New Zealand Film

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My Year With Helen (2017): Dir. Gaylene Preston; With unique access to high-ranking candidate Helen Clark, filmmaker Gaylene Preston casts a wry eye on proceedings as the United Nations turns itself inside-out choosing a new Secretary-General. Her cameras explore the cracks between the diplomats, the embedded press and feminist activists as they push for…
Brokenwood Mysteries, The (TV Series) (2014-2017): Feat. Neill Rea, Fern Sutherland; A local stab at the ever popular murder mystery genre with this Kiwiana policier featuring two mismatched detectives investigating a series of homicides in small town New Zealand. More MIDSOMER than BROACHCHURCH, though not without its own dark humour and unsettling rural charm. Each series contains four…
Spookers (2017): Dir. Florian Habicht; A delightfully surprising documentary feature about an Auckland "scream park" called Spookers that provides brave hordes of paying customers with the fearsome thrills of freaks, zombies and chainsaw-wielding clowns, played by a close-knit community of ordinary Kiwis. The material is a perfect match for…
One Thousand Ropes (2017): Dir. Tusi Tamasese
Feat. Frankie Adams, Uelese Pataia, Beulah Koale…; A Samoan father and traditional healer reconnects with his estranged daughter in this quietly powerful drama shot in Wellington, by the director of THE ORATOR. Weaves together bracing social realism with supernatural elements and local folklore, within a cultural context that will be unfamiliar to most.
McLaren (2017): Dir. Roger Donaldson; After THE WORLD'S FASTEST INDIAN, director Roger Donaldson tributes another Kiwi hero of motorsport, Bruce McLaren, for this elegant documentary portrait of a man of humble beginnings who had spectacular success in the elite world of Formula One motor racing in the 1960's, and died tragically at the age of…
Pecking Order (2017): Dir. Slavko Martinov; Members of the Christchurch Poultry, Bantam and Pigeon Club prepare for the NZ National Championships in this hilarious, heartwarming slice of Kiwi life.
Aunty & the Star People (2014): Dir. Gerard Smyth; The extraordinary story of an unassuming elderly women from Berhampore, Wellington who leads a double life as the famous "Jean Aunty", founder of a successful children's home in Tamil Nadu, South India.