This is a list of feature films and pre-1910 short films produced or co-produced by New Zealand companies (with some early 1900s exceptions), ordered by the year of release.
| Title | Director(s) | Genre | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1898 | ||||||
| Opening of the Auckland Industrial and Mining Exhibition | Alfred Henry Whitehouse | Documentary | First NZ film; lost | |||
| Māori Scenes | Joseph Perry | Documentary | First NZ films of Māori; lost | |||
| Uhlan winning the Auckland Cup at Ellerslie Racecourse † | Alfred Henry Whitehouse | Documentary | First NZ horse-race filmed;lost | |||
| 1899 | ||||||
| Regatta scene | Alfred Henry Whitehouse | Documentary | lost | |||
| Maori Canoe Hurdle Race at Waikato | Alfred Henry Whitehouse | Documentary | lost | |||
| 1900 | ||||||
| The Departure of the Second Contingent for the Boer War | Alfred Henry Whitehouse | Documentary | Oldest surviving NZ film | |||
| The World's First Lady Mayor | Enos Silvanus Pegler | Docu-drama | Re-enactment of 1893 speech | |||
| 1901 | ||||||
| Royal Visit of the Duke and Duchess of Cornwall and York to New Zealand | Joseph Perry | Documentary | lost | |||
| Waimangu Geyser in action | Joseph Perry | Documentary | lost Waimangu Geyser | |||
| Dummy Mace | Franklyn Barrett | staged boxing match | ||||
| 1903 | ||||||
| A Message from Mars | Franklyn Barrett | Drama | First science fiction film made in NZ; lost | |||
| Ally Sloper as a Conjuror | Franklyn Barrett | Comedy | Harry Hall of Masterton as Ally Sloper | |||
| Ally Sloper on Holiday | Franklyn Barrett | Comedy | shot at Days Bay | |||
| Ally Sloper at the Races | Franklyn Barrett | Comedy | filmed at the old Hutt Park racecourse | |||
| 1908 | ||||||
| The Sea Coasts of New Zealand | Franklyn Barrett | Documentary | ||||
| Title | Director(s) | Genre | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1913 | ||||||
| Hinemoa | Gaston Méliès | First NZ feature film; lost | ||||
| How Chief Te Ponga Won His Bride | Gaston Méliès | lost | ||||
| Loved by a Maori Chieftess | Gaston Méliès | lost | ||||
| The River Wanganui | Gaston Méliès | Documentary | ||||
| 1914 | ||||||
| Hinemoa | George Tarr | Romance | First feature film with a NZ producer and director; lost | |||
| 1916 | ||||||
| A Maori Maid's Love | Raymond Longford | lost | ||||
| The Mutiny of the Bounty | Raymond Longford | lost | ||||
| The Test | Rawdon Blandford | melodrama | lost | |||
| Title | Director | Genre | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1921 | ||||||
| Beyond | William Desmond Taylor | Drama | lost | |||
| The Betrayer | Beaumont Smith | Drama | lost | |||
| The Bloke from Freeman's Bay | Rudall Hayward | Comedy | Hayward's first film | |||
| 1922 | ||||||
| The Birth of New Zealand | Harrington Reynolds | Earliest New Zealand film of which footage (fragments only) are known to still exist. | ||||
| My Lady of the Cave | Rudall Hayward | |||||
| Ten Thousand Miles in the Southern Cross | George Tarr | Documentary/travelogue | ||||
| 1923 | ||||||
| The Romance of Sleepy Hollow | Henry J. Makepeace | lost | ||||
| 1924 | ||||||
| Rewi's Last Stand | Rudall Hayward | fragments only remain | ||||
| Venus of the South Seas | James R. Sullivan | |||||
| 1925 | ||||||
| The Adventures of Algy | Beaumont Smith | |||||
| Glorious New Zealand | Arthur Messenger | documentary | ||||
| 1927 | ||||||
| Carbine's Heritage | Edwin Coubray (Ted) | lost | ||||
| The Romance of Hine-moa | Gustav Pauli | lost | ||||
| The Te Kooti Trail | Rudall Hayward | Historical drama | ||||
| Under the Southern Cross | Gustav Pauli | lost | ||||
