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In the small Auckland drug scene, a young woman, Jules, finds her life complicated by an unwanted pregnancy. By oscillating between two drug dealers; a younger buyer, Ollie, and her older lover and supplier, Chase, she looks for a male figure to support her.
Filmed in front of a live audience in March 2021 in Auckland, Aotearoa, “Live From The Island” was one of New Zealand’s first full capacity sold-out arena performances since the onset of COVID, and Crowded House's first concert since 2011. Neil Finn said, “We were truly blessed to be able to play 12 real live gigs in NZ, the band together after a year of lockdown, sensing the occasion and playing as if everything was brand new and full of wonder. We can’t wait to share this beautifully captured performance from Auckland with our fans around the world in anticipation of being on the stage for them in person once again.” The band, comprised of Neil Finn, Nick Seymour, Mitchell Froom, Liam Finn and Elroy Finn, showcase tracks from their new record Dreamers Are Waiting, including singles Whatever You Want, To The Island and Playing With Fire alongside their legendary catalogue – Something So Strong, Don’t Dream It’s Over, Mean To Me, World Where You Live, and more.
"Originally made in response to a home video from the 90s and walking by an abandoned VHS on the side of the road left in the rain. I was overwhelmingly sad upon both watching the old home video and seeing the VHS all alone in the rain, thinking back to all the nostalgic currency the two things hold. The work comes from a desire to be reconnected with a previous version of self; an obsolete self. The female body contextualises technology within the realms of objectified flesh and contextualises flesh within the realms of objectified technology. Both remain indifferent to the encroaching tide and miserable weather." - Artist's statement
A young woman is obsessed by memories of her lover, who had vanished the previous summer.
Samson Peabody-Jones sets out to conquer the untamed west in 1881, in this remarkable film featuring a cast and crew of 100 talented school children. You'll enjoy the escapades of Peabody-Jones as he braves the frontier in search of adventure and finds a life of danger as well as rewards. It takes a miner's ghost, a mysterious parcel and finally the U.S. Cavalry to bring the story to a happy ending. A recommended featurette, with an excellent and original soundtrack score, but very difficult to find.
Three motorcyclists share the experiences, anxieties and philosophies which inform their lives on the road.
Garth Maxwell and Simon Marler's first film.
Chandigarh's modern architecture is explored through Le Corbusier's early writings on repetition and order. The architect's zealous ideals taken from his 1929 The City of Tomorrow and Its Planning are revisited via the buildings and symbolism of the planned capital city.
Documentation of live Expanded Cinema performance.
An evocative documentary that follows Jzayla Hughey's journey through the challenges and triumphs of embracing her Afro-textured hair in Aotearoa.
In early 1900s New Zealand, Winifred and Evelyn live in their own world of love letters and romantic hiding places. When a collection of their intimate letters is discovered, Fred and Evelyn flee to safety. In a secluded new home away from threat, a deeper secret is revealed which changes the course of their lives forever.
As the Somerfield Sausage Sizzle Gang tackle their most dangerous mystery ever, their trusty bicycles have some safety concerns.
Trying to connect with his estranged son Toby (Jasper Sutcliffe), and confronted by a neighbor, Amber (Amber Ranson), who does things differently, Mark (Tom Trevella) is forced out of his comfort zone, and there are unexpected consequences.
A modern retelling of Frankenstein.
A celebration in sound, colour and symphony, this concert film captures Brooke’s greatest hits spanning her beloved, three-decade catalogue. With orchestral arrangements by leading New Zealand composers, performed by Brooke alongside the Auckland Philharmonia and guests TEEKS, Georgia Lines and Ny Oh, Brooke Fraser - Live with the Auckland Philharmonia lets you join a sold-out, 10,000-strong Spark Arena crowd as one of Aotearoa’s most recognised songwriters takes a final bow under her “Brooke Fraser” name.
A frustrated wife at her wits’ end finds a message in a bottle which leads her into the mysterious world of The Hypnotist, and before long she’s on track to put the glitter back in her grapefruit.
A beautifully woven story about the struggle for acceptance and love through the lens of 3 homosexual men
At a windy, abandoned province station a man is waiting for a train. But something seems to be wrong; wasn't that a naked person running by? The man begins to examine the area; the tension rises up to the point, where another passenger arrives on the platform.
A direct-to-film animation exploring abstract surface and texture.
A young Afghan-Kiwi couple journey from New Zealand to Afghanistan to change 51 lives, including their own, in honor of those killed in a terrorist attack in their home town of Christchurch.
