New Zealand Movies

A modern retelling of Frankenstein.

This documentary is about courage and survival and having the will and perseverance to succeed despite considerable obstacles. The story of Mitchell...

Misha (Stephen Papps), a once celebrated filmmaker who has fallen on hard times, resolves to leave his homeland in search of a film-friendly country...

Solar flares erupt from the sun - headed for earth - and giant meteors rain down on the planet. Meanwhile, a young girl is dreaming it all before it...

A robot art student who is othered by his human teacher and classmates is tasked with creating a painting about love.

With the resurgence of taonga pūoro, one musical instrument remains conspicuously absent from Māori music —pahū (drum). In this...

This footage of the 1984 hīkoi (march) to Waitangi was made by Merata Mita with the intention of producing a documentary about this historic...

Fourteen-year-old George has to find her own way to celebrate her birthday when everyone else forgets it.

“The big ALL FUN show for the whole family to enjoy!” was the tagline for this musical comedy classic. Sir Howard Morrison (as himself)...

With a beautiful vineyard and tons of wine at their disposal, friends try to cheer up their heartbroken buddy after he's dumped just days before his...

Two balloons fight restlessly to break free.

In pre-colonial Aotearoa a young Māori girl witnesses the best and worst of a rapidly changing world when she encounters a dying man and his...

The Sisters of Compassion have lived in the remote village of Jerusalem / Hiruharama on the Whanganui River in New Zealand for 120 years. Today, only...

When a burglary goes wrong, a meth addict must choose between his family or his next fix.

A dramatization of the events at Gallipoli using the letters of the soldiers who were there.

Everyone is chasing a little wooden dog. Old and young, they all think it contains an elixir of life. Miranda, a manic cosmetics tycoon, thinks it's...

As two flatmates quarrel over petty domestic chores, a third flatmate battles for his life against the flat ghost.

An East Coast community in Ruatōria, New Zealand attempts to live in autarchy according to the tenets of their movement. Bob Marley, a prophet...

Some day we’ll be able to measure the power of words but in the meantime let’s be careful about the words we use.

Auckland / Tāmaki Makaurau is New Zealand's largest city and the main commercial hub of the country. Auckland has always been regarded as...