New Zealand Movies

A young girl finds comfort in play and slowly reconnects with her distant father after her mother walks out on the family.

A young girl on school camp must face her fears on a nighttime bush walk.

Acknowledging Len Lye, Lomas has created a vibrant, naturally kinetic and textural world of colourful geometric shapes going flatstick. (NZFF 1998...

A contemplation of art and adventure in the southern wilds of New Zealand by both a landscape photographer and an adventure filmmaker. This film is...

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...

In a small rural town, a restless teenager rejects the ordinary life that surrounds him. He escapes into a world of graffiti, rebellion, and...

Drop is a hallucinatory night(mare) out with friends. Chased by shadowy figures, a man tries to outrun both his past and present

A small boy comes home to find his grandmother has gone and he has to fend for himself.

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

Australian outlaw Ned Kelly and his gang face off against law enforcement, led by the diligent Standish O'Connor.

Director Roger Donaldson's 1977 movie of CK Stead novel Smith's Dream helped spark a new wave of Kiwi cinema. Getting there was a cash-strapped,...

After failing to reform his heavy metal band DEATHGASM for a battle-of-the-bands to win back his girlfriend Medina, Brodie decides to use black magic...

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...

Baltimore, 1959. Danny's dad is the only man in the neighborhood who didn't fight in World War II. Danny, who's 12, gets teased and folks make nasty...

Huge numbers were placed there for life. Some were deemed hopeless cases, never to be part of society again. These were the patients and residents of...

Filling the giant screen with stunning time-lapse vistas of Antarctica, and detailing year-round life at McMurdo and Scott Base, Anthony...

A comedy about a real estate agent who becomes the last chief of a sinking pacific island.

Ty discovers a kōauau on a beach, which causes him to repeat the same day over and over again. Frustrated and desperate, Ty must figure out how...

Lou explains that growing is inevitable.

A powerful story about a swimming teacher dealing with the overwhelming effects of loss, grief, and guilt.