New Zealand Movies

Billie, an American girl, learns the meaning of Setsubun as she adjusts to life in rural Japan.

A young boy interprets his traumatic venture into town in terms of the adventure stories he has been reading.

A girl is texting her boyfriend as she becomes fearful that someone is in the house.

In the end of December 2012 Max Schleser arrived at the Jersey Shore, two month after hurricane Sandy hit the East Coast and caused an estimate of ove...

There is a long tradition for various methods for healing – the individual, the collective, society or nature. Artists Huber and Saarikko choreographe...

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

One tiny little mistake and suddenly you’re lost in Canada.

Energetic, stylish and unexpectedly emotional documentary about legendary New Zealand punk band Skeptics, whose run was short by singer David D'Ath's...

Abandoned houses filled with useless old junk. Empty streets in deserted suburbs. And why do the airplanes seem to only be heading west? ‘Baseball’ i...

Detective Steven Harvings was the head detective in the 1999 missing persons case that held a nation as an audience for two weeks. Josh Coplins (who w...

Through a 30 year career, the late Ewen Gilmour perfected his comedy persona as a black-wearing, beer-slugging, head-banging West Aucklander — the qui...

Made in response to the poetry of New Zealand filmmaker Joanna Margaret Paul.

By Sea tells the story of a fictional seaside apartment building. The architecture of the complex forms the words Par Mer, written in a bold, italic t...

A short documentary following The Kweenz, a group of fa'afafine, transgender and takatapui students that attend an all-boys high school in Auckland, a...

Claire Duncan’s “love-letter to music on the margins” punctures the romantic view of the touring musician (with withering narration playing over image...

Amali is a honest glimpse into a 13 year olds world as she speaks to her fears and dreams through a summer roadtrip in rural Aotearoa.

Tom O'Halloran's Christchurch-shot, silent Super 8 film One Way to the Sea posits a dystopian nightmare in the earthquake-struck city. Featuring a man...

Gavin Hipkins’ film observes the forgotten, portentous terrain of the rugged Waitakere Ranges as a man wanders physically and psychologically around a...

Eighty-something Tristan Arthur Jones used to write about fictional war heroes, and fell in love with every single one. He always hoped he'd meet one...

This is a story about standing up against what is wrong.