Antarctic Film Festival 2026 - North Island Tour - 23 March - 22 April
Schedule
Mon, 23 Mar, 2026 at 06:00 pm to Wed, 22 Apr, 2026 at 07:00 pm
UTC+13:00Location
Multiple locations on the North Island | Wellington, WG
Journey to the most remote continent on Earth - Antarctica!
Tickets are sold through the NZ Antarctic Society website: https://antarcticsociety.org.nz/antarctic-film-festival/
The Antarctic Film Festival brings together stunning documentary footage, curated by award winning filmmaker Anthony Powell, that reveals the continent’s stark beauty, unforgiving conditions, climate change, and penguin antics with stories captured by inventive and funny entries from the Winter International Film Festival of Antarctica’s 48-Hour Challenge, an annual showcase of creativity and resilience from those who winter-over on the Ice.
Before the films, local speakers share their stories about the Antarctic region.
Tour locations, dates and speakers include:
Wellington - 23 March
Alexander Hillary - Arctic and Antarctic experiences and challenges
Paekakariki - 24 March
Georgia Grant - climate variability, climate change and sea level rise
Levin - 25 March
Maurie Bognuda - Scouting in Antarctica in the 1960's
Palmerston North - 27 March
Lawrie Cairns - working and surveying in Antarctica over the years
Whanganui - 28 March
Billy Van Uitregt - Local connections to both poles, via Godwits and people
New Plymouth - 30 March
Rex Hendry - Wintering at Scott Base in the 1970's and 1980's
Hamilton - 1 April
Ian Hawes - 40 years under the Ice: diving into Antarctic science
Auckland - 7 April
Ethan McCormick - Experiences shared by a True Young Explorer (Heritage Expeditions) to the Ross Sea and sub–Antarctic Islands
Auckland - 8 April
Frank Graveson - Life at Scott Base in the 1960's (with dogs) and today
Cambridge - 9 April
Meghan Maloney - Photographer and educator stories from Antarctica
Tauranga - 14 April
Peter Otway - Dog sledging on survey missions in the 1960's
Rotorua - 15 April
Christian Pilaar - stories from an Antarctic photographer
Taupo - 17 April
Richard Balm - Dogs and wintering over at Scott Base
Napier/Hastings - 18 April
Brian Jane - Defence force logistical support to Antarctic science operations
Martinborough - 20 April
Bella Duncan - Ancient Antarctica: a journey from forest to ice
Wellington - 21 or 22 April TBC
Ngawai Clendon - Inspiring Explorer (Antarctic Heritage Trust) about her journey to the Ross Sea and historic huts
Where is it happening?
Multiple locations on the North Island, Wellington, New ZealandNZD 0.00
