1910 – 1920
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Title
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Director
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Genre
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Notes
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1913
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Hinemoa
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Gaston Méliès
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First NZ feature film
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Loved by a Maori Chieftess
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Gaston Méliès
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How Chief Te Ponga Won His Bride
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Gaston Méliès
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1914
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Hinemoa
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George Tarr
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Romance
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First feature film with a NZ producer and director.
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1916
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The Mutiny of the Bounty
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1920 -1930
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Title
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Director
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Genre
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Notes
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1921
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Beyond (film)
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The Betrayer
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1922
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My Lady of the Cave
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The Birth of New Zealand
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1923
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The Romance of Sleepy Hollow
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1924
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Venus of the South Seas
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Rewi’s Last Stand (1925)
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1925
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The Adventures of Algy
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The Romance of Hine-moa
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Gustav Pauli
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1927
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Carbine’s Heritage
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The Te Kooti Trail
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Under the Southern Cross
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1928
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Taranga
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The Devil’s Pit
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1930
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The Romance Of Maoriland
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1930 – 1940
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Title
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Director
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Genre
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Notes
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1935
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Down on the Farm (film)
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First New Zealand talkie feature.
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Primitive Passions
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Hei Tiki
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New Zealand’s Charm: A Romantic Outpost of Empire
|
CJ Morton
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Scenic
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Magic Playgrounds in New Zealand’s Geyserland
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Scenic
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1936
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Phar Lap’s Son
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The Wagon and the Star
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On the Friendly Road
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1937
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New Zealand Review no.1, Holiday Sounds
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Scenic
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1938
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New Zealand Review no.5, Mountain Holiday
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Scenic
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1939
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Rewi’s Last Stand (1939)
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Rudall Hayward
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1940
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One Hundred Crowded Years
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Official Centennial film
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1940 -1950
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Title
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Director
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Genre
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Notes
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1949
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Sands of Iwo Jima
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Allan Dwan
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War
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Location shooting for Hollywood film.
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1950 -1960
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Title
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Director
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Genre
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Notes
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1952
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Broken Barrier
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John O’Shea
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Drama
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1954
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The Seekers (1954 film)
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Ken Annakin
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Adventure
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Location shooting for British film with NZ setting.
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1957
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Until They Sail
|
Robert Wise
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Wartime Romance
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Location shooting at Sumner for Hollywood film set in NZ.
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1960 -1970
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Title
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Director
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Genre
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Notes
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1964
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John O’Shea
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140 Days Under the World
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Geoffrey Scott
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Documentary
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1965 Academy Award Nominee: Documentary Short.
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1969
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Young Guy on Mt. Cook (ja:Nyu jirando no wakadaishô)
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Jun Fukuda
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(Location shooting of Japanese film)
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1970 -1980
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Title
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Director
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Genre
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Notes
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1972
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To Love a Maori
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Rudall Hayward
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Shot on 16mm
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1973
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Rangi’s Catch
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Michael Forlong
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1974
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Games ’74
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John King, Sam Pillsbury, Paul Maunder, Arthur Everard
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Sports documentary
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1975
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Test Pictures:Eleven Vignettes from a Relationship
|
Geoff Steven
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shot on 16mm
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Landfall (film)
|
Paul Maunder
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shot on 16mm
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1976
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Off the Edge
|
Michael Firth
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Skiing
|
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The God Boy
|
Murray Reece
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Telemovie
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1977
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Wild Man (film)
|
Geoff Murphy
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Sleeping Dogs
|
Roger Donaldson
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Drama/Action
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First NZ film to open in the U.S.A
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Solo (1977 film)
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Tony Williams
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1978
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Skin Deep
|
Geoff Steven
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Drama
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Died in the Wool
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Brian McDuffie
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whodunnit
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telemovie
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Colour Scheme
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Peter Sharp
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whodunnit
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telemovie
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1979
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||||||
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Middle Age Spread
|
John Reid
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Comedy
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(shot on 16mm)
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Jack Winter’s Dream
|
David Sims
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telemovie
|
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Sons for the Return Home
|
Paul Maunder
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1980
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John Laing
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docudrama
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Squeeze (film)
|
Richard Turner
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(shot on 16mm)
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1980 -1990
|
Title
|
Director
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Genre
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Notes
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1981
|
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Goodbye Pork Pie
|
Geoff Murphy
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comedy, road movie
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Pictures✝
|
Michael Black
|
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Race for the Yankee Zephyr
|
David Hemmings
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action
|
Australia – NZ co-production
|
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Roger Donaldson
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drama
|
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Wildcat (film)
|
Ross Prosser, Russel Campbell, Alister Barry
|
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(shot on 16mm)
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Dead Kids / Strange Behaviour / Shadowland
|
Michael Laughlin
|
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Bad Blood
|
Mike Newell
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drama
|
NZ-British co-production
|
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1982
|
||||||
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Carry Me Back
|
John Reid
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comedy
|
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Battletruck
(reissued as Warlords of the 21st Century) |
Harley Cokliss
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action
|
Hollywood film shot on location
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The Scarecrow
|
Sam Pillsbury
|
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1983
|
||||||
|
Hang on a Minute Mate!
