Welcome to our 2017 season of classic and contemporary cinema from home and abroad
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THIS WEEK
THEEB
Monday 29 May, 6:30pm
Naji Abu Nowar • Jordan/Qatar/UAE/UK • 2015
100 mins • Blu-ray • M violence
In Arabic and English with English subtitles
THEEB
Monday 29 May, 6:30pm
Naji Abu Nowar • Jordan/Qatar/UAE/UK • 2015
100 mins • Blu-ray • M violence
In Arabic and English with English subtitles
Set in 1916, this suspenseful, historically freighted Jordanian film concerns a watchful young Bedouin obliged to guide a British officer through the spectacular desert of Wadi Rum. Best Foreign Language Oscar nominee 2016.
"A classic adventure film of the best kind." - Variety
Screening times, reviews and trailer >>
"A classic adventure film of the best kind." - Variety
Screening times, reviews and trailer >>
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About
Auckland Film Society is a non-profit incorporated society and a registered charitable organisation. We are a member of the New Zealand Federation of Film Societies, which has been screening films throughout the country for over 70 years.
Your annual subscription contributes to programming services, venue hire and administration costs. AFS thanks Foundation North and Waitemata Local Board for their generous support this year, and all our local supporters, acknowledged here and in our brochure and Close Up magazine.
Auckland Film Society is run by a committee of volunteers elected from the general membership at our Annual General Meeting each April. Current committee members are Alison Ashton, Simon Erceg, Andrew Lockett (Chair), Natasha Loh, Gorjan Markovski, Jane McKenzie, Ruth Patterson, Craig Ranapia, and Marjorie Sprecher. Our 2017 AGM will be held on 24 April.
We acknowledge the generous assistance of Weta Digital, Institut Français and the Embassy of France, the Goethe-Institut, and the Confucius Institute, Victoria University of Wellington. Programming by Michael McDonnell, New Zealand Federation of Film Societies.
Auckland Film Society is a non-profit incorporated society and a registered charitable organisation. We are a member of the New Zealand Federation of Film Societies, which has been screening films throughout the country for over 70 years.
Your annual subscription contributes to programming services, venue hire and administration costs. AFS thanks Foundation North and Waitemata Local Board for their generous support this year, and all our local supporters, acknowledged here and in our brochure and Close Up magazine.
Auckland Film Society is run by a committee of volunteers elected from the general membership at our Annual General Meeting each April. Current committee members are Alison Ashton, Simon Erceg, Andrew Lockett (Chair), Natasha Loh, Gorjan Markovski, Jane McKenzie, Ruth Patterson, Craig Ranapia, and Marjorie Sprecher. Our 2017 AGM will be held on 24 April.
We acknowledge the generous assistance of Weta Digital, Institut Français and the Embassy of France, the Goethe-Institut, and the Confucius Institute, Victoria University of Wellington. Programming by Michael McDonnell, New Zealand Federation of Film Societies.
Auckland Film Society
PO Box 5618
Wellesley St
Auckland 1141
New Zealand
Phone +64 9 527 6076
Fax +64 9 570 9702
PO Box 5618
Wellesley St
Auckland 1141
New Zealand
Phone +64 9 527 6076
Fax +64 9 570 9702
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