OCEAN WITH DAVID ATTENBOROUGH takes viewers on a breathtaking journey showing there is nowhere more vital for our survival, more full of life, wonder, or surprise, than the ocean. The celebrated broadcaster and filmmaker reveals how his lifetime has coincided with the great age of ocean discovery. Through spectacular sequences featuring coral reefs, kelp forests and the open ocean, Attenborough shares why a healthy ocean keeps the entire planet stable and flourishing. Stunning, immersive cinematography showcases the wonder of life under the seas and exposes the realities and challenges facing our ocean as never-before-seen, from destructive fishing techniques to mass coral reef bleaching. Yet the story is one of optimism, with Attenborough pointing to inspirational stories from around the world to deliver his greatest message: the ocean can recover to a glory beyond anything anyone alive has ever seen.

A #1 NZ smash hit, Tinā (Mother) is a powerful, inspirational crowd pleaser about the healing power of music. Samoan teacher Mareta Percival is struggling following a huge personal loss in the 2011 Christchurch earthquake. Reluctantly taking on the role of substitute teacher at an elite, wealthy private school - she is surprised to find children crying out for guidance, inspiration and love. Using the symphony of her culture to empower her students, she forms a choir, bringing them together while unexpectedly rediscovering her passion again for being a teacher and mother.

'The Chodge' is proudly presented by Abodo Wood. A documentary about the design and building of a unique private holiday home in New Zealand. Darryl Church, founder of DCA Architects of Transformation, leads the narrative on the designing and building of a unique award-winning home on the picturesque banks of Lake Whakamaru. The film captures the essence of the location and landscape in a raw, honest, and often humorous, portrait. A one-of-a-kind vision 15 years in the making creates a meeting point and sanctuary for a family to gather.

American soprano Angel Blue headlines as the Ethiopian princess torn between love and country in a new production of Verdi's Aida by Michael Mayer that brings audiences inside the towering pyramids and gilded tombs of ancient Egypt with intricate projections and dazzling animations. Romanian-Hungarian mezzo-soprano Judit Kutasi also stars as Aida's rival, Amneris, alongside Polish tenor Piotr Beczała as the soldier Radamès—completing opera's greatest love triangle. Met Music Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin takes the podium.

A true original, Austrian-born and educated R.M. Schindler laid the foundation for what is now known as the Californian style of indoor-outdoor living. This documentary explores the bohemian genius of the highly acclaimed Schindler House in Los Angeles, investigating Schindler's philosophy of Space Architecture, while also raising questions about domestic architecture as a living entity that can shape culture and humanity.

E. 1027 - Eileen Gray and the House by the Sea (89 mins) PRECEDED BY Her Blueprint, Aotearoa (16 mins). E. 1027 - Eileen Gray and the House by the Sea - Eileen Gray's villa, E.1027, on the Côte d'Azur is considered a milestone in architectural history. Enjoy a cinematic journey into the mind of Eileen Gray, offering a story about the power of female expression and men's desire to control it. Her Blueprint, Aotearoa - A moment in time depicting the everyday professional lives of some of the key female players in the design and construction sector in Aotearoa.

Explore the remarkable life and legacy of the late feminist author Ursula K. Le Guin. Heralded as a ‘world builder' and an ‘architect of language', Le Guin is best known for her groundbreaking science fiction and fantasy works, such as A Wizard of Earthsea, The Left Hand of Darkness, and The Dispossessed. Her countless essays and poems depict alternative worlds in politics, the natural environment, gender, religion, sexuality, and ethnography.

Investigating the monumental Tarot Garden and the Stravinsky Fountain in Paris, Japanese director Michiko Matsumoto guides us on a joyous retrospective of her friend and French American artist Niki de Saint Phalle, by combining photographs from her personal archive, with new footage. The film is a heart-warming celebration of de Saint Phalle's ability to mix serious feminism with playful frivolity, and the decorative with the disturbing.

Since the 1970s, English photographer Martin Parr has held up a sometimes tender, sometimes critical and always mischievous mirror to our times, forcing us to take a hard look at how consumer society has shaped our lives. Discover the maverick behind some of the most iconic images of the past century on an intimate and exclusive road trip across England with the uncompromising Parr, whose subjects, frames and colours have revolutionised contemporary photography and invented a political, humanist and accessible photographic language.

Jacquemus: The Prince of Today's Fashion (52 mins) PRECEDED BY Richard Serra: You are the Subject (22 mins). Jacquemus: The Prince of Today's Fashion - The film retraces the story of fashion designer, Simon Porte Jacquemus, founder and artistic director of his brand Jacquemus. Told through 10 years of exclusive archives and backstage footage, we get front row seats from his creative process and how he works with his teams, to the heart of a Jacquemus fashion show. Richard Serra: You are the Subject - A Richard Serra installation calls into question not only the legacy of the artist, but of humanity itself.

Sigurd Lewerentz (1885-1975) is internationally renowned as one of Sweden's greatest architects, but due to his aversion to being interviewed and recorded, he has long been shrouded in mystery. Recently, however, a treasure trove of film and sound recordings of Lewerentz was found in a cellar in Lund; these never-seen-before recordings form the basis of this unique portrait of a figure often described as: enigmatic, mystical, and technical.

Through the material of concrete and its ancestor: stone, comes an epic and poetic meditation on architecture around the globe. Looking at how the design and construction of buildings from the ancient past reveal our destruction, it raises a fundamental question: ‘How do we build, and how can we build better?'

