New Zealand Movies

Based on the Legend of, `Aho`eitu from the Pacific Island of Tonga, 'Aho'eitu leaves his mother to find his father Tagaloa in the heavens. On his ques...

An LGBT teen love-story about a girl who turns into a dinosaur when drunk. Drunkorex follows Ruben falling in love, out of bed and into an intoxicated...

A Kiwi rock star, turned Hollywood actor, returns home, and meets one of his biggest fans for the first time. Their conversation starts badly; gets pr...

Shark Swarm explores some of the largest and mysterious shark aggregations on the planet. This is a nightmare. More than twelve thousand Blacktip shar...

Nespresso Talents is a celebration of creative filmmaking. Now in its fourth year, this unique competition empowers filmmakers to tell a story through...

This intimate documentary follows a young couple who revealed to each other after years of dating that they were both transgender.

The story behind the music video 'Glare' by Sheep, Dog & Wolf.

Sage’s world is riffled with an anxiety disorder that impedes all elements of her life. We follow her journey of isolation and raw existence. She's we...

Passengers, crew and rescuers tell extraordinary stories of courage, surviving New Zealand's worst modern maritime disaster. April 10th 1968 - a day m...

Ziarah takes to the sea in search of the remains of Tupaia, a nobleman indispensable in liaising between the Māori and James Cook’s ship in 1769. On a...

Two daughters reflect on their lives and relationship with their father.

Apparatus weaves the development of gender and identity within the indigenous culture in Aotearoa, the Māori name for New Zealand. Samoan artist Tanu...

Edible Paradise captures the birth of the food forest movement in New Zealand. With people and communities coming together, to connect and grow. Nowhe...

A young refugee attempts to reconcile his insular, tranquil new life with his war-torn past on the day of the annual Great Easter Bunny Hunt.

Accompanied by his best friend, a young boy waits for a call to a phone box outside the local milk bar.

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

The new film by Māori psychologist and filmmaker Paora Joseph (Tātarakihi: Children of Parihaka) invites open discussion of suicide through the brave...

Amanda Millar’s moving documentary celebrates the enduring legacy of Celia Lashlie, a passionate advocate for social interventions that equipped those...

Filmmaker Simon Ogston hits the road with NZ writer, poet, indie-rocker Bill Direen as he explores the cultural landscape and presents a series of str...