Subgenre Sampler
New Zealand: 805 Films to Buy & Rent
- Hibiscus & Ruthless (2018)
- Dir. Stallone Vaiaoga-Ioasa
Feat. Suivai Pilisipi Autagavaia, Anna-Maree Thomas
- A bolder but no less charming sophomore effort from the writer–director of THREE WISE COUSINS, following a young Samoan woman who is starting…
- In the Zone (2018)
- Dir. Robyn Paterson
- Documentary about American Terrance Wallace who pioneered a scheme to strategically re–zone the families of disadvantaged Maori and Pasifika…
- Mega Time Squad (2018)
- Dir. Tim van Dammen
Feat. Anton Tennet, Jonathan Brugh, Milo Cawthorne…
- Ingenious low–budget sci–fi comedy set in the tiny North Island town of Thames, New Zealand in which a small–town criminal finds an…
- Mortal Engines (2018)
- Dir. Christian Rivers
Feat. Hera Hilmar, Hugo Weaving, Robert Sheehan
- Peter Jackson produced fantasy epic set in a post–apocalyptic future, where cities survive by moving around on giant wheels and devouring…
- Old Dog (2018)
- Dir. Sally Rowe
- Retired New Zealand farmer and dog whisperer Paul Sorenson is the focus of this documentary exploring his unconventional and intuitive dog training…
- She Shears (2018)
- Dir. Jack Nicol
- A documentary about the minority of women who belong to NZ's shearing industry, following 4 female shearers who are preparing for Golden Shears, the…
- Stray (2018)
- Dir. Dustin Feneley
Feat. Kieran Charnock, Arta Dobroshi
- Moody, taciturn local drama in which two damaged strangers cross paths in mountainous Central Otago.
- The Pacific: In the Wake of Captain Cook with Sam Neill (2018)
- Feat. Sam Neill
- 250 years after Captain James Cook began his epic exploration of the Pacific, Sam Neill journeys in the wake, uncovering stories that resonate from…
- They Shall Not Grow Old (2018)
- Dir. Peter Jackson
- Ground–breaking documentary that employs state–of–the–art technology to transform audio and moving image archive footage to…
- Vermilion (2018)
- Dir. Dorthe Scheffmann
Feat. Jennifer Ward-Lealand, Theresa Healey, Emily Campbell
- The story of a group of women – mothers, daughters, friends and neighbours – set over a summer month. Jennifer Ward–Lealand…