Marten Rabarts is resigning from his role as festival director after two events blighted by Covid and allegations of mismanagement. Bill Gosden spent 40 years as the director of the New Zealand International Film Festival. The Spinoff understands Marten Rabarts will this weekend confirm his departure from his role as NZIFF’s director. The Spinoff understands Rabarts attempted to quit earlier this year, but was persuaded to stay on to run this year’s festival. Fitzgerald told The Spinoff NZIFF was “talking to all our funders … we have to be thinking in the long term”.

Source: Stuff November 19, 2021 05:11 UTC