New Zealand Movies

Downtown has become a frontier of creativity where new ideas flourish. From raw and tragic beginnings, it has grown from a groundswell of spontaneous...

A soldier in the Vietnam war who is unable to consciously kill the enemy, finds himself confronting his darkest fear when he comes face to face with...

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

This chronicle of the Christchurch Commonwealth Games marked one of the National Film Unit's most ambitious productions. Though a range of events...

A documentary exploring the battle over public education in New Zealand from the 1980s through the 1990s

The film rejoices the splendor of nature as the camera eye traverses land and sea in a montage of diverse ecosystems from the Americas to Iceland and...

In China, there exists an astonishing place. A burial ground to rival Egypt’s Valley of the Kings, where pyramid tombs of stupendous size are...

A documentary portrait of life in the Cook Islands, focusing on Rarotonga and neighboring islands. The film records traditional fishing, weaving,...

The coming of the pioneer settlers in 1840, the making of their first homes in the wilderness, the gold rushes, the Maori wars, the stage coaches,...

Real-life TV funny men, Jeremy Corbett and Ben Hurley, embark on a pie-fuelled bro-mance adventure. Driving from Auckland to Invercargill, the...

Desperate for his big break, an aspiring musician discovers a forgotten, country singer at a nightclub who may hold the key to his dreams—but...

A documentary on one of the greatest rugby players of all time, Portia Woodman-Wickliffe is a two-time Olympic gold medalist, four-time World Cup...

As a family gather to watch one of their own swimming in the Olympics, minutes of fame become a hilarious and painful 24 hours when they uncover the...

This three-part documentary explores the mystery of the Māori King movement as never before seen, the historic origins of the movement, the...

Eight Māori female directors have each contributed a sequence to this powerful and challenging feature which unfolds around the tangi of a small...

Tawhai Bennett, a young Maori boy, goes to work for Mrs Jones, a Pakeha; woman, helping her deliver groceries and mail. However, things take an...

A parachuting accident on a remote volcanic plateau forces a young solider to confront the torments of his past.

A young speech therapist disconnected from her Tongan heritage lies about her Tongan language skills to get a job. Out of her depth, she must find a...

Making of documentary on the set of New Zealand's first epic Utu (1983), working with little money and dealing respectfully with matters of cultural...

A lonely woman turns to a cutting-edge dating service, hoping technology might succeed where love has failed.