New Zealand Movies

This special compilation of short films explores encounters between Māori and non-Māori dating back to 1901. This rich and fascinating special present...

Brently Ford had a life-changing moment 30 years ago when he was given a brain to hold at the Richard Faull's Centre of Brain Research. From then on h...

The film describes the processes involved in Lak funeral or mortuary rituals. The various stages of the rites are presented in combination with an ove...

Some time ago, New-Zealand-born musician/filmmaker Broad Oak had a particularly vivid and disturbing dream. "I was dead and buried in the ground, yet...

Joey defines as an unlucky-in-love lesbian. Then she meets Alice. Might her fortunes change?

Karanga is a dance and spoken word film exploring the intersectionality of descendants both Māori and Pākehā (European) centred around the late Tiahui...

Eighty-something Tristan Arthur Jones used to write about fictional war heroes, and fell in love with every single one. He always hoped he'd meet one...

A documentary exploration into an essential automotive accessory on the streets of Kolkata. The cacophony stirred Andrew Scott to delve into the horns...

A single girl in an isolated, closed community yearns for marriage and motherhood.

Joe has been meaning to share his secret for weeks but his nerves continue to get the better of him. Now, after pressure from his impatient boyfriend,...

Yakel 3D explores the fragility of one of the last primitive culture left today, employing the hi-tech cinematic story-telling device 3D.


A portrait of an inspiring young Pasifika matriarch raising her family; Epifania, the rose that grew from concrete. 



Willie Butler was a unique character. Originally from England he set down roots in New Zealand where he found his happy place. He established a Rock...

When Fiona Clark, a young queer photographer exhibits her photography of the LGBTQI community in 1975, she and her friends face the systemic backlash...

Samson Peabody-Jones sets out to conquer the untamed west in 1881, in this remarkable film featuring a cast and crew of 100 talented school children...

An LGBT teen love-story about a girl who turns into a dinosaur when drunk. Drunkorex follows Ruben falling in love, out of bed and into an intoxicated...

This groundbreaking digital event celebrates Matariki through music with some of the biggest and brightest stars in Aotearoa including Stan Walker, Pa...

Weaving kōrero and waiata together in an intimate setting, Stan shares his journey in honour and celebration of the first ever Matariki public holiday...

Comedian Chris Parker returns to the battleground of his adolescence, Christchurch Boys' High School, to share some laughs and shine a spotlight on al...