New Zealand Movies

William McInnes (Look Both Ways, Sea Change) is the can-do barbecue dad of the title in Brendan Donovan’s affectionate comedy-drama. He plays a...

Short subject documentary about land speed record holder Burt Munro. Produced for NZBC.

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

"Ultimus Exitus" follows Valerius, a war hero turned seeker, on a quest for divine purpose. In a fantastical realm with shadowy undertones, he...

Expat Kiwi Rewi Alley became one of the best known foreigners in 20th Century China and advocate for the Communist Revolution. When China was under...

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

An only son tries to woo the girl of his dreams with the unwanted help of his deceased father.

This wasn’t meant to be a documentary. I’d always had an appreciation for the American South, but I’d never actually experienced it...

After a successful raid and having captured a rival village's leader, a war party must drag their huge canoe or "Taua" through the forest to reach...

As a family gather to watch one of their own swimming in the Olympics, minutes of fame become a hilarious and painful 24 hours when they uncover the...

The tuatara is the sole survivor of a reptile species that has been extinct for 135 million years. This nocturnal creature which once lived...

A nearly wordless collage of moving images and sound. It is a diary film and an album of memories spanning 4 years.

The thing Sam ‘Fury’ Johnson regrets most in life is wasting his time at university when he could’ve been focusing on his real...

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

Angie Meiklejohn, prominent and articulate Centrepoint survivor, is joined by her siblings in this lucid exploration of the legacy of sexual abuse,...

On the eve of departing overseas Ellen makes the fateful decision to gift her boyfriend a new girlfriend.

October 1st, 1957. Dusk descends on Tiananmen Square, Peking. Fireworks crackle light across the night sky, above a city alive with National Day...

Punk renegade Shayne Carter (Straitjacket Fits, Dimmer) takes us on an iconoclastic tour through a career of highs and lows from suburban Dunedin to...

An airplane lands. A massive cruise boat anchors off the reef, disgorging tourists for tropical island vacations. This postcard paradise depends on...

Demonically possessed hamsters terrorize a young babysitter and her boyfriend.