A 19-year-old Anthony Bourdain (Dominic Sessa, The Holdovers) travels to Provincetown and stumbles into the chaotic world of a restaurant kitchen, setting off a summer that will shape the course of his life.
After years of slapdash sequels and waning fandom, the Camp Miasma slasher franchise is handed over to an enthusiastic young director (Hannah Einbinder, Hacks) for resurrection. But when she visits the original movie’s star (Gillian Anderson, The X-Files, Sex Education), a now-reclusive actress shrouded in mystery, the two women fall into a blood-soaked world of desire, fear, and delirium.
A Tongan/Kiwi warrior who could run 100 metres in under 11 seconds. He was the youngest All Black to put on the jersey and still holds the record for the most tries scored in World Cup history.
Starring Sandra Bullock and Nicole Kidman, Practical Magic 2 returns to a world steeped in moonlit mischief and powerful ancestral magic, as the Owens sisters must confront the dark curse that threatens to unravel their family once and for all in a must-see cinematic event of fun, magic and mayhem.
When a messy millennial underachiever accidentally gets alien-pregnant she must overcome sceptical doctors, a useless baby-daddy, and her oversharing mum in order to survive and reclaim her life.
This screening is followed by a pre-recorded Q&A with producer Miriama Kamo and director Julia Satoria.
Antarctica in winter is one of the most extreme places on Earth: isolated, locked in darkness, and -50°C. What is revealed depends on how closely you are willing to look.
Māori astronomer Rangi Matamua and language expert Mataia Keepa enter this frozen world, where science and Indigenous knowledge meet in real time. Rangi carries a personal promise to honour his grandfather’s dying wish and share Māori starlore beyond Aotearoa. When unexpected snowstorms roll in, they are forced to stay longer than planned, cut off inside a continent that continues to shift and close in around them. Through auroras, storms, first sunrise and shifting ice, they learn to read a living landscape most will never witness.
This film won Best New Zealand Cinematography category at the Doc Edge Awards 2026.
Josephine Stewart-Te Whiu’s electric debut is a rallying cry for girls to stick together across the various divides that people use to disempower them.
New Zealand in the 1950s was not an especially friendly place for outcasts, especially for those who also happened to be young, queer, or Māori women. When teenage Nellie (Erana James) and Daisy (Manaia Hall) are rounded up on the city streets, they are sent to the School for Incorrigible and Delinquent Girls under the care of a devout matron (Rima Te Wiata). There, they meet Lou (Nathalie Morris), a wealthy Pākehā girl whose parents sent her to the school to curtail her wayward behaviour.
At its heart We Were Dangerous is about hope, girlhood, and a celebration of female friendships. It’s a film about our power and having autonomy over our own bodies. Layered underneath this, we also examine the impacts of colonisation on young women and our indigenous Aotearoa New Zealand communities.
In the remote South Korea village of Hope Harbor, police chief Bum-seok (Hwang Jung- min) and officer Sung-ae (Hoyeon) are called to find a mysterious creature that has wreaked havoc on the village. In the nearby forest, a coterie of hunters, including Sung- ki (Zo In-Sung) set out to track the beast and find themselves hunted instead. But all is not as it seems, and perceptions can be misleading. What begins as ignorance plants the seed of disaster, escalating through human conflict into a tragedy of cosmic proportions.
Unprecedented insight into the curation of the Toi Tū Toi Ora: Contemporary Māori Art exhibition reveals the struggle for Māori artistic sovereignty within the structures of Aotearoa New Zealand’s cultural institutions.
Chelsea Winstanley’s debut feature follows the journey of curator Nigel Borell as he navigates the constraints between institutional authority and Māori self-determination. Borell’s curatorial vision is clear – Māori art must be authored, not simply advocated for. For the artists, this represents a chance to be seen on their own terms, and is an initiative that ultimately leads some to the global stage of the Venice Biennale.
