Travelling Film Fest Goes To Sea Feb 2016

20 August 2015 | 12:37 pm | Staff Writer

Titanic surely not slated to be screened

The inaugural Travelling Film Festival At Sea sees Sydney Film Festival and Princess Cruises getting together a program that will enhance the experience of cruising around the coast of New Zealand on the Diamond Princess in Feb 2016 while at the same time enjoying some of the best in contemporary film.

Six films have been selected by NZ producer Bridget Ikin, who will be a special guest on the cruise, and includes two of her own films - Sherpa, selected for the 2015 Sydney Film Festival Official Competition, plus the now-classic 1990 award-winning An Angel At My Table.

Also screening are four other films either filmed by, set in or are about New Zealanders - 1993's The Piano, the 2010 feature about an 11 year old Michael Jackson fan and his estranged father titled Boy, Samoan feature film, The Orator and the true-life drama, The Dark Horse.

 

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