Mix-and-match from
the AroVideo archives!
Subgenre Sampler
Waiting 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, 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…
Campaign (1999)
- 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 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 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 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…
Heaven (1999)
- 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…
Kids World (1999)- Dir. Dale G Bradley
Feat. Ryan Mitchell, Christopher Lloyd - Set–in–America, but made–in–NZ, this cute wish–fulfilment fable has 12–yr old Ryan Mitchell and his pals…
Lost World, The (TV Series) (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's The Lost World) (1999-2002)- Feat. Peter McCauley, William Snow, Rachel Blakely
- Enjoyably cheesy Antipodean TV show based loosely on Arthur Conan Doyle's fantasy–adventure set at the dawn of the 20th century where a band of…
Lunatics Ball, The (1999)- Dir. Michael Thorp
Feat. Michael Daly, Jane Irwin, Sarah Ashworth… - Idiosyncratic indie set around a doctor’s efforts to apply his unorthodox ideas in a psych–ward which is slowly coming unstuck. More…
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