New Zealand Movies

Three Maori youths, bored with Auckland, head south in a restored Mark II Zephyr in search of something different. One of them is on the run from...

The House Within is a feature length documentary film on the internationally celebrated New Zealand writer Fiona Kidman. It examines the way in which...

A small group of scientists are called in for a weekend of potentially historic research that spirals into a nightmare of fanaticism as we witness...

This is the story of Puhi, an aged Maori woman and Niki, her fully grown but wholly dependent son. The world they occupy is not a world of large...

Director Geoff Steven's personal perspective on the Kiwi cinema renaissance of the 1970s. It traces the development of the local film industry from...

GISELLE is acclaimed director Toa Fraser's inter­pretation of the Royal New Zealand Ballet's production of Giselle. The classic story of love,...

A very informative documentary on the making of Peter Jackson's gore classic Bad Taste. Highlights include behind-the-scenes footage, detailed...

Lars (9) is naive and innocent, all he wants is for his father to be happy and his family to be together. Lars' mother is gone and life has been...

As darkness fell on May 10, 1996, a fast-moving storm of unimaginable ferocity trapped three climbing teams on the slopes of Mount Everest. The...

Docu-drama which recounts one of New Zealand sport's greatest ever moments. Based on the true-life heroics of iconic New Zealand Olympians and...

As a major life decision approaches, Theo finds himself yearning for what he doesn’t have in this romantic drama about the conflict between...

Hone is the last of the old time gravediggers. He links the living with the dead. He is the keeper of their secrets. Tana is Hone’s apprentice...

Award-winning filmmaker and choreographer Alyx Duncan builds on her unique movement-led films, depicting an anxious grandmother desperate to protect...

Phil ‘Wildman’ Game returns to speedway after 16 years. Will he be good enough to recapture the glory of his youth, or will his comeback...

Scientists recently documented that pods of orca hunt blue whales. Cetology uses this hunt to explore contemporary human brutality at a corporate...

Alice Wonder, a young girl from New Zealand is haunted by the visions of her brother’s death, murdered by the impossible flash of a camera. But...

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

A cinematically immersive journey into the heart of Crowded House, exploring Neil Finn's unique song-writing genius while unravelling the...

Short film by Bill Toepfer