HAMILTON FILM SOCIETY
Welcome to Hamilton Film Society
SCREENINGSWeekly at the Lido Cinema,
Centre Place 501 Victoria Street, Hamilton Mondays at 6.30pm Season screens March - November |
SCHEDULEHamilton Film Society's 2026 schedule is now live!
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JOINSign up in person before any HFS screening at the Lido Cinema. For more info contact:
[email protected] |
Opening Night
Monday 02 March, 6.30pm
The Cranes are Flying
Letyat zhuravli
Awarded the Palme d'Or, this shattering anti-war classic frames two young lovers split apart by the outbreak of WWII within dazzling black-and-white cinematography. “Spellbinding visual beauty” – Slant
See a scene from The Cranes are Flying – Criterion
ABOUT US
Hamilton Film Society (HFS) is a non-profit incorporated society and a registered charitable organisation. HFS is a member of the New Zealand Federation of Film Societies, which has been screening films throughout the country for almost 80 years. There are film societies in Auckland, Palmerston North, Wellington, Nelson, Canterbury and Dunedin, as well as in several smaller centres. Each year film societies screen to an estimated total combined audience of 25,000 New Zealanders.
Film societies specialise in screening quality films from around the world: documentaries, features, short films, classics, director retrospectives and national cinema seasons. We showcase selected New Zealand films every year, with the support of the New Zealand Film Commission. The annual Film Society season aims to take you further – to extend your understanding of film and film culture around the world and here at home.
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. Hamilton Film Society thanks the Lido Cinema for their support this year, and all our local supporters, as acknowledged in our 2024 brochure, and on the Schedule.
All film societies are run by committees of volunteers from the general membership. The Hamilton Film Society committee is elected at our AGM in April each year.
We acknowledge the generous assistance of the Goethe-Institut, the Institut Français and the Embassy of France. Programming by Michael McDonnell, NZ Federation of Film Societies.
Film societies specialise in screening quality films from around the world: documentaries, features, short films, classics, director retrospectives and national cinema seasons. We showcase selected New Zealand films every year, with the support of the New Zealand Film Commission. The annual Film Society season aims to take you further – to extend your understanding of film and film culture around the world and here at home.
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. Hamilton Film Society thanks the Lido Cinema for their support this year, and all our local supporters, as acknowledged in our 2024 brochure, and on the Schedule.
All film societies are run by committees of volunteers from the general membership. The Hamilton Film Society committee is elected at our AGM in April each year.
We acknowledge the generous assistance of the Goethe-Institut, the Institut Français and the Embassy of France. Programming by Michael McDonnell, NZ Federation of Film Societies.
The 2026 NZ Film Society Season is brought to you with the support of these cultural organisations
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