New Zealand Movies

Cannes is the town in France where Bergman meets bikinis, and the art of filmmaking meets the art of the deal. In 1975, a group of expat Kiwis...

Gravity & Grace may be writer and critic Chris Kraus’ final and exuberant attempt at an artists’ career. Kraus is best known for her...

Secret data on a mysterious disc is passed from deadly assassin to deadly assassin in a never-ending game of cat, mouse and round-house kick to the...

Silvia and Andrés, two siblings who live with their grandfather in a house in the middle of the forest, unleash the wrath of a dark entity...

A guilty youth leader meets a mysterious cow on her train ride home from bible camp.

Can you ever fall in love with the perfect person?

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...

The true story of Jean Batten is of a daughter determined to live up to a powerful mother, desperate to leave a mark on the world – and...

A powerful story about a swimming teacher dealing with the overwhelming effects of loss, grief, and guilt.

In 2024 Niue celebrated 50 years of self-governance, overseen by New Zealand administration. What benefits and what problems has this created for the...

Short subject documentary about land speed record holder Burt Munro. Produced for NZBC.

A journey through friendship and its fruit.

As an eight year old girl carefully decides which lollies to spend her hard earned pocket money on, she notices an old man at the counter ahead of...

A black-and-white visual meditation of wilderness and the elements. Wildlife filmmaker Richard Sidey returns to the triptych format for a cinematic...

This 1972 documentary explores the world of a dying generation of Māori female elders or kuia — “the last of the Māori women...

On 28 November 1979, an Air New Zealand jet with 257 passengers went missing during a sightseeing tour over Antarctica. Within hours 11 ordinary...

A fledgling young actor has finally secured a part in a promising production, but disagreements between the director and producer threaten to derail...

Jess is a solo mother and reluctant parking warden. Tom is a self-obsessed greetings cards salesman with an addiction to competitions who will do...

Second part of the film 'River of ice', a mountaineering tour on Franz Josef Glacier in New Zealand. After spending the night in the Deficance Hut,...