On Screen This Week
Films at Luxe Cinemas :
Tauranga & Papamoa
Return of Festival Films
Date: From now 25th June 2026
Venue: Luxe Cinema Tauranga and Papamoa
If you missed the The Richest Woman in the World, you are in luck. It is the first of the French festival films has returned.
Venue : Luxe Cinemas Tauranga and Papamoa
The Tauranga Film Society at Cinema Luxe : Wednesday 8th July at 6:00pm
Films at The Arts Junction Katikati :
July : Date & Time to be confirmed
Eiffel (2021), a romantic drama in French with English subtitles
Having just finished his work on the Statue of Liberty, Gustave Eiffel was at the height of his career. The French government wanted him to create something spectacular for the 1889 Universal Exposition in Paris, but Eiffel was only interested in the metro project. Everything changed the day he met his childhood sweetheart again. Their forbidden relationship inspired him to change the Paris skyline forever.
Trailer : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C-gAL0_e2E4&t=6s
DVDs to Lend Out
I have approximately 120 French DVDs that anyone who is still able to view DVDs is most welcome to borrow. There are comedies and dramas, recent and older films, famous actors and less famous. All are subtitled in English.
Let me know if you don’t have, but would like, the catalogue and then make your choice.
shelley@lovefrench.nz or ph 07 578 9416. No charge.
Au petit écran – on the Small Screen
TV NZ OnDemand : has a number of French movies in their Foreign Language section including Voltaire and The Paris Murders:
https://www.tvnz.co.nz/categories/foreign-languageVoltaire in Love
Voltaire in Love & The Paris Murders on TV NZ On Demand Now
Voltaire : Contre l’intolérance, l’homme qui ne voulait pas se taire.
This portrait of a young man shaped by exile and personal tragedy explores the experiences that forged one of history’s most influential philosophers.
The Paris Murders :
Gifted with razor-sharp intuition, a police profiler teams up with a savvy homicide detective to crack the toughest of cases.
Netflix : Lots of excellent French series & films to suit all tastes.
Library Movie Streaming:
All you need is a Tauranga City library card and the internet and you will be able to access over a thousand films and documentaries via Beamafilm, or classical music, concerts, ballets ,documentaries, artist portraits and education programmes via Medici TV. All access is free.
For more info: https://library.tauranga.govt.nz/digital-library/streaming
PS: The library also has real books and, in particular, a French novel section.
TV NZ OnDemand : has a number of French movies in their Foreign Language section:
https://www.tvnz.co.nz/categories/foreign-language
Maori Channel : Keep an eye out for their Sunday evening films that are usually repeated at noon on the Monday. They frequently show foreign films and often French ones.
https://www.maoriplus.co.nz/
