Alistair Browning
Nascimento : 1954-02-08, Dunedin, New Zealand
Morte : 2019-06-02
Do autor de "Encantadora de Baleias" (The Whale Rider), um conto de rivalidade familiar e reconciliação, no cenário deslumbrante da Nova Zelândia rural na década de 1960.
Duas famílias Maori, Mahana e Poata, fazem tosquia de ovelhas e vivem na costa leste da Nova Zelândia. Os dois clãs, que são amargos inimigos, enfrentam-se como rivais nas competições anuais de tosquia de ovelhas. Simeon é um descendente 14 anos do clã Mahana. Um estudante corajoso, ele se rebela contra seu avô autoritário Tamihana e seus modos tradicionais de pensar e começa a desvendar as razões para a disputa de longa data entre as duas famílias. Em pouco tempo, as hierarquias e estruturas existentes da comunidade estão em desordem por causa de Tamihana, que é tão teimoso como se orgulha de ser e não está disposto a aceitar e buscar novos caminhos.
Benjamin
Francis is a struggling aspiring artist who receives an unusual proposition from a mysterious art dealer during another of his fruitless exhibitions. In return for restoring and old oil paiting by an obscure artist, Benjamin Brooke offers to represent and propel him into stardom. Claiming that his employer is a rich and influential man, Benjamin convinces initially hesitant Francis. At a private showing organised by Benjamin, Francis’ paintings sell out, marking the beginning of his artistic legacy. But the price Francis pays for his fame is high indeed – he has traded places with the Gentleman and is now trapped inside the painting he restored.
Terry
Living in New Zealand in 1981 amid high racial tension, Willie, a half-Samoan teenager, is coming into his own. With an unpredictable father, Willie spends most of his time working at a department store or taking care of his little brother, Solomon. A chance encounter at work with an eccentric and charming “shopper” named Bennie lures Willie into a world without rules. As Willie begins to find a place in Bennie’s reckless nest of criminals, Solomon grows increasingly vulnerable to their father’s violent tendencies.
Mike O'Leary
On the 7th of May 2009, Senior Constables Len Snee, Grant Diver and Bruce Miller arrived at 41 Chaucer Rd in Napier to serve a search warrant on Jan Molenaar for the growing of cannabis. This was just a routine warrant, something they had done countless times. What was meant to be an ordinary procedure turned into three of New Zealand’s darkest days and ended with one police officer dead, two officers critically injured and a member of the public fighting for his life. In some fifty hours Jan Molenaar made a permanent and devastating imprint upon the national psyche of New Zealand as he changed the lives of individuals, families, a police community, and a city. The siege was one of the worst and unexpected cases of violence both Napier and New Zealand had witnessed and it was all the more shocking because of its ordinary suburban backdrop.
Rudolf Young
Bliss tells the story of Katherine Mansfield in her early 20s as she leaves New Zealand and begins her journey as a writer.
Dudley Earnsworth/Mr. Collins
A mockumentary about a film crew making a New Zealand reality television show about a couple brought together by a dating service. However due to their being incompatible, the film crew tries to manipulate them to get the film they want for the show.
Blake Edwards
The story of the working and personal relationship between the comedians Peter Cook and Dudley Moore, a hugely popular duo in the UK during the 1960s and 1970s. Focusing primarily on Cook, the film traces the pair from their first meeting through their career as part of the Beyond the Fringe review, their television series Not Only... But Also and various other projects before their later estrangement as Moore became a successful Hollywood film star and Cook remained in the UK.
Craig
The arrival of gorgeous and enigmatic Luella Miller instantly disrupts the social balance of a small New Zealand town in this spine-tingling psychological thriller.
Howard
A former firefighter and Special Forces officer takes on a team of murderous terrorists when the oceanliner he's working on is hijacked shortly after leaving port. Hired to evaluate security on a luxury cruise ship, blaze battler and former military man Kyle Considine (Casper Van Dien) brings his young son Zach along for a week of fun at sea. The fun stops, however, when the ship sets sail and a highly organized team of terrorists threaten the lives of everyone onboard.
Gordon Peet
A young solo mother loves her son and his needs are formost, but she still has room in her heart for her very broken brother, even as her fundamentalist mother rejects her. But when the brother is responsible for a woman's broken neck, during his burglary of her house, families are changed as crisis amplifies and at times the young mother seems to be the only adult.
Damrod
O confronto final entre as forças do bem e do mal que lutam pelo controle do futuro da Terra Média se aproxima. Sauron planeja um grande ataque a Minas Tirith, capital de Gondor, o que faz com que Gandalf e Pippin partam para o local na intenção de ajudar a resistência. Um exército é reunido por Theoden em Rohan, em mais uma tentativa de deter as forças de Sauron. Enquanto isso, Frodo, Sam e Gollum seguem sua viagem rumo à Montanha da Perdição para destruir o anel.
Dirksen Thatcher
Melanie Fraser has a problem. Her mother, Dr. Janet Fraser, thinks that she can bond with her stepfather by accompanying mom and dad on a simple business excursion to see if a small tour guide company is a good investment for clients. The fact that the trip will take the threesome to the site of a volcano in New Zealand is nothing for Melanie to worry about. Old "Mount Extreme" is inactive and mom is a former volcanologist who should know a safe hill when she sees one. So what's the problem? Answer: somebody forgot to tell the gods in charge of lava control that they were about to host a family therapy session. Mount Extreme decides to live up to its name just in time to make Melanie's quality time with the folks seem like a big mistake.
Damrod (uncredited)
Após a captura de Merry e Pippy pelos orcs, a Sociedade do Anel é dissolvida. Frodo e Sam seguem sua jornada rumo à Montanha da Perdição para destruir o anel e descobrem que estão sendo perseguidos pelo misterioso Gollum. Enquanto isso, Aragorn, o elfo e arqueiro Legolas e o anão Gimli partem para resgatar os hobbits sequestrados e chegam ao reino de Rohan, onde o rei Theoden foi vítima de uma maldição mortal de Saruman.
Ed
Janey is on vacation with her brother, Jim, mother, Kate, and father Ed, at their beach house on the Mahurangi Peninsual in New Zealand. Ed and Kate, who are on the verge of divorce, sit around in the back yard all day drinking whiskey and Janey and Jim are left to their own devices. Cady, a local boaty who is having an affair with Kate, catches Janey's pubescent eye. In response to his wife's drinking problem and recurring infidelity, Ed turns to alcohol, ignoring his children almost as much as his wife, which eventually leads to a character's fate.
'Ali'
K2, a montanha paquistanesa de 28.250 pés na Cordilheira karakoram, é o cenário desta aventura aditivada com pura adrenalina. É uma corrida contra o tempo de um ex-alpinista que lidera uma missão para resgatar a irmã e outros membros de uma expedição que ficaram presos no K2 depois de uma terrível avalanche.
Technician 1
In the beginning the Devil made a bet with God. The Devil backed Eve, God backed Adam. What would have happened to love and sex if Adam hadn't taken the bite?
De Jong
David Bowie incorpora o major Celliers, um oficial britânico mantido pelos japoneses como prisioneiro de guerra. O comandante está obcecado com o misterioso loiro estranho, enquanto o tenente-coronel britânico Lawrence tenta superar as diferenças emocionais e linguísticas entre ele e seu captor.