| 1928 | ||||||
| The Bush Cinderella | Rudall Hayward | |||||
| 1929 | ||||||
| Under the Southern Cross | Lew Collins | a.k.a. The Devil's Pit or Taranga. Only fragments remain | ||||
| Title | Director | Genre | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1930 | ||||||
| The Romance Of Maoriland | Edward T. Brown | Never released. Intended as New Zealand's first feature-length "talkie". 30 minutes of footage only remain. | ||||
| 1934 | ||||||
| Romantic New Zealand | travelogue | New Zealand's first released "talkie" film. | ||||
| 1935 | ||||||
| Down on the Farm | Stewart Pitt | New Zealand's first non-documentary "talkie". Fragments only remain. First film shot entirely in the South Island. | ||||
| Hei Tiki | Alexander Markey | a.k.a. Primitive Passions, A Saga of the Maoris. | ||||
| New Zealand's Charm: A Romantic Outpost of Empire | Cyril James Morton | Scenic | ||||
| Magic Playgrounds in New Zealand's Geyserland | Scenic | |||||
| 1936 | ||||||
| Phar Lap's Son | A. L. Lewis | a.k.a. Phar Lap's Son?. Lost. | ||||
| On the Friendly Road | Rudall Hayward | drama | Features early New Zealand media personality Colin Scrimgeour in a lead role, playing his radio persona, "Uncle Scrim". | |||
| The Wagon and the Star | J. J. W. Pollard | drama | Only one reel remains. | |||
| 1937 | ||||||
| New Zealand Review no.1, Holiday Sounds | Scenic | |||||
| 1938 | ||||||
| New Zealand Review No.5, Mountain Holiday | Scenic | |||||
| Title | Director | Genre | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1940 | ||||||
| Rewi's Last Stand | Rudall Hayward | Historical drama/War | ||||
| One Hundred Crowded Years | H H Bridgman | Docu-drama | Official Centennial film | |||
| 1941 | ||||||
| Country Lads | Stanhope Andrews | Patriotic propaganda | National Film Unit | |||
| Title | Director | Genre | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950 | ||||||
| 1950 British Empire Games | Sports documentary | 1950 British Empire Games | ||||
| Journey for Three | Michael Forlong | Immigration propaganda | ||||
| 1952 | ||||||
| Broken Barrier | John O'Shea | Drama | ||||
| 1954 | ||||||
| Royal New Zealand Journey / A Queen's Royal Tour | Oxley Hughan | Documentary | 1953–1954 royal tour of New Zealand | |||
| The Seekers | Ken Annakin | Adventure | Location shooting for British film with NZ setting. | |||
| Title | Director | Genre | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1964 | ||||||
| 140 Days Under the World | Geoffrey Scott | Documentary | 1965 Academy Award Nominee: Documentary Short.[citation needed] | |||
| Runaway | John O'Shea | Drama | First film appearance for several noted New Zealand media personalities, including Selwyn Muru, Barry Crump, and Kiri Te Kanawa. | |||
| 1966 | ||||||
| Don't Let It Get You | John O'Shea | Comedy | [citation needed] | |||
| Title | Director | Genre | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970 | ||||||
| This is New Zealand | Hugh Macdonald | Documentary | Made for Expo '70 in Osaka, projected over three screens | |||
| 1972 | ||||||
| To Love a Maori | Rudall Hayward | Shot on 16mm. New Zealand's first colour feature film; Hayward's last film. | ||||
| 1973 | ||||||
| Rangi's Catch | Michael Forlong | Children's drama | Film debut of Temuera Morrison | |||
| 1974 | ||||||
| Games '74 | John King, Sam Pillsbury, Paul Maunder, Arthur Everard | Sports documentary | 1974 British Commonwealth Games | |||
| 1975 | ||||||
| Landfall † | Paul Maunder | shot on 16mm | ||||
| Test Pictures: Eleven Vignettes from a Relationship † | Geoff Steven | Drama | ||||
| 1976 | ||||||
