New Zealand Movies

Solo, a young Samoan interpreter entrenched in the colonial court system, is suddenly challenged when the High Chief Nua is called to the stand....

A young boy being bullied at school and with an abusive father at home encounters a mysterious creature when playing alone in the woods that will...

When Celeste needs some alone time, she watches back episodes of her favourite soap operas. At times the lines between reality and fantasy becomes a...

A documentary about the threat posed to New Zealand's Kaipara Harbour by rapacious commercial fishing and development.

Actor Martyn Sanderson returns in 1977 to the Hokianga of his youth and visits his elderly and romantic aunt, Olive Bracey. Her reminiscences of...

A documentary exploring the battle over public education in New Zealand from the 1980s through the 1990s

Borrowing its title from a literary genre, the film acknowledges the indeterminacy of both fiction and the self. Noir elements are reduced to deadpan...

This remarkable film traces the final impact which both races had on the indigenous Moriori of the Chatham Islands. Moriori were a peaceful people...

Family drama set in New Zealand about Geoff Crome, a young boy (Fulford) who immerses himself in his own private fantasy world where he meets Firpo...

In this poetic short film, writer/director/songwriter Kararaina Rangihau tells a story of great significance to the Tūhoe people. Unfolding...

"The Silent Alps" explores a forgotten massacre that is widely unknown in the modern era, the history of Kea culling in New Zealand

After his son insists on bringing his boyfriend to practice, a rugby-mad father fears for his son’s chances of getting onto the national team.

Two teens in an earthquake damaged city go on a journey to rediscover the life in the cracks.

The DNA samples Lucy needs to finish her thesis don't arrive, so she's stuck - unless she can find a DVA sample from a 100-year-old Chinese corpse....

Genuine New Zealand treasures Isey and James invite us into their lives in the week leading up to Isey's 100th birthday! A Northland celebration of...

Dorothy (Fiona Samuel), a lone swimmer, luxuriates in tranquil bliss at a deserted pool — only to have her solitude rudely interrupted by a...

A woman wakes up in the morning to an excessive number of phone messages from her ex-boyfriend.

A seven year old girl watches her migrant mother break down after being abandoned by her husband, and brings her back from the brink of leaving her...

This promotion for the Edmonds Baking Powder Company features beloved radio personality Aunt Daisy (Maud Ruby Basham). Its narrative is entrenched...

A short documentary about freestyle skiing made for the New Zealand Tourist and Publicity Department.