https://wellington.gen.nz/wellington-scoop+cinema Items tagged with Wellington Scoop and Cinema. http://wellington.scoop.co.nz/?p=36931 The annual Wellington Film Festival, which opens today for its 40th anniversary year, was born out of the film society movement. In 1970 when I was elected president of the Wellington Film Society, I was also programmer for New Zealand’s 50 film societies. (I was a television journalist with plenty of spare time for extra activities.) For the film societies, I had to organise an annual season of films, all to be screened from 16mm prints. But many new titles were available only on 35mm prints, and in those days film societies didn’t have access to 35mm projection. localhistory cinema media Fri, 29 Jul 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://wellington.scoop.co.nz/?p=36931 Wellington Scoop 2011-07-29T00:00:00Z http://wellington.scoop.co.nz/?p=23321 The Paramount Theatre was built in 1917, and 93 years later it’s still showing movies. Currently its main attraction is the 12th annual World Cinema Showcase, an annual programme of new international movies which includes a mesmerizing new feature by a great French director who’s almost as old as the cinema. cinema media Mon, 05 Apr 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://wellington.scoop.co.nz/?p=23321 Wellington Scoop 2010-04-05T00:00:00Z