New Zealand Movies

Actor Miranda Harcourt directs an ode to her broadcaster father Peter in this short documentary. The film emerges from vocal chords (via an endoscope)...

A close-knit family bond over food, mahjong, and a prime minister.

On 28 April 1995, the collapse of a viewing platform at Cave Creek, in Paparoa National Park on the West Coast, caused 17 students and a Department of...

This warm and humorous doco about Kobi Bosshard, widely regarded as the grandfather of contemporary New Zealand jewellery, explores his philosophy of...

Our hands cannot resurrect. Set amongst the shadows of a grainy, dystopian landscape, We Are Without is a visual response to life, death and self-delu...

Shoe designer and fetishist Doug George tells the story of how high heels saved his life.

Fourteen-year-old Matt takes his dad’s yellow Datsun for one last wild joyride with his best buddy and kid brother in tow.

Leaky home experts John Gray and Roger Levie uncover the shocking truth about the dreadful and dangerous state of many apartment buildings in New Zeal...

Anna is a young woman on the Autism Spectrum who enjoys living a life of rigorous routine. When someone unintentionally sits on her seat on her mornin...

A gang member wakes up one morning and decides he needs a day off. Inspired by a newspaper advertisement he impulsively decides to take a short ferry...

A suburban woman's life changes on the day she discovers her husband is having an affair.

A third generation NZ born Niuean Female surfer, visits her Island of heritage for the first time only to discover there is no surf on Niue. But Mella...

The Ministry of Happiness presents its very first induction video for newborns. This introduction to life is mandatory viewing. We thank you for watch...

A man returns home and in the process uncovers memories previously hidden away.

A closeup of a woman's hands ironing a piece of clothing.

A coming-of-age story of a teenage boy getting a new outlook in his life after he has a sudden encounter with his estranged father for the first time.

He was an 80s movie star and Indonesia's answer to Sylvester Stallone, but can New Zealander Peter O'Brian realise his unfulfilled potential and retur...

Tom Sullivan, a young Pakeha journalist researching a series of exploitative, tabloid articles on "the" Maori people becomes a casual labourer on a Ma...

With the resurgence of taonga pūoro, one musical instrument remains conspicuously absent from Māori music —pahū (drum). In this documentary Te Pahū, c...

An unlucky groom finds himself trapped in a never ending nightmare wedding