New Zealand Movies

The main part of the film takes place by the legendary Lethe River on New Zealand’s wild and wondrous South Island. Back in 1988, one of the...

An entertaining look at life in Wellington, New Zealand in the 1960s, giving a colourful impression of Wellington city: hills, winding streets, busy...

The true story of one woman's quest to befriend and protect and extroverted wild dolphin, Moko. Filmed in the 6 months leading up to Moko's death,...

A young deaf Maori boy defies isolation to grow from an undervalued youth into a proud young man.

Scientists perform an autopsy on the best preserved mummy ever discovered: that of a Han aristocrat named Lady Dai. More than 2000 years after her...

A fifteen-minute portrait-documentary to accompany "Irene 59", the film about her mother.

A woman (Loren Taylor) pitches a tent on the edge of a forest and starts to collect men.

In Hugh Macdonald’s fascinating and inspiring doco, his cousin, writer and illustrator Sheila Natusch retraces a long life dedicated to sharing...

As an eight year old girl carefully decides which lollies to spend her hard earned pocket money on, she notices an old man at the counter ahead of...

Two women visit a gym together where they meet a personal trainer who harasses them with a seemingly never-ending sales pitch.

An airplane lands. A massive cruise boat anchors off the reef, disgorging tourists for tropical island vacations. This postcard paradise depends on...

Is My Living in Vain is a meditation on the continuing history and emancipatory potential of the Black church as a space of belonging, affirmation...

'The Church of the Open Sky' is a luscious visual love poem that explores gratefully lived surfing journeys. It is a sea soaked celebration of the...

Brings to light the harrowing experiences of survivors who endured abuse while in state care in New Zealand. Through candid interviews and personal...

A guilty youth leader meets a mysterious cow on her train ride home from bible camp.

Hone is the last of the old time gravediggers. He links the living with the dead. He is the keeper of their secrets. Tana is Hone’s apprentice...

A son returns home to help is mother get her affairs in order.

Indie film studio Silver Platter serves up yet another exhilarating ride through exotic and extreme snowboarding terrain with this documentary that's...

Annie Goldson and Kay Ellmers’ doco, expanded from the film they made for Maori Television, takes a timely look at New Zealand’s military...

Dashing down to the local dairy has long been a Kiwi institution. This documentary examines the evolution of the dairy and the impact it has had on...