Whangarei Film Society AGM and first film for 2025
Good People
Please join us for the WFS AGM and 2025 Season Launch on Thursday, February 27th at 6pm.
It will be held at Forum North, 7 Rust Ave Whangarei in the Capitaine Bougainville Theatre.
There will then be a short interval where people can renew their subscriptions. The annual membership fee for 2025 remains the same at $30 and includes one free ticket.
People also have the option to pay their membership fee online. Go to whangareifilmsociety.org
We will then show our first film of the 2025 season, Conclave.
Members from 2024 who attend the AGM will be able to see the film for free.
Please note: There will be one screening only for the evening at 7:15pm. There will NOT be an 8pm screening.
Thank you to all for your continued support of WFS. Hope to see you there.
CONCLAVE
UK, 2024, Drama
115 mins, Rated M (strong language)
Cast: Ralph Fiennes, Stanley Tucci, John Lithgow, Isabella Rossellini
After the unexpected death of the beloved Pope, Cardinal Lawrence (Ralph Fiennes) is tasked with running the conclave, which means assembling cardinals from the world over to secretly select a new pope.
But once the Catholic Church's most powerful leaders have gathered and are locked together in the depths of the Vatican, Lawrence uncovers a trail of deep secrets left in the dead Pope's wake - secrets which could shake the foundations of the Church.
"Sumptuously produced and superbly acted." – Counterfire
Showing at Forum North, 7 Rust Ave Whangarei on Thursday, 27th February at 7:15pm (following the WFS AGM) and Thursday, 6th March at 8pm
View the trailer at: www.youtube.com...
Tickets: Door sales only. $10 WFS members. Non-members pay $5 extra (Total of $15) as an Associate Membership fee, per film.
All welcome. Cash only please – no Eftpos available.
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