But as the scale of the exhibition grows, so does the institutional resistance. The result is a reckoning: whose story is being told, and who holds the pen? With many of the artworks exploring the legacy of colonialism, the making of the exhibition itself becomes a living reflection of that very struggle.
Featuring rare access and the voices of celebrated artists such as Shane Cotton, Emily Karaka, Taika Waititi, Brett Graham, Ngahina Hohaia, the Mataaho Collective and Reuben Paterson, this is a powerful portrait of cultural resilience and authorship.
A heartwarming, coming-of-age set in rural Aotearoa, interwoven with the true history of the Māori land protests.
Aotearoa New Zealand, 1978. In a small rural town, the Ropata family must pull together after their lives and community are turned upside down. When the local school faces closure, it’s up to the youngest son and his friends to save it. Meanwhile at home, the family is divided by something bigger,
after one of the eldest sons joins the fight for Māori land rights at Bastion Point.
As one of the most turbulent years in New Zealand history unfolds, can the family stay united and support each other through it all?
Funny, moving, and unmistakably Kiwi, 1978 is a film for the whole family. With the scheming charm of ‘Home Alone’ and ‘The Little Rascals’, and the small-town, us-against-the-world spirit of ‘Stand By Me’ and ‘The Goonies’, it’s a story about children who refuse to give up without a fight. But underneath the mischief lies real heart and real history — one son’s fight for his people’s land driving a wedge through the family he loves — grounded in one of New Zealand’s most powerful true stories.
Mārama is a gothic revenge nightmare rooted in the colonization and cultural theft inflicted upon the Māori people of Aotearoa/New Zealand in the mid-19th century.
This critically acclaimed film, written and directed by Taratoa Stappard, exhibits a unique intelligence and soul, thoughtfully translating serious historic trauma into a piece of art. Set inside an especially appalling corner of Victorian England, Mary (an exciting performance from Ariāna Osborne), travels from Aotearoa to North Yorkshire after receiving a mysterious letter about her biological family. Finding the letter-writer dead, she is trapped working as a governess for a wealthy former whaler.
The greatest horror is always colonisation.
In Unlikely Kin, director Kim Webby follows whales, kauri, kiore and the Parata whānau into a story of whakapapa, healing and responsibility — asking us to reconsider what kinship with the natural world might really mean.
Filmed over five years, the film follows elder Hori Parata (Ngāti Wai) and his son Te Kaurinui as they lead the sacred practice of harvesting stranded whales—not for consumption, but to honour whakapapa and revive traditional medicine used to treat kauri dieback, a disease killing New Zealand’s ancient trees. Alongside this, we follow their conservation work protecting the kiore, the Polynesian rat that arrived in Aotearoa with the great Māori migration. Interweaving themes of kinship between species, cultural survival, and Māori-led conservation, the film offers rare access to a sacred world where whales, forests, and even rats are revered as living ancestors.
After a harrowing plane crash, Special Forces officer James Belmont (Brad Pitt) and his combat dog, Odin, find themselves stranded deep in the Alaskan wilderness. Together, they are forced into a brutal fight for survival against the elements. From acclaimed filmmaker David Ayer, Heart of the Beast is an intense adventure thriller that explores the unbreakable bond between a man and his best friend as they face their greatest battle yet.
Join us for an exclusive Advance Preview of the New Zealand feature film POP – a bold, beautiful, totally bonkers ride that’ll make you laugh, cringe, cry and laugh all over again.
Following the screening will be an exclusive one hour Q&A and Masterclass from producer
Cathasaigh Ó Fiannachta; discussing how the film was made and, if you’re a filmmaker, how
you could make a film like this too!
“This wasn’t supposed to be a true story… it became one.
An American actor comes to Aotearoa to play a wannabe influencer on a quest to restart the
internet after it goes dark. Simple concept. Easy to execute. Yeah, nah. His Kiwi director’s
unprocessed grief over the loss of his dog, quickly hijacks the shoot … dragging it off the
rails and smashing the fourth wall to pieces.
