Subgenre Sampler
New Zealand: 815 Films to Buy & Rent
Hillary: Ocean to Sky (2019)
- Dir. Michael Dillon
- Director Mike Dillon revisits his original footage of Sir Edmund Hillary's extraordinary 1977 adventure boating up the entire Ganges river, which…
Killer Sofa (My Lover, My Lazy Boy) (2019)
- Dir. Bernardo Rao
Feat. Jed Brophy, jordan rivers, Nathalie Morris…
- Endearing Kiwi B–movie about a reclining chair that becomes smitten with a young woman and begins committing crimes of passion. It's up to a…
Lowdown Dirty Criminals (2019)
- Dir. Paul Murphy
Feat. James Rolleston, Samuel Austin, Robbie Magasiva…
- Kiwi crime caper set in Wellington, with likeably formless best buddies Freddy (James Rolleston, THE BREAKER UPPERERS) and Marvin (newcomer Samuel…
Mosley (2019)
- Dir. Kirby Atkins
- Locally animated adventure about a family of four–legged “Thoriphants”, intelligent creatures with the ability to speak like humans but who…
Soldiers Without Guns (2019)
- Dir. Will Watson
- A quite remarkable tale of a team of coalition soldiers who, in 1997, landed into the heat of a 10–year civil war on the Pacific Island of…
Take Home Pay (2019)
- Dir. Stallone Vaiaoga-Ioasa
- New Zealand–set Samoan action comedy from the director of THREE WISE COUSINS and HIBISCUS AND RUTHLESS, following a man who hires a wannabe…
The Chills: The Triumph & Tragedy of Martin Phillipps (2019)
- Dir. Julia Parnell
- An absolutely unflinching portrait of the genius New Zealand songwriter Martin Phillipps whose band The Chills exemplified the "Dunedin Sound" with…
Vai (2019)
- Dir. Becs Arahanga, Amberley Jo Aumua, Matasila Freshwater
Feat. Evotia-Rose Araiti, Ro Mereani Adi Tuimatanisiga, Agnes Pele…
- Eight connecting moments of seemingly different lives thread together Vai’s journey of empowerment through culture over her lifetime. Beautifully…
Angie (2018)
- Dir. Costa Botes
- Documentary exploring the legacy of sexual abuse in New Zealand's Centerpoint commune, through the eyes of articulate survivor Angie Meiklejohn and…
Bad Seed, The (TV Mini-series) (2018)
- Dir. Helena Brooks
Feat. Dean O'Gorman, Matt Minto, Madeleine Sami…
- Four–part New Zealand crime series based on the books by Charlotte Grimshaw telling the story of two brothers from a dysfunctional family with…