New Zealand Movies

Before Christmas, the North Pole is a very busy place. When Rumbletum, the cantankerous boiler which drives the toy machines breaks down, Santa has...

The story of famous New Zealand cricketer, Bob Blair and his fiance Nerissa Love, whose young life was shattered by the 1953 Tangiwai Disaster.

During WWII, John and Halina were exiled from their Polish homeland and sent to Siberia. Years and many miles later, they found themselves in a New...

Tyrannical Love is a film about the quirkiness of life and love when you are no longer a kid but not quite an adult. There is something for everyone...

Wife of successful NZ businessman is seduced by fellow American after "chance" meeting in park. However, Greg has more than love-making with the...

The animated story of a boy who disguises himself as a shark to frighten off other people so that he will have the beach all to himself.

Afghanistan's film history might well have have been lost forever, if not for the brave custodians who risked their lives to conceal films from the...

Ollie's girlfriend has a shiny new ring on her finger, but it ain't from Ollie. Shades of Chappell Roan in this sapphic not-quite-love story.

Filmed in front of a live audience in March 2021 in Auckland, Aotearoa, “Live From The Island” was one of New Zealand’s first full...

GISELLE is acclaimed director Toa Fraser's inter­pretation of the Royal New Zealand Ballet's production of Giselle. The classic story of love,...

Star-crossed lovers, Robert and Ariana, are caught up in the New Zealand wars of the 1860s. Ariana is claimed by the Maniapoto people as one of...

Into an empty movie theater comes a single spectator, a box of popcorn in hand. He tries various seats before settling down near the front. The movie...

Impoverished sheep-cocky Tom Collins has vivid reveries of breeding a race horse to win the Melbourne Cup. His wife Ngaire is obsessed with meeting...

Grace is a homeless teenager. She befriends an unemployed carpenter and he invites her to share his flat. She moves in and to her surprise a delicate...

Holding The Sun is the story of businessman Matthew Archview who is lost in an ocean of amnesia after a devastating car crash took the life of his...

Barry Barclay was a New Zealand/Aotearoa director of documentaries and feature films. He is regarded as one of the world's first, and very...

Connected by blood but separated by circumstances, three cousins spend a lifetime in search of each other.

In a desperate bid to prevent his older sister from leaving home, Cyrus attempts to recover her stolen dirt bike.

Charlie and Sage Jackson are growing up in a world where the rules don’t affect everyone equally. As their family faces pressures shaped by law...

Opens Looks is a short film told in English and Cook Islands Māori. A story of love, redemption and basketball.