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The Returning
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Mon Desir
FilmIn a world where lawns regularly need mowing but where nothing else much grows, life for Gwyneth is linked to the mailbox. The mailbox is Gwyneth's point of contact with fantasy. An unpredictable site delivering mysterious signs and messages from...
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Christmas Shopping
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Stealing Home
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The End of the Golden Weather
FilmHelmed by veteran actor/writer/director Ian Mune (director - What Becomes of the Broken Hearted, director/writer - Billy T: Te Movie), The End of the Golden Weather is based on the play of the same name by renowned New Zealand...
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Red Delicious
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The Footstep Man
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One Man's Meat
FilmBased on a short story by Frances Cherry, One Man's Meat stars Donogh Rees as a wife teetering on the brink of insanity. Jo struggles with dinner, the raw meat in her kitchen too much for her to deal with. She falls into a dream-state and...
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Old Scores
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Savage Hits One Million at New Zealand Box Office
NewsIssue date: 29 Sep 2020Savage has taken over one million dollars at the New Zealand box office in its third weekend of release and remains in the number one position on the charts. Only thirty-one New Zealand films have previously hit this box office milestone. Savage...
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Savage Tops New Zealand Box Office
NewsIssue date: 18 Sep 2020Sam Kelly’s debut feature, Savage, has taken the top spot at the New Zealand box office, from Christopher Nolan’s big-budget Tenet. Since being released by Madman Entertainment on 97 screens on Thursday, Savage has taken over $450,...
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Strategic Training Fund Deadline - Stage Two
EventThe deadline for the Strategic Training Fund - Stage Two is 1pm.
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Strategic training Fund Deadline - Stage One
EventThe deadline for the Strategic Training Fund - Stage One is 1pm.
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Chunuk Bair
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Valley of the Stereos
FilmRiver, a new age composer, lives in the solitiude of Tranquility Valley. There he can record water running and animal noises on his home made recording equipment without fear of interrruption. Life is good for River until Ted, a heavy metal fan...
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The Minute
FilmDIRECTOR'S STATEMENT The Minute is a 7 minute film about two-and-a-half hours of growing paranoia. A man receives a parcel from his wife with a note stating it cannot be opened until midday. "I read a newspaper story about a man who was...
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Ends Meat
FilmBased partly on two real-life events that happened in Europe, this is a darkly comic film. The butcher leaves his young son to look after the shop so he can go upstairs for a little nooky with his wife. Things explode into a bloody mess what with rent...
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Lovelock
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Board Applications due 1pm
EventApplications to the Board for production financing are due at 1pm.
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Board Applications due 1pm
EventApplications to the Board for production financing are due at 1pm.
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The Silent One
FilmThe Silent One tells the story of Jonasi, a uniquely gifted young Polynesian man sent from the sea as a baby to grow up in an islolated Pacific village. Separated from the villagers by his silence and their prejudices, Jonasi finds solace in his...
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Sylvia
FilmSylvia Ashton-Warner's childhood was spent in poverty. Her father was crippled. Her mother, with nine other children, taught at an endless succession of schools, to which her growing family trailed after her, sharing hardships and domestic chores...
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The Quiet Earth
FilmIn director Geoff Murphy's cult sci-fi feature a global energy project has malfunctioned and scientist Zac Hobson (Bruno Lawrence) awakes to find himself the only living being left on earth. At first he lives out his fantasies, helping himself to...
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Carry Me Back
FilmWhat follows is a riotous comedy of errors as ferry strikes, stolen vans and storms rage against the efforts of the two country lads. As a last ditch stand they call on their Aunty Bird for help. This turns out to be a mixed blessing as Aunty Bird is...
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Rosie Learns A Lesson
FilmRosie, a tubby sausage dog, sits on the verandah couch having a sunabthe. Her owner, Mrs Walker, comes out of the house and tells Rosie she'll have to go to the vet and be put on a diet. Mrs Walker calls Rosie to take her to the vet. Rosie imagines...
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Trekking With the Gods
FilmBeginning in Kathmandu, Trekking with the Gods echoes the experiences of a group of 17 visitors who have come to Nepal to walk in the Himalayan foothills, weaving their way through a country entwined with ancient customs and cultures.
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Them's The Breaks
FilmA dramatised documentary based on the experiences of a group of young Māori women in New Zealand. The film tells the story of four street kids' encounters with various government departments, institutions and figures of authority. these include...
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Squeeze
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Just One Child
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Te Utu
FilmDIRECTOR'S STATEMENT - Robert Jahnke "The Māori of New Zealand is a member of the Polynesian race whose origin is still a subject of much argument. The consensus of opinion today suggests that the Polynesians reached Oceania from the Asian...
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Sons for the Return Home
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Keskidee Aroha
FilmKeskidee, a small Jamaican bird resilient in the face of hardship, is also the name of a self-help black arts centre in London, and the theatre group who work there. Keskidee's actors and musicians were brought to New Zealand to work with...
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A State of Siege
FilmKaremoana was the final destination of Malfred Signal, retired teacher of drawing, whose life was dedicated to nursing her dying mother, and instructing generations of young girls in the art of accurately depicting shadows. But now her mother has died...
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Guns Akimbo
ShowcaseIssue date: 17 Sep 2019At a time when millions of people around the world are streaming e-sports content every day, it's not hard to imagine a possible future with the blood-sport insanity of Jason Lei Howden's Guns Akimbo. Videogame developer Miles (Daniel Radcliffe) is...
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He Ara Deadline
EventThe deadline for He Ara Development Fund is 1pm.
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Te Aupounamu Māori Screen Excellence Award Deadline
EventThe deadline for nominations for Te Aupounamu Māori Screen Excellence Award is 1pm.