New Zealand Movies

Making of documentary on the set of New Zealand's first epic Utu (1983), working with little money and dealing respectfully with matters of cultural...

Misha (Stephen Papps), a once celebrated filmmaker who has fallen on hard times, resolves to leave his homeland in search of a film-friendly country...

Scientists recently documented that pods of orca hunt blue whales. Cetology uses this hunt to explore contemporary human brutality at a corporate...

'The Church of the Open Sky' is a luscious visual love poem that explores gratefully lived surfing journeys. It is a sea soaked celebration of the...

The two NZ survivors of the deadly White Island eruption tell their remarkable story of survival.

When his business partner retires, an overly-attentive cafe owner, embraces the challenge of working solo.

Aroha wants to share her creativity with her neighbours. Her imaginations come to life for everyone to enjoy.

Alex tries to save his missing friends from a paranormal tickle monster, while also trying to save himself from his overbearing dad, Detective...

A remarkable memoir of resilience, determination and love.Based on filmmaker Gaylene Preston's interviews with her father about his World War II...

"The Short Trilogy of Peace" is a collection of three short poetic documentaries made in New Zealand and Slovenia between 2012 and 2016.

Mystery by Nye Green

“The big ALL FUN show for the whole family to enjoy!” was the tagline for this musical comedy classic. Sir Howard Morrison (as himself)...

Journey of a Story follows the life of William Brown, a fictional New Zealand serviceman both physically and emotionally damaged by his tour of duty...

Have you ever seen two people count to 100 in a film before?

Isabel recalls a trio of relationships: one with a man in the middle of discovering he is gay, one with a man who doesn't like the smell of Isabel's...

Richard Turner made Squeeze to break the "conspiracy of silence" about homosexuality. A pioneering early portrait of Auckland's LGBT scene, Squeeze...

Filmed in a village of the indigenous Mandaya people, located in a mountainous area of southeastern Mindanao, the country's second largest island,...

A spaceship lands next to the Wiggles' house, and when Greg, Murray, Jeff and Anthony hop aboard to explore it, they find themselves lost in space...

Marty Schwartz attempts to steal a couch to pay back his gambling debts.

Eade is a fourteen year old girl who has spent her entire life on the spaceship Cradle. Eade and her dad are on the return journey to Earth when an...