced by returning home to start a business, a picture of life in the 1980s slowly unfolds. 


Ticket prices for the Chinese Film Festival:

Adults: $16.50
Film Society/Industry Guilds/Students/Children: $12.50
Seniors (65+): $14.50

$1.50 Booking Fee applies to online, phone & in house sales


Song of Lingshui / 陵水谣

Animal Rescue Squad / 动物出击

Sharp the Bull / 疯狂斗牛场


I'll wait for you / 我在耀瓷小镇等你

Mosley / 直立象传说

Live Life / 似水流年