Subgenre Sampler
New Zealand: 815 Films to Buy & Rent
Out of the Blue (Aramoana) (2006)
- Dir. Robert Sarkies
Feat. Karl Urban, Matthew Sunderland, Simon Ferry…
- A moving, uncomfortably harrowing account of New Zealand’s worst mass murder, bringing the trauma of 1990’s Aramoana massacre to the screen with…
Outrageous Fortune (TV Series) - Series 2 (2006)
- Feat. Robyn Malcolm, Grant Bowler, Frank Whitten…
- Further outrageous episodes in the popular NZ series, set around a family of 'Westie' (West Auckland) criminals trying to go straight.
Series Two:…
Perfect Creature (2006)
- Dir. Glenn Standring
Feat. Saffron Burrows, Dougray Scott, Leo Gregory…
- Ambitious, well–appointed Gothica set in a retro–alternate Aotearoa, where humans and their highly–evolved vampire colleagues…
Show Me Shorts (2006-2009)
- Dir. Grant Lahood, Paolo Rotondo, Sima Urale
- A round up of the top entries from the annual Trans–Tasman short film festival.
Volume 1, 2006:
– Bad Dates (Grant Lahood,…
Sign of the Times (2006)
- Dir. Victoria Manning, Paul Wolffram
- In April 2006 the New Zealand Parliament recognised New Zealand Sign Language as the third official language of New Zealand. This short 'insider'…
Sione's Wedding (2006)
- Dir. Chris Graham
Feat. Oscar Kightley, Robbie Magasiva, Madeleine Sami…
- Highly engaging local comedy set among the Auckland Samoan community which charts the misbehaving antics of four laddish buddies (Knightly, Lelisi,…
Squeegee Bandit (2006)
- Dir. Sandor Lau
- The hard–luck story of a charismatic street window–washer who works the intersections of South Auckland is documented with warmth and…
Struggle No More (2006)
- Dir. Costa Botes
- Affectionate tribute to veteran Wellington band 'The Windy City Strugglers' who formed in 1968 to play a mix of blues, soul and jug–band music…
Sunshine Man, The (2006)
- Dir. Peter Tonks
- A dark parable in short–film form from Wellington dir. Peter Tonks, concerning a seriously–odd telephone salesman whose frustrations in…
Surfing the Menu - New Zealand (2006)
- Adventure–bound Australian food show which here features surf–mad Kiwi chef Mark Gardner and host Ben O'Donoghue on an exciting food…