The Teacher That Promised The Sea | Dome Cinema
Fri, 05 Dec
|Dome Cinema and Bar
A moving, time-spanning story of a teacher, a promise, and the lessons history refuses to let us forget.
Time & Location
05 Dec 2025, 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm
Dome Cinema and Bar, 38 Childers Road, Gisborne 4010, New Zealand
About the event
Arriving as part of this year’s Whānau Mārama New Zealand International Film Festival, Patricia Font’s [film] draws us into a village classroom on the brink of the Spanish Civil War, a place where hope flickers in the unlikeliest of moments.
In 1935, charismatic teacher Antoni Benaiges steps into a tiny Catalonian schoolroom and quietly turns everything on its head. His progressive ways are miles away from the rigid teachings of the local priest open up the world for a group of children who’ve never dared to imagine much beyond the hills of Burgos. He even makes a promise that feels almost mythic: to take them to the ocean for the very first time.
View the trailer here.
Bar and Pizza from 5 pm.
The film starts at 7 pm. End times are approximate.
Bookings are essential. Text the Dome Cinema with your name, date, movie and number of people to 027 590…