Mix-and-match from
the AroVideo archives!
Subgenre Sampler
Whale Rider (2003)
- Dir. Niki Caro
Feat. Keisha Castle-Hughes, Rawiri Paratene, Vicky Haughton… - A stirring, widely–acclaimed adaptation of Witi Ihimaera’s novel about a young girl’s struggle to win the approval of her patriarchal…
Woodenhead (2003)
- Dir. Florian Habicht
- A remarkable and surrealistic melding of New Zealand setting and Germanic sensibility, in which a sad fairytale narrative is enacted, sung and…
Mataku (TV Series) (2002-2005)- Dir. Michael Bennett, Peter Berger
Feat. Temuera Morrison - A well–mounted anthology of contemporary one–off dramas, adapted from the unique and mystical world of Maori supernatural legends. The…
Off (.OFF.) (2002)- Dir. Colin Hodson
Feat. Colin Hodson, Gregory King, George Rose… - Locally produced DV–feature which observes the activities of several drug associates, with a style both languid and, at times,…
Being Eve (TV Series) (2001)- Feat. Fleur Saville
- Spunky, good–natured Kiwi comedy essays the angsty teenage years of girl philosopher Eve Baxter, whose unconventional outlook on life is…
Crooked Earth (2001)- Dir. Sam Pillsbury
Feat. Temuera Morrison, Lawrence Makoare, Nancy Brunning - Vivid action–melodrama uses the dispossession of East Coast Maori to prime its tale of tribal succession, with SAS soldier Temuera Morrison…
Her Majesty (2001)- Dir. Mark J. Gordon
Feat. Vicky Haughton, Sally Andrews, Anna Sheridan… - A little–known, but sincerely crafted tale is set in 1950s New Zealand around a young girl's (Andrews) infatuation with Queen Elizabeth II,…
Rain (2001)- Dir. Christine Jeffs
Feat. Alicia Fulford-Wierzbicki, Sarah Peirse, Marton Csokas… - Adapted from the acclaimed novel by Kirsty Gunn, this visually crafted evocation of a seaside holiday in the 1970s – bach, suntan lotion, whiskey…
This is Not a Love Story (2001)- Dir. Keith Hill
Feat. Stephen Lovatt, Sarah Smuts-Kennedy - Exploring the dynamics of a love–triangle between a soap–opera actor and two women, this local 'DV drama' from debuting dir. Hill catches…
Shifter (2000)- Dir. Colin Hodson
Feat. Colin Hodson, Samara McDowell, Diane McAllen… - A study of loose–ended flatting relations and social paranoia directed by Aro Valley local Colin Hodson. Improvisational in its treatment…
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