Subgenre Sampler
New Zealand > Drama: 208 Films to Buy & Rent
- Strength of Water, The (2009)
- Dir. Armagan Ballantyne
Feat. Hato Paparoa, Melanie Mayall-Nahi, Jim Moriarty…
- Ten–year–old twins are separated by tragedy in this evocative, gracefully shot debut for dir. Ballantyne, set in a Maori community on the…
- Until Proven Innocent (2009)
- Dir. Peter Burger
Feat. Cohen Holloway, Edward Campbell, Miranda Harcourt
- Credible homegrown teledrama tells the true story of the crusade to free David Dougherty, wrongly imprisoned for the rape and abduction of an…
- Vintner's Luck, The (2009)
- Dir. Niki Caro
Feat. Keisha Castle-Hughes, Jeremie Renier, Gaspard Ulliel…
- Contentious, opulent NZ–made adaptation of the much–loved Elizabeth Knox novel, ostensibly about the relationship between a guardian…
- A Song Of Good (2008)
- Dir. Gregory King
Feat. Gareth Reeves, Ian Mune, Danielle Cormack…
- The director of CHRISTMAS continues to pick away at the festering sores of Kiwi suburbia, diagramming the destructive forces hampering a…
- Apron Strings (2008)
- Dir. Sima Urale
Feat. Laila Rouass, Jennifer Ludlam, Scott Wills…
- Acclaimed short film director Sima Urale makes her feature film debut with this drama about fractious maternal connections that contrast two…
- Burying Brian (TV Series) (2008)
- Dir. Peter Burger
Feat. Rebecca Hobbs, Ian Mune, Robbie Magasiva
- Kiwi black comedy series centred on four friends who find themselves entangled in a scandalous cover–up when one of the ladies accidentally…
- Dean Spanley (2008)
- Dir. Toa Fraser
Feat. Jeremy Northam, Sam Neill, Peter O'Toole…
- This Kiwi–British production cross–breed is a charmingly eccentric, surprisingly moving 'drawing room' drama set in Edwardian Britain in…
- Jinx Sister (2008)
- Dir. Athina Tsoulis
Feat. Sara Wiseman, Jarod Rawiri, William Wallace…
- Tidy homeland drama finds Americanized ex–pat Wiseman returning to New Zealand to reconcile with her elder sister (Nash), seemingly happily…
- Map Reader, The (2008)
- Dir. Harold Brodie
Feat. Rebecca Gibney, Jordan Selwyn, Bonnie Soper…
- A small–town teenager’s obsession with maps is the central metaphor in this ragged yet heart–felt local feature about finding and…
- Pictures of You (2008)
- Dir. Ben Woollen
Feat. Brendan Kavanagh, Jonn Wilson, Bernard Moody…
- Youth drama concerning a promising rugby player whose dreams lie far away from the sporting field.