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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

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

Genre: Romance

Cast: Joel Edgerton

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

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

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

In the wake of the Christchurch earthquake, sassy Samoan mother Mareta mentors her fledgling youth choir to the finale of The Big Sing competition.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Anapela Polataivao

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

Explores the journey of three young people as they seek solace under the watchful gaze of the Taranaki mountain and companionship in the spirit of...

Genre: Adventure

Cast: Elizabeth Atkinson

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

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

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

Connected by blood but separated by circumstances, three cousins spend a lifetime in search of each other.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Tanea Heke

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

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Sam Neill

It is New Zealand 1959. Teen swimmer Alex Archer has to battle set backs, intense rivalry and personal tragedy in her bid to win selection for the...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Lauren Jackson

In this epic story of humble heroes and Kiwi ingenuity, relive the glory and the magic of the America's Cup 1995, when Sir Peter Blake carved out New...

Genre: Documentary

Cast:

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

Genre: Crime

Cast: Kevin Smith

Oft-derided across the dutch for its vowel-mangling pronunciation (sex fush'n'chups anyone?) and too fast-paced for tourists and Elton John to...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Ginette McDonald