As Wayne prepares to leave Manurewa for a new job opportunity in Brisbane, his best friend David forces him to confront the guilt and personal cost of leaving his family behind. Beneath their easy banter and playful friendship, unspoken feelings begin to surface as their time together runs out.
Hugo's cab ride takes an unexpected route, taking him and his driver on a journey into his past.
Kid is sleeping soundly but is disturbed by a sudden noise and is haunted by a hand...
During a rare visit from her tradition-minded grandmother, a young Indian girl lets slip that she's left handed. Horrified, her grandmother and aunt set out to change that, and a battle of wills ensues.
In Kia Ora, Good Evening, veteran journalist and newsreader Mike McRoberts steps out of his comfort zone. The documentary follows McRoberts as he commits to learning te reo Maori and reconnects with his Ngāti Kahungunu roots. In his public role as a polished newsreader, McRoberts hid his whakamā (shame) at not speaking te reo and being a 'real' Maori. His whānau discuss their mixed heritage and the racism their parents experienced as a couple. McRoberts' emotional exploration of his identity includes receiving a tā moko and delivering his first whaikōrero (te reo speech) on his father's marae.
An uptight man hosts a chess club, expecting a quiet night - when the polar opposite arrives, and turns his life upside down.
When Fiona Clark, a young queer photographer exhibits her photography of the LGBTQI community in 1975, she and her friends face the systemic backlash of an oppressive New Zealand society. Unafraid, Fiona gives the middle finger to the patriarchy and we discover how her documentation and contribution to the community has helped transform New Zealand society.
Return to Gandhi Road tells the powerful story of Kangyur Rinpoche; a renowned Tibetan Master who, heeding the imminent danger of the 1950’s Cultural Revolution, and under the instructions of the Dalai Lama, braved the dangerous journey over the Himalayan mountains to India, rescuing two tons of Buddhist texts that otherwise faced potential extinction. Once in Darjeeling he built a Monastery at 54 Gandhi Road. It was here where the few single-minded Westerners in search of a more meaningful life, began to arrive in the late 1960’s. Told through the eyes of one of those first Westerners, New Zealander Kim Hegan, as he now, more than 40 years after Rinpoche’s passing, and his Buddhist practice abandoned, will trace the journey he made to Darjeeling 45 years earlier, to tell Rinpoche’s profound story, while healing the trauma that kept him away for so long.
Footage of the expedition leaving Antarctica from New Zealand shot by government cameraman James McDonald. His excellency Admiral Sir Wilmot Hawksworth Fawkes, Commander-in-Chief of the Royal Navy's Australian Station, visits and inspects the "Nimrod."
An alien-obsessed young man watches his dreams of first contact turn into a nightmare after his slacker flatmate brings home an otherworldly discovery.
For the mild-mannered owner of a struggling video store, life feels like he's the captain of a sinking ship. An encounter with an arrogant homicide detective pushes him over the edge, and he begins to exact bloody, cinephilic vengeance against customers with outstanding rentals.
After Oliver disrupts his relationship to hide who he is, he undertakes a magical journey of self acceptance.
Three Brits travel and settle down in New Zealand, and the film records their hopes, jobs, challenges, and adventures in the new country.
A documentary about the threat posed to New Zealand's Kaipara Harbour by rapacious commercial fishing and development.
A global quest for adventure, 45 years in the making all in stunning, original footage
When your mate has relationship problems, is it a good idea to bring your girlfriend along to help cheer him up? In Theo Taylor’s perceptive lo-fi feature we out with such a trio over a weekend spent at Lake Tarawera. Hadley, the mate, is in the throes of a breakup. Chris has joined him at his parents’ well-appointed lakeside house, bringing along girlfriend Lucy to provide moral support. But all Hadley wants to do is party, and he’s come very well provisioned. When Lucy gets delightedly trashed on night one, the drug-averse Chris begins to have second thoughts. Hadley’s determination to (a) stay high and (b) provide water skiing lessons on the freezing lake sends Chris’ ill-concealed need for control into further convolutions.
In 1999, “The Yin & Yang of HIV” was published by Dr Valendar Turner and investigative journalist Andrew McIntyre under the guidance of Eleni Papadopulos-Eleopulos. Eleni was the founder and leader of The Perth Group and her work has influenced virtually all of us today who question the HIV/AIDS dogma. Here is Part 3 of the essay “The Diagnosis of “HIV” Infection”, which is just as relevant today as when it was first written.
Set in 1870's Taranaki, Aotearoa. The Land Wars in Aotearoa are over. A Taranaki hapū is planning a feast with Pākehā former soldiers to mark the start of more peaceful times. Not all is what it seems.
