New Zealand Movies

An aspiring actress has an audition at a prestigious downtown theatre, but underestimates the sacrifice she needs to make to get the role.

A baby is washed up on a Pacific Island and is adopted by a childless woman. The tribal priest takes an instant dislike to the child, proclaiming...

After a period of separation, Sarah visits her research scientist mother on a remote New Zealand island. Before long Sarah becomes inextricably...

Actor Miranda Harcourt directs an ode to her broadcaster father Peter in this short documentary. The film emerges from vocal chords (via an...

A father struggles to answer his daughter's questions.

In the Shadow of the Mountain is a documentary about alpinism that takes place in the Southern Alps. It was directed by Hugh Barnard in 2011. It...

Siblings Stellar (23) and Max (17) are living in their car and trying to get back on their feet. When Max makes a drunken mistake and puts their...

Told over the space of a day and through the eyes of 11 year old Utah, The Dump is a comedy/drama about a boy and the gradual bond he develops with...

With unique access to high-ranking candidate Helen Clark, filmmaker Gaylene Preston casts a wry eye on proceedings as the United Nations chooses a...

A notorious crime crew prepares for the biggest heist of their lives, until one of them is murdered. With trust shattered and everyone hiding...

A frustrated wife at her wits’ end finds a message in a bottle which leads her into the mysterious world of The Hypnotist, and before long...

Two friends enter a mysterious house to play an ominous and dangerous card game for cash with a disturbing entity.

A gender-divergent demon fights for liberation, clashing with a Catholic priest.

Only the hardiest animals are capable of carving out a life in Siberia. Over a wild year, polar bears, reindeer, red-crowned cranes, cherry salmon...

The peeping tom rom-com ‘How To Meet Girls From A Distance’ is a funny and heartwarming film that looks at how far we go for a crush....

In a desperate bid to prevent his older sister from leaving home, Cyrus attempts to recover her stolen dirt bike.

Examination of a young boy's relationship with his dying mother.

A young Māori girl gets her period for the first time and has to decide between getting pads for herself or a gift for her younger brother's...

Young Vinnie and Jonah are bored on the mean streets — tagging, BMX-ing — when Jonah peer pressures Vinnie to join him in breaking and...

'Tall Poppies' focuses the fallout of the 1998 Lancet MMR autism fraud. A research paper by British physician Andrew Wakefield that falsely claimed...