| Off the Edge † | Michael Firth | Skiing | ||||
| 1977 | ||||||
| Sleeping Dogs | Roger Donaldson | Drama/action | First NZ film to open in the U.S. | |||
| Solo | Tony Williams | |||||
| Wild Man | Geoff Murphy | |||||
| 1978 | ||||||
| Angel Mine | David Blyth | Fantasy | Art New Zealand | |||
| Skin Deep * | Geoff Steven | Drama | ||||
| 1979 | ||||||
| Middle Age Spread *† | John Reid | Comedy | shot on 16mm | |||
| Sons for the Return Home *† | Paul Maunder | Drama | based on the 1973 book by Albert Wendt | |||
| Title | Director | Genre | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | ||||||
| Kawa | Katie Wolfe | Drama | Based on Nights in the Gardens of Spain by Witi Ihimaera | |||
| After the Waterfall | Simone Horrocks | Drama | ||||
| Wound | David Blyth | Horror | ||||
| Matariki | Michael Bennett | Drama | ||||
| Boy | Taika Waititi | Comedy/drama | ||||
| Predicament | Jason Stutter | Comedy | Based on the Ronald Hugh Morrieson novel | |||
| The Insatiable Moon | Rosemary Riddell | Comedy/drama | ||||
| The Hopes & Dreams of Gazza Snell | Brendan Donovan | Comedy/family | ||||
| Home by Christmas | Gaylene Preston | Documentary Drama | ||||
| Russian Snark | Stephen Sinclair | Comedy | ||||
| 2011 | ||||||
| The Devil's Rock | Paul Campion | Horror | ||||
| The Holy Roller | Patrick Gillies | Comedy drama | ||||
| Love Birds | Paul Murphy | Romantic comedy | ||||
| My Wedding and Other Secrets | Roseanne Liang | |||||
| The Adventures of Tintin: Secret of the Unicorn | Steven Spielberg | Family/adventure | ||||
| Operation 8: Deep in the Forest | Errol Wright and Abi King-Jones | Documentary | ||||
| The Most Fun You Can Have Dying | Kirstin Marcon | |||||
| Dreamer by Design | David Chan | Comedy/drama | [citation needed] | |||
| Tracker | Ian Sharp | Action/Thriller | ||||
| Love Story | Florian Habicht | Documentary drama | ||||
| When a City Falls | Gerard Smyth | Documentary | ||||
| 2012 | ||||||
| Sione's 2: Unfinished Business | Simon Bennett | Comedy | Sequel to the Sione's Wedding (2006)[citation needed] | |||
| Good for Nothing | Mike Wallis | Comedy/Thriller/Western | ||||
| Ghost TV | Phil Davison | |||||
| Mr. Pip | Andrew Adamson | Drama | Based on Lloyd Jones' novel Mister Pip | |||
| The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey | Peter Jackson | Fantasy | U.S. & NZ funded film produced in New Zealand | |||
| Tongan Ark | Paul Janman | Documentary | NZ Screen Innovation Fund www.publicfilms.works | |||
| The Red House | Alyx Duncan | Drama | ||||
| Kiwi Flyer | Tony Simpson | Family/Comedy | ||||
| Two Little Boys | Robert Sarkies | Comedy | ||||
| 2013 | ||||||
| White Lies | Dana Rotberg | Drama | ||||
| Eternity | Alex Galvin | Drama/sci-fi/mystery | ||||
| Shopping | Mark Albiston, Louis Sutherland | Drama | ||||
| The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug | Peter Jackson | Fantasy | U.S. & NZ funded film produced in New Zealand | |||
| Romeo & Juliet: A Love Song | Tim van Dammen | Rock opera | Based on William Shakespeare's tragedy Romeo & Juliet | |||
| Gardening with Soul | Jess Feast | Documentary | ||||
| The Weight of Elephants | Daniel Joseph Borgman | Drama | ||||
| Giselle | Toa Fraser | Documentary | ||||
| Fantail | Curtis Vowell | Drama | ||||
| He Toki Huna: New Zealand in Afghanistan | Kay Ellmers | Documentary | ||||
| Sheen of Gold | Simon Ogston | Documentary | ||||
| Us and the Game Industry | Stephanie Beth | Documentary | ||||
| Edwin: My Life as a Koont | Jason Stutter | Mockumentary, Comedy | ||||
| Ghost Bride | David Blyth | Horror, Romance | ||||
| Crackheads | Andy Sophocleus, Tim Tsiklauri | Comedy | ||||
