After getting off to a great start last week, our inaugural Best Foreign Language Film festival continues with a riotous entry from Greece. Plus, a double feature of dramas about forbidden love in two very different times and settings.
Please note that New Zealand drama MAHANA replaces the originally scheduled A MONSTER CALLS as the first film on Saturday 10 June at 7 PM.
• Fri 9 June @ 7:30 PM: CHEVALIER
This multi-award-winning Greek comedy follows six men stranded on a yacht in the Aegean Sea who decided to play an increasingly-absurd game of one-upmanship to prove their masculinity in this scathing unpicking of manhood. Greece’s submission to the Best Foreign Language Film category at the 2017 Oscars.
** Presented in partnership with the Embassy of Greece **
• Sat 10 June @ **7 PM**: MAHANA + LOVING
In MAHANA, two Māori sheep-shearing families on the rural East coast of New Zealand are sworn enemies battling for supremacy in the 1960s. But when the youngest son of the Mahana family sets out to unravel the truth behind the longstanding feud, he inadvertently risks the fragile cohesion of their tight-knit society. Directed by Lee Tamahori (ONCE WERE WARRIORS).
Then, in LOVING (at approx. 8:45 PM), discover the true story of Richard and Mildred Loving (Joel Edgerton and Ruth Negga) who were arrested for their interracial marriage in 1960s Virginia, leading to a legal challenge that would go all the way to the Supreme Court. Oscar nominee for Best Actress (Ruth Negga).