Subgenre Sampler
New Zealand: 809 Films to Buy & Rent
Topp Country (TV Series) (2014)
- Lynda and Jools Topp hit the road for this food flavoured tiki tour of New Zealand.
What We Do in the Shadows (2014)
- Dir. Taika Waititi, Jemaine Clement
Feat. Taika Waititi, Jemaine Clement, Jonathan Brugh…
- Follow the lives of Viago, Deacon, and Vladislav – three flatmates who are just trying to get by and overcome life’s obstacles, like being…
Antarctica - A Year on Ice (2013)
- Dir. Anthony Powell
- A superb, multi–faceted insider's chronicle of life on the Earth's formidable southern pole that masterfully captures both the environmental…
Beyond the Edge (2013)
- Dir. Leanne Pooley
Feat. Chad Moffitt, Sonam Sherpa
- Thrilling, definitive docu–drama on Sir Edmund Hillary's historic 1953 scaling of Everest with sherpa Tenzing Norgay.
Blue Rose, The (TV Series) (2013)
- Feat. Antonia Prebble, Siobhan Marshall, Jennifer Ludlam
- An inquisitive office temp (Prebble) learns that the woman she is replacing in a law firm has been murdered, and becomes obsessed with solving the…
Edwin: My Life as a Koont (2013)
- Dir. Jason Stutter
Feat. Bryce Campbell, Jessica Grace Smith, David Fane…
- Jason Stutter (TONGAN NINJA) directs this irreverant and frequently funny Kiwi comedy about a "koontz–syndrome" sufferer who attempts to stage…
Eternity (2013)
- Dir. Alex Galvin
Feat. Elliot Travers, Amy Tsang, Geraldine Brophy
- In the near future, a police detective is investigating the most difficult case of his career – the seemingly impossible locked–room…
Fantail (2013)
- Dir. Curtis Vowell
Feat. Sophie Henderson, Stephen Lovatt, Jarod Rawiri
- A fine small–scale New Zealand drama following the life of a young Pakeha woman who identifies as a Maori as she works graveyard shift at a…
Gardening With Soul (2013)
- Dir. Jess Feast
- Heart–swelling documentary on Sister Loyola Galvin, a 90–year–old stalwart of Island Bay's Home of Compassion who offers pearls of…
Ghost Bride (2013)
- Dir. David Blyth
Feat. Yoson An, Rebekah Palmer, Fiona Feng…
- A Chinese ghost story set in Auckland from Kiwi horror auteur David Blyth centred on a tabooed romance between a Chinese immigrant and a caucasian…