New Zealand Movies

Boy is the unsettling story of a young male prostitute, or Rent Boy, in a small rural town who learns the truth behind a hit and run accident which...

A strange figure lurks through lost terrain questioning its new-found home.

When Celeste needs some alone time, she watches back episodes of her favourite soap operas. At times the lines between reality and fantasy becomes a...

Two decades on from Sam Neill’s Cinema of Unease, Tim Wong’s essay film contemplates the prevailing image of a national cinema while...

A man runs away from the sun in the desert

When estranged son, Tai, is called home to Aotearoa to his father Putty's deathbed, he is forced to confront a painful past after years of avoiding...

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

An elderly woman wilting away in a retirement home longs to commune with the vibrant natural world outside. This magical short offers a positive spin...

The solitude and despair of a woman living in a dungeon hanging in the sky.

This hilarious and heartwarming mockumentary follows a group of musicians in rural New Zealand as they compete for a scholarship to the prestigious...

Inspired by films including "Rattle and Hum" and "Endless Summer," Fading West follows Grammy-winning alternative-rock band Switchfoot as they travel...

This is the story of Bella, a defiantly proud transsexual and part-time tattooist, whose mere presence arouses the ire of one of the prison guards....

Five Small town guys have a race against time to save their beloved, yet run down Tavern from an evil big city property developer with sinister plans.

War zone borders, engine trouble and the difficulties of making money to survive couldn't outweigh the thrill of adventure and discovery Daniel Rintz...

A park bench and different interactions around it, on any given day. Part of Super 8x8 Festival in Auckland, New Zealand.

Every World Cup, Every winner.The next in the Super8 series, only bigger and better. Illusionary Lines has been with the World Cup circus for the...

When a single mother brings her young boy to church for healing, this lonely pentecostal minister is forced to confront the seemingly incurable...

Having failed to maintain her inherited estate's rose garden, a young woman finds herself haunted by the previous owner.

Actor Miranda Harcourt directs an ode to her broadcaster father Peter in this short documentary. The film emerges from vocal chords (via an...

After the loss of his best friend, Josh faces an encounter with Thalia in a dream