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A drama about a Maori family living in Auckland, New Zealand. Lee Tamahori tells the story of Beth Heke’s strong will to keep her family...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Rena Owen

On the east coast of New Zealand, the Whangara people believe their presence there dates back a thousand years or more to a single ancestor, Paikea,...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Keisha Castle-Hughes

The life story of Colin McKenzie, a forgotten pioneer of international cinema who was born in rural New Zealand in 1888.

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Jeffrey Thomas

Paul (Macfadyen), a prize-winning war journalist, returns to his remote New Zealand hometown due to the death of his father, battle-scarred and...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Matthew Macfadyen

Ordinary people find extraordinary courage in the face of madness. On 13–14 November 1990 that madness came to Aramoana, a small New Zealand...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Karl Urban

A comedy-drama which follows the collapse of two marriages.

Genre: Romance

Cast: Joel Edgerton

When Melanie goes home from the pub with a handsome stranger, she’s captivated by his charm and attentiveness. He sails her away to his...

Genre: Action

Cast: Sam Neill

Ivan is the fierce patriarch of a family of Croatian refugees living in Auckland during the Yugoslav wars. Nina is his daughter, ready to live on her...

Genre: Romance

Cast: Rade Šerbedžija

A fantasy romance set in 19th century France. The film revolves around Sobran, a young peasant winemaker, and the three important figures in his life...

Genre: Fantasy

Cast: Jérémie Renier

A matriarch organizes a feast with her family, in which she will name her successor. The heart has gone out of Nanna Maria's family. There are no...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Ruby Dee

Will Bastion returns home from the army after an absence of 20 years to bury his father, the former chief of thee Maori tribe, Ngati Kaipuku. The...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Temuera Morrison

A majestic tale of drama, love, mystery and the clashing of cultures in early 1800's New Zealand.

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Cast: Simone Kessell

Jess is a solo mother and reluctant parking warden. Tom is a self-obsessed greetings cards salesman with an addiction to competitions who will do...

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Cast: Melanie Lynskey

Separated as children, three cousins with an unshakable bond confront their painful pasts and embark on an emotional journey to find each other.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Tanea Heke

On the way to interview a novelist, Lane and Christina are involved in a car crash which leaves literary critic Christina brain-damaged. Lane...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Marcia Gay Harden

In a town called Hope on the edge of Britain's empire, desperations clash: the beautiful Dorothea Brook is desperate to free her pregnant sister Rose...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Jennifer Ward-Lealand

An island in spectacular Sydney Harbour. Summer sun, top international artists, and tens of thousands of music fans from across the world! ...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Grant Bowler

Two private investigators discover the truth behind a gangland drug deal gone wrong.

Genre: Crime

Cast: Kevin Smith

When a young fakaleiti falls in love at St Valentine’s Highschool, she must navigate her way through a world of intolerance and bigotry to find...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Amanaki Prescott-Faletau

Actor Sam Neill discusses New Zealand film and his own experiences within and without.

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Sam Neill