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ShifterShifter (2000)
Dir. Colin Hodson
Feat. Colin Hodson, Samara McDowell, Diane McAllen
A study of loose–ended flatting relations and social paranoia directed by Aro Valley local Colin Hodson. Improvisational in its treatment…
Shirt, TheShirt, The (2000) Recommended
Dir. John Laing
Feat. Brian Sargent, Kirsty King-Turner, Jeff Szusterman
Chiefly the creation of Wellingtonian writer/producer Ross Bevan, this hits hard as a raw study of three career–junkies ‘led’ by a…
StickmenStickmen (2000) Recommended
Dir. Hamish Rothwell
Feat. Robbie Magasiva, Scott Wills, Simone Kessell
A crowd–pleasing and assured sports–fetish movie, this doesn't shy from being dubbed 'Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Pool Cues', with its…
Waiting Place, TheWaiting Place, The (2000)
Dir. Cristobal Araus Lobos
A carefully made 'DV–feature' about two unstable prison–escapers who traverse an overgrown rural landscape towards a rendezvous at an…
Whirling Man, TheWhirling Man, The (2000)
Dir. Gretchin Mornin, James Hollings
Feat. Arnold Brooker
Brief compelling whirl through the world of Arnold Brooker, an eccentric fixture on the streets of Wellington who campaigns for the rights of the…
CampaignCampaign (1999) Recommended
Dir. Tony Sutorius
Close–up account of the cracking political contest for the marginal seat of Wellington Central during the 1996 general election, given a…
Channeling BabyChanneling Baby (1999)
Dir. Christine Parker
Feat. Danielle Cormack, Kevin Smith
'First sight' romance between a blind pacifist and a shell–shocked soldier in the 70s ended in heartbreak after the tragic 'disappearance' of…
Destination Disaster - The Sinking of the Mikhail LermontovDestination Disaster - The Sinking of the Mikhail Lermontov (1999)
Compelling document of the 1986 sinking of Soviet cruise ship Mikhail Lermontov in the Marlborough Sounds. Delves into the controversial aftermath of…
Getting to Our PlaceGetting to Our Place (1999)
Dir. Gaylene Preston, Anna Cotrell
The creation of NZ’s national museum, Te Papa, was an exciting, self–conscious and fraught journey in defining the nation’s identity, this…
HeavenHeaven (1999) Aro Favourite
Dir. Scott Reynolds
Feat. Martin Donovan, Joanna Going, Danny Edwards
Banished into virtual anonymity by Miramax studio indifference, we can only assume they found this 'arty' thriller too slippery to pigeonhole and…

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