|
Alan Lindsay
|
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telemovie
|
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Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence
|
Nagisa Oshima
|
War
|
location shooting for British-Japanese co-production.
|
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Wild Horses
|
Derek Morton
|
Drama
|
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It’s Lizzie to Those Close
|
David Blyth
|
|
shot on 16mm
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War Years
|
Pat McGuire
|
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Patu!
|
Merata Mita
|
documentary
|
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Strata
|
Geoff Steven
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Second Time Lucky
|
Michael Anderson
|
comedy
|
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Michael Firth
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Drama
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Trespasses
|
Peter Sharp
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Savage Islands (a.k.a. Nate and Hayes)
|
Ferdinand Fairfax
|
Adventure
|
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Among the Cinders
|
Rolf Hädrich
|
Drama
|
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Utu
|
Geoff Murphy
|
historical action
|
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1984
|
||||||
|
Came a Hot Friday
|
Ian Mune
|
comedy
|
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Constance
|
Bruce Morrison
|
Drama
|
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Other Halves
|
John Laing
|
drama
|
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The Silent One
|
Yvonne Mackay
|
Drama
|
filmed in the Cook Islands
|
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Iris a.k.a. Out of Time
|
Tony Isaac
|
Biography drama
|
Telemovie
|
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Death Warmed Up
|
David Blyth
|
horror / thriller
|
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Vigil
|
Vincent Ward
|
Drama
|
Nominated for Palme D’Or at Cannes film festival
|
|
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The Bounty
|
Roger Donaldson
|
Adventure
|
Location shooting for Australian/US production
|
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1985
|
||||||
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Dangerous Orphans
|
John Laing
|
Action
|
|
|
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|
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Kingpin
|
Mike Walker
|
drama
|
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|
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Mr Wrong
|
Gaylene Preston
|
horror
|
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Shaker Run
|
Bruce Morrison
|
Action / Thriller
|
|
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Hot Target
|
Denis Lewiston
|
sex thriller
|
Location shooting for US film
|
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The Lost Tribe
|
|
|
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|
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The Quiet Earth
|
Geoff Murphy
|
Drama / Sci-Fi / Mystery
|
|
|
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|
|
Bridge to Nowhere (film)
|
Ian Mune
|
|
|
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|
1986
|
||||||
|
Footrot Flats: The Dog’s Tale
|
Murray Ball
|
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Pallet on the Floor
|
Lynton Butler
|
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Mark II
|
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|
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Queen City Rocker
|
Bruce Morrison
|
|
|
|
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|
|
1987
|
||||||
|
Bad Taste
|
Peter Jackson
|
Comedy / Horror / Sci-Fi
|
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|
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Ngati
|
Barry Barclay
|
|
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|
|
Illustrious Energy
|
Leon Narbey
|
|
|
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|
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Mauri
|
Merata Mita
|
|
|
|
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|
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1988
|
||||||
|
Send a Gorilla
|
Melanie Read
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
The Grasscutter
|
Ian Mune
|
action / thriller
|
|
|
|
|
|
The Navigator: A Mediaeval Odyssey
|
Vincent Ward
|
fantasy
|
|
|
|
|
|
1990
|
||||||
|
An Angel at My Table
|
Jane Campion
|
biography
|
|
|
|
|
|
Flying Fox in a Freedom Tree
|
Martyn Sanderson
|
drama
|
|
|
|
|
|
Meet the Feebles
|
Peter Jackson
|
black comedy
|
|
|
|
|
|
Ruby and Rata
|
Gaylene Preston
|
|
|
|
|
|
1990 – 2000
|
Title
|
Director
|
Genre
|
Notes
|
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|
1991
|
||||||
|
A Soldier’s Tale
|
Larry Parr
|
war / drama
|
|
|
|
|
|
Chunuk Bair
|
Dale G. Bradley
|
War
|
|
|
|
|
|
Grampire
|
David Blyth
|
comedy / horror / kids
|
|
|
|
|
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Old Scores
|
Alan Clayton
|
comedy
|
|
|
|
|
|
Te Rua
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
The End of the Golden Weather
|
Ian Mune
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1992
|
||||||
|
Alex
|
Megan Simpson Huberman
|
sport /drama
|
|
|
|
|
|
Absent Without Leave
|
John Laing
|
World War II
|
|
|
|
|
|
Braindead
|
Peter Jackson
|
Splatter/Horror
|
|
|
|
|
|
1993
|
||||||
|
Desperate Remedies
|
Stewart Main, Peter Wells
|
surrealist melodrama
|
|
|
|
|
|
The Piano
|
Jane Campion
|
drama / romance
|
|
|
|
|
|
Bread and Roses
|
Gaylene Preston
|
biography
|
|
|
|
|
|
1994
|
||||||
|
Heavenly Creatures
|
Peter Jackson
|
Drama / Romance / Crime
|
|
|
|
|
|
Once Were Warriors
|
Lee Tamahori
|
Drama
|
|
|
|
|
|
1995
|
||||||
|
Bonjour Timothy
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cinema of Unease
|
Sam Neill, Judy Rymer
|
Documentary
|
|
|
|
|
|
Forgotten Silver
|
Costa Botes, Peter Jackson
|
mockumentary
|
|
|
|
|
|
1996
|
||||||
|
Broken English
|
Gregor Nicholas
|
drama / romance
|
|
|
|
|
|
Chicken
|
Grant La Hood
|
comedy
|
|
|
|
|
|
Jack Brown Genius
|
Tony Hiles
|
|
Produced by Peter Jackson
|
|
|
|
|
Flight of the Albatross
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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Someone Else’s Country
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
The Frighteners
|
Peter Jackson
|
comedy / horror
|
|
|
|
|
|
The Whole of the Moon
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1997
|
||||||
|
Lost Valley
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Topless Women Talk About Their Lives
|
|
|
|
|
|
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|
1998
|
||||||
|
Memory and Desire
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Saving Grace
|
Costa Botes
|
romance
|
|
|
|
|
|
1999
|
||||||
|
Channelling Baby
|
Christine Parker
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
I’ll Make You Happy
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Savage Honeymoon
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Scarfies
|
Robert Sarkies
|
black comedy
|
|
|
|
|
|
What Becomes of the Broken Hearted?
