Films

Winner, Best Performance By An Actor, 2014 A brilliant but troubled New Zealand chess champion finds purpose by teaching underprivileged children about the rules of…

New Zealand, 1981: After a chance encounter with charismatic thief Bennie and his close-knit gang of “shoppers”, Willie is seduced into a criminal world that…

White Lies is a story about the nature of identity: those who deny it and those who strive to protect it. Paraiti (Whirimako Black) is…

Manu Asafo has described the film as an attempt “to portray Samoan culture”. It shows Samoans “surrounded by family and support”, in accordance with fa’aSamoa…

Inspired by the Oscar nominated short film Two Cars, One Night, Boy is the hilarious and heartfelt coming-of-age tale about heroes, magic and Michael Jackson.…

A film memoir based on NZ Filmmaker Gaylene Preston’s interviews with her father about his World War II experiences

Ten-year-old twins, Kimi and Melody, live happily in an isolated Maori community until an enigmatic stranger, Tai, arrives, precipitating an accident which forces the twins…

Vincent Ward weaves drama with documentary to unravel the extraordinary story of Puhi, the Tuhoe (Iwi tribal group, North Island, New Zealand) woman he filmed…

Special Mention, Best Documentary Feature Film, 2017 The larger-than-life story of Kim Dotcom, the “most wanted man online”, is extraordinary enough, but the battle between…

Mosley is the patriarch of a family of thoriphants – elephant-like creatures with facial features of a sheep – whose son discovers a collection of…

Bunny is a mother of two with a sketchy past and a razor sharp tongue. While battling the system to reunite with her children, a…

Inspired by actual events, Muru is the story of a local Police Sergeant ‘Taffy’ Tāwharau (Cliff Curtis), who must choose between his badge and his…

Three children set off on a mission to find healing under the watchful eye of the mountain Taranaki Mounga. Together they discover friendship in the…