New Zealand Movies

Struggling with adoption a young girl finds solace in the creepy crawly world under the rocks.

Borrowing its title from a literary genre, the film acknowledges the indeterminacy of both fiction and the self. Noir elements are reduced to deadpan...

Two men's friendship has been weakened by their contrasting approaches to life. Bob (Jeremy Stephens) has left his wife to paint pictures of a lover...

A documentary about the New Zealand theatre troupe "Red Mole".

In 1993 David Dougherty was found guilty and imprisoned for the abduction and rape of his 11 year old neighbor. It took two trials, two high court...

A small film with a big heart, SECOND HAND WEDDING is a bittersweet dramatic comedy set in the present, in a time when trademe and e-bay threaten the...

As the Somerfield Sausage Sizzle Gang tackle their most dangerous mystery ever, their trusty bicycles have some safety concerns.

A contagious virus is turning everyone into zombies, and the only hope for survival lies in the hands of three couch potatoes.

A short directed by Brian Challis.

Cameron Duncan wrote, directed and starred in this short film, the same year a lump in his knee turned out to be cancerous. Aged only 16, Duncan had...

Martin is on his way up the coast for a quiet weekend. Out of nowhere an attractive teenage girl appears on the side of the road. He drives past, but...

A young Māori woman is given her estranged birth mother’s ashes and has to figure out what to do with them.

Life's tough. It's ok to take time out... Stop-frame short by New Zealand Filmmaker Tom Reilly.

The Hawke’s Bay earthquake was New Zealand’s worst civil disaster. Over 250 people died following the 7.8 quake on 3 February 1931. In...

It is not easy to find love, especially if you are falling apart, stinky and a little bloody around the edges. Welcome to Rotting Hill, where the...

Baelin (Rowan Bettjeman), a simple background NPC in the video game 'Skycraft' has been walking the same route for as long as he can remember....

A Samoan male, Sione, and a Palagi New Zealand female,Sarah, meet while studying at Wellington's Victoria University. A relationship develops...

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

This hilarious and heartwarming mockumentary follows a group of musicians in rural New Zealand as they compete for a scholarship to the prestigious...

VAKA is a short documentary about the energy and resilience of the Tokelauan people as they weave their customary-wisdom regarding the environment...