NZ research centre opens in London

NZ film No.2 received a gala screening at last year’s London Film Festival, which ran from 18 October to 2 November. Festival sponsor Air New Zealand hosted the event, which included a panel discussion on ‘The Multicultural Fabric of NZ Film’ featuring Roger Donaldson, Christine Parker, Alan Harris, Philippa Campbell, Kerry Fox and No.2 writer/director Toa Fraser. Chairing the discussion was Dr Ian Conrich, a UK-based scholar of NZ film. Conrich is founding director of the NZ Studies Centre, a research hub for the study of NZ culture which opened in London on January 15. Among other things, the centre houses the largest collection of NZ film and film-related material outside of the country.