Bowling Teammate
In Dark Places is the gripping story of an innocent man, imprisoned for two decades for a crime he did not commit, and an ex-cop's heroic battle to win him his freedom.
John
18-year-old Elliot lives and works on a small family-owned New Zealand dairy farm. He meanders out at dawn towards a herd of feeding cows where his attempt to take the wheel for the morning’s feed-out run is quickly overruled by his overbearing father. Elliot’s resentment grows with his increasingly apparent lack of autonomy and respect on the farm. A routine grocery trip sees Elliot bump into Laura, an enigmatic checkout operator and love interest, who pockets Elliot a pouch of tobacco on the sly, directing him to collect her later on that afternoon.
Mark Beattie
When an attack on a Palmerston North fraud detective made headlines in October 1996, the New Zealand public followed the media reports with fascination. They read like a plot of a Hollywood film or detective novel. Poison pen letters, satanic worship, a police hate crime, and a mysterious and violent pyromaniac. But little did the public know that as the truth emerged, the story was going to get far more bizarre, and the police would turn the focus of their investigation on one of their own.
Shagrat
Las fuerzas de Saruman han sido destruidas, y su fortaleza sitiada. Ha llegado el momento de que se decida el destino de la Tierra Media, y por primera vez en mucho tiempo, parece que hay una pequeña esperanza. La atención del señor oscuro Sauron se centra ahora en Gondor, el último reducto de los hombres, y del cual Aragorn tendrá que reclamar el trono para ocupar su puesto de rey. Pero las fuerzas de Sauron ya se preparan para lanzar el último y definitivo ataque contra el reino de Gondor, la batalla que decidirá el destino de todos. Mientras tanto, Frodo y Sam continuan su camino hacia Mordor, a la espera de que Sauron no repare en que dos pequeños Hobbits se acercan cada día más al final de su camino, el Monte del Destino.
Digby
After a period of separation, Sarah visits her research scientist mother on a remote New Zealand island. Before long Sarah becomes inextricably involved in events involving both Maori legend and an Albatross.
The Hunter
A hunter in New Zealand has created a fantasy world of mounted animal trophies. He returns home to add his latest catch and make some music and finds himself in a new challenge.
Boatman
In 1990s Edinburgh, Barbara Thorburn reflects on memories of her poet mother, Greta, and her tragic death.
Barry
A suburban woman's life changes on the day she discovers her husband is having an affair.
Eric
Sam works on the tolls and likes to listen. He overhears more than he bargains for and becomes embroiled in a mishmash of corruption and blackmail. Anna is a hooker who specializes in throwing tomatoes at ageing weirdos. Sam and Anna's paths cross as he works to expose shady maneuvrings by the CEO of Infacorp, who is out to land a contract to build a tunnel under Auckland harbour.
Man
From the bowels of the kitchen sink, comes a dark and tender love… An original and full-blooded short film that combines humour with surrealism and leads the viewer towards the fantasy of horror.
Jim
A radio compere is forced to take the late shift and finds her night going places she couldn't have imagined.
Pilot
A short documentary about freestyle skiing made for the New Zealand Tourist and Publicity Department.