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The Baker's Brother
FilmRabbit's loyalties to his delinquent brother and the eccentric Mr and Mrs G are put to the test when an unexpected order arrives to bake 330 dozen hot-cross buns by 6:30 the following morning. Familial relations are severely strained as the minutes...
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A Fine Weekend
FilmOne man's life is waylaid by a brief encounter. It will take his best friend to guide him back to love. Director Armagan Ballantyne's last film, Whistle She Rolls, was selected for the 1996 Venice Film Festival and went on to win second prize ar...
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A Quiet Night
FilmPhil Hearn is pushing 40 and feels every minute of it. He didn’t plan to have six kids and work a second job driving taxis to feed them all but that’s how his life is shaping up. One stormy night in the city, Hatu...
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Flames From the Heart
FilmDIRECTOR'S STATEMENT - Robert Sarkies "I got to the movies to enjoy the movie. Others go to chat or eat or sleep or make out. Am I weird?" "We all love going to the movies. There's a romance to it (yes even when you go alone)....
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La Vie En Rose
FilmAudrey Foggin is a sultry young Catholic woman living in the 1950s. She tries to break free of her drab, conformist existence - dominated by religious guilt and fear - by idealising her postie, Barry. Reality, however, turns out to be rather more...
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Malama
FilmMalama is one of six short films that screened as part of Tala Pasifika, a groundbreaking Pacific Island drama series that screened on TV One in 1996. Malama tells the story of Malama, a young girl who lost her eyesight in a car crash that...
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Needles and Glass
FilmMa Te Wa Film Productions - established in 1999 to develop Needles and Glass into a theatrical short. Adapted for the screen by Susan Thrasher from the remarkable short story by Fiona Kidman, Ma Te Wa has endeavoured to gather film industry professionals...
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Philosophy
FilmPhilosophy is an award winning short film about life, death and electricity. Set in a surreal landscape a young student of philosophy hitches a ride in a hearse only to find himself trapped and desperate to escape.
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Pikowae
FilmSacred land… or Tapu, as Maori put it. This is a world where ritual and prayer is the only formidable respect that will pave our way. Respect of where we are standing. Respect for the events of the past. Respect for whatever immortal spirit waits...
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The Waiting Room
FilmDIRECTOR'S NOTES - Ian Hughes "The Waiting Room was written in 1995 while I was living in the city of Prague. Hometown of Franz Kafka. It wasn’t until I lived there that I fully comprehended his work. Life was a constant spiral of...
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The Lethal Innocents
FilmDirector’s Statement - Kirsty Cameron In The Lethal Innocents I wanted to create a suburban fable to tell the story of a girl who does not conform to the cliched ideas of teenage right and wrong. These girls can be called many things –...
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Nutcase
FilmThis early short from Roger Donaldson is a sci-fi caper for kids. A singing and dancing gang led by 'Evil Eva' holds Auckland to ransom. If they don't get their five mil, Eva will drop a nuclear bomb into the crater of Rangitoto...
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Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets
ShowcaseIssue date: 15 Nov 2017Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets is the visually spectacular new adventure film from Luc Besson, the legendary director of The Professional, The Fifth Element, La Femme Nikita and Lucy. Based on the groundbreaking comic book series that...
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The Shannara Chronicles
ShowcaseIssue date: 9 Aug 2017A year after the events of last season, the Four Lands is in chaos. The re-emergence of magic has the populace terrified, and an organization called the Crimson is hunting down magic users, using fear and intimidation to sow discord among the races. Wil...
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Wonder Woman
ShowcaseIssue date: 14 Mar 2017Gal Gadot stars as the title character in the epic action-adventure from director Patty Jenkins. Joining Gadot in the international cast are Chris Pine, Robin Wright, Danny Huston, David Thewlis, Connie Nielsen, Elena Anaya, Ewen Bremner, Lucy Davis,...
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Blade Runner 2049
ShowcaseIssue date: 2 Mar 2018Three decades after the events of the first film, a new blade runner, LAPD Officer K, unearths a long-buried secret that has the potential to plunge what’s left of society into chaos. K’s discovery leads him on a quest to find Rick Deckard, a former LAPD...
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Ash vs Evil Dead
ShowcaseIssue date: 24 Oct 2018Ash vs Evil Dead, a 10-episode half-hour series, is the long-awaited follow-up to the classic horror film, The Evil Dead. The third season finds Ash, having gone from murderous urban legend to humanity-saving hometown hero, discovering that he has a...
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The Shannara Chronicles
ShowcaseIssue date: 5 Jan 2016Series of adventures, war, and evil that occur throughout the history of the Four Lands. Format Television Series Production Company MTV, Sonar Entertainment, Farah Films Producer Jenna Santoianni Glazier (producer), Tim Scanlan (producer), Tim...
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Power Rangers Dino Super Charge
ShowcaseIssue date: 30 Jan 2016Format TV Series Production Company Saban Brands Producer Haim Saban (Executive Producer), Chip Lynn (Executive Producer), Brian Casentini (Executive Producer), Sally Campbell (Producer), Jeffrey Newman (Co-Producer), Joel Andryc...
