“The brain is a multi-faceted thing that thinks about all sorts of things, mostly bull­shit. Where­as a fish doesn’t. A fish only thinks about eat­ing, repro­duc­tion, and stay­ing alive. A bit like the kiwi male, prob­ably.…” loc­al fish­er­man Neil Moody.

Flori­an Habicht’s latest doc­u­ment­ary Land of the Long White Cloud is full of fish­ing and philo­sophy and def­in­itely worth a peek. Cur­rently screen­ing at the Film Archive for three weeks it’s a look into the hearts and minds of fish­er­men and women, as they com­pete for $50,000 in the 90 Mile Beach ‘Snap­per Clas­sic’ – the world’s largest snap­per fish­ing con­test. 

“Must be seen” – Nation­al Radio
“An injec­tion of Awe­some” – 95BFM

Wed­nes­day to Sat­urday nights at 7pm until 27 Feb­ru­ary 
at the Film Archive cinema, corner of Tarana­ki and Ghuznee Sts.

Tick­ets: $14 adult, $12 con­ces­sion, $10 seni­ors, $9 chil­dren