New Zealand Movies

Released 14th August 2025

Shirley Horrocks’ tenth NZIFF documentary relates the storied 37-year history of Christchurch’s often provocative, always daring Free...

Tom shows up at Susan’s with the car she definitely said she wanted—at least, that’s how he remembers it.

A woman, struggling to find courage in her troubled life, fights for survival, after a skydiving accident leaves her hanging from a 1000-foot-high...

A young hiker, in New Zealand, tries to claim the last blank space on the map for his own.

Hey party-goers, look who’s back! This is the long awaited return of ME on DVD. I developed this show on the road and received big LOL’s...

A couple buys a blow up doll as a joke, but soon the doll begins to reveal that it has a consciousness to one of the boyfriends, the man begins to...

A small group of scientists are called in for a weekend of potentially historic research that spirals into a nightmare of fanaticism as we witness...

Her Majesty is a coming-of-age film about a young girl who realizes her lifelong dream when Queen Elizabeth II comes to visit her small hometown.

A portrait study of Shereen Maloney's mother Irene. Irene talks about growing older and says that she feels just as wide- eyed and interested in...

This is what is written... but this is what exists... so why are we taught to question it?

Someone Else’s Country looks critically at the radical economic changes implemented by the 1984 Labour Government - where privatisation of...

Catherine is taken to dine at "Eau de la vie" an opulent cafe known for its unusual entertainment. Her business associates Grant and Sarah intend to...

In the mountains of South Island of New Zealand, lives a parrot smarter than any other. Surviving in one of the toughest environments of the Southern...

A young stag, lacking impressive antlers, must improvise with sweet music in order to have any chance during the mating season.

In 1994, New Zealand mountaineer, Mark Whetu, summitted Mt Everest with climbing partner and friend Mike Reinberger. However it was late in the day...

After Jane leaves Bill, they each meet unusual strangers as they travel on their own.

Tattooing — "the world's oldest skin game" — is the subject of this iconic documentary. Writer/director Geoff Steven scored a major coup...

Holdout is an independent science fiction short film released in 2012, written and directed by Calvin Sang.

Spiraling into the abyss, two melancholic yet hopelessly infatuated lovers are imprisoned in a beetle-infested nightmare. Wallowing in sorrow, they...