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Subgenre Sampler

 
This is Not a Love StoryThis 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…
ShifterShifter (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…
Shirt, TheShirt, The (2000) Recommended
Dir. John Laing
Feat. Brian Sargent, Kirsty King-Turner, Jeff Szusterman
Chiefly the creation of Wellingtonian writer/producer Ross Bevan, this hits hard as a raw study of three career–junkies ‘led’ by a…
Waiting Place, TheWaiting Place, The (2000)
Dir. Cristobal Araus Lobos
A carefully made 'DV–feature' about two unstable prison–escapers who traverse an overgrown rural landscape towards a rendezvous at an…
Channeling BabyChanneling Baby (1999)
Dir. Christine Parker
Feat. Danielle Cormack, Kevin Smith
'First sight' romance between a blind pacifist and a shell–shocked soldier in the 70s ended in heartbreak after the tragic 'disappearance' of…
Lunatics Ball, TheLunatics Ball, The (1999)
Dir. Michael Thorp
Feat. Michael Daly, Jane Irwin, Sarah Ashworth
Idiosyncratic indie set around a doctor’s efforts to apply his unorthodox ideas in a psych–ward which is slowly coming unstuck. More…
What Becomes of the Broken Hearted?What Becomes of the Broken Hearted? (1999) Recommended
Dir. Ian Mune
Feat. Temuera Morrison, Nancy Brunning
Alan Duff–scripted sequel to his novel ONCE WERE WARRIORS is as good a sequel as one could reasonably expect. Story continues some years on…
When Love ComesWhen Love Comes (1999)
Dir. Garth Maxwell
Feat. Rena Owen, Simon Prast, Nancy Brunning
Earnest tableaux of straight, gay, lesbian and platonic relationships underscored by a music motif and sombre themes of compromise and loss.…
Wild BlueWild Blue (1999)
Dir. Dale G. Bradley
Feat. Nicola Murphy, Judge Reinhold
The wilds of Otago serve as a backdrop for this modern drama, with young Nicola Murphy (MAGIK AND ROSE) returning to NZ to assume a postponed role of…
Memory and DesireMemory and Desire (1998)
Dir. Niki Caro
Feat. Brenda Kendall, Yuri Kinugawa, Norman Forsey
Director Niki Caro pulls out the art–house stops for her feature debut: a love–story about a mismatched Japanese couple whose honeymoon…

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