New Zealand Movies

The story behind the music video 'Glare' by Sheep, Dog & Wolf.

One tiny little mistake and suddenly you’re lost in Canada.

Energetic, stylish and unexpectedly emotional documentary about legendary New Zealand punk band Skeptics, whose run was short by singer David D'Ath's...

A group of people with mental health issues such as depression and suicidal thoughts, embark on a one hundred day journey to find happiness, with amaz...

"The Short Trilogy of Peace" is a collection of three short poetic documentaries made in New Zealand and Slovenia between 2012 and 2016.

A young boy with a vivid imagination finds himself on the edge of a bad decision.

Through a 30 year career, the late Ewen Gilmour perfected his comedy persona as a black-wearing, beer-slugging, head-banging West Aucklander — the qui...

This is a story about survival, family, love, and how sometimes things go wrong. Set on a colonized Mars, a young girl, her mother and her mother’s st...

Tai Whetuki delves into Māori and Pacific cultural practices pertaining to death and mourning. Haunting and evocative images, accompanied by an elemen...

A reflection on China's political system and the reality of the country.

Made in response to the poetry of New Zealand filmmaker Joanna Margaret Paul.

Commissioned as a response to an untitled poem by artist Joanna Margaret Paul, Nova Paul's Still Light is a reflection on the domestic and intimate.

By Sea tells the story of a fictional seaside apartment building. The architecture of the complex forms the words Par Mer, written in a bold, italic t...

Tonal shifts are layered with text fragments gleaned from two of Joanna Margaret Paul’s poems provided to the artist.

Two New Zealand fur seal pups. Born on opposite sides of New Zealand’s South Island. We follow the first few months of their lives as they struggle to...

Claire Duncan’s “love-letter to music on the margins” punctures the romantic view of the touring musician (with withering narration playing over image...

At the age of fourteen, Tihei Harawira found his own unique way to connect with others – through freestyle rapping. Set in the vibrant world of the O...

With a healthy mix of imagination, balls and roughly remembered Newtonian physics, a kiwi bloke jumped off a bridge in 1980 and started what has becom...

“Sonic artist” Chris Cree Brown discusses composing with new media and how he orchestrates particular sounds into formal compositional structures. Som...