Part comedy, part documentary, all heart –
POP
is filmmaker Tim Hamilton’s meta love letter
to independent filmmaking and the emotional impact of losing a beloved pet.”
If you’re an emerging filmmaker and attend any screening of POP, Great Dog Productions and Admit One Entertainment are running a national ‘Pop-Up Talent Pathway’ competition
where you could receive
a $1000 grant, 100 hours of professional development, and a
premiere through the Terror-Fi Film Festival. To find out more and register your interest,
simply keep hold of your ticket and head over to: www.admitonenz.com/pop
Struggling writer Lowen Ashleigh is hired as a ghostwriter for renowned author Verity Crawford under mysterious circumstances, but her assignment takes a dark turn after discovering chilling autobiographical notes. Faced with a series of deadly family secrets, Lowen struggles to separate fiction from reality, while also blurring the lines with Verity’s husband, Jeremy.
Over one transformative summer in rural New Zealand in 2006, 14-year-old Sid discovers desire, identity, and the internet as she imitates the people she longs to be loved by.
Travel to the Kingdom of Norway – famous for its beautiful fjords, mountains, rivers and… trolls! Watch out for trolls. Also overcrowded fictional tunnels. There is lots of dark humour and drama to soak up in this collection of short films. As well as thoughtful satire, dreamy landscapes and the creative imaginings of some of Norway’s most iconic filmmakers.
Beautiful stories of our land and our people. The movies in this collection showcase the work of talented New Zealand short film makers. Bold coming-of-age films sit alongside thoughtful drama, silly comedic fun, inventive fantasy and warm-hearted documentary. We explore unlikely friendships, face our past and step into the unfolding future.
What is love? Placed into a variety of pressured situations, the characters in these short films still manage to find their humanity, their heart and their compassion. Exposing their bravery. If only we all had their courage. Drama, romance, coming-of-age, and of course musical romance is to be found here – exploring what tugs on our heartstrings.
Taste a selection of highlight short films from Show Me Shorts Film Festival. Inspiring and thoughtful stories include long-distance love on a distant planet, precocious children up to mischief, a whole town stuck waiting for bad luck to pass, and a man stuck in a time loop. Comedy, science fiction, romance and coming-of-age classics abound.
The robots are already here. Filmmakers behind these short films have created ambitious worlds in the near future for us to explore. Exposing the existential threat to us all from robots. Poke fun at the impending apocalypse with us, or take it as a serious warning. We explore possible futures and what it all means. This collection includes one AI generated film presented in the context of this theme.
Taste a selection of highlight short films from Show Me Shorts Film Festival. Inspiring and thoughtful stories include long-distance love on a distant planet, precocious children up to mischief, a whole town stuck waiting for bad luck to pass, and a man stuck in a time loop. Comedy, science fiction, romance and coming-of-age classics abound.
Show Me Shorts is proud to present this collection of new short films, commissioned and supported by Day One Hāpai te Haeata. The shorts are made by talented young filmmakers who are interested in exploring stories about building resilience, ancestral memory, connection to others and finding their place in the world. They are boldly taking story risks, pushing the envelope, and looking to the future.
In this collection of short films we explore intriguing worlds that are just one step from reality. We look through lenses of strangeness and meet amusingly unusual characters in odd settings. A puppet having an existential crisis, two Kung Fu masters on a date, an artist searching for the perfect thrift store find and a poet trapped in a society that frowns on talking. It’s an inventive reverie you won’t want to wake from.
Beautiful stories of our land and our people. The movies in this collection showcase the work of talented New Zealand short film makers. Bold coming-of-age films sit alongside thoughtful drama, silly comedic fun, inventive fantasy and warm-hearted documentary. We explore unlikely friendships, face our past and step into the unfolding future.
Prepare to fear. The zombies are coming. A worm is giving you dark orders. And the coyotes are out there. Do not open the door or drink from that chalice. Strange creatures lurk, and our deepest fears can be brought to life. A decidedly frightful collection of short films.
