Subgenre Sampler
New Zealand: 809 Films to Buy & Rent
Rehearsal, The (2016)
- Dir. Alison Maclean
Feat. James Rolleston, Kerry Fox, Alice Englert…
- Finely judged adaptation of Eleanor Catton's debut novel follows a young Auckland drama student desperate to impress his tutor, who mines a scandal…
Richie McCaw: Chasing Great (2016)
- Dir. Justin Pemberton, Michelle Walshe
- Intimate documentary follows Richie’s final 365 days leading the All Blacks as the most capped rugby player of all time attempting to…
This Giant Papier-Mache Boulder Is Actually Really Heavy (This Giant Paper Mache Boulder Is Actually Really Heavy) (2016)
- Dir. Christian Nicolson
Feat. Christian Nicolson, Daniel Pujol
- Three nerds are inexplicably plunged into a B–grade sci–fi movie where they must comandeer a rickety old spaceship and find a way to…
Three Wise Cousins (2016)
- Dir. Stallone Vaiaoga-Ioasa
Feat. Neil Amituanai, Gloria Blake, Vito Vito…
- Affable comedy about a young Samoan man who ventures to his motherland to try and impress his crush who claims she only likes "real" Pacific Island…
Tickled (2016)
- Dir. David Farrier, Dylan Reeve
- Utterly engrossing documentary from Kiwi journo David Farrier, who stumbles into the bizarre world of "competitive tickling" that leads him on an…
Why Am I?: The Science of Us (2016)
- An internationally lauded four part series that details the findings of a 40–year study by the Otago School of Medicine that follows every baby…
25 April (2015)
- Dir. Leanne Pooley
- An animated take on the tragic 1915 Gallipoli Campaign of WW1 told through the perspective of six New Zealanders who were involved. The voice cast…
800 Words (TV Series) (2015)
- Feat. Erik Thomson, Michelle Langstone, Jonathan Brugh
- From the writers of OUTRAGEOUS FORTUNE come this gentle dramedy that follows the travails of a widowed Sydney columnist as he up sticks for life in…
A Flickering Truth (2015)
- Dir. Pietra Brettkelly
- In documenting one man’s precarious quest to restore thousands of hours of film heritage in the post–Taliban Kabul, New Zealand filmmaker…
Act of Kindness (2015)
- Dir. Costa Botes, Sven Pannell
- Charting the ripple effects of real compassion, this inspiring true story follows a spirited young New Zealander’s search for the Rwandan samaritan…