New Zealand Movies

Some day we’ll be able to measure the power of words but in the meantime let’s be careful about the words we use.

In 1999, the largely conservative Wairarapa district in New Zealand elected a former cabaret performer/actress named Georgina Beyer to the country's...

A young and affluent couple become fatally entangled in their own wish-fulfillment world.

Many of us assume that there are only two genders and that being female or male follows from the sex of our biological bodies. Focusing on the art,...

Follow comedians (and siblings!) Guy and Maria Williams as Guy sceptically undergoes an ADHD assessment; and they both hear about the experiences of...

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

When a relationship collapses and the mother is trapped with the child, love and anguish are portrayed in an almost raw documentary way where all the...

On an isolated space station, when a man loses the will to live, his big hearted dog overcomes his own anxieties to save them both.

Two estranged siblings are interrupted while on a road trip to their parent's funeral.

Fourteen-year-old Matt takes his dad’s yellow Datsun for one last wild joyride with his best buddy and kid brother in tow.

Barry Barclay was a New Zealand/Aotearoa director of documentaries and feature films. He is regarded as one of the world's first, and very...

Actor Rawiri Paratene was 16 years old when he joined Māori activist group Ngā Tamatoa (Young Warriors) in the early 1970s. "Those years...

Hank is in a bad mood. Red wants to cheer up her buddy. Perhaps, with a bit of luck and business acumen, they might acquire enough money for an Elvis...

Made on a wind-up Bolex camera, The Sound of Seeing announced the arrival of 21-year-old filmmaker Tony Williams. Based around a painter and a...

Two high schoolers experiment with the means and ways of traditional witchcraft, a bride with a secret has second thoughts on her wedding day, and a...

On the 19th of November 2010, the Pike River mine exploded with 31 men trapped inside. In the immediate confusion that followed no one knew what had...

Stan is a hard working Kiwi bloke who is always on the move. When he comes into the small town 'Netherwood' he finds himself wound up in a web of...

Stevo is an observational documentary about a charismatic Māori security guard who lives between two worlds. Rooted firmly in his culture,...

An in-depth look at the 1996 election campaign for the pivotal seat of Wellington Central, and life for the candidates on the campaign trail.

Days after Auckland's mayor wins re-election, a blogger reveals an affair between Len Brown and Bevan Chuang. When everyone expects the 'Other Woman'...