Subgenre Sampler
New Zealand: 805 Films to Buy & Rent
- Daffodils (2019)
- Dir. David Stubbs
Feat. Rose McIver, George Mason, Kimbra
- Ambitious screen musical based on the stageplay of same name that threads a bittersweet romantic narrative over several decades through a setlist of…
- Dan Carter - A Perfect 10 (2019)
- Dir. Luke Mellows
- An intimate portrait of iconic All Black Dan Carter that traces his journey from rural New Zealand to international rugby superstar.
- For My Father's Kingdom (2019)
- Dir. Vea Mafileo, Jeremiah Tauamiti
- Director Vea Mafile'o crafts this deeply personal documentary portrait of her father, a Tongan patriarch whose dedication to pouring large amounts of…
- Herbs - Songs of Freedom (2019)
- Dir. Tearepa Kahi
- Passionate celebration of the iconic NZ band Herbs, from the director of POI E. More a social movement than a band, and at one time boasting up to 23…
- Hillary: Ocean to Sky (2019)
- Dir. Michael Dillon
- Director Mike Dillon revisits his original footage of Sir Edmund Hillary's extraordinary 1977 adventure boating up the entire Ganges river, which…
- Killer Sofa (My Lover, My Lazy Boy) (2019)
- Dir. Bernardo Rao
Feat. Jed Brophy, jordan rivers, Nathalie Morris…
- Endearing Kiwi B–movie about a reclining chair that becomes smitten with a young woman and begins committing crimes of passion. It's up to a…
- Lowdown Dirty Criminals (2019)
- Dir. Paul Murphy
Feat. James Rolleston, Samuel Austin, Robbie Magasiva…
- Kiwi crime caper set in Wellington, with likeably formless best buddies Freddy (James Rolleston, THE BREAKER UPPERERS) and Marvin (newcomer Samuel…
- Mosley (2019)
- Dir. Kirby Atkins
- Locally animated adventure about a family of four–legged “Thoriphants”, intelligent creatures with the ability to speak like humans but who…
- Soldiers Without Guns (2019)
- Dir. Will Watson
- A quite remarkable tale of a team of coalition soldiers who, in 1997, landed into the heat of a 10–year civil war on the Pacific Island of…
- Take Home Pay (2019)
- Dir. Stallone Vaiaoga-Ioasa
- New Zealand–set Samoan action comedy from the director of THREE WISE COUSINS and HIBISCUS AND RUTHLESS, following a man who hires a wannabe…