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Director's Statement How can a man crush a child to death, while believing the entire time that he is helping him? This was the most infuriating question, according to news stories that appeared over 12 years ago about an actual faith healing gone...

Ever The Land explores the sublime bond between people and their land through a landmark architectural undertaking by one of New Zealand’s most passionately independent Māori tribes, Ngāi Tūhoe. For the past 150 years, the relationship between...

The film follows three men who have dedicated decades to protecting this important vessel of Afghan culture through 100 years of war, hiding it from the Taleban, protecting it from the ravages of war and Kabul’s extreme weather. Now their project...

In the spring of 2007, 22-year-old Janet Moses was possibly suffering a mental disorder. Her whanau believed she’d fallen under the curse  of a Mãkutu because her sister had stolen a lion statue from the Greytown Hotel in the...

Shmeat is a short animation set in a dystopic New Zealand, where the struggle for food and resources takes a heavy toll on society. A peculiar scientist, Lecta, takes it upon herself to solve this crisis. Using biotechnology, Lecta procures human...

During World War One, Turkey was a German ally. Hoping to knock Turkey out of the war, the British launched an invasion at the Gallipoli Peninsula. As part of the British Empire, colonial troops from Australia and New Zealand fought in this...

The tricky situations we get ourselves into... A sweet and quirky tale which abounds with charm and humour.

KINGSLEY ADAMS, 30s, is moving down in the world. His manager won’t return his phone calls. His new apartment is a dump with dodgy neighbours and his inspiration has dried up. At least Kingsley has his faithful Alsatian PEPPER. But what...

Francis is a struggling aspiring artist who receives an unusual proposition from a mysterious art dealer during another of his fruitless exhibitions. In return for restoring and old oil paiting by an obscure artist, Benjamin Brooke offers to represent...

"I was fascinated by the subculture of SETI@home, in which people all over the world donate their computer power to analyse radio signals for extraterrestrial activity, often building giant servers in their garage or home office. Looking at...

With the work Christmas party finished, workaholic banker Michael has to finish his report but is left wrestling with a faulty printer. Cleaning the apparently empty office is Manut’s job She’s confined her imaginative 9 year old daughter...

This anti-romantic comedy shows Ellen, who on the eve of her departure for foreign shores, receives a thoughtful goodbye present from her boyfriend. This prompts her to gift him a replacement girlfriend, but her plan is far more successful then she ever...

Jacob (8) is caught between two households. His parents Anthony and Gwen have split up and their escalating hostility plays out through the clothes they force him to wear. Nice clothes musn’t travel to the enemy parent, slogan T-shirts become tools...

A rugged, windswept bush-clad island in the Cook Strait, New Zealand, 1900. Joseph is a young lighthouse keeper struggling to wrench a life for his pregnant wife and young boy in the harsh environment. They have run out of conventional fuel for the light...

Far from the city life Jade is used to and ignored by her man-infatuated mother, she struggles to make sense of her isolated setting. Her new ‘brother’ Chance and his threatening behaviour makes things worse. In her search to find her place,...

Ana fights to create a fantasy world for her daughter in a bid to sheild her from the pain of a past relationship. But an unexpected friendship shows Ana that she can merge her not-so-perfect reality with the make-believe world she has created for her...

Charlie, a 7 year old boy from an isolated part of New Zealand, is at a crossroads in life. Too old for an imaginary friend but not quite ready to let him go, Charlie’s father gently pushes him towards the decision to kill his only friend in the...

Filming of Giselle commenced in October/November 2012 in the lead up to  the ballet's premiere in Wellington on 7 November, ahead of a seven centre tour.    Ethan Stiefel (pictured), recently retired world renowned Principal Dancer of...

Anthony Powell is a photographer and filmmaker who specializes in time-lapse images.  His work has appeared in numerous films and TV shows all over the world, including the recent Emmy Award-winning BBC series Frozen Planet. Antarctica: A Year on...

Filmed almost entirely on location in Island Bay, Wellington, Gardening with Soul follows Sister Loyola Galvin, the main gardener for the House of Compassion. Filmmaker Jess Feast (Cowboys and Communists) has been following Sister Loyola over the last...

Once a year New Zealand local councils give householders the opportunity to get rid of all their rubbish that won’t fit in the bin.  The infamous ‘inorganic rubbish collection’ results in piles of household appliances, furniture...

Rusty, the gnarly, sixty-something coach of the Paihana Womens Rugby picks up his nineteen year old star first-five, Phoenix on the way to training. They have been inseparable rugby mates since Phoenix was a child but their friendship is threatened by a...

Director's Notes   For a long while I had been looking to film a short story of a classic nature, with an actual beginning, middle and end. Corey’s script, thanks to its simplicity, humanity and originality, leapt off the page...

Director's Notes The anxiety around being accepted is electric at eleven. I remember that time being so strongly about friendships, being liked, and trying to find my place within it. When I connect to my own experiences of bullying, I can vividly...

Director’s Statement "I was in the 2011 Christchurch Earthquake that killed 185 people. During the disaster I heard of ordinary men and women putting themselves at considerable risk to help others, to pull people from rubble or comfort a...

Is old Bird just being Bird, or is he pushing his free-living, hippy lifestyle too far? His escapades are too much for his daughter Blessing, who packs him off to The Golden Falls retirement home. Bird hates it and rebels. The staff gets stricter with...

Meathead is based on a true story, inspired by the real life experiences of Mike Robinson.   The events and ideas within it sparked the development of a short screenplay by writer / director Sam Holst, which was in turn funded by The New Zealand...

NOTES FROM THE DIRECTOR The Off Season is the story of a boy whose life is in upheaval after the recent loss of his father. It is a look into the young boy’s life at a time when he is in great pain. His pain resonates to such a degree that he...

This time, he’s going to make sure he gets his man. So, when people in the retirement village start dying, Murray is on the case. But as events go increasingly haywire, it becomes apparent that all is not as it seems with Frank. Or Murray.

Set in the early 1960s Munted is an unusual film that tells the story of a mother who returns to retrieve Katrina, her almost feral daughter, from her sister’s farm. When it is evident that her sister is not going to give the child up, the mother...

On a trip to find his birth mother, 18-year-old Aaron is forced to hitch a ride with a rough looking stranger, Maka. Out of fear, Aaron rejects Maka’s friendship, but when the reunion with his mother doesn’t go quite as planned, he discovers...

Existence is a post-apocalyptic drama which tells the story of Freya, a woman trapped in a dying world.  Set many years from now, the earth is submerged under a toxic ocean; the last remaining land mass barely supports the survivors.  ...

Director’s Statement “I have known Beatle for a good portion of my life, however he was always a figure on the peripheral. He was employed by my parents to kill animals on our farm for us to eat. I remember when I was about 15,...

Two Little Boys stars Hamish Blake from Hamish and Andy and Bret McKenzie from New Zealand’s acclaimed Flight of the Conchords.  It is the second feature film from writing team Robert and Duncan Sarkies, following their debut feature...

The story is inspired by an incident in 1869 during the New Zealand Land Wars when a young trooper, Michael Noonan carrying military despatches, was shot within sight of the camp at Lake Waikaremoana by an ambushing party.