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New Zealand Films To Get Their Day
Xoanon @ 2:15 pm EST

NEW YORK (AP) - Lot 47 films, in association with the New Zealand Film Commission, will present ''2001: A New Zealand Film Odyssey,'' featuring ``new, rediscovered and undiscovered'' New Zealand films. The festival will run from Feb. 7-13.

The opening film is Harry Sinclair's ``The Price of Milk,'' which explores the boundaries of relationships. The festival also includes Sinclair's first feature, ``Topless Women Talk About Their Lives,'' about five dysfunctional friends whose lives intersect.

Other films to be shown: the uncut version of Geoff Murphy's ``Utu,'' a New Zealand classic about a Maori warrior who swears revenge on the British colonizers who killed his family and tribe; Gaylene Preston's documentary, ``War Stories: Our Mothers Never Told Us,'' a look at seven elderly women whose lives are changed by events connected to World War II; Peter Jackson's uncut version of ``Braindead,'' an over-the-top horror film; Robert Sarkies' ``Scarfies,'' a comedy-thriller; and ``What Becomes of the Broken Hearted?'' directed by Ian Mune, the follow-up to ``Once Were Warriors.''

The film festival will also include a short film program that highlights original works coming from New Zealand.

On the Net:

2001: A New Zealand Film Odyssey: http://www.lot47.com/nzfest.html