New Zealand Movies

Made during the COVID-19 pandemic, this film is a play on ‘winner winner, chicken dinner’, a phrase often used by Australians to celebrate personal vi...

Using natural elements and sounds, this experimental film explores the connection between the body and land.

A collector reveals the story behind his lifelong obsession.

Wolves, lions, hyenas, meerkats and dolphins are born without the skills they need to hunt and survive. They must learn them all from their pack. Each...

Southern New Zealand is home to an incredible diversity of penguins; each species has its mode of reproduction, its habits of brooding and teaching it...

By Sea tells the story of a fictional seaside apartment building. The architecture of the complex forms the words Par Mer, written in a bold, italic t...

When a young boy is left home alone with his increasingly unwell grandmother, he is forced to come to terms with her deterioration.

Together We Grow is a 40-minute documentary that tells the inspiring story of a thriving hub helping to build resilience into its local community by g...

Documentary on cartoonist Murray Webb.

Shirley Horrocks’ richly illustrated portrait of the life and career of one of New Zealand’s most important photographers, who dedicated his life to s...

A documentary taking its cues from children's imaginative flights of fancy.

A documentary about a group of teenage boys going to see Sonic the Hedgehog (2020) before the COVID-19 pandemic.


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



Shoe designer and fetishist Doug George tells the story of how high heels saved his life. (from IMDb)

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

The listless love lives and insecure domestic arrangements of a group of Wellington 20-somethings are scrutinised with insight and irony in I Think I’...

In the midst of inter-tribal warfare in the early 1800s, a young Māori girl is separated from her mother. In her journey to safety, she befriends a yo...

The world’s museums are closed. What are you missing?  Take a real-time walk through the Louvre towards the “greatest painting ever” and contemplate...

Leaky home experts John Gray and Roger Levie uncover the shocking truth about the dreadful and dangerous state of many apartment buildings in New Zeal...