New Zealand Movies

A behind-the-scenes documentary on the making of 2002's "The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers." Created by filmmaker Costa Botes, personally...

Evoking the style and pace of the Noir genre, the film is essentially a murder mystery with Stanley (Gareth Reeves) the prime suspect. Stanley's...

Pioneering New Zealand reporter Dairne Shanahan reports on transvestites and transsexuals.

A curious deaf boy's life is changed when he meets a Living Statue.

Princess Adalina falls in love with a humble soldier, Livia. But when her father, the King, discovers their forbidden romance, the two young women...

The remarkable story of Fa'amoana's time as a state ward in the 1960's and the intergenerational impacts of these experiences.

When a group of teenagers reunite to memorialise their friend’s passing, latecomer Jed is forced to confront his unresolved grief before his...

Baelin (Rowan Bettjeman), a simple background NPC in the video game 'Skycraft' has been walking the same route for as long as he can remember....

The astonishing story of the genesis, production, worldwide success, and legacy of King Kong (1933), directed by Merian C. Cooper and Ernest B....

A ninja hopes to steal an item from a museum, but not everything goes as planned.

Filmed in front of a live audience in March 2021 in Auckland, Aotearoa, “Live From The Island” was one of New Zealand’s first full...

Darcy, a composer, sees colors when she plays musical notes. When she notices her usually subtle colors changing, she realizes a profound change is...

Ordinary people find extraordinary courage in the face of madness. On 13–14 November 1990 that madness came to Aramoana, a small New Zealand...

Opens Looks is a short film told in English and Cook Islands Māori. A story of love, redemption and basketball.

When a self-destructive teenager is suspended from school and asked to look after his feisty alcoholic grandmother as a punishment, the crazy time...

Restoring Hope provides a rare opportunity to witness the restorative justice process unfolding as it happens, a process that is not only making...

In a family of sheep rustlers, a 15-year-old must go up against his domineering father to help his younger brother keep the lamb left orphaned by...

Kurī hasn't been back home to Te Urewera since she was bitten on the face by a dog as a child. She must return home and face the uncertainty of...

When all the earth's fire begins to go out, Hercules and Deianeira must go in search for fire to stop the world from cold. "Hercules and the Circle...

Before Christmas, the North Pole is a very busy place. When Rumbletum, the cantankerous boiler which drives the toy machines breaks down, Santa has...