New Zealand Movies

Living in New Zealand in 1981 amid high racial tension, Willie, a half-Samoan teenager, is coming into his own. With an unpredictable father, Willie...

After his son insists on bringing his boyfriend to practice, a rugby-mad father fears for his son’s chances of getting onto the national team.

Grace desperately needs to take a poop before a workplace meeting. However, just as she prepares to make her deposit into the porcelain bank, someone...

When a welfare department’s insidious prejudice can no longer be tolerated, a group of unlikely heroes band together against a narrow-minded...

In 'SL500,' the film delves into the interconnected lives influenced by the allure of the iconic SL500 car. Characters, ranging from a mesmerized...

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

In 1979, a group of young Māori and Pasifika activists sought to stop Pākehā students at the University of Auckland performing a...

Director Roger Donaldson's 1977 movie of CK Stead novel Smith's Dream helped spark a new wave of Kiwi cinema. Getting there was a cash-strapped,...

When a terrified family flees a desolate southern New Zealand farmhouse, two cynical scientists and a young psychic are sent to investigate their...

What do they have in common a boy playing in a field of Villa Fiorito and the owner of a bar in Naples? What do they have in common 500 people...

Two cars, one day: directed by Taika Waititi, this extended public service announcement uses humour to address the dangers of motoring under the...

“I’d never share a rope with him” is about as damning a comment as anyone can make about a fellow mountaineer. Sir Edmund...

To six-year-old Ben, the world is full of loud noises and frightening images. As Ben struggles with everyday life, his mother searches desperately to...

Restoring Hope provides a rare opportunity to witness the restorative justice process unfolding as it happens, a process that is not only making...

A precocious kitten wants to be a witch's familiar and must pass a test or she will forever be just simple cat, but the witch sees something in the...

Olympic Champion, Kiwi Icon, Tongan Leader, Orphan, Mother...winning was just part of the journey.

Mythology goes to church in New Zealand Opera's unique, site-specific staging of Handel's baroque masterpiece. This sensual story explores a love...

A young man attempts to pick up another man in a Sydney railway station.

Lonely is a two-and-a-half minute 2D digitally animated short film. A Capstone project by Tashi Donnelly and Cameron McCurdy for Yoobee Creative...

Two women visit a gym together where they meet a personal trainer who harasses them with a seemingly never-ending sales pitch.