New Zealand Film Commission - Latest Films New Zealand Film Commission - Latest Films RSS Feed <![CDATA[Brainy]]> Brian an imaginative boy deals with the loss of his grandfather by constructing a series of rituals.

Festivals
2011 Locarno Film Festival, Switzerland
2011 Buster Copenhagen Film Festival, Denmark
2011 Odense Film Festival, Denmark]]> Wed, 07 Mar 2012 17:17:10 GMT <![CDATA[Monifa]]> A young African refugee, haunted by her past, struggles to adapt to her new life with adoptive parents in suburban New Zealand.


FESTIVALS

2011 New Zealand International Film Festival

]]> Wed, 07 Mar 2012 17:16:06 GMT <![CDATA[Meniscus]]> Meniscus will take you on a journey into human nature where we learn what some would say our souls already know. The spirit is more powerful than the flesh.
 
FESTIVALS
 
2010 Interfilm Berlin International Short Film Festival
2011 CFC Worldwide Shorts, Toronto , Canada
2011 Annecy International Animation Festival, France
2011 New Zealand International Film Festival, NZ
2011 Expresion En Corto, Mexico
2011 Odense Film Festival, Denmark 
2011 Stockholm Film Festival, Sweden]]> Wed, 29 Feb 2012 14:42:12 GMT <![CDATA[Eeling]]> Freedom can be a force of nature.

Festivals
2011 New Zealand Film Festival, NZ
2011 Puchon International Fantastic Film Festival, Korea
 
]]> Wed, 29 Feb 2012 14:37:25 GMT <![CDATA[Blue]]> BLUE follows the anguished life of a washed up television character.
FESTIVALS
2011 Semaine de la Critique, Cannes - Winner of The Canal + Award for Best Short Film
2011 New Zealand International Film Festival, NZ
2011 Melbourne International Film Festival , In Competition Australia
2011 New York Film Festival, USA
2011 Hawaii Film Festival, USA
2011 Valladolid Film Festival, Spain
2011 Brisbane Film Festival, Australia
2011 Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival, Taiwan
 
 



 

]]> Wed, 29 Feb 2012 14:25:26 GMT <![CDATA[Koro's Medal]]> When Billy loses his grandfather’s precious war medal, getting it back is the least of his worries.

2011 Edinburgh Film Festival, Scotland
2011 New Zealand International Film Festival, New Zealand
2011 Wairoa Maori Film Festival, New Zealand]]> Thu, 01 Sep 2011 16:51:14 GMT <![CDATA[Meathead]]>
It's matter over mind

2011 Cannes Film Festival 'Official Competition', France
2011 New Zealand International Film Festival, NZ
2011 Melbourne International Film Festival, Australia
2011 Montreal World Film Festival, Canada

]]> Thu, 01 Sep 2011 16:01:56 GMT <![CDATA[The Last Dogs Of Winter]]> The Canadian Eskimo Dog, or Qimmiq, were once indispensible to human life in the Canadian arctic. Today, the breed faces extinction. Since 1976 Brian Ladoon has stuck to a promise to maintain a viable breeding colony battling chronic underfunding, wandering polar bears, officialdom and a harsh natural environment to keep his word. ]]> Tue, 23 Aug 2011 17:22:32 GMT <![CDATA[The Orator (O Le Tulafale)]]> The Orator (O Le Tulafale) is a contemporary drama about courage, forgiveness and love. Small in stature and humble, Saili lives a simple life with his beloved wife and daughter in an isolated, traditional village in the islands of Samoa. Forced to protect his land and family, Saili must face his fears and seek the right to speak up for those he loves. ]]> Tue, 23 Aug 2011 16:30:26 GMT <![CDATA[Tracker]]> Tracker is a manhunt drama in which Arjan (Ray Winstone), a guerrilla survivor of the South African Boer War, lands in colonial New Zealand and is promised a bounty to capture Kereama (Temuera Morrison), a Maori seafarer accused of killing a soldier. ]]> Thu, 09 Jun 2011 17:17:18 GMT <![CDATA[Love Birds]]> Love Birds is a romantic comedy about a regular Kiwi bloke on a quest to find true love - with the help of a duck. ]]> Thu, 09 Jun 2011 16:29:15 GMT <![CDATA[My Wedding and Other Secrets]]> Tue, 07 Jun 2011 15:42:46 GMT <![CDATA[Hauraki]]>  Fogotten flowers bloom by the wayside.


2011 Tribeca Film Festival, USA
2011 New Zealand Film Festival, NZ
2011 Montreal World Film Festival, Canada
2011 Hofer Filtage, Germany]]> Wed, 13 Apr 2011 14:24:59 GMT <![CDATA[Go the dogs]]>  An accidental adventure

2011 Official Selection: Generation -Berlin International Film Festival
2011 Hamburg International Short Film Festival, Germany
2011 New Zealand International Film Fesitval, NZ
2011 Melbourne Film Festival, Australia
]]> Tue, 12 Apr 2011 16:08:11 GMT <![CDATA[Ebony Society]]> One night out stealing, two boys learn a lesson.

2011 Sundance Film Festival, USA
2011 61st Berlin International Film Festival – Generation, Germany
2011 Aspen Shortsfest, USA
2011 Hamburg International Short Film Festival, Germany
2011 New Zealand International Film Festival, NZ
2011 Melbourne International Film Festival, Australia
2011 Hawaii Film Festival, USA
]]> Tue, 12 Apr 2011 14:56:20 GMT <![CDATA[The Devil's Rock]]> Tue, 07 Dec 2010 17:03:41 GMT <![CDATA[Predicament]]> Naïve teenager Cedric Williamson, conspires with two misfits to photograph and blackmail adulterous couples. When the scam goes wrong they end up with blood on their hands.

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