New Zealand Movies

In the age of in-between, Emily is offered acceptance by betrayal.

On December 9, 2019, New Zealand's most active volcano erupted, engulfing 47 day trippers in a toxic ash cloud. 21 lost their lives that day and in th...

Discovered to be using illegal drugs by a local policeman, the members of the commune kill him and bury him in their garden. After this pivotal event,...

Today is the first day of Tui's dream life as she snuggles in bed with her well-meaning Pākehā (white) boyfriend, Edward. Everything's perfect until h...

A Simple Series of Recordings doesn't have a traditional narrative and neither does it use any dialogue. Instead, this short film utilizes experimenta...

As a middle aged married couple shop for a new bed they begin to realise their bed might not be the only thing they’ve out grown.

Experience the days, minutes, and seconds leading up to the 2019 White Island Eruption that killed 21 people through the eyes of survivors, rescue wor...

This footage of the 1984 hīkoi (march) to Waitangi was made by Merata Mita with the intention of producing a documentary about this historic occasion....

In this experimental super-villain origin story, Oswald, a social outcast tries to find money to pay for his girlfriend's abortion.

Filmed during the recent nationwide tour, international guests Wilson Dixon, Wil Anderson, Jarlath Regan, Zoe Lyons and Jarred Christmas join host Bre...

A French housewife yearns for a life less sour.

In his struggle to balance instability at home and conflict at work, A man tries to protect his kids from the harsh realities of a world that offers l...

A man doesn't heed a warning that an illicit substance might have animalistic side effects.

Short film by Bill Toepfer

Two years ago Guyon Espiner stopped drinking. Now, the award-winning journalist and podcast-maker has made a documentary about New Zealand's drinking...

Alistair meets June on a park bench at lunchtime. She's not aware he is blind but when he misses the handkerchief she is trying to pass him, she reali...

A mother struggles with her toddler's delayed development until a chance encounter with a charismatic young man shifts her feelings.

A poet forewarns their next lover of what lies ahead.

Wilbur Force, the former king of NZ pro-wrestling, is provoked to break out of the cage of his worst self and reconnect with his glory days of battle.

A guilty youth leader meets a mysterious cow on her train ride home from bible camp.