The festival had the budget for him to attend one international film festival, and London controlled most of the film rights, so he headed there. His eyes shine as he talks about the late 1970s and 1980s as exhilarating times for the New Zealand film industry. MONIQUE FORD/STUFF Dame Gaylene Preston's film Mr Wrong was a success because Gosden screen it at the NZIFF, she says. Gosden got the green light from his oncologist to travel to the Sydney Film Festival to be on its festival jury. "I'm hoping I can persuade my friends upstairs to sneak me a few links to some of the film festival titles."

Source: Stuff June 14, 2019 17:00 UTC