New Zealand Movies

When a young artist takes a ‘neurological enhancement’ pill in order to finish a crucial painting, she discovers that art without soul...

Set against New Zealand’s Golden Shears – the Olympics of competitive sheep shearing – Brian Castlehead, a washed-up hairstylist to...

Celebrating a birthday, a young boy and his exhausted babysitter wait for his unusually late parents.

The father of a deeply troubled household that endured tragedy both from without and within, seeks to reconcile with his youngest daughter by making...

When a group of teenagers reunite to memorialise their friend’s passing, latecomer Jed is forced to confront his unresolved grief before his...

In this musical set in a grotty Grey Lynn flat, each flatmate represents a pop genre: mainstream pop guy Matt, an intense metal head, and doe-eyed...

Fishing comedy/drama based on a true story about two mates in a Kaipara Harbour fishing contest who end up being blackmailed when caught cheating.

New Zealand-born Margot Nash scrutinises the memories and mementoes of her childhood to understand the unhappiness of her parents, and the corrosive...

Sara Novak is an introverted college student with a few skeletons in her closet. Shying away from classmates, she prefers to spend time with Vern, an...

An anti-western propaganda film about the influences of American visual and consumption culture on the rest of the world, as told from a North Korean...

Five friends go out for one last hiking trip before their lives separate them from each other. However a secret resurfaces that results in a grim...

Sometimes the best things in life happen on the fly. From the moment an injured duck crash-lands on Doug's roof, everything changes. Recently dumped...

A young woman, Yim Wing Chun, must fight a feared tyrant who she does not want to marry. Her only way to win freedom is to win a challenge fight. But...

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...

Two girls from nuclear towns in Israel and Iran spill their countries most valuable secrets on Facebook while trying to prevent a nuclear crisis.

An orphan weds an older man in circa-1900 New Zealand, then finds out he's a miser who spies on her.

A fantasy romance set in 19th century France. The film revolves around Sobran, a young peasant winemaker, and the three important figures in his life...

When a young female scientist discovers that the pharmaceutical company she works for had developed a cure for cancer years earlier, she attempts to...

Hungover from a confusing late night piss ups at Emma's 19th birthday, Pete and Rory set out on their usual off road trip. The terrain toughens as...

When a cave in threatens the lives of four miners, including a father and son, it becomes a fight for survival. The superintendent (Mimi Rogers)...