One Winter
A coming of age story set in Aotearoa New Zealand in 1981, when the arrival of the South African rugby team sets off nationwide protests against apartheid and racism.
Casts & Crew
Also Directed by Paul Middleditch
Two teens battle their way through a religious apocalypse on a mission to defeat the Antichrist.
A Cold Summer constructs three truthful portraits of people dealing with death in their lives in radically different ways and creates an environment, in which after unpeeling the layers, they expose their lives before the camera. The film makes a positive statement through two very selfish and cynical characters and how someone who still believes in honesty and love touches their lives.
A comedy-drama which follows the collapse of two marriages.
A disturbed young woman runs away from her New Zealand home and hides away in an Australian boarding house, named Terra Nova. There she finds that every one else in the boarding house is just as zany as she is, and on some levels make her seem sane despite the voices in her head and her strange visions.
Also Directed by Hamish Bennett
At the age of fourteen, Tihei Harawira found his own unique way to connect with others – through freestyle rapping. Set in the vibrant world of the Otara Markets, amongst a community that has embraced Tihei, this film is an uplifting and inspiring look at a humble young man who has turned every challenge that he has faced into a positive.
The story of a humble farming couple, a sudden upheaval and an unlikely saviour.
Told over the space of a day and through the eyes of 11 year old Utah, The Dump is a comedy/drama about a boy and the gradual bond he develops with his estranged dad Orlando, the sole employee at a tiny rubbish dump in rural New Zealand.
In the wake of the loss of his beloved wife, a rural community rallies around a farmer to help him deal with his grief.
