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Leonard Corrick’s camera moves up and down the streets of Perth recording the action on the street. At one point a man bumps into another man in the street and fisticuffs ensue as the camera moves past.
Jeremiah is lonely in the world of love. When his work mate rejects him, he can ’t handle it and begins to crumble into dark, comedic capitulation. Adding fuel to the fire is his alpha workmate, Johnson, an ice cream eating lady, three troublemakers and a sage old little kid. Centred around a dastardly love triangle, the film is about the demise of a lonely, misguided young man. Treated with comedy, it hopes to bring the audience in, so we can assess these traits in ourselves with some humility, and look with a fresh perspective at a prevalent, and often fatal (consider the recent rise and effects of incel culture) problem in our society.
When skier Janina Kuzma becomes pregnant, she must grow into her new identity as a mother. Confronted with the fear of losing her work as a mountain guide or being judged as a professional athlete, she still finds peace in the mountains. Together with snowboarder Leanne Pelosi and skier Evelina Nilsson, Janina ventures deep into New Zealand’s Southern Alps to uncover the extraordinary strength of motherhood. With this film, director Corinna Marie Halloran offers an intimate and empowering perspective on motherhood in professional sports — a story that demands to be told.
"There are four spaces being occupied. Only one touches the ground and only one is looking at the other three. From an elevated view, Hayward’s gaze is that of the voyeur. The night exposes interior scenes that, relative to the passing figures in the alley below, absurdly deliver aerobic routines on garish carpet to only the tune of background traffic. Beneath them another’s feet move out of time with their own and neither can see one another. Nor the lady in red, or the motorcyclist. Everyone is moving and the camera is breathing with them." - Sophie Bannan
A loving mother stricken by grief turns on her child as she sleepwalks through the night.
A break through documentary on the effects of racism in New Zealand. Featuring interviews with Maori and Pacific Islanders examining New Zealand's image as a multiracial society, and articulating the need for New Zealand to operate less mono-culturally and more inclusively. Members of the Taupo Work Co-op speak about not having qualifications, how it affects their lives and their aspirations in life if things were different for them. The film explores an underlying tension that is presented by these issues: not having coped with today's education system, yet unable to relate to things Maori because of not being taught by their elders. Not identifying as part of the Pakeha or Maori worlds leaves many young Maori floating or simply lost in a society from which they feel alienated. For many of these young people living in the cities, life is tough.
Inspired by an ancient Māori story in which nature intermingles with a child’s love, Washday depicts – with tremendous sensitivity and compassion – a grieving father and daughter coming to terms with a significant death in 1960s New Zealand.
This special compilation of short films explores encounters between Māori and non-Māori dating back to 1901. This rich and fascinating special presentation includes a range of remarkable and rarely seen footage from the vaults of Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision. From the first filmed encounter between Māori and British Royals to footage of the 1975 Land March, these recordings evoke a strong sense of the shared stories and rich dual histories of Aotearoa New Zealand. These special recordings come from Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision – Aotearoa New Zealand’s Archive of Film, Television and Sound. NTSV collects, preserves, cares for and shares the audio-visual taonga of Aotearoa, so that our nation’s stories are never lost. Part of the remit of today’s cultural institutions is to draw attention to how our narratives have formed, and to gently nudge us toward asking ourselves to examine how we feel about what is being shown to us. – Sharon Taylor-Offord
The coming of the pioneer settlers in 1840, the making of their first homes in the wilderness, the gold rushes, the Maori wars, the stage coaches, and the frontier towns. A panorama of New Zealand's history and scenery, its social and economic development from 1840 to 1940.
A workaholic young man has his horizons broadened by an encounter with a mischievous woodland spirit.
Three Axemen. Three tall wooden posts. An epic battle between young and old.
Margot is a French backpacker who always gets herself into trouble. When she finds out that her dodgy landlord has a dirty secret, she has no other choice but to skip rent and run away. On the run she crashes at her perfect sister's house, intruding on her marriage. Things get messy with the three of them under one roof as Margot faces problems on her way to becoming an adult.
The candid record of a unique 14-day theatre school, held at the village of Manutuke by the New Zealand Maori Theatre Trust.
“In an alternate world where queer indigeneity was never erased/lost, we follow the daily lives of two leiti’s whose sovereignty has come into its own in a fast changing, modern world. Set to the backdrop of an alternate Tonga untouched by western influence and with a wealth of mineral resources (particularly, crystals), you are presented with a subtle yet strikingly different modern world. The ingenuity of their adaptations to, and their cultural flourishes in their diaspora experience is captured in the mundanity of these two leiti’s lives in Aotearoa.” - Sione Monu , Artists Statement.
Victory Over the Sun, or, Spaghetti Western Unlike You & Me was shot in a former cinema, built in the late 1950s in a small town overlooking the Gulf of St Euphemia in southern Italy. Malone constructs a kind of portrait of the cinema that reveals both its former elegance and international Modernity, alongside its current obsolescence and perhaps equally beautiful dilapidation. A narrative is ambiguously laid over the images in the form of a voiceover telling the story of an unusual percussion instrument designed by Russian avant-garde composer Galina Ustvolskaya.
