Explore: New Zealand

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Bookworm

Elijah Wood stars as a wayward but well-meaning dad in this magical father–daughter quest set in the New Zealand wilderness.

Dir. Ant Timpson / 2024 / 103 mins / New Zealand / English
Short
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First Horse

A haunting riff on the western framed from a Māori perspective.

Dir. Awanui Simich-Pene / 2023 / 11 mins / New Zealand / Māori
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Head South

A charming autobiographical valentine to coming of age in New Zealand during the height of punk, which was Rotterdam’s 2024 opening-night film.

Dir. Jonathan Ogilvie / 2024 / 98 mins / New Zealand / English
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Heavenly Creatures

A friendship between two teens leads to an unspeakable crime in Peter Jackson’s tour de force, re-emerging for a special 30th-anniversary screening.

Dir. Peter Jackson / 1994 / 108 mins / Germany, New Zealand / English
Short
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Honey Kaha

This distinctively Māori spin on the mockumentary recounts the exploits of a staunch and charming police officer.

Dir. Te Waiarangi Ratana / 2023 / 19 mins / New Zealand / English
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Lea Tupu'anga / Mother Tongue

A speech therapist oversells her Tongan language skills to get a job.

Dir. Vea Mafile'o / 2023 / 17 mins / New Zealand / English, Tongan
Feature
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We Were Dangerous

Executive-produced by Taika Waititi, this fiercely feminist Māori-led debut is an emotive subversion of the ‘coming-of-age delinquent’ narrative.

Dir. Josephine Stewart-Te Whiu / 2024 / 82 mins / New Zealand / English