NZ International Film Festival

Covid has cancelled Auckland’s programme this year but Christchurch opens the annual film extravaganza on October 29, and it kicks off in Wellington on November 4. Highlights include Wes Anderson’s The French Dispatch and Maggie Gyllenhaal’s adaptation of Elena Ferrante’s

The Lost Daughter, featuring Olivia Colman.

New Zealand’s Dame Jane Campion’s The Power of the Dog opens this year’s festival. Visit nziff.co.nz.