Many of us assume that there are only two genders and that being female or male follows from the sex of our biological bodies. Focusing on the art, photography and performances of four "alternative" gender artists Assume Nothing poses the questions: "What if "male" and "female" are not the only options?
It's hard to look after yourself in the playground when you're different. Set in 1970s New Zealand, The Six Dollar Fifty Man follows Andy, a gutsy eight year-old boy who lives in a make-believe superhero world where his imagination allows him to perform extraordinary physical feats, to deal with playground bullies. But when Andy gets in trouble with the headmaster, he realises that to save himself & his only friend Mary, he must face up to the real world.
Filmed in Auckland, New Zealand.
A mysterious gift. An ignored warning. A heavy responsibility. A big secret.
Fleur and Justin’s lives are uprooted as a tragic event shakes their relationship.
The tuatara is the sole survivor of a reptile species that has been extinct for 135 million years. This nocturnal creature which once lived world-wide, is now confined to a few off-shore islands in New Zealand. Tuataras grow up to 60 cm (two feet) in length, live to 150 years of age and have survived virtually unchanged since primeval times. The film is set on tiny Stephen's Island, a wildlife sanctuary which is a home for 100,000 of these unique reptiles.
On 28 April 1995, the collapse of a viewing platform at Cave Creek, in Paparoa National Park on the West Coast, caused 17 students and a Department of Conservation Field Centre manager to plunge 40 metres into a chasm. 14 died, and four were injured. The documentary (from which NZ On Screen has three excerpts) explores what happened and why, with accounts by family members, survivors, and DoC staff. Made three years after the tragedy, the programme looked at its lasting impact on those left behind. It won Best Documentary at the 1998 NZ Television Awards.
France makes the most desired, revered and expensive wines in the world. They’ve had centuries to hone their craft. If you make fine wine, France is the benchmark. Or are they? One country famous for punching above its weight is taking on the aristocracy. This is a story featuring the World's most renowned winemakers, critics, writers and fine wine merchants. Travelling from the Old World to the New World we explore the history, culture and tension in the changing world of fine wine, answering that one question - has New Zealand earned a seat at the table?
Saying goodbye to your loved one is never easy, even when he has transformed into a zombie. A woman who lives on her neglected New-Zealand farm with her zombie husband kept chained to a tree outside.
Olympic Champion, Kiwi Icon, Tongan Leader, Orphan, Mother...winning was just part of the journey.
An ode to the whitewater obsession
Based on the classic 'Football at Christmas' with a kiwi spin.
A young woman living in a small seaside town who has something to prove to herself. Over the course of the short, we follow the trials and tribulations of this woman as she takes on the task of restoring an old boat that lies dormant on the beach. In the task of this restoration not only does she test her physical limits, but also her emotional ones, as she confronts an old face from her past and releases her memories to the tide.
Southern New Zealand is home to an incredible diversity of penguins; each species has its mode of reproduction, its habits of brooding and teaching its young.
After six months with her Tinder guy, an indecisive millennial must overcome the high life expectations she's built from social media to decide today: either take a last-minute voyage, or settle down into a career and relationship with him.
Student at Kapiti College, Cameron Smith, opens a small business in the school bathrooms, under the alias “The Lucky Crypster”. What happens in this film will shock you…
Aroha wants to share her creativity with her neighbours. Her imaginations come to life for everyone to enjoy.
Ferris and his horde of zombies must save the world from the four horsemen of the Apocalypse.
"The Short Trilogy of Peace" is a collection of three short poetic documentaries made in New Zealand and Slovenia between 2012 and 2016.
A Samoan male, Sione, and a Palagi New Zealand female,Sarah, meet while studying at Wellington's Victoria University. A relationship develops quickly, but each finds the other's culture a hard adjustment. Friends and family are not supportive, particularly when she becomes pregnant, although he proposes marriage. She leaves for Australia for an abortion and he returns to Samoa.
Borrowing its title from a literary genre, the film acknowledges the indeterminacy of both fiction and the self. Noir elements are reduced to deadpan gestures under bright California sunlight. Field recordings made in New Zealand are heard as women speak with each other about motherhood, abortion, breakups and anxiety. A civil rights parade moves slowly down a street. Bodies appear in states of weariness, injured or at rest, while songs by Irma Thomas and Goldberg evoke the passing of time and an uncertain future.
On the brink of humanity's end, a vacant man finds solace in a kind stranger who's lessons of love echo well into the man's apocalyptic future.