| 2014 | ||||||
| Syrenia | Fraser Grut | Fantasy/family | ||||
| What We Do in the Shadows | Taika Waititi, Jemaine Clement | Comedy/horror | ||||
| Housebound | Morgana O'Reilly, Cameron Rhodes | Comedy/horror | ||||
| The Pā Boys | Himiona Grace | Music/drama | ||||
| The Dark Horse | James Napier Robertson | Drama | Biopic based on the true story of chess player Genesis Potini | |||
| The Dead Lands | Toa Fraser | Action/horror | It was premièred in the Special Presentations section at the 2014 Toronto International Film Festival | |||
| Hip Hop-eration | Bryn Evans | Documentary | ||||
| The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies | Peter Jackson | Fantasy | U.S. & NZ funded film produced in New Zealand | |||
| Tūmanako/Hope | Susy Pointon | Documentary | ||||
| 3 Mile Limit | Craig Newland | Drama | ||||
| Urban Turban | Devesh Singh | Drama, Romance | Fiji/NZ Bollywood film | |||
| The Cure | David Gould | Action thriller | ||||
| Jake | Doug Dillaman | Drama, Sci-fi, Comedy | ||||
| Everything We Loved | Max Currie | Drama | ||||
| Contract Killers | Mathew John Pearson | Action Thriller | ||||
| Beyond the Edge | Leanne Pooley | Documentary | ||||
| Orphans and Kingdoms | Paolo Rotondo | Drama | ||||
| Aunty and the Star People | Gerard Smyth | Documentary | ||||
| Erewhon | Gavin Hipkins | Essay | ||||
| Hot Air | Alister Barry, Abi King-Jones | Documentary | ||||
| REALITi | Jonathan King | Thriller, Sci-Fi | ||||
| Voices of the Land: Nga Reo o te Whenua | Paul Wolffram | Documentary | ||||
| Cap Bocage | Jim Marbrook | Documentary | ||||
| The Inheritance | Jeff McDonald | Documentary | ||||
| Into the Void | Margaret Gordon | Documentary | ||||
| 2015 | ||||||
| Deathgasm | Jason Lei Howden | Comedy/horror | ||||
| The Dead Room | Jason Stutter | Horror | ||||
| Turbo Kid | François Simard, Anouk Whissell and Yoann-Karl Whissell | Action/adventure/comedy/superhero/post-apocalyptic | ||||
| 25 April | Leanne Pooley | Documentary | ||||
| Ghost Shark 2: Urban Jaws | Andrew Todd, Johnny Hall | Comedy/horror | ||||
| Born To Dance | Tammy Davis | Action/sport | ||||
| Belief: The Possession of Janet Moses | David Stubbs | Docodrama | ||||
| Slow West | John McLean | Action/adventure, Drama | ||||
| Lexi | Wayne Turner | Drama | ||||
| The Great Maiden's Blush | Andrea Bosshard, Shane Loader | Drama | ||||
| A Flickering Truth | Pietra Brettkelly | |||||
| Herbs: Songs of Freedom | Tearepa Kahi | documentary | ||||
| Free in Deed | Jake Mahaffy | drama | ||||
| Act of Kindness | Costa Botes | Documentary | ||||
| The Art of Recovery | Peter Young | Documentary | ||||
| Crossing Rachmaninoff | Rebecca Tansley | Documentary | ||||
| Ever the Land | Sarah Groenert | Documentary | ||||
| Philip Dadson: Sonics From Scratch | Simon Ogston, Orlando Stewart | Documentary | ||||
| The Price of Peace | Kim Webby | Documentary | ||||
| Return of the Free China Junk | Robin Greenberg | Documentary | ||||
| Tom Who? The Enigma of Tom Kreisler | Shirley Horrocks | Documentary | ||||
| 2016 | ||||||
| Mahana | Lee Tamahori | Action/drama | Based on the novel Bulibasha by Witi Ihimaera | |||
| Penny Black | Joe Hitchcock | Road Movie | ||||
| Orphans and Kingdoms | Paolo Rotondo | Drama | ||||
| notes to eternity | Sarah Cordery | Documentary | featuring Noam Chomsky, Robert Fisk, Norman Finkelstein, Sara Roy | |||
| Hunt for the Wilderpeople | Taika Waititi | Comedy | Based on the novel Wild Pork and Watercress by Barry Crump | |||
| Tickled | David Farrier, Dylan Reeve | Documentary | ||||
| Chasing Great | Justin Pemberton, Michelle Walsh | Documentary | ||||