|
Ian Mune
|
drama
|
|
|
|
|
|
2000
|
||||||
|
Jubilee
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Stickmen (film)
|
Hamish Rothwell
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
The Price of Milk
|
Harry Sinclair
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
The Irrefutable Truth About Demons
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2000 –
|
Title
|
Director
|
Genre
|
Notes
|
|||
|
2001
|
||||||
|
Crooked Earth
|
Sam Pillsbury
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Her Majesty (film)
|
Mark J. Gordon
|
coming-of-age
|
|
|
|
|
|
Rain (2001 film)
|
Christine Jeffs
|
coming-of-age
|
|
|
|
|
|
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
|
Peter Jackson
|
fantasy
|
U.S. & NZ funded film produced in New Zealand
|
|
|
|
|
2002
|
||||||
|
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
|
Peter Jackson
|
fantasy
|
U.S. & NZ funded film produced in New Zealand
|
|
|
|
|
2003
|
||||||
|
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
|
Peter Jackson
|
fantasy
|
U.S. & NZ funded film produced in New Zealand
|
|
|
|
|
The Last Samurai
|
|
|
U.S produced film shot in New Zealand
|
|
|
|
|
Whale Rider
|
Niki Caro
|
drama
|
|
|
|
|
|
2004
|
||||||
|
Fracture
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
In My Father’s Den
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2005
|
||||||
|
50 Ways of Saying Fabulous
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
King Kong
|
Peter Jackson
|
adventure
|
|
|
|
|
|
Perfect Creature
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
River Queen
|
Vincent Ward
|
historical drama
|
|
|
|
|
|
The World’s Fastest Indian
|
Roger Donaldson
|
biography
|
|
|
|
|
|
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
|
Andrew Adamson
|
Fantasy / Adventure
|
|
|
|
|
|
Meet Me in Miami
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Memories of Tomorrow (NZ Film)
|
Amit Tripuraneni
|
Drama/Thriller
|
|
|
|
|
|
2006
|
||||||
|
No. 2
|
Toa Fraser
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Perfect Creature
|
Glenn Standring
|
horror/thriller
|
|
|
|
|
|
Buddha Wild: Monk in a Hut
|
Anna Wilding
|
documentary
|
|
|
|
|
|
Sione’s Wedding
|
Chris Graham
|
comedy / romance
|
|
|
|
|
|
Eagle vs Shark
|
Taika Cohen
|
Comedy
|
|
|
|
|
|
The Ferryman
|
Chris Graham
|
horror
|
|
|
|
|
|
Out of the Blue
|
Robert Sarkies
|
drama (based on true events)
|
|
|
|
|
|
Black Sheep
|
Johnathan King
|
horror
|
|
|
|
|
|
2007
|
||||||
|
The Tattooist
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
A Song of Good
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The Lovely Bones (film)
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Down by the Riverside
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Marama Killen
Brad Davison |
Film Noir-Horror
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The Devil Dared Me To
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Bridge to Terabithia (2007 film)
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We’re Here To Help
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comedy
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Men Shouldn’t Sing
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The Last Magic Show
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Andy Conlan
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Comedy Romance
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Pictures of You (film)
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30 Days of Night
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David Slade
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Horror
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The Vintner’s Luck
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Show of Hands
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Anthony McCarten
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Romantic Comedy
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Filmed in New Plymouth, Nov-Dec 2007
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2008
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Avatar (film)
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Dambusters (2008 film)
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Unhinged
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Warren Matthews
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Untitled Charles Upham biopic
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2009
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Temeraire (film)
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Untitled Bruce McLaren biopic
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