In a violent relationship, it takes a mother’s strength to save herself and her children from the man she loved. Once Were Warriors is a...
Once Were Warriors
A contemporary story of love, rejection, and triumph as a young Māori girl fights to fulfill a destiny her grandfather refuses to recognize.
Whale Rider
When a young fakaleiti falls in love at St Valentine’s Highschool, she must navigate her way through a world of intolerance and bigotry to find...
Inky Pinky Ponky
War journalist Paul Prior returns to his New Zealand hometown after his father’s death, rekindling strained relationships with his brother and...
In My Father's Den
Ordinary people find extraordinary courage in the face of madness. On 13–14 November 1990 that madness came to Aramoana, a small New Zealand...
Out of the Blue
A fantasy romance set in 19th century France. The film revolves around Sobran, a young peasant winemaker, and the three important figures in his life...
The Vintner's Luck
A comedy-drama which follows the collapse of two marriages.
Separation City
A matriarch organizes a feast with her family, in which she will name her successor. The heart has gone out of Nanna Maria's family. There are no...
No. 2
The life story of Colin McKenzie, a forgotten pioneer of international cinema who was born in rural New Zealand in 1888.
Forgotten Silver
Sam, a fearless young girl raised outside of her Māori culture, is determined to fulfill her mission of connecting with her mountain. She hopes...
The Mountain
When Melanie goes home from the pub with a handsome stranger, she’s captivated by his charm and attentiveness. He sails her away to his...
Perfect Strangers
Darcy, a composer, sees colors when she plays musical notes. When she notices her usually subtle colors changing, she realizes a profound change is...
Vermilion
Ivan is the fierce patriarch of a family of Croatian refugees living in Auckland during the Yugoslav wars. Nina is his daughter, ready to live on her...
Broken English
An island in spectacular Sydney Harbour. Summer sun, top international artists, and tens of thousands of music fans from across the world! ...
Panic at Rock Island
A majestic tale of drama, love, mystery and the clashing of cultures in early 1800's New Zealand.
Greenstone
The children of the Pacific Island families who migrated to New Zealand in the 1950s, 60s, 70s and even 80s have grown up. They have changed the...
Children of the Migration
Actor Sam Neill discusses New Zealand film and his own experiences within and without.
Cinema of Unease: A Personal Journey by Sam Neill
A car crash blazes a destructive trail trough the lives of three women – an awkward adolescent, a malevolent femme fatale, and a...
Crush
In a town called Hope on the edge of Britain's empire, desperations clash: the beautiful Dorothea Brook is desperate to free her pregnant sister Rose...
Desperate Remedies
Former pop singer Ngaire Fuata grew up in Whakatāne thinking she was Māori. Her father Fu, from the tiny Pacific island of Rotuma —...
Salat es Rotuma - Passage to Rotuma
