Tokyo Ride
06 May
Showing at the Resene Architecture and Design Film Festival 2021, Tokyo Ride follows, Bêka & Lemoine are who celebrated architecture documentary-makers, having previously screened Moriyama San, an exploration of a house designed by Ryue Nishizawa and its quirky owner, Mr Moriyama. Here they return to Tokyo’s busy daily life and press record on a road movie with the architect. In a very diaristic and personal way, the film takes us on board Ryue Nishizawa’s vintage Alfa Romeo for a day of wandering in the streets of his Tokyo.
George Nakashima Woodworker
06 May
Showing at the Resene Architecture and Design Film Festival 2021. The documentary film by nephew, John Nakashima, peels back the layers of George’s remarkable spiritual and creative development. While his furniture in particular, which he began crafting relatively late in life, is well documented—elegant, unexpected marriages of natural and modernist forms in rich, sometimes ancient woods, frequently celebrating whirly burls, unfinished edges, and the like, the film honours the life experiences that ultimately informed the designer’s wholly unique and hugely influential aesthetic.
Finding You
13 May
While studying abroad in Ireland, accomplished young musician Finley (Rose Reid) meets heartthrob movie star Beckett (Jedidiah Goodacre) shooting his latest medieval fantasy blockbuster. Sparks fly between the unlikely couple who inspire each other to find the strength to be true to themselves. But when forces surrounding Beckett’s stardom threaten to crush their dreams, Finley must decide what she is willing to risk for love.
Son of the South
20 May
Set during the sixties civil rights movement, Son of the South is based on the true story of Bob Zellner (Lucas Till), a Klansman’s grandson, who is forced to face the rampant racism of his own culture. Defying his family and white Southern norms, he embraces the fight against social injustice, repression and violence to change the world he was born into. Executive Produced by Spike Lee, the film is based on Bob Zellner’s autobiography The Wrong Side of Murder Creek: A White Southerner in the Freedom Movement.