| the heART of the matter | Luit Bieringa | Documentary | ||||
| Poi E: The Story of Our Song | Tearepa Kahi | documentary | ||||
| The Rehearsal | Alison Maclean | Drama | ||||
| On an Unknown Beach | Adam Luxton, Summer Agnew | Documentary | ||||
| West of Eden | Alastair Riddell | Drama | ||||
| The 5th Eye | Errol Wright, Abi King-Jones | Documentary | ||||
| Chronesthesia | Hayden J. Weal | Romantic comedy | ||||
| This Giant Papier Mâché Boulder Is Actually Really Heavy | Christian Nicolson | Science fiction, Comedy | ||||
| Apple Pie | Sam Hamilton | Documentary | ||||
| Le Ride | Phil Keoghan | documentary | ||||
| 2017 | ||||||
| Pork Pie | Matt Murphy | Comedy/Road Movie | Remake of Goodbye Pork Pie | |||
| Kiwi Christmas | Tony Simpson | Family | ||||
| Waru | Briar Grace-Smith, Casey Kaa, Ainsley Gardiner, Katie Wolfe, Chelsea Cohen, Renae Maihi, Paula Whetu Jones, Awanui Simich-Pene | Drama | ||||
| 6 Days | Toa Fraser | Drama/Thriller | ||||
| The Changeover | Miranda Harcourt, Stuart McKenzie | Fantasy/Thriller | Based on the novel The Changeover by Margaret Mahy | |||
| Human Traces | Nic Gorman | Drama/Thriller | ||||
| The Wizard & the Commodore - Chathams Islands New Zealand | Samuel A. Miller | Mondo Documentary | ||||
| Bill Direen, A Memory of Others | Simon Ogston | Documentary | Screened in NZIFF 2017, download with O.S.T. 2019 | |||
| My Year With Helen | Gaylene Preston | Documentary | ||||
| What Lies That Way | Paul Wolffram | Documentary | ||||
| Spookers | Florian Habicht | Documentary | ||||
| The Stolen | Niall Johnson | Western | ||||
| Kim Dotcom: Caught in the Web | Annie Goldson | Documentary | ||||
| Pecking Order | Slavko Martinov | Documentary | ||||
| 2018 | ||||||
| The Breaker Upperers | Madeleine Sami, Jackie van Beek | Comedy | ||||
| Blue Moon | Stefen Harris | Film Noir | ||||
| Broken | Tarry Mortlock | Drama | Inspired by true events | |||
| Mortal Engines | Christian Rivers | Fantasy/Thriller | Filmed in NZ, a U.S./NZ co-production based on the novel Mortal Engines by Philip Reeve | |||
| Mega Time Squad | Tim van Dammen | Sci-fi, Action, Comedy | ||||
| Status Pending | Ben Zolno | Dramedy | Improvised dialogue (mumblecore) film premiering at Cinequest, Filmed Entirely in Wellington, NZ. | |||
| The Heart Dances - The Journey of The Piano: The Ballet | Rebecca Tansley | Documentary | ||||
| Yellow Is Forbidden | Pietra Brettkelly | Documentary | ||||
| 2019 | ||||||
| Daffodils | David Stubbs | Drama | ||||
| For My Father's Kingdom | Vea Mafile'o, Jeremiah Tauamiti | Documentary | ||||
| Bellbird | Hamish Bennett | Drama | ||||
| Come to Daddy | Ant Timpson | Horror | ||||
| Brown Boys | Hans Masoe | Comedy | ||||
| Take Home Pay | Stallone Vaiaoga-Ioasa | Comedy | ||||
| Capital in the Twenty-First Century | Justin Pemberton | Documentary | ||||
| Savage | Sam Kelly | crime | ||||
| Jojo Rabbit | Taika Waititi | Comedy drama | ||||
| Killer Sofa | Bernie Rao | Comedy horror | ||||
| Vai | Nicole Whippy
Ofa-Ki-Levuka Guttenbeil-Likiliki Amberley Jo Aumua Marina Alofagia McCartney Becs Arahanga |
Drama | ||||
| The Chills: The Triumph & Tragedy of Martin Phillipps | Julia Parnell
Rob Curry |
Documentary | ||||
| Mosley | Kirby Atkins | animated fantasy adventure drama | ||||
| Guns Akimbo | Jason Lei Howden | Action comedy | ||||
| Title | Director | Genre | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | ||||||
| The Legend of Baron To'a | Kiel McNaughton | drama | ||||
| Balance of the Five Elements | Jan-Hinrik Drevs | documentary | ||||
| The Girl on the Bridge | Leanne Pooley | documentary | ||||
