Alistair Browning

It is the 1960s. Two Maori families, the Mahanas and the Poatas, make a living shearing sheep on the east coast of New Zealand. The two clans, who are bitter enemies, face each other as rivals at the annual sheep shearing competitions. Simeon is a 14-year-old scion of the Mahana clan. A courageous schoolboy, he rebels against his authoritarian grandfather Tamihana and his traditional ways of thinking and begins to unravel the reasons for the long-standing feud between the two families. Before long, the hierarchies and established structures of the community are in disarray because Tamihana, who is as stubborn as he is proud, is not prepared to acquiesce and pursue new paths. The story is adapted from Witi Ihimaera's novel Bulibasha: King of the Gypsies.

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.

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.

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.

Bliss tells the story of Katherine Mansfield in her early 20s as she leaves New Zealand and begins her journey as a writer.

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.

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.

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.

Вскоре после выхода в море круизного судна с тремя сотнями пассажиров на борту его захватывает группа террористов, угрожающих взорвать корабль, если владелец лайнера не выплатит 15 миллионов долларов. Поскольку судно находится далеко от берега, а все линии связи перешли под контроль террористов, двум сотрудникам службы безопасности, Кайлу и Линн, придется положиться только на собственные силы. Но пока они сражаются с преступниками, переговоры о выкупе принимают непредвиденный оборот. Владелец лайнера готов заплатить террористам дополнительные 5 миллионов за то, чтобы они пустили корабль ко дну. Полученная страховка в 100 миллионов долларов должна покрыть все убытки, а значит, если стороны придут к согласию, все пассажиры неминуемо обречены попасть в разряд "допустимых потерь"…

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.

Последняя часть трилогии о Кольце Всевластия и о героях, взявших на себя бремя спасения Средиземья. Повелитель сил Тьмы Саурон направляет свои бесчисленные рати под стены Минас-Тирита, крепости Последней Надежды. Он предвкушает близкую победу, но именно это и мешает ему заметить две крохотные фигурки — хоббитов, приближающихся к Роковой Горе, где им предстоит уничтожить Кольцо Всевластия. Улыбнется ли им счастье?

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.

Братство распалось, но Кольцо Всевластья должно быть уничтожено. Фродо и Сэм вынуждены доверить свои жизни Голлуму, который взялся провести их к вратам Мордора. Громадная Армия Сарумана приближается: члены братства и их союзники готовы принять бой. Битва за Средиземье продолжается.

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.

Группа альпинистов оказалась погребенной заживо в расщелине у вершины К-2, второй после Эвереста горы мира. На такой высоте им оставалось жить считанные часы. Шестеро отчаянных смельчаков решают подняться на роковую отметку, чтобы вызволить их из ледяной могилы. Но для этого им придется обогнать свою главную соперницу, которая уже спускается по склонам удушающим холодом и неожиданными лавинами — саму смерть.

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?

Остров Ява, 1942 год. Британский майор Селльерс попадает в японский лагерь для военнопленных. Его несгибаемый дух становится непреодолимым препятствием для тюремщиков. Начальник лагеря Йоннои верит в дисциплину и кодекс самурайской чести. В его глазах военнопленные являются трусами, которые предпочли плен смерти. Йоннои во что бы то ни стало намерен сломить загадочного британца. В противостояние этих двух людей невероятной силы воли и твердости духа пытается вмешаться полковник Лоуренс. Его любовь к культуре Японии и знание японского языка делают его опасной фигурой для обеих сторон - поскольку он может понимать и тех, и других...