Search

Staring Anzac Wallace, Bruno Lawrence, Wi Kuki Kaa, Kelly Johnson, Tim Elliot, Tania Bristowe, Tim Elliot, Tania Bristowe, Ilona Rodgers, Martyn Sanderson. Geoff Murphy's original 1983 classic, digitally re mastered and remixed in 5.1 stereo.

The greatest love story ever told is played out in a caravan park over one hot summer.  Romeo and Juliet, two young members of opposing feuding families, fall in love and all hell breaks loose.  For the first time ever, an entire play of...

Jack spends an afternoon alone in his room, reliving the magic of a teenage love story and the tragic events that threaten to tear it apart. As he considers his world without his girl, he is left questioning what it really means to do the right...

Director’s Statement -Leo Woodhead   As a film-maker, I’m interested in how our understanding of other people often comes from the most fleeting of moments or the briefest of glimpses. And how from this fragmentary experience...

The Weight Of Elephants is the debut feature of Daniel Joseph Borgman, a New Zealander who lives between Europe and the country he grew up in, New Zealand. Daniel has forged a unique path as a New Zealand filmmaker, making his films both there and in...

Roof Rattling tells the story of the brief connection between a young boy and an old man who couldn’t be more different, or more alike. A chance encounter between the two has a dramatic effect on both of their lives.

Meniscus is the evolution of consciousness. Naked bodies move enmasse, no longer individuals, but one body of flesh, pulsating to the rhythm of life. Together the naked bodies have a vulnerability that is powerful. The delicate beauty of this...

DIRECTOR’S STATEMENT - Jason Stutter “This is the third in the ‘Careful with that…’ series. I hope audiences get a kick out of this one as much as the other two. ‘Crossbow’ continues the...

Fifteen-year-old James has everything before him; the catch is he has to choose between the two things he wants the most. Jenny, the girl he has a crush on is awaiting him at the end of her shift at the used-book store. His new rugby mates expect him to...

Ed Preston in his old age (Tony Barry) tells the story from the day in 1940, aged 28, he and his mates impetuously signed up after rugby practice, telling their wives later. His new wife, Tui (Chelsie Preston Crayford), was pregnant and distraught, but...

TAKU RAKAU E is a waiata tawhito composed about 1873 by Mihikitekapua of Tūhoe. Now in 2009, some generations later Mihikitekapua’s descendents continue to sing her waiata. In this short film Mihikitekapua laments the loss of land and her family...

Berik, a short drama about friendship and understanding, takes place in Semey, Kazakhstan. Berik, 33, blind and deformed due to radiation poisoning, spends his days at home alone, while his brother is at work. That is until Adil, 11, the smallest...

Amadi, a recently resettled refugee from Rwanda is in constant dispute with his mentally unstable neighbour who insists on cluttering the hallway of their building with her possessions. A mutual prejudice exists between them. But when they observe each...

THE HOPES & DREAMS OF GAZZA SNELL is a coming of age drama with a difference: it's the father who does the growing up. In equal measures charming and infuriating, Gazza Snell (William McInnes) is mad about karting – as are his teenage...

And hilarity ensues. He buys a motorbike and a leather jacket....ah wait, I've given away too much.

Rory’s planned a surprise for Rebecca, but everything is destroyed when she finally reveals her motives for hanging out with him. How far can Rory be pushed before he snaps?

Fired by the promise of revenge against the Bramwells (the wealthy property developers who stole his family’s land) and embarrassed by his gone-mad father (Tim Finn) building an enormous tower in the front yard, Cedric is ready for action. When...

Billy T: Te Movie explores Billy T James’ origins as a performer from the time he moved from rural Cambridge to 1960s Auckland on a Māori apprenticeship scheme and joined his first band, through to his high-rating TV series and award-winning acting...

The Devil's Rock , June 5, 1944. A crack kiwi commando team, Captain Ben Grogan and Sergeant Joseph Tane, are sent on a top secret mission to destroy gun emplacements inside German occupied territory in the Channel Islands on the eve of D-Day. They...

When a City Falls began as a project by Gerard Smyth to document the damage done to Christchurch by the September 2010 earthquake, and the subsequent recovery efforts in the months that followed. In February 2011 when the devastating magnitude 6.3...

Vinnie and his friend Jonah spend their nights on the streets of South Auckland tagging and stealing. One night Vinnie has had enough. He tries to break away from his overbearing friend but is drawn back in when Jonah threatens and humiliates him. When...

Based on real events, Preferably Blue is the story of a very lonely and very bitter Easter Bunny. Fuelled by ego, jealousy, vodka and anti-depressants, Easter Bunny hatches a plan that will see the “holiday spotlight” shift from his old foe...

A discontented and apathetic young rural woman spends her days renovating the country villa she shares with her often absent husband. A regular attempt to capture eels for their dinner-plates creates an encounter between the woman and an eel. One night...

Monifa, a young African girl, has recently arrived to New Zealand as a refugee from Burundi. Haunted by her past, she struggles to adapt to her new life with ageing adoptive parents.  On the way to school, Monifa encounters a local Polynesian boy....

When carsick Bella (Coco Lovatt) vomits on a farmer’s metal driveway it leads to an angry confrontation between the farm-woman, Bev (Jennifer Ludlum), and Bella’s mother, Lisa (Sophie Henderson). Bev accuses Lisa of violating her property,...

Director's Notes Michelle started developing the story after the completion of her first short film Betty Banned Sweets.  She felt that she wasn’t done with the themes of Betty Banned Sweets and wanted to explore them further. ...

Emily should know better than to fall in love with white boys, even if they are kindred nerd spirits. Her parents are touchy about the whole “we came to New Zealand to give you the best opportunities” thing, and eldest sister Susan had to...

Love Birds, starring acclaimed Golden Globe Award-winning British actress Sally Hawkins and internationally popular comedian, broadcaster and actor Rhys Darby, is a charming, bitter-sweet romantic comedy about what it is to have friends and find true...

Canadian Eskimo Dogs, or Qimmiq, were once indispensible to human life in the arctic. Today, the breed faces extinction. Since 1976, Brian Ladoon has stuck to a promise to maintain a viable breeding colony, battling chronic underfunding, wandering polar...

The Orator (O le Tulafale) is the story of a man, Saili, who wants only to defend the honour of his beloved wife and be at peace with her.  Saili is physically disadvantaged, with no great aspirations or expectations for himself and yet he is...

DIRECTOR’S STATEMENT - Jason Stutter: “Careful with that Axe is inspired by a song written by Pink Floyd. I listened to the song one day on my iPod and the idea for this film just kinda fell into my head. Most of my film concepts are either...

New Educational Series - Canaries in Colour is a nostalgic pastiche of found graphic material from AV learning programs of the 1970s. 

A chance comment gave writer Kate McDermott a new perspective on a commonplace situation and inspired the short film script This Is Her. “The middle-aged man leaves his similarly aged wife for someone 20 years his junior - it’s such a common...

Director’s Notes - Jochen Fitzherbert “Of all the films I’ve written, Bridge is the script that excited me to a degree that inspired me to return to my first passion: the director’s chair. Why the excitement? First and...