| Rūrangi | Max Currie | LGBT/drama | ||||
| LOIMATA, The Sweetest Tears | Anna Marbrook | documentary | ||||
| This Town | David White | comedy | ||||
| Lowdown Dirty Criminals | Paul Murphy | comedy | ||||
| Shadow in the Cloud | Roseanne Liang | action/horror | ||||
| Reunion | Jake Mahaffy | thriller, horror | ||||
| Baby Done | Curtis Vowell | comedy | ||||
| Six60: Till the Lights Go Out | Julia Parnell | documentary | ||||
| We Need to Talk about A.I. | Leanne Pooley | documentary | ||||
| 2021 | ||||||
| Dawn Raid | Oscar Kightley | documentary | ||||
| Coming Home in the Dark | James Ashcroft | thriller | ||||
| There Is No "I" in Threesome | Jan Oliver Lucks | drama, documentary, comedy | ||||
| Cousins | Ainsley Gardiner, Briar Grace-Smith | drama | Based on Patricia Grace's eponymous novel. | |||
| Night Raiders | Danis Goulet | drama | ||||
| James & Isey | Florian Habicht | documentary | ||||
| Poppy | Linda Niccol | drama | ||||
| The Justice of Bunny King | Gaysorn Thavat | drama | ||||
| Juniper | Matthew J. Saville | drama | ||||
| Mothers of the Revolution | Briar March | documentary | ||||
| The Power of the Dog | Jane Campion | drama | Nominated for Best Picture at the 94th Academy Awards | |||
| Millie Lies Low | Michelle Savill | drama, comedy | ||||
| Fiona Clark: Unafraid | Lula Cucchiara | documentary | Documentary on photographer Fiona Clark | |||
| Whetū Mārama – Bright Star | Toby Mills, Aileen O'Sullivan | documentary | ||||
| Signed, Theo Schoon | Luit Bieringa | documentary | ||||
| Ayukawa: The Weight of a Life | Tu Rapana Neill, Jim Speers | documentary | ||||
| Mark Hunt - The Fight of His Life | Peter Brook Bell | documentary | ||||
| A Mild Touch of Cancer | Annie Goldson | documentary | ||||
| MILKED | Amy Taylor | documentary | ||||
| Rohe Kōreporepo – The Swamp, the Sacred Place | Kathleen Gallagher, Kate Goodwin | documentary | ||||
| 2022 | ||||||
| We Are Still Here | Beck Cole, Chantelle Burgoyne, Dena Curtis, Richard Curtis, Mario Gaoa, Danielle MacLean, Miki Magasiva, Renae Maihi, Tracey Rigney, Tim Worrall | drama | ||||
| Nude Tuesday | Armağan Ballantyne | comedy | ||||
| Whina | James Napier Robertson, Paula Whetu Jones | biographical drama | ||||
| Muru | Tearepa Kahi | action, drama | ||||
| Kāinga | Julie Zhu, Asuka Sylvie, Michelle Ang, Nahyeon Lee, Yamin Tun, Ghazaleh Golbakhsh, HASH, Angeline Loo | drama | Anthology film | |||
| Punch | Welby Ings | drama | ||||
| Gloriavale | Fergus Grady, Noel Smyth | documentary | Documentary on the Gloriavale Christian Community | |||
| A Boy Called Piano | Nina Nawalowalo | drama documentary | ||||
| When the Cows Come Home | Costa Botes | documentary | ||||
| Mister Organ | David Farrier | documentary | ||||
| Dame Valerie Adams: More than Gold | Briar March | documentary | Documentary on Valerie Adams | |||
| We Came Here For Freedom Part I | Alistair Harding | documentary | ||||
| Geoff Dixon: Portraits of Us | Glenis Giles, Claire O'Leary | documentary | ||||
| Juliet Gerrard: Science in Dark Times | Shirley Horrocks | documentary | ||||
| Ka Pō | Etienne Aurelius | drama | ||||
| Shut Eye | Tom Levesque | drama | ||||
| 2023 | ||||||
| Bad Behaviour | Alice Englert | comedy | ||||
| Red, White & Brass | Damon Fepulea'i | comedy | ||||
| Stylebender | Zoe McIntosh | documentary | Documentary on Israel Adesanya | |||
| We Came Here For Freedom Part II | Alistair Harding | documentary | ||||
| River of Freedom | Gaylene Barnes | documentary | ||||
| Uproar | Hamish Bennett, Paul Middleditch | drama | ||||
| The Convert | Lee Tamahori | drama | ||||
