New Zealand Movies

Adrian is a classic outsider. His playful, dreamy imagination distracts him from everyday life, for the reality he lives in could not be more...

In 1994, New Zealand mountaineer, Mark Whetu, summitted Mt Everest with climbing partner and friend Mike Reinberger. However it was late in the day...

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...

Dive is a coming-of-age drama that follows a young competitive swimmer named Paula, who is trained by her father Troy. Despite her dedication and...

An old woman in rest home suffering from dementia flashes back to her youth as a policewoman and her relationship with a colleague.

'Amiri & Aroha' began as a Maori version of Romeo & Juliet and evolved into a poignant love story, set against a background of gang rivalry and...

Two families on holiday, camp side by side on a spectacular deserted beach. Immediately territorial, the two men of the families draw a line in the...

Siblings Stellar (23) and Max (17) are living in their car and trying to get back on their feet. When Max makes a drunken mistake and puts their...

In a recuperation facility for people with a mysterious ailment, two women meet and establish a mystical connection.

Actor Miranda Harcourt directs an ode to her broadcaster father Peter in this short documentary. The film emerges from vocal chords (via an...

The traditional materials and methods used in Māori weaving. Rangimarie Hetet and her daughter, Rangituatahi Te Kanawa, of Ngāti Maniapoto,...

A photographer's life becomes dangerous when one of his models is murdered.

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

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

Same But Different: A True New Zealand Love Story follows Rachel, a single working Grey Lynn mum, who breaks a three-year spell of singledom to...

A young adolescent boy coming of age.

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

Former F.B.I. agent Charlie Gray is hired by Jolene Murray to investigate the assasination threats against her politician husband, John Murray,...

Director Grant Lahood follows Mani Bruce Mitchell, NZ’s first “out” intersex person, as he/she travels to meet other intersex...

A couple, secretly on the verge of announcing plans to divorce, reluctantly depart for a second honeymoon after their family surprises them with a...