Influenced by 1960s counterculture, the Beatniks, and the free speech movement, Mary Heilmann ranks amongst the most influential abstract painters of her generation. Offering a visually immersive journey, using rare archival material and in-studio conversations—taking place in the artist's studios in Bridgehampton and Tribeca—this film explores her approach to art and her life's practice.

A charming portrait of Dale Frank, Australia's foremost contemporary and conceptual artist, eight weeks out from his 40th exhibition at Sydney's Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery. Throughout this candid biography, we learn what it means to be a professional artist. The stakes are high in the art world, and Frank spends as lavishly as he creates. His paintings fund other colourful exploits: his ever-evolving rural estate where he lives amidst the largest private Natural History Collection in Australia, and the building of a 50-hectare exotic arid-zone botanical garden in his backyard.

We the Others (55 mins) PRECEDED BY Fruitvale: A Community for Regeneration (12 mins). We the Others - Brazilian design duo Fernando and Humberto Campan are renowned as ground-breaking figures in today's creative landscape. Over the past 40 years, the brothers have not only left an indelible mark on the design world but have also been engaged in social initiatives, including developing Campana Park in Brotas - a sustainable space dedicated to nature and community. In the park they have planted 20,000 native tree seedlings and are constructing pavilions made with live plants. Through a series of interviews, and through the voice and presence of Humberto, the film aims to provide an overview on the prolific and remarkable lives of the two artists.

'The Sense of Tuning' is proudly presented by Brickworks. Architect Bijoy Jain, of Studio Mumbai, welcomes us into his house and sheds light on the surprising human systems behind the chaos of Mumbai, and highlights the tendency to work with local materials, such as clay bricks. Along the way, he explains how spaces influence our emotional and physical wellbeing, revealing his life philosophy in a candid and profound manner.

Known for his visionary designs and groundbreaking architectural philosophy, Erickson's work profoundly shaped the modernist landscape as one of the 20th century's most captivating architects. Through intimate interviews, archival footage and a look at his most famous creations, the film reveals the delicate balance Erickson maintained between his creative genius and the challenges of his personal life, reflecting on the human experience of creativity, ambition and the price of greatness.

DOUBLE FEATURE - The House: 6 Points of Departure (48 mins) screens with This Is Not a House (30 mins). The House: 6 Points of Departure - Inspired by ‘land art' sculptors such as Michael Heizer and Robert Smithson, Thom Mayne was guided by the notion of house-to-natural-topography connection when designing the Crawford House. This Is Not a House - Art collectors Bruce Heavin and Lynda Weinman work with architect Robin Donaldson on an ambitious project and create an impressive, if slightly unconventional house. Organised in two levels, it is as much about working with the topography of the site as it is about creating a spectacular object.

The Documerica Project (52 mins) PRECEDED BY Tāwharau Lane: A Sustainability Exemplar (14 mins). The Documerica Project - In the 70s, 100 photographers roamed America to document the environmental movement after 30 years of unbridled consumerism.Nearly 80,000 images encompassed the immensity of a time when America was at its most fragile, in the midst of a social, economic, and political crisis, exacerbated by the Vietnam War. Tāwharau Lane: A Sustainability Exemplar - A short film about a multi-award winning project in the Highbrook Business Park.

Starring Tony-Nominee Jeremy Jordan and Olivier-Nominee Frances Mayli McCann, this award-winning production (including Best New Musical - What's On Stage Awards 2023) re-tells the unbelievable true story of America's most infamous couple, Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow. Recorded live at London's Theatre Royal Drury Lane, discover the electrifying story of love, adventure and crime that captured the attention of an entire nation.

Get inside the mind of distinguished artist, scholar, author, and one of the most renowned and significant landscape architects practicing in the world today, Laurie Olin, whose concerns have defined his life's work: urbanisation, a lost connection to nature, economic marginalisation, and the grave necessity of humanity in design. In a time when global values increasingly reflect profit over people, Olin's vision has always been to create a more democratic and egalitarian society through healthy, shared public space.

Eileen Gray's villa, E.1027, on the Côte d'Azur is considered a milestone in architectural history. Enjoy a cinematic journey into the mind of Eileen Gray, offering a story about the power of female expression and men's desire to control it.

Fabled English record producer Mark Pritchard, luminary songwriter Thom Yorke and groundbreaking visual artist Jonathan Zawada present Tall Tales - a collaborative visual and audio cinema experience a decade in the making. Tall Tales is a fairy tale for the modern world; depicting rising tides, kings & queens, amazon logistics and robotic arms under iridescent skies. Like all good fairy tales - this work edges light with the dark as Thom's echoed chants intertwine with Mark's shimmering electronics on top of Jonathan's hyperreal environments. On Tall Tales, we hear seasoned musicians continue down the path of experimentation, juxtaposed with uneasy landscapes of natural beauty and the brutal aesthetics of a dystopian world. Through Yorke's lyrics, Pritchard's atemporal compositions and Zawada's visuals, Tall Tales questions where our insatiable appetite for ‘progress' might have landed us. A prophetic cinematic experience, Tall Tales has been years in the making, but delivered right on time. IN CINEMAS, FOR ONE NIGHT ONLY 8 MAY 2025

Follows the life in the kitchen of a NYC restaurant where cultures from all over the world blend during the lunchtime rush.