An RNZ documentary on the violent end of the occupation at Parliament grounds. On 2 March 2022, police cleared hundreds of people from a sprawling occupation and protest in the area around New Zealand’s Parliament. The conclusion of the three-week occupation was angry and violent. Previously unseen footage gives fresh insight into the rage that overtook some people. And eyewitness accounts take us back to the chaos, confusion and shock of it all.
White fabric hanging on the line as seen through the windows of a house at night.
Chronicles the journey of notorious criminal Edgar Vaughn and his multiple encounters with the infamous Cougars
“We once had an idea to write a rock opera called "The 7 Stages Of Grief". We may or may not ever do this. It's been a rough few years." —Fantasing Fantasing is a cosmic vibration between Bek Coogan, Claire Harris, Sarah Jane Parton & Gemma Syme. Fantasing is an Aotearoa New Zealand-based art collaboration, our band genre is INNER CORE. Fantasing is an 'internet potato' cultivated from the history of feminist artist collectives, and their practice spans music, video works, sculpture, writing and Facebook.” —Fantasing
“We once had an idea to write a rock opera called "The 7 Stages Of Grief". We may or may not ever do this. It's been a rough few years." —Fantasing Fantasing is a cosmic vibration between Bek Coogan, Claire Harris, Sarah Jane Parton & Gemma Syme. Fantasing is an Aotearoa New Zealand-based art collaboration, our band genre is INNER CORE. Fantasing is an 'internet potato' cultivated from the history of feminist artist collectives, and their practice spans music, video works, sculpture, writing and Facebook.” —Fantasing
A struggling teenage magician explores the possibilities of teleportation when one of his magic tricks goes wrong and one of his friends disappears.
When a man claiming to be William Shakespeare comes under suspicion of murder, a detective enlists the help of a starstruck academic to conduct his interrogation, and bring the iambic perpetrator to justice.
Today is the first day of Tui's dream life as she snuggles in bed with her well-meaning Pākehā (white) boyfriend, Edward. Everything's perfect until her vagina, Teke, calls him a loser.
Anika is unable to bring herself to go on her first date with a woman, until she talks to her mother first.
Shoe designer and fetishist Doug George tells the story of how high heels saved his life.
Entering into the greatest film festival of the year, Oscar, Robbie and their two best friends are set to make the best superhero film of all time. Due to unforeseen circumstances they will need to finish the film all whilst being bullied by the biggest bully who ever bullied.
A short-film of two sisters and their estranged father.
Holdout is an independent science fiction short film released in 2012, written and directed by Calvin Sang.
Three interviewees describe their experience of alopecia, and the social stigma they face. Why is every supervillain bald, anyway?
An evening drive through The Tunnel forces Yellow to face her relationship with Pink. She's confronted by Orange, Blue, and The Light which help her come to terms with what she already knew.
Love him or hate him, there is no denying that Pork is everywhere. One of the most prolific graffiti writers over the last decade, his dedication to painting is truly unmatched. Here, we are given a rare glimpse into the life behind the unfavourably famous Pork tag.
A look inside Rotorua woman Kirsty Gerlach's journey of Motor Neurone Disease.
A stubborn old lady struggles to send a text message to her daughter.
Shot entirely underwater, Company Stream follows the movements of an eel in disorientating close up. Company Stream is loosely based on From the Observatory (2011), a paean to the sensual and orientational capacities of eels written in ecstatic streaming prose by Argentine-French writer Julio Cortazar. Commissioned by CIRCUIT and curated by Mercedes Vicente as part of Thick Cinema (2017), a series of artist cinema commissions exploring the role of the body and sensorial experience in cinematic intelligibility and meaning.
A recluse gets a parcel misdelivered to his door, where he decides to venture out and try and deliver the parcel to the right person.
A young man walks into a pub searching for answers about a missing friend, only to discover far more than he bargained for.
The thing Sam ‘Fury’ Johnson regrets most in life is wasting his time at university when he could’ve been focusing on his real passion: video gaming. Now he’s got an opportunity to redeem himself in the gaming world. If they can win the national championship and beat out Australia, he and his team will be on their way to represent New Zealand at the Commonwealth Esports Championships.
The "Opening Doors" documentary, created by Awareness Canterbury (now part of the Alliance Against Seclusion and Restraint), is a New Zealand-based resource focusing on the experience of seclusion in mental health settings. The documentary aims to provide a consumer-centric perspective on seclusion and its impact, particularly highlighting the need for safer and more inclusive approaches. It's been used as a training tool and is updated by the Health Quality & Safety Commission through the Pono project, which captures the experiences of users, family, and whānau in mental health services.
Billie, an American girl, learns the meaning of Setsubun as she adjusts to life in rural Japan.
