New Zealand Movies

Symbolized in the bird’s flight, a group of Māori, Pākehā and Colombian creatives explore life’s journey, the longing to return to the nest, and the l...

This documentary portrays the art of feminine tattooing across the Pacific region. It presents the tattoo artists and their subjects, those tattooed w...

Maori face tattooing is a tradition that almost died out through colonization. Bernard and Sapphire show their passion to see Maori communities heal b...

My Lady of the Cave is the first feature film by pioneer filmmaker Rudall Hayward.

TO LOVE A MAORI tells the story of Tama and Riki, two young men who leave their country marae for Auckland and the racial discrimination they face onc...

A short silent comedy set in Takapuna, Auckland. Features Hector St. Clair, the London Pantomime Comedian. One of 23 community comedies made by direct...

It takes bravery and guts to perform on stage to an audience… but Lusi does it all the time. Despite growing up with a disability, Lusi has been break...

A TV with a mind of its own and a man determined to stop it. Nothing is at it seems as the plasticine starts to fly - just don't get too close to the...

New Zealand's oldest surviving film shows a troop of horsemen from the Boer War Second Contingent in camp at one of the open days held before their de...

A look inside Rotorua woman Kirsty Gerlach's journey of Motor Neurone Disease.

The rural love story of young English migrant David Bryne and Hazel Carlisle, who manages a Hawke's Bay sheep farm with her brother.

A glimpse into the morning routine of a morose recluse, following all the excitement of getting up, making toast, and looking out the window.

No More Heroes is a loving and bittersweet tribute to the asphalt desperadoes of Aotearoa in the 70s who took skateboarding from a fun pursuit into a...

Pictures of Susan is a 2012 feature documentary by Dan Salmon. The film examines the artist’s upbringing and earliest works, her twenty-year dormant p...

Shirley Horrocks’ richly illustrated portrait of the life and career of one of New Zealand’s most important photographers, who dedicated his life to s...

An intimate journey through the life and work of master carver Rangi Hetet and a celebration of his lifelong devotion to the traditions of Māori carvi...

An intimate, inspirational portrait of Helen Kelly in the last year of her life, Together tells the story of a woman whose advocacy and generosity cha...

Shirley Horrocks, cine-biographer of many notable New Zealand artists, delivers an invaluable survey of the work and legacy of one of our most excepti...

Observations of the Aberhart family home near Akaroa.

A bombardment of fish and other underwater creatures accompanied by music from the Egyptian singer Abdel Basset Hamouda. A hallucinatory trip where vi...