New Zealand Movies

Abandoned houses filled with useless old junk. Empty streets in deserted suburbs. And why do the airplanes seem to only be heading west? ‘Baseball’ i...

Four of New Zealand's most celebrated artists journey to Fiordland. Over the course of a 5 day voyage they not only explore the most spectacular lands...

When your mate has relationship problems, is it a good idea to bring your girlfriend along to help cheer him up? In Theo Taylor’s perceptive lo-fi fea...

Brother gets evil revenge on his sister.

A queer relationship falls out of sync as one woman loses touch with what is real and what may or may not be coming to her from the divine.

A mother struggles with her toddler's delayed development until a chance encounter with a charismatic young man shifts her feelings.

Through a 30 year career, the late Ewen Gilmour perfected his comedy persona as a black-wearing, beer-slugging, head-banging West Aucklander — the qui...

This is a story about survival, family, love, and how sometimes things go wrong. Set on a colonized Mars, a young girl, her mother and her mother’s st...

A reflection on China's political system and the reality of the country.

Made in response to the poetry of New Zealand filmmaker Joanna Margaret Paul.

By Sea tells the story of a fictional seaside apartment building. The architecture of the complex forms the words Par Mer, written in a bold, italic t...

The film describes the processes involved in Lak funeral or mortuary rituals. The various stages of the rites are presented in combination with an ove...

Claire Duncan’s “love-letter to music on the margins” punctures the romantic view of the touring musician (with withering narration playing over image...

Long a mainstay of Christchurch’s underground music scene, Into the Void are ready for their close-up in this lively and eccentric film which document...

A Korean immigrant dad, working as a construction painter, mentors a new young worker while simultaneously battling melancholia and guilt as he awaits...

As the name of this short film promises, a filmmaker (Merata Mita),a cook (Anne Thorp) and a singer (Moana Maniapoto) sit down for an interview at Pā...

A short film made for Venezia 70 – Future Reloaded (2013). World premiere screening on 28 August 2013 during the 70th Venice International Film Festiv...

Tom O'Halloran's Christchurch-shot, silent Super 8 film One Way to the Sea posits a dystopian nightmare in the earthquake-struck city. Featuring a man...

Gavin Hipkins’ film observes the forgotten, portentous terrain of the rugged Waitakere Ranges as a man wanders physically and psychologically around a...

New Zealand artist Michael Smither revisits two unfinished paintings and scores a lament for the Pike River miners. As he paints, he provides straight...