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Surrealist animation involving a nightmarish hairdresser's.
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Drama, Short | 2003 (New Zealand)
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Director Greg Stitt's 50min short sees actor Mark Hadlow playing Kevin: a pie cart worker obsessed with the singer Mario Lanza. Kevin's idolatry turns more
Director Greg Stitt's 50min short sees actor Mark Hadlow playing Kevin: a pie cart worker obsessed with the singer Mario Lanza. Kevin's idolatry turns into an identity crisis as operatic-scale fantasising clashes with his meek disposition. Further complications arise from a friendship with his brash punk neighbour, and from stage fright ahead of a fundraiser for Kev's Lanza fan club. close
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In the gruelling world of competitive sheep shearing there is no women's section. Women and men compete together. She Shears is the story of passion, more
In the gruelling world of competitive sheep shearing there is no women's section. Women and men compete together. She Shears is the story of passion, purpose and determination and five women for whom shearing is not just a job. close
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Huge numbers were placed there for life. Some were deemed hopeless cases, never to be part of society again. These were the patients and residents of more
Huge numbers were placed there for life. Some were deemed hopeless cases, never to be part of society again. These were the patients and residents of New Zealand's 'Bins', the huge psychiatric hospitals that dotted the country up until the 90s. 'Mental Notes' tracks the intersecting stories of five remarkable New Zealanders. Their marginalised experiences form the backbone of a social history that many still feel uncomfortable to acknowledge. close
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A small town in New Zealand reflects on the cost of human progress and the flooding of parts of their town.
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The WotWots is a New Zealand children’s television show, an educational program designed to help children learn English. Its main characters are cute more
The WotWots is a New Zealand children’s television show, an educational program designed to help children learn English.
Its main characters are cute aliens, brother and sister SpottyWot and DottyWot. As befits well-bred guests from another planet, the heroes of the program “The WotWots” want to learn more about the place where they landed. Therefore, they go to the zoo, where they get acquainted with their natural environment and earthly animals. And together with curious aliens, children, viewers of TV shows learn new words.
The WotWots program was created by visual effects company Weta Workshop, known for its work on the trilogy. The Lord of the Rings . close
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Fifty years in the making, this extraordinary reconstruction of a never-completed 1940 documentary captures the construction of seven massive traditional more
Fifty years in the making, this extraordinary reconstruction of a never-completed 1940 documentary captures the construction of seven massive traditional war canoes by Maori tribespeople in anticipation of New Zealand's centenary celebrations. close
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Te Hono ki Aotearoa is a documentary on the commissioning, making, launch and emotional handover of the ceremonial waka to the Museum Volkenkunde in Leiden, more
Te Hono ki Aotearoa is a documentary on the commissioning, making, launch and emotional handover of the ceremonial waka to the Museum Volkenkunde in Leiden, 2010. For the first time a waka has been entrusted into the care of another culture and we witness the journey from the far north of NZ to the canals of Holland. The warm relationships between the master builder of the waka and the director of the museum, similarly between the maori and dutch paddlers as Te Hono ki Aotearoa goes on to become the waka for Europe. close
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