New Zealand Movies

Starting in the questioning times of the late 60s, many New Zealanders began leaving town to set up their own communities, in search of alternative...

Mothering Sunday is a horror, dark comedy short film where terrifying revelations are made during a Mother-Daughter argument.

The spirit of a person killed in a motorway accident runs through forest and beaches on its journey to Te Rerenga Wairua (Cape Rēinga). En route...

Fourteen-year-old George has to find her own way to celebrate her birthday when everyone else forgets it.

Set in a modern day, New Zealand model store, The Knight Train shows the relationships that can exist between people of different generations with...

A gender-divergent demon fights for liberation, clashing with a Catholic priest.

A black-and-white visual meditation of wilderness and the elements. Wildlife filmmaker Richard Sidey returns to the triptych format for a cinematic...

Ty discovers a kōauau on a beach, which causes him to repeat the same day over and over again. Frustrated and desperate, Ty must figure out how...

it isn’t the churning surf that threatens a young windsurfer who takes to the waves for the first time.

Seven New Zealand women speak about their lives during World War II: some lost husbands, some got married, some went into service themselves. The...

Mark Hunt is a global superstar in kickboxing and mixed martial arts, the ‘Super Samoan’. This documentary charts his tumultuous career...

Someone Else’s Country looks critically at the radical economic changes implemented by the 1984 Labour Government - where privatisation of...

An intimate portrait of professional Samoan/Kiwi wrestler and trans woman Leilani Tominiko, better known as the super extra Candy Lee. Leilani talks...

When a celebrated crime novelist is found murdered in his apartment, a cunning detective discovers that the way each suspect smokes a cigarette may...

Brings to light the harrowing experiences of survivors who endured abuse while in state care in New Zealand. Through candid interviews and personal...

Sign of the Times is the first feature length documentary about New Zealand's Deaf community, their language and culture. It is an inspiring,...

The plague is already here. Pesticides, lies and Paranoia. Tractor beams in the vineyards. A yellow dust coats everything. Everyone is sleepwalking....

Cameron Duncan wrote, directed and starred in this short film, the same year a lump in his knee turned out to be cancerous. Aged only 16, Duncan had...