| Joika | James Napier Robertson | drama | ||||
| Billion Dollar Heist | Daniel Gordon | documentary | ||||
| Building Bridges: Bill Youren's Vision of Peace | John Christoffels | documentary | ||||
| Grant Sheehan: Light, Ghosts & Dreams | Robin Greenberg | documentary | ||||
| Home Kills | Haydn Butler | |||||
| King Loser | Cushla Dillon, Andrew Moore | documentary | ||||
| Loop Track | Tom Sainsbury | comedy horror | ||||
| Ms. Information | Gwen Isaac | documentary | ||||
| Red Mole: A Romance | Annie Goldson | documentary | ||||
| The Strangest of Angels | Rebecca Tansley | documentary | ||||
| 2024 | ||||||
| We Were Dangerous | Josephine Stewart-Te Whiu | drama | ||||
| The Mountain | Rachel House | comedy drama | ||||
| The Lie | Helena Coan | documentary | ||||
| The Moon Is Upside Down | Loren Taylor | comedy | ||||
| Ka Whawhai Tonu | Michael Jonathan | war drama | ||||
| Bookworm | Ant Timpson | comedy drama | ||||
| Went Up the Hill | Samuel Van Grinsven | thriller, horror, drama | ||||
| Alien Weaponry: Kua Tupu Te Ara | Kent Belcher | documentary | ||||
| Grafted | Sasha Rainbow | horror | ||||
| The Haka Party Incident | Katie Wolfe | documentary | ||||
| Head South | Jonathan Ogilvie | coming-of-age, drama | ||||
| The House Within | Joshua Prendeville | documentary | ||||
| Marimari | Paul Wolffram | documentary | ||||
| A Mistake | Christine Jeffs | drama | ||||
| Never Look Away | Lucy Lawless | documentary | ||||
| Taki Rua Theatre - Breaking Barriers | Whetu Fala | documentary | ||||
| Maurice & I | Rick Harvie, Jane Mahoney | documentary | ||||
| The Rule of Jenny Pen | James Ashcroft | thriller | ||||
| The Bostrom Scenario | Ricky Townsend | sci-fi, thriller | ||||
| Tinā | Miki Magasiva | drama | ||||
| Gut Instinct | Doug Dillaman | Science fiction | ||||
| The Weed Eaters | Callum Devlin | Comedy, Horror | ||||
| 2025 | ||||||
| Forgive Us All | Jordana Stott and Lance Giles | apocalyptic horror | ||||
| Marlon Williams: Ngā Ao E Rua Two Worlds | Ursula Grace Williams | Documentary | ||||
| The People We Love | Mike Smith | Drama, Romance | ||||
| Project Fiftyone | Gaylene Barnes, Bariz Shah, Saba Afrasyabi | Documentary | ||||
| Kōkā | Kath Akuhata-Brown | Drama | ||||
| Pike River | Robert Sarkies | Drama | ||||
| Workmates | Curtis Vowell | Drama, Comedy | ||||
| Prime Minister | Mishelle Walshe, Lindsay Utz | Documentary | ||||
| GRACE A Prayer for Peace | Gaylene Preston | Documentary | ||||
| Life in One Chord | Margaret Gordon | Documentary | ||||
| TOITŪ Visual Sovereignty | Chelsea Winstanley | Documentary | ||||
| Anchor Me - The Don McGlashan Story | Shirley Horrocks | Documentary | ||||
| Kaikohe Blood & Fire | Simon Ogston | Documentary | ||||
| Notes from a Fish | Tom Levesque, Romy Hooper | Comedy | ||||
| Mārama | Taratoa Stappard | Gothic horror | ||||
| No Tears on the Field | Lisa Burd | Documentary | ||||
| Moss & Freud | James Lucas | Biographical drama | ||||
| The Tavern | Brad Jackson | Comedy | ||||
| 2026 | ||||||
| Mum, I'm Alien Pregnant | THUNDERLIPS | Comedy horror | ||||
| Big Girls Don't Cry | Paloma Schneideman | Drama | ||||
| Holy Days | Nathalie Boltt | Comedy drama | ||||
| Caterpillar | Chelsie Preston Crayford | Drama | ||||
| Tenor: My Name is Pati | Rebecca Tansley | Documentary | ||||
| Sgt. Haane | Tearepa Kahi | Documentary | ||||
| Crocodile | Pietra Brettkelly | Documentary | ||||
| Lomu | Vea Mafile'o, Gavin Fitzgerald | Documentary | ||||
| Sukundimi Walks Before Me | Matasila Freshwater | Documentary | ||||
| 1978 | Isaac Lee, April Phillips | drama | ||||
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