New Zealand Movies

Filmed in front of a live audience in March 2021 in Auckland, Aotearoa, “Live From The Island” was one of New Zealand’s first full...

The fallout from a disastrous blind date forces two polar opposites to find common ground as the rest of the world falls apart around them.

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

Discover the language of flowers

In a dystopian world where all trees are outlawed, one council worker chooses to rebel

Director Roger Donaldson's 1977 movie of CK Stead novel Smith's Dream helped spark a new wave of Kiwi cinema. Getting there was a cash-strapped,...

In the increasing public discourse on mental health, Leanne Pooley’s inspiring and fearless documentary tracks an extraordinary young...

Freedom is defined as the power of self-determination attributed to the will; the quality of being independent of fate or necessity. To reach that...

Five American mobsters sit in a diner and discuss the sexual politics of the fairytale: "Little Red Riding Hood".

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

Pioneering New Zealand reporter Dairne Shanahan reports on transvestites and transsexuals.

The Common Touch tells the story of Jake Bailey, viral sensation and student of Christchurch Boys High School, who was told one week before his...

The film explores spatial problems through character and camera choreography.

Aroha depicts a young Māori chief's daughter who embraces the modernity of the Pākehā world (attending university in Wellington) while...

After a neighbour's flippant remark plants the seed of paranoia, the erratic Geoffrey discovers an odd but real feature on his answering machine that...

The remarkable story of Fa'amoana's time as a state ward in the 1960's and the intergenerational impacts of these experiences.

Star-crossed lovers, Robert and Ariana, are caught up in the New Zealand wars of the 1860s. Ariana is claimed by the Maniapoto people as one of...

A quirky love story about a shyshopkeeper called Lorraine whose closest confidante is an outdated female mannequin named Quinn.

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...

When the divorced parents of 8-year-old Jacob insist on dressing him in ridiculous clothes to spite each other, he resorts to desperate fashion...