Subgenre Sampler
New Zealand: 815 Films to Buy & Rent
Le Ride (2016)
- Dir. Phil Keoghan
Feat. Phil Keoghan
- Bike enthusiast and television personality Phil Keoghan attempts to recreate and ride the famously tough–as–hell route of the original…
Mahana (2016)
- Dir. Lee Tamahori
Feat. Temuera Morrison, Nancy Brunning, Akuhata Keefe…
- Lee Tamahori and Temuera Morrison re–team for this evocative adaptation of Witi Ihimaera's saga of warring families in 1960's New…
Moana (2016)
- Dir. John Musker, Ron Clements
Feat. Aulii Cravalho, Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson, Jemaine Clement…
- An epic CGI Disney adventure about a Polynesian girl who sets sail on a daring ocean voyage to find a home for her people.
Features Kiwi voice…
Poi E: The Story of Our Song (2016)
- Dir. Tearepa Kahi
- An aptly feel–good documentary account of the unlikely pop hit that boldly mashed up "Kapa Haka" song tradition and Te Reo Maori lyrics with…
Rehearsal, The (2016)
- Dir. Alison Maclean
Feat. James Rolleston, Kerry Fox, Alice Englert…
- Finely judged adaptation of Eleanor Catton's debut novel follows a young Auckland drama student desperate to impress his tutor, who mines a scandal…
Richie McCaw: Chasing Great (2016)
- Dir. Justin Pemberton, Michelle Walshe
- Intimate documentary follows Richie’s final 365 days leading the All Blacks as the most capped rugby player of all time attempting to…
This Giant Papier-Mache Boulder Is Actually Really Heavy (This Giant Paper Mache Boulder Is Actually Really Heavy) (2016)
- Dir. Christian Nicolson
Feat. Christian Nicolson, Daniel Pujol
- Three nerds are inexplicably plunged into a B–grade sci–fi movie where they must comandeer a rickety old spaceship and find a way to…
Three Wise Cousins (2016)
- Dir. Stallone Vaiaoga-Ioasa
Feat. Neil Amituanai, Gloria Blake, Vito Vito…
- Affable comedy about a young Samoan man who ventures to his motherland to try and impress his crush who claims she only likes "real" Pacific Island…
Tickled (2016)
- Dir. David Farrier, Dylan Reeve
- Utterly engrossing documentary from Kiwi journo David Farrier, who stumbles into the bizarre world of "competitive tickling" that leads him on an…
Why Am I?: The Science of Us (2016)
- An internationally lauded four part series that details the findings of a 40–year study by the Otago School of Medicine that follows every baby…