Subgenre Sampler
New Zealand: 815 Films to Buy & Rent
Tough Act (TV Series) (2006)
- Dir. Stuart McKenzie
- Compelling 'reality TV' show follows a class of aspiring actors in their first year at Toi Whakaari – New Zealand Drama School in Wellington,…
Waimate Conspiracy, The (2006)
- Dir. Stefen Harris
Feat. Jim Moriarty, David McPhail, Mark Hadlow
- With good jest, this disarming rural mock–unmentary unravels the story of a group of local Waimate Maori contesting the ownership of tribal…
Waves (2006)
- Dir. Li Tao
- Shot with empathy and an open heart, this fine documentary on the arrival of four Chinese high school students to New Zealand offers rare insight…
What Lies Beneath (TV Series) (2006)
- Feat. Simon Dallow
- An eight–part series about New Zealand's archaeological heritage, presenting a series of intriguing site studies, with Simon Dallow asking the…
48 Hours 2005 (2005)
- "48 Hours" is a furious, fun–loving filmmaking competition that consumes New Zealand filmmakers (amateur and occasionally professional) for one…
50 Ways of Saying Fabulous (2005)
- Dir. Stewart Main
Feat. Rima Te Wiata
- Rural New Zealand forms a stylised background to this unusual rites–of–passage drama which combines whimsy, pathos and cruelty for a…
Aerosol Crimes (Chemtrails) (2005)
- Dir. Clifford Carnicom
- Interesting account of the possible conspiracies lurking behind the increasing presence of 'chemtrails' in our skies. These are the polluting trails…
Banana in a Nutshell (2005)
- Dir. Roseanne Liang
Feat. Roseanne Liang
- Having fallen in love with a white New Zealand boy, 27–year–old Liang turns the camera on herself in this thoroughly intimate…
Best of Laughing With Samoans, The (2005)
- The first live–comedy show by Samoan New Zealand comedy duo Eteuati Ete and Tofiga Fepulea'i has an impressive verbal and physical energy, as…
Billy Connolly - World Tour of New Zealand (TV Series) (2005)
- Feat. Billy Connolly
- The special New Zealand segment of comedian Billy Connolly's 2004 world tour, which has the crazed Scot covering the length of the country over eight…