New Zealand Movies

Shot on 16mm celluloid across parts of New Zealand and Samoa, interdisciplinary artist Sam Hamilton’s ten-part experimental magnum opus makes...

Ty discovers a kōauau on a beach, which causes him to repeat the same day over and over again. Frustrated and desperate, Ty must figure out how...

When a corporate mining giant moves into a small coastal town looking for gold and talking about trickle down wealth - some folk just aren't...

Portrait of a Knight is a musical romance about the way in which historic ideals inform contemporary urban life. Rachel is a young archivist living...

A paranoid wastelander is sent out of his bunker to repair a communications array.

A knight in shining armour attempts to rescue a damsel in distress but runs afoul of a little-known historical catastrophe.

Tattooing — "the world's oldest skin game" — is the subject of this iconic documentary. Writer/director Geoff Steven scored a major coup...

When estranged son, Tai, is called home to Aotearoa to his father Putty's deathbed, he is forced to confront a painful past after years of avoiding...

A black comedy based on the true story of Alfred Benning's outlandish attempts to murder his overbearing wife in 1977.

A documentary about the history of settler groups that came to New Zealand from Europe.

Decades after the end of the world, survivor, George, helps Ava travel across the broken landscape in search of her parents.

While in his church mourning his wife, priest Daniel is greeted by a strange woman. Daniel entertains conversation, and the Woman insinuates that she...

A very informative documentary on the making of Peter Jackson's gore classic Bad Taste. Highlights include behind-the-scenes footage, detailed...

Anne and her younger sister have spent years on the run. Despite befriending a neighbour and finding an old promise from their beloved dad in a...

A short-film of two sisters and their estranged father.

After quickly growing tired of his new flatmate, twenty-something goofball Charles has his character (and patience) tested when an exciting new...

A 66-year-old mother has an unusual ritual of returning to her old family home to care for stray cats.

Two private investigators discover the truth behind a gangland drug deal gone wrong.

“The Man in the Black Suit” recounts the tale of Gary, a nine-year-old boy, whose brother died, not long ago, due to a bee sting. One...

One family. One weekend. One hell of a home video. Births, Deaths and Marriages is a slice of life kiwi comedy about life, death and everything in...