Costa Botes Movies

  • 2009
    Kathmandu Blues

    Kathmandu Blues

    Kathmandu Blues

    02009HD

    A vivid first person look at the annual blues festival held in Nepal. The film features many performers but also shows the city and country,...

    Kathmandu Blues
  • 2018
    Angie

    Angie

    Angie

    32018HD

    Angie Meiklejohn, prominent and articulate Centrepoint survivor, is joined by her siblings in this lucid exploration of the legacy of sexual abuse,...

    Angie
  • 2011
    Daytime Tiger

    Daytime Tiger

    Daytime Tiger

    02011HD

    Costa Botes’ portrait of New Zealand writer Michael Morrissey is indeed a tiger-ride – an up-close encounter with an extremely...

    Daytime Tiger
  • 2008
    Nigel Gavin: A Job with the Circus

    Nigel Gavin: A Job with the Circus

    Nigel Gavin: A Job with the Circus

    02008HD

    Nigel Gavin ran away with a circus when he was fifteen. Many years later, he is still performing incredible feats. This concert recording features a...

    Nigel Gavin: A Job with the Circus
  • 1987
    Stalin's Sickle

    Stalin's Sickle

    Stalin's Sickle

    01987HD

    It is 1962. New Zealand is emerging from the austerity of the 1950s into a new age. Daniel is a nine-year-old Catholic boy, an only child given to...

    Stalin's Sickle
  • 1970
    Barbed Wire Canoe

    Barbed Wire Canoe

    Barbed Wire Canoe

    01970HD

    After he makes an emergency landing at a rural airfield, a young pilot finds himself on the run from crazed locals who want to eat him.

    Barbed Wire Canoe
  • 1988
    Catching the Tide: Sam Hunt's Cook Strait

    Catching the Tide: Sam Hunt's Cook Strait

    Catching the Tide: Sam Hunt's Cook Strait

    01988HD

    Originally made for NZ television in 1988, this one hour documentary is now something of a time capsule or historical piece. It's also a record of a...

    Catching the Tide: Sam Hunt's Cook Strait
  • 2015
    Act of Kindness

    Act of Kindness

    Act of Kindness

    02015HD

    Charting the ripple effects of real compassion, this inspiring true story follows a spirited young New Zealander’s search for the Rwandan...

    Act of Kindness