60 years after the first film society was founded in Wellington, the New Zealand Federation of Film Societies continues its dedication to broadening your film-going options. Your local Film Society is a link in New Zealand’s only alternative non-profit network of film exhibition. As a largely voluntary organisation the Film Society plays an important role in bringing a variety of international cinema to this country’s screens. With no two Societies offering exactly the same programme, local screenings are drawn from the Film Society’s own extensive collection, in conjunction with a selection of the exciting titles freshly imported this year.

Film Society membership is available to everyone, entitling you to free admission to all Film Society screenings throughout the year, anywhere in New Zealand. (Censorship ratings apply to all screenings.) Please note that most screenings will be open to members only. Various forms of membership are available - depending on your area - with many Societies offering short-term memberships that allow you to hand pick a sample of what’s on offer. Membership in many areas also allows you generous concessions at the Film Festival, and to local cinemas.

Each Film Society is run by a committee of volunteers elected from the general membership at its AGM. At the AGM of the NZ Federation of Film Societies, Film Society representatives are elected to the Management Committee. Current Management Committee members are Ryan Reynolds (President, Canterbury), Ross Stevenson (Vice President, Palmerston North), David Jenkinson (Secretary, Wellington), Alan Collins (Treasurer, Wellington), Andrea Haines (Past President, Hamilton), Jane McKenzie (Auckland), David Lindsay (Wellington), Chris Watson (Nelson), Vicki Evans (Dunedin), Tanya Surrey (Queenstown), Michael O'Brien (Tauranga) Brigitte Nohl (Waitati, co-opted) and Peter Goodbehere (co-opted).

The Postman Always Rings Twice,
USA 1946