Hamilton Film Society is a non-profit incorporated society and a registered charitable organisation. HFS is a member of the New Zealand Federation of Film Societies, which has been screening films throughout the country for over 60 years. There are film societies in Auckland, Palmerston North, Wellington, Nelson, Canterbury and Dunedin, as well as in several smaller centres. Each year film societies screen to an estimated total combined audience of 25,000 New Zealanders.

Many distinguished and innovative films are never released commercially or shown on television in New Zealand. Film societies specialise in screening these quality films that cannot be seen anywhere else: documentaries, features from around the world, classics, director retrospectives and national cinema seasons. We also showcase selected New Zealand films every year, with the support of the New Zealand Film Commission.

The film society season is programmed each year with the aim of enhancing members' understanding of world-wide film culture and our country's place in it. We do this by showing international work of the highest standard, side by side with New Zealand films. Film society magazines feature international film comment and criticism to help members form contexts for their viewing, and include a diverse range of views and beliefs.

Programming services are funded by members' subscriptions and the 2010 Season is presented with financial assistance from the New Zealand Film Commission. In 2010 we acknowledge the generous support of Embassy of France and the Goethe-Institut, Wellington.

Film Society membership is open to everyone. We operate on an annual subscription basis because (with just a few exceptions) we have non-commercial screening rights, and must screen to members only. All film societies are run by committees of volunteers from the general membership. The Hamilton Film Society committee is elected at our AGM each year.

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Hamilton Film Society
PO Box 1216
Hamilton

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