Whangarei Film Society Inc. is an independent not-for-profit film society. We screen a varied program of high quality films each week at Forum North between February and November.
2026 is our twenty-third consecutive season of hosting film nights!
Screenings typically take place on a Thursday at 6pm and 8pm.
Tickets for each film are $10 for members or $15 for non-members.
Tickets are sold at the door and cash is required.
June 18, 2026 6:00pm // June 25, 2026 8:00pm
It’s 1920s Paris and composer, Maurice Ravel is at the height of his fame.
But he’s facing growing pressure from critics that his most recent works lack emotion and sensuality.
Enter the bohemian choreographer, Ida Rubinstein. She wants to commission Ravel to write a steamy new score for her latest ballet. Something bold yet sensual.
Intimidated but intrigued, the mild-mannered Ravel agrees, little realising this project will launch him into creative purgatory.
The process becomes one of Ravel navigating his self-doubt as he painstakingly creates the piece that will become his calling card.
“This is a compassionate portrait of creative’s process and struggle, with a lead performance just as meticulous as a Ravel composition.” – Gazettely