The New Zealand International Film Festival opens today!
Auckland misses out, but it's full steam ahead for Christchurch and Wellington.
One of the films showing this year is a local documentary - Science in Dark Times - by filmmaker Shirley Horrocks.
It follows the work of the Prime Minister's Chief Science Advister Dame Juliet Gerrard through three years of dramatic crises - including the Whaakari eruption and the Covid-19 pandemic.
Shirley talks to Jesse about making the documentary and the unexpected challenges Dame Juliet was faced with.
Science in Dark Times by Shirley Horrocks Photo: supplied