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Pete's Dragon
ShowcaseIssue date: 15 Sep 2016The adventures of an orphaned boy named Pete and his best friend Elliot, who just so happens to be a dragon. Format Feature film Production Company Walt Disney Pictures Producer James Whitaker (Producer), Barrie Osborne (Executive Producer), Adam...
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The Light Between Oceans
ShowcaseIssue date: 3 Nov 2016In the years following World War I, a lighthouse keeper and his wife are faced with a moral dilemma when a boat washes ashore with a dead man and a two-month-old infant. When they decide to raise the child as their own, the consequences are...
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Z for Zachariah
ShowcaseIssue date: 29 Aug 2014Format Feature film Production Company Material Pictures Producer Skuli Malmquist, Thorir Sigurjonsson, Joni Sighvatsson, Tobey Maguire, Matthew Plouffe, Sophia Lin, Steve Bannatyne (Executive Producer), Steven Johnson (US Line Producer), Murray...
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Slow West
ShowcaseIssue date: 15 May 2015Format Feature film Production Company See-Saw Films, DMC Film and Rachel Gardner Films Producer Iain Canning and Emile Sherman (See-Saw Films), Conor McCaughan (DMC Film) and Rachel Gardner (Rachel Gardner Films). Director John Maclean
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Power Rangers Dino Charge
ShowcaseIssue date: 7 Feb 2015Format TV Series Production Company Saban Brands Producer Haim Saban (Executive Producer), Chip Lynn (Executive Producer), Brian Casentini (Executive Producer), Sally Campbell (Producer), Elie Dekel (Co-Producer), Jeffrey Newman (Co-...
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Krampus
ShowcaseIssue date: 4 Dec 2015When his dysfunctional family clashes over the Christmas holidays, young Max is disillusioned and turns his back on Christmas. Little does he know, this lack of festive spirit has unleashed the wrath of Krampus: a demonic force of ancient evil...
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The Maze Runner: Scorch Trials
ShowcaseIssue date: 10 Sep 2015After having escaped the Maze, the Gladers now face a new set of challenges on the open roads of a desolate landscape filled with unimaginable obstacles. Format Feature film Production Company Gotham Group & Temple Hill Entertainment in...
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Alvin and the Chipmunks: Road Chip
ShowcaseIssue date: 12 Dec 2015Format Feature film Production Company Fox 2000 Pictures Producer Ross Bagdasarian Jr - Producer, Janice Karman - Producer, David McKimmie - Associate Producer, Arnon Milchan - Executive Producer, Karen Rosenfelt - Executive Producer, John...
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The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 2
ShowcaseIssue date: 16 Nov 2015Format Feature film Production Company Lionsgate Films Producer Suzanne Collins - Executive Producer, Christoph Fisser - Co-producer, Jan Foster - Executive Producer, Nina Jacobson - Producer, Jon Kilik - Producer, Cameron MacConomy - Associate...
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The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
ShowcaseIssue date: 11 Dec 2014Format Feature film Production Company Warner Bros Producer Carolynne Cunningham, Peter Jackson, Fran Walsh, Zane Weiner Director Peter Jackson New Zealand Production Management Brigitte Yorke New Zealand Key Creatives Peter...
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ZooMoo
ShowcaseIssue date: 1 Apr 2014Format Pre-school children's TV channel Production Company NHNZ Ltd, ZooMoo International Producer Ian McGee, Annette Butt New Zealand Key Creatives Ian McGee, Jason Lindsey, David Batson New Zealand Core Cast Matt Wilson, Mark Neilson, Katie...
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Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
ShowcaseIssue date: 20 Jun 2014Format Post/Digital/Visual Effects Production Company Chernin Entertainment, Twentieth Century Fox Producer Peter Chernin, Dylan Clark, Rick Jaffa, Amanda Silver Director Matt Reeves Post, Digital, VFX or Special FX Company Weta Digital
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The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
ShowcaseIssue date: 1 Dec 2013Format Feature film Production Company Warner Bros Producer Carolynne Cunningham, Peter Jackson, Fran Walsh, Zane Weiner Director Peter Jackson New Zealand Production Management Brigitte Yorke (UPM) New Zealand Key Creatives Peter Jackson...
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Walking With Dinosaurs
ShowcaseIssue date: 1 Dec 2013Format Feature film Production Company Evergreen Studios/BBC Producer Mike Devlin, Amanda Hill, Deepak Nayar Director Barry Cook, Neil Nightingale New Zealand Production Management Trevor Haysom (Line Producer), Richard Fletcher (Line Producer...
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Mr Pip
ShowcaseIssue date: 1 Nov 2013Format Feature film Production Company Olympus Pictures Producer Andrew Adamson, Tim Coddington, Robin Scholes, Leslie Urdang, Dean Vanech Director Andrew Adamson New Zealand Production Management Catherine Madigan (Line Producer), Janine...
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Get Out Alive with Bear Grylls
ShowcaseIssue date: 1 Jul 2013Format TV series Production Company Bear Grylls Ventures, NBC, Electus Producer Bear Grylls, Ben Silverman, Chris Grant, Laura Caraccioli, Doug McCallie, Tom Shelly Director Matt Valentine New Zealand Production Management Julian...