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This week at the CoroCine Festival at Mercury Twin Cinemas.

Opening film – The Justice of Bunny King 

The powerful Kiwi drama will serve a deeper cause, raising funds for the Monday Community Meals Programme, which provides warm meals to locals who need them. 

“We wanted to open CoroCine 2025 with a film that reflects the courage and creativity we see in our own community,” says Anne-Maree McDougall, co-owner of MTC. “This film is a tribute to determination in the face of hardship  – and what better way to honour that than by helping feed local families.” Bunny King is a mother of two, a rough cut diamond with a sketchy past. While battling the system to reunite with her children, a confrontation leads her to take her niece Tonyah under her wing. With the world against her and Tonyah, Bunny’s battle has just begun.

Fredrick Pokai Anthology 2  (M)

107 minutes. Short films featuring Frederick Pokai – writer, actor, director.

Ngāti Porou, Ngāti Rangiwewehi, Best Actor Visionfeast 2023, Best Actor Top Of The South Film Festival 2024, Best Writing NZ Webfest 2024.

2:15pm Saturday, 23 August. 

The Ground We Won (M ) 

Documentary. Christopher Pryor – Director, Cinematographer, Editor, Photographer; Miriam Smith – Writer – Producer. 

With great bawdiness and camaraderie, an eclectic rugby team of farmers strive to redeem themselves from a long run of bitter losses. A cinema verite study of contemporary manhood as observed through the rites and rituals of a rural New Zealand rugby club.  

5:00pm, Saturday, 23 August.

The Tavern (R16) 

Matt Hicks – Filmmaker, Actor, Champion of NZ Film 

The Tavern follows five small town guys who have a race against time to save their beloved yet run down Tavern from an evil big city property developer with sinister plans. This movie has been hailed as the NZ version of “The Castle” It’s fun, it’s irreverent and it features a host of characters that will feel SO familiar to you! 7:15pm, Saturday, 23 August.

The Red Admiral (R13)

Filmmaker Josh Hamblin. Starring Johnson Manukau – Mercury Bay Area School alumni. Home grown, Whiti-City star!

A blue-collar worker falls into a magical world and finds himself embroiled in a battle with a violent butterfly. Josh and Johnson will be with us for the film. 

1:30pm, Sunday, 24 August.

Three Days in February

Documentary 75 mins. 

A stunning audiovisual experience of Splore. Filmed over seven years during a three-day music and art festival, Splore, the film is a cinematic celebration of human connections and our need for play. For decades this festival has created a safe space for playfulness on land that is blessed by the local iwi.

Producer Lani Feltham’s summers were spent in the Coromandel with her grandparents. We welcome her and filmmaker Serena Stevenson for a Q and A after the screening.

3:30pm Sunday, 24 August. 

Shorts smorgasbord 

Come enjoy a smorgasbord of shorts from or about talented Coromandel creatives all showing at Mercury Twin Cinemas.

12:00pm, Saturday, 23 August. 

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