When an Italian folktale threatens her reality, a mother fights to protect her child from an ancient witch.
charming love story illustrating an old Maori legend, acted entirely by Maoris in beautiful and interesting native surroundongs
Follows two artists' creation of the ultimate work of art for an art competition. Told as an oscillation between two worlds, we discover that what it takes to win an art award, often involves deception.
Ondřej Vlk is a Czech Adventure Motorbike rider who has been travelling across the globe for over a decade. Living out of a tent and loving to explore the offroad. He is constantly chasing the idea of what it truly means to be free. Along the way he's experienced many different cultures that forced him to question how we, in the West, go about our daily lives and what we prioritize. This short film tries to delve into the mindset of Ondřej, his highs and lows, and why he continues to explore the world.
A guilty youth leader meets a mysterious cow on her train ride home from bible camp.
For more than four decades, Wellington-based photographer Grant Sheehan has made his way in the world through images. Where many photographers find longevity in laser-focused speciality, he is one of the few that has managed to thrive by expanding his style ever wider. Spinning yarns as though to an acquaintance on the neighbouring barstool, Sheehan recounts his own exceptional career in this charming documentary.
A young Māori boy experiences an intense awakening after the arrival of two Mormon missionaries.
A ninja hopes to steal an item from a museum, but not everything goes as planned.
Known to bury canvases in the earth, to treat a concrete pavement like an archaeological site, to imagine electric, massive geologies, the aboveground nature of A Sapling to Tie zooms out from Tozer’s often-micro approaches. But it is still about earthly materials as vibrant, lively matter entangled in fierce, underground networks—trees that have existed for hundreds of years, the dirt and rock for millions. Her interest in deep, geological time now encompasses genealogical time, intimate time, the time over a summer, or a day, or the 20-minute duration of a video. — Rose Cachemaille, 'Hoping to Tie a Sapling,' CIRCUIT, 2025
The collaboration between visual artists Matthew Cowan (NZ) and Jana Müller (GER) is concerned with the role of museums and archives in the representation of identity and history, as well as the question of identity and its staging, both virtually and in reality. Backgrounds Scenes reflects the artists' research into the history of the use of painted backgrounds in portrait photographic studios, a common practice throughout Europe and New Zealand in the 19th century.
"Some dreams are wiser than waking. A mixed-up bricolage of dreams and remembrances, exaggerations and repressions of living in Wellington, 1984/85." — Martin Rumsby
“Howling out at a safe distance uses four partial editions of the historic Māori language newspaper Te Pīpīwharauroa as a way to think about the grey areas in language and understanding. In the video I use A4 sheets of paper with windows cut into them to isolate words and brief phrases from the articles found in Te Pīpī, which are about looking for something, translation, speaking to one another, and loneliness.” - Ana Iti. 'Howling out at a safe distance' was commissioned by CIRCUIT with the support of Creative New Zealand as part of Sovereign Pacific / Pacific Sovereigns, the 2020 programme of artist cinema commissions curated by Singapore-based academic and curator David Teh.
Two queer women trace the entangled terrain of their relationship through body memories and fragmented stories that surface within a shared therapeutic body practice. Anchored by the native MokiMoki plant of Aotearoa, the fluid essence of water and the quiet strength of plants weave around them, cleansing and mending both body and spirit.
A student misplaces his phone and must race across campus to find it.
During WWII, John and Halina were exiled from their Polish homeland and sent to Siberia. Years and many miles later, they found themselves in a New Zealand refugee camp for children.
Alyssum follows the story of a young woman named Alyssa - whose day to day life follows a borderline obsessive routine of spending, beauty routines and validation seeking through sex and hookup culture, despite the negative impacts it has on her life and mental state. One night whilst bathing, Alyssa scrubs too hard in a dissociative state, ripping her skin and revealing rotting flesh underneath. Naturally terrified, she tries to get rid of the rot and makes it worse before deciding to cover the wound with makeup in order to continue her lifestyle and quest for love. But the rot worsens, and Alyssa must face herself as her life takes a dark, surreal turn.
A hypnotic and singular record of a 2019 concert at Lyttelton Coffee Company with Hob, Richard Dada and Ben Woods Group.
In 2006, Des Molloy, daughter Kitty, and friend Myles Feeney traveled across the US on 1965 motorcycles in the wheel-tracks of Robert Pirsig of Zen & the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance fame. This is a record of their journey through the eyes of the then 22 year old Kitty. It's an insight into the US and its people and also delves into what drives people to travel. Everyday people, amazing adventures.
In this animated tale of awakening, a woman explores the anxious landscape of sexuality and desire. With the help of her mischievous alter ego, she searches for the animal within. Over three years in the making, its mutable clay characters negotiate an eerie Australasian landscape (created with multi-plane paint-on-glass sets), inhabited only by strange birds and roving creatures of the night. Feline investigates the possibilities for changing oneself in a world where physicality and identity are fluid. It is a tale of denial, sexual awakening, and self acceptance.
A young boy interprets his traumatic venture into town in terms of the adventure stories he has been reading.