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For Good is writer/ director Stuart McKenzie’s debut feature. An intense psychological thriller, it tracks a young woman’s struggle with her own sexual identity as she agonizes over the brutal rape and murder of her childhood...

Director's Statement - Paolo Rotondo "I fell in love with this story over the dinner table with my co-writer Neil Campbel. The first thing which attracted me to The Freezer  story, was the fact that it was a bloody good...

DIRECTOR'S NOTES - Brian Challis "When I first read Mathew’s script for Rock what first interested me was the isolation of Ralph.  A boy surrounded by people but totally alone.  I think it fits with the themes of my other...

Director’s Notes - Annalise Patterson “I see From Where I’m Standing as a kind of Chekhovian character study in which an unexpected event – the arrival of geese next door, and the neighbour’s response to this –...

Late for a dinner date, an erratic Motorist tries to prepare a gift whilst navigating a winding hillside road. But disaster strikes and he careens off a cliff! As his car plummets into the abyss, our Motorist has time to reflect ...

DIRECTOR’S NOTES - Chris Graham Water is a film about many things, with many under water layers. On its floating surface, it appears to be a film about a family in denial. How people often hide behind their daily trivial interests, and...

The Locals is the first feature film from writer/director Greg Page, whose award-winning short films Sarah’s Washing and Decaff brought him international recognition. The Locals was produced by Rocket Pictures/Local Films Ltd in association with...

Director's Notes I’d heard that creativity flourishes when restricted and it turned out to be true. We originally made Man With Issues for the Wellington Fringe Film Festival Competition. It had to run less than three minutes and be based on...

Director’s Notes - Belinda Schmid “Trespass is the demystification of New Zealand archetype of The Man Alone; similar to the lone hero in American westerns. Based on James K. Baxter’s poem The Ballad of John MacFarlane, the...

Kombi Nation is told through the eyes of a documentary film crew who have travelled to London to make a ‘reality-TV’ show about the group’s journey. But as the trip goes awry, the crew are drawn more and more onto the other side of the...

Toy Love is the third feature film from New Zealand writer/director Harry Sinclair (The Price of Milk, Topless Women Talk About Their Lives) and was produced by Juliette Veber.

Director’s Notes - Kirstin Marcon “Picnic Stops explores the internal war in a young woman between her heart and her sense of duty. She is caught between wanting to do the right and painful thing, and wanting to avoid the pain entirely...

Director’s Notes - Roseanne Liang: “Henchman is a post-modern love story. On the one hand, it flies in the face of Hollywood convention and declares to the world that indeed, everybody does get to love somebody sometimes, whether they are...

Fracture is director Larry Parr's second feature film, following A Soldier's Tale (1988). Parr had long been interested in adapting Maurice Gee's novel Crime Story for film. After purchasing the rights to the novel, he worked on...

Director’s Notes - Sam Scott “The script was adapted by William Brandt from a story in his award-winning collection, Alpha Male. Sam had always wanted to work with William and chose this story because of its strong dramatic narrative...

Sue waits at a bus stop on a lonely country road. Darryl, an odd rural type, appears out of nowhere and begins to bother her. Sue feels increasingly threatened, and when Darryl grasps her shoulder she panics, smashing him over the head with a rock....

DIRECTOR’S NOTES - David Rittey “The inspiration for Closer grew from my own experiences while working as a disability support worker after finishing film school . During this time I worked with people who had a wide range of "...

Off the beaten track and at the bottom of the heap, for Divot the only way is up.  When fresh prey strays into their territory the hunt is on, but will it be the strongest, the oldest - or the smartest - that triumphs?  As others stick to old...

The Savages are a working class West Auckland family who like drinking, and living by their own rules. Savage Honeymoon is a celebration of their passion and leather pants - and a snapshot of a couple worried their children may not be as lucky as them....

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Hannah (Nicola Murphy), her young son, Jonathan (Morgan Palmer Hubbard) and his grandfather Bill (Bernard Moody) are thrilled to meet him and hope his contract to dust surrounding farmland keeps him there permanently. Bill, a former pilot himself, has...

The debut feature from writer-director Glenn Standring, The Irrefutable Truth about Demons sees anthropologist Harry Ballard (Karl Urban) threatened by a sinister cult. With the help of beautifully bizarre Bennie (Katie Wolfe) he endures a terrifying...

Each of them lives their life the way they play pool. THOMAS is either ‘on or ‘off. His game can be one of two things – absolutely brilliant or absolutely crap. JACK is always slick, cool and forever setting up the next shot. WAYNE is,...

Sunday, in a dull suburban street in New Zealand. Fourteen year old Charlotte lies on the floor in her house on the telephone. Charlotte is bored. Charlotte is beautiful, hovering on that uncertain line between child and woman. A shadow falls across her...

“My initial interest in Bus Stop was to make a film that explored the idea of what strangers around us are thinking. The more I spoke of this, the more I found everyone 2 had experienced the personal curiosity of the thoughts of people...

Director's Statement “Beautiful was taken from a theatre sketch written and performed by Jason Hoyte and Jonathan Brugh. The challenge lay in adapting its simplicity on the stage to technicalities of the big screen. Maintaining the honesty of...

Ko Whangatauatia te pae maunga Ko Karirikura te moana Ko Ahipara Kāmehameha te marae Ko Te Ōhāki tōku tūrangawaewae He uri ahau nō Te Rarawa iwi Me ōnā peka o Ngāti Moetonga Te Rokekā… Tihe Mauriora! In 1980 after an undistinguished spell...

A father in a wheelchair kidnaps his daughter. His ex-wife is doing everything to find her.

Junk may be tough for some and too pessimistic for others, but there is truth here whether we like it or not, as well as a story that is engaging, provocative and not without a certain black humour. In accepting the parts of...

Ten-year-old Megan is exploring the mangroves when she has a surprise encounter with Penina. Both girls are shy and their efforts to become friends are soon ruined by Penina’s surly older brother Gordon who demands Megan leave. When Penina tries to...

DIRECTORS NOTES - Toby Mills This film is inspired by a Shakespearean sonnet. Sonnet 147 My love is as a fever, longing still For that which longer nurseth the disease; Feeding on that which doth preserve the ill, The uncertain sickly appetite...

Director’s Notes - Tama Poata "Te Ao Kapurangi is a New Zealand period film depicting an episode of the ‘musket wars’ between indigenous Maori tribes who take advantage of new warfare technology supplied by British...