New Zealand Movies

Whiskey Tango Forest tumbles down the rabbit hole of friendship and art without answers or method. Domestic scenes turn out Zen-stupid, while forests,...

A short doco exploring the Māori passion for cinema against the backdrop of the annual Wairoa Māori Film Festival.

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.

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...

A group of people with mental health issues such as depression and suicidal thoughts, embark on a one hundred day journey to find happiness, with amaz...

With a healthy mix of imagination, balls and roughly remembered Newtonian physics, a kiwi bloke jumped off a bridge in 1980 and started what has becom...

Beyond The Battalion tells the story of the 28th Māori Battalion. It revisits two earlier films, including one on the 1977 pilgrimage of the battalion...

Four of New Zealand's most celebrated artists journey to Fiordland. Over the course of a 5 day voyage they not only explore the most spectacular lands...

Shirley Horrocks starts a journey to discover links to an ancestor that leads into a much wider view of science and the links between all of humanity.

A young boy with a vivid imagination finds himself on the edge of a bad decision.

This is a story about survival, family, love, and how sometimes things go wrong. Set on a colonized Mars, a young girl, her mother and her mother’s st...

Tai Whetuki delves into Māori and Pacific cultural practices pertaining to death and mourning. Haunting and evocative images, accompanied by an elemen...

A reflection on China's political system and the reality of the country.

Chandigarh's modern architecture is explored through Le Corbusier's early writings on repetition and order. The architect's zealous ideals taken from...

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

Crouching Tiger, Missing Ryan. Ryan takes one last swing for the master and leaves his mark behind.

Brother gets evil revenge on his sister.

A short film made for Venezia 70 – Future Reloaded (2013). World premiere screening on 28 August 2013 during the 70th Venice International Film Festiv...