New Zealand Movies

A 17min live action short. Based on the epic poem by Christina Rossetti, Goblin Market is a dark fairytale about two sisters who live together shelter...

The Pleasures of Unbelonging, filmed in Hanmer Spring, a resort town in the Canterbury region of New Zealand’s South Island, unfolds through a series...

Love him or hate him, there is no denying that Pork is everywhere. One of the most prolific graffiti writers over the last decade, his dedication to p...

High school student Kevin confronts his classmate Quinn about an unexpected encounter after P.E class.

A mysterious gift. An ignored warning. A heavy responsibility. A big secret.

A grinchy cynic strikes up a conversation with a festive wannabe while they sing Christmas carols door-to-door.

Tom O'Halloran's Christchurch-shot, silent Super 8 film One Way to the Sea posits a dystopian nightmare in the earthquake-struck city. Featuring a man...

Balancing your work, passion projects and social life can be hard when you're just a big baby.

Bill is a lonely soul and feels sorry for himself and his life. He shuts people out and is quite unfriendly to everybody. Then one day he receives a...

A cinepoem by New Zealand filmmaker Joanna Margaret Paul.

Shot in a mirror in half-light, Jillian Dressing captures the practiced rituals of preparing oneself for the world.

Western Samoa, Lotus Land of the Pacific, is administered by New Zealand under United Nations trusteeship. The Administration brings to the Samoans th...

One hundred and ten members of the Maori Mormon Choir present chorals and action songs in the form of a stage production.

Throughout the span of this completely stop-motion short film, a mysterious figure transforms just a measly packs of sweets into a large meal.

Director Rachel Davies subverts expectations in a confronting film about a young boy's relationship with an older man.

A community comedy set in Feilding using local people in the leading roles. The Manawatū town’s name is however misspelt in the title. The new school...

This exquisitely coloured film shows how tourists travelled around New Zealand in the early years of this century - by boat, horse and trap, and on fo...

Acknowledging Len Lye, Lomas has created a vibrant, naturally kinetic and textural world of colourful geometric shapes going flatstick. (NZFF 1998 pro...

Fiji High Chief and Prime Minister Ratu Mara shows how archaeology throws new light on the settlement of his island home of Lakeba.

Costa Rica, New Zealand, Hong Kong,Hawaii. Through the testimonies of 12 women, the issues of marriage, traditional conventions, being attracted to wo...