New Zealand Movies

Something pierces the boredom and unconscious dailiness of life for a young woman working in a dress shop.

One-time Maori speed-chess champ, Genesis Potini, lives with a bi-polar disorder and must overcome prejudice and violence in the battle to save his...

After the publication of her semiautobiographical debut novel, a girl comes into conflict with her mother over how the book portrays her upbringing.

When a mysterious stranger arrives in their isolated coastal town, 10-year-old twins, Kimi and Melody are forced apart. Kimi must find the strength...

A documentary by intrepid New Zealand filmmaker Florian Habicht captures the gracefulness and poetry of demolition derbies.

Under the celestial guidance of Matariki, Māori elder Hamo and local delinquent Jo form an unlikely bond on a road trip. As they confront past...

The life and times of sailor and adventurer Sir Peter Blake, one of New Zealand's favourite sons.

Conversations with four people — an artist, a woman struggling with her identity as a high achiever, an actor, and a priest — exploring...

A fascinating story of effort towards global peace, featuring eight peace people of Aotearoa New Zealand – spanning some seven decades –...

From the bowels of the kitchen sink comes a dark and tender love… An original and full-blooded short film that combines humour with surrealism...

A young, melancholic musician falls in love with a French actress in New Zealand and is forced to face the weight of reality before he can begin the...

Revisit the events of 1984, when six female vigilantes kidnapped an Auckland University lecturer and assaulted him in a violent political action,...

Luis, a handsome heir to a hotel fortune, decides to risk everything to pursue his first love, Julia. Ten years earlier, at a wishing well in Miami,...

Trapped behind the Boundary Fence, Freya dreams of escape and pursues a dangerous outsider who can free her.

Wilbur: The King in the Ring is a comedic documentary, which wrestles with the worldwide obesity plight. Wilbur McDougall, a former pro-wrestler,...

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...

A lonely scientist receives a surprise visit.

When a young Samoan woman is stricken with bleeding stigmata during an Easter church service, she is forced to confront both adoration and...

A young Māori boy's fascination with war comics hits closer to home than he ever imagined.

As darkness fell on May 10, 1996, a fast-moving storm of unimaginable ferocity trapped three climbing teams on the slopes of Mount Everest. The...