A romantic drama about Erik who meets the Estonian violinist Viivi at his father's funeral and falls in love.

Documentary short about Hans Bellmer.

A young woman in a remote village embarks on a perilous journey after the arrival of the new teacher who also happens to be a painter.

Barbie, once an attractive, devoted mother and partner, faces newfound challenges as she turns 55, descending into darkness, violence, and absurdity while grappling with her identity, relationships, and life's complexities.

160 cameramen simultaneously filmed the 356th day of the war along the entire front line, as well as in the rear. The film that was released on the country's screens became a cast, a snapshot of the country's face at the moment of its deadly battle with the enemy.

A homage to Dusky Maiden images as well as a playful take on the low art of velvet painting, Sima Urale’s Velvet Dreams provides a tongue-in-cheek exploration of Pacific Island stereotypes. Part detective story, part documentary, an unseen narrator goes in search of a painting of a Polynesian princess that he has fallen in love with. Along the way, he meets artists, fans, and critics of the kitsch art genre, as well as the mysterious Gauguin-like figure of Charlie McPhee.

Kevin McManus, a man at war with his wife and his life, seeks refuge in the peace of the Christchurch Public Art gallery, but instead is driven to psychic meltdown by the haunting bird-people in Bill Hammond's extraordinary painting The Fall of Icarus. Shaken by his experience, McManus decides to go in search of Hammond's pictures and explanations of them. The artist's unavailability restricts him to questioning and observing those whose lives have also been affected by Hammond's paintings.

One of the few tinted silent films in the Archives New Zealand holdings, this film was part of a series completed by the NZ Government Tourist and Publicity Department. This episode depicts weaving with harakeke and the creation of a piupiu.

Rudall Hayward was just 21 when he began making his first full-length silent movie, My Lady of the Cave. A wistful young clerk (Robert Ramsay, who later tried his luck in Hollywood) falls overboard on a boat trip and washes up on an island. He meets a mysterious woman (Hazel de Montalk) who appears to be a prisoner. The clerk enlists a friend to free his 'cave lady' from her jailer, and they uncover a tragic story.