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Hongi, a Maori chieftain’s teenage son, must avenge his father’s murder in order to bring peace and honour to the souls of his loved ones...
The Dead Lands
Six Māori Battalion soldiers camped in Italian ruins wait for night to fall. In the silence, the bros-in-arms distract themselves with jokes. A...
Tama Tū
Inspired by actual events, the story of a local Police Sergeant 'Taffy' Tawharau, who must choose between his badge and his people, when the...
Muru
Two young teenagers are forced to take control of their own destiny amid the chaos of a pivotal battle in New Zealand’s first land wars in 1864.
Ka Whawhai Tonu
Inspired by an ancient Māori story in which nature intermingles with a child’s love, Washday depicts – with tremendous sensitivity...
Washday
Whetū Mārama is the story of Sir Hekenukumai Ngaiwi Puhipi and his significance for Māori in rekindling their wayfinding DNA,...
Bright Star
A son returns home to help is mother get her affairs in order.
Mother's Land
On the day she gets her first menses, Hinekura is initiated into adulthood with ceremony and blessings. She's taken to a wananga where her role...
Hinekura
In a sweeping tale that spans 1000 years and multiple generations – from the distant past to the 19th century, the present day and a strange,...
We Are Still Here
A young Māori girl gets her period for the first time and has to decide between getting pads for herself or a gift for her younger brother's...
Super Special
A young girl finds comfort in play and slowly reconnects with her distant father after her mother walks out on the family.
Ani
Roimata, a young Maori woman from the East Coast, travels to the city to meet her half-sister Girlie. Introduced to gang members, the scene is set...
Roimata
A modern day take on the classic bard tale - with Silver as a movie producer.
The Maori Merchant of Venice
A Māori elder must bear the burden of carrying the spirits of her ancestors to their sacred mountain.
Purea
An Inuit child wanders away from his village, fascinated by a wild bird. His father follow his trail, determined to find him before he gets lost on...
Tuurngait
This performance-based film could potentially be filed under 'Pasifika tribal fusion'. Cinematographer Waka Attewell captures the talents of...
Ahi Ataahua
A companion to Yumi yet, O’Rourke and Kildea’s Ileksen (derived from the English 'election’) documents Papua New Guinea’s...
Ileksen: Politics in Papua New Guinea
This footage of the 1984 hīkoi (march) to Waitangi was made by Merata Mita with the intention of producing a documentary about this historic...
March
After a successful raid and having captured a rival village's leader, a war party must drag their huge canoe or "Taua" through the forest to reach...
Taua
The film told the Māori legend of Hinemoa and Tutanekai. It is the first dramatic feature film produced in New Zealand.
Hinemoa
In a Maori settlement, Ngati Toa leader Te Rauparaha composes the famous chant "Ka Mate", also known as the haka, after evading enemy capture by...
Ka Mate! Ka Mate!
Kala Kunbolk follows women of Gunbalanya, Arnhem Land, in their quest to preserve their age old tradition of collecting pandanus leaves and natural...
Kala Kunbolk (Colour Country)
Sisters Tia and Ina are far from home. Tia is focused on her work, while the free-spirited Ina just wants to dance.
fire in the water, fire in the sky
Hone Tuwhare, New Zealand’s most famous Māori poet, leaves a legacy to the granddaughter he left behind. To reconnect, she writes a love...
Wind Song and Rain - a short documentary