Subgenre Sampler
Rental > New Zealand > Documentary: 280 Films to Rent
James & Isey (2021)
- Dir. Florian Habicht
- Kiwi director Florian Habicht's deeply moving tribute to Northland life and aroha in the form of a documentary portrait of Isey and her son James,…
Girl on the Bridge, The (2020)
- Dir. Leanne Pooley
- A brave and heart–wrenching documentary breaking the silence around New Zealand's mental health crisis, from the perspective of suicide…
Six60: Till The Lights Go Out (2020)
- Dir. Julia Parnell
- Documentary tracking the extraordinary local success of Kiwi band Six60, who started off as students living in 660 Castle Street in Dunedin, and went…
Camino Skies (2019)
- Dir. Fergus Grady, Noel Smyth
- A Kiwi take on the inspirational experience of six pilgrims who embark on the historic 800 kilometre Spanish pilgrimage known as the Camino de…
Capital in the Twenty-First Century (2019)
- Dir. Justin Pemberton
- NZ filmmaker Justin Pemberton astutely adapts the bestselling book of the same name by French economist Thomas Piketty, which tells the story of 400…
Dan Carter - A Perfect 10 (2019)
- Dir. Luke Mellows
- An intimate portrait of iconic All Black Dan Carter that traces his journey from rural New Zealand to international rugby superstar.
For My Father's Kingdom (2019)
- Dir. Vea Mafileo, Jeremiah Tauamiti
- Director Vea Mafile'o crafts this deeply personal documentary portrait of her father, a Tongan patriarch whose dedication to pouring large amounts of…
Herbs - Songs of Freedom (2019)
- Dir. Tearepa Kahi
- Passionate celebration of the iconic NZ band Herbs, from the director of POI E. More a social movement than a band, and at one time boasting up to 23…
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…
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…