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New Zealand Film

Welcome to the New Zealand Film archive. Most New Zealand films have been made by small independent film-makers, often on a low budget and sometimes with sponsorship from the private sector or the NZ Film Commission. Only recently have international film companies used the New Zealand film industry as a source of feature films. However, the independent tradition of filmmaking in New Zealand dates back to the end of the 19th century, when film was first shot in New Zealand. The first feature film made in Godzone was "Hinemoa". It premiered on August 1, 1914 at the Lyric Theatre, Auckland. The documentary film Cinema of Unease, by Sam Neill, presents an accessible history of film in New Zealand. Most films are able to be accessed below, however some Films have been seperated into sub-categories, ie "New Zealand Documentaries", "Short Films" and "Peter Jackson Directs". The mother-lode can be prospected below. Right: An artists rendition of Geoff Murphy's "Goodbye Pork Pie".

Seven Periods with Mr Gormsby: Series 2 (2005)

8.9/10
Director: Danny Mulheron
Starring: David McPhail, Jason Hoyte

The unrepentant politically incorrect Mr Gormsby is back in series two of the satirical New Zealand television series created and written by Danny Mul... Read more

Shaker Run (1985)

5.5/10
Director: Bruce Morrison
Starring: Cliff Robertson, Leif Garrett, Lisa Harrow

A seasoned stunt-car driver and his mechanic are finding things at low ebb in Dunedin. In return for needed cash they agree to provide transport to Cl... Read more

Shopping (2013)

6.7/10
Director: Mark Albiston, Louis Sutherland
Starring: Alistair Browning, Matthias Luafutu, Kevin Paulo, Julian Dennison, Jacek Koman,...

New Zealand, 1981: muscle cars, racial tensions and a thieving bird all inform the small town life of brothers Willie and Solomon. After a chance enco... Read more

Short Poppies (2014)

7.9/10
Starring: Rhys Darby, David Farrier

Journalist David Farrier goes on a quest to small town New Zealand to find the average Kiwi. What he finds in this mockumentary series, is a lovable b... Read more

Show Me Shorts Film Festival: Volume 1 (2010)

7.7/10
Director: Various, James Cunningham, Sima Urale

'Show Me Shorts' is an annual national film festival bringing the best Kiwi and Australian short films to New Zealand cinemas. This DVD contains a sel... Read more

Show Me Shorts Film Festival: Volume 2 (2010)

Director: Various, James Cunningham, Sima Urale

Show Me Shorts is an annual national film festival bringing the best Kiwi and Australian short films to New Zealand cinemas. This DVD contains a selec... Read more

Show of Hands (2008)

6.5/10
Director: Anthony McCarten
Starring: Melanie Lynskey, Craig Hall, Stephen Lovatt, Kyle Dyhrberg, Chelsie Preston Cray...

Melanie Lynskey came back to NZ to make this light-hearted romantic drama about a competition (famously held in Lower Hutt back in the '80s) where fol... Read more

Sione's 2: Unfinished Business (2011)

5.9/10
Director: Simon Bennett
Starring: Robbie Magasiva, Oscar Kightley, Teuila Blakely, Shimpal Lelisi, Iaheto Ah Hi, M...

Since Sione's wedding five years ago, things haven't gone quite as the boys might have planned. Growing up appears to be driving the Duckrockers apart... Read more

Sione's Wedding (2006)

Director: Chris Graham
Starring: Oscar Kightley, Shimpal Lelisi, Robbie Magasiva, David Fane, Pua Magasiva, Teuil...

The boys from Bro' Town are all grown up...kind of. They're pushing thirty and Sione is getting married. To ensure his debauched friends don't embar... Read more

Sir Edmund Hillary: 1919-2008 (2008)

5.9/10
Starring: Edmund Hillary

Sir Edmund Hillary, one of New Zealand's most beloved and internationally recognised heroes is profiled in the documentary 'Remembering Sir Ed'. Born... Read more