Next Screening
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Promoted by Human Rights Documentary Screenings NZ
In the Name of ConfuciusMonday 2 December, 7.00pm
Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetu Open to the public, free/koha entry Doors open 6.30pm for socialising, food and drink
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The first film exposing the growing global controversies surrounding the Chinese government’s multi-billion dollar Confucius Institute (CI) — Featuring the exclusive personal story of a former CI teacher, Sonia Zhao, whose defection and complaint led to the first closure of a CI on a North
American campus, and the unprecedented outcry against Canada’s largest school board, the TDSB, over its plan to open the world’s largest CI, the film examines the risks that the Confucius Institutes could pose to our society — a loss of academic integrity, violations to human rights codes, foreign influence, and even potential infringements on national security. More info>> |
See you in 2020!
The Canterbury Film Society will kick-start its fabulous new season in the New Year in February 2020. Sign up for more information about our weekly screenings of top-quality arthouse, international, local, rare and classic feature films, documentaries and more — all on the big screen, the way nature intended!
Full membership provides access to all screenings in the brilliant Philip Carter Family Auditorium at the Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetū, for under $5 per film!
What do we offer? We welcome new members of all ages and provide a friendly, welcoming atmosphere with drinks and snacks for purchase, opportunities to socialise each Monday night, mostly beginning at 7.30pm. We run a carefully curated programme over eight months, each film starting with a guest presenter. We run DVD swap nights, coffee and chat sessions after some films, and regular Open events so you can come along and sample our wares. We work hard to captivate, inform and inspire film buffs as well as those on the hunt for alternatives to mainstream cinema. We’re quite literally the best-kept film screening secret in town!
Looking forward to taking you with us further into film!
Secretary Marina Chester (03) 960 4629 | canterburyfilmsoc@gmail.com
Full membership provides access to all screenings in the brilliant Philip Carter Family Auditorium at the Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetū, for under $5 per film!
What do we offer? We welcome new members of all ages and provide a friendly, welcoming atmosphere with drinks and snacks for purchase, opportunities to socialise each Monday night, mostly beginning at 7.30pm. We run a carefully curated programme over eight months, each film starting with a guest presenter. We run DVD swap nights, coffee and chat sessions after some films, and regular Open events so you can come along and sample our wares. We work hard to captivate, inform and inspire film buffs as well as those on the hunt for alternatives to mainstream cinema. We’re quite literally the best-kept film screening secret in town!
Looking forward to taking you with us further into film!
Secretary Marina Chester (03) 960 4629 | canterburyfilmsoc@gmail.com
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SCREENINGS
Screenings are held on Mondays, 7:30pm, February–November, at the
Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetū. Doors open 7pm for socialising, food and drink. |
2019 SEASON
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JOIN
For membership options, and to join the Canterbury Film Society, click here.
Contact for enquiries: canterburyfilmsoc@gmail.com |
Sign up for email updates from Canterbury Film Society: |
2019 Brochure
Available at the Christchurch Art Gallery and Christchurch public libraries.
Request a mailout using the form, or view a downloadable A4 version here. |
Gift Certificates
If you want to treat a movie lover in your life, we have membership gift certificates available for our Flexi-Pass (allowing them to see any three films), as well as Half-Year and Full memberships. We will send certificates to you to present to your lucky recipient. Please get in touch by emailing canterburyfilmsoc@gmail.com or calling Marina on (03) 960 4629.
ABOUT US
Canterbury Film Society is a non-profit incorporated society and a registered charitable organisation. CFS is a member of the New Zealand Federation of Film Societies, which has been screening films throughout the country for over 70 years. Each year film societies screen to an estimated total combined audience of 2,000 New Zealanders.
Many distinguished and innovative films are never released commercially or shown on television in New Zealand. Film societies specialise in screening these quality films that cannot be seen anywhere else: documentaries, features from around the world, classics, director retrospectives and national cinema seasons.
Film Society membership is open to everyone. We operate on an annual subscription basis because (with just a few exceptions) we have non-commercial screening rights, and must screen to members only. Your annual subscription contributes to programming services, venue hire and administration costs.
All film societies are run by committees of volunteers from the general membership. The Canterbury Film Society committee is elected at our AGM in March each year. Current committee members are Dakota Gibbs (President/Film Handler), Helen Mann (Vice President), Richard Penny (Treasurer), Marina Chester ( Membership Secretary), Gill Beadon (Hospitality), Tim Wang (IT/website), Mat Daniel (Hospitality).
We acknowledge the generous assistance of the Embassy of France, the Goethe Institut, the Confucius Institute, Victoria University of Wellington, and the Rata Foundation.
Many distinguished and innovative films are never released commercially or shown on television in New Zealand. Film societies specialise in screening these quality films that cannot be seen anywhere else: documentaries, features from around the world, classics, director retrospectives and national cinema seasons.
Film Society membership is open to everyone. We operate on an annual subscription basis because (with just a few exceptions) we have non-commercial screening rights, and must screen to members only. Your annual subscription contributes to programming services, venue hire and administration costs.
All film societies are run by committees of volunteers from the general membership. The Canterbury Film Society committee is elected at our AGM in March each year. Current committee members are Dakota Gibbs (President/Film Handler), Helen Mann (Vice President), Richard Penny (Treasurer), Marina Chester ( Membership Secretary), Gill Beadon (Hospitality), Tim Wang (IT/website), Mat Daniel (Hospitality).
We acknowledge the generous assistance of the Embassy of France, the Goethe Institut, the Confucius Institute, Victoria University of Wellington, and the Rata Foundation.
The 2019 NZ Film Society Season is brought to you with the support of the following cultural organisations
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