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Since New Zealand Cinema burst on to the global stage in the late 1970s, it has maintained a high-profile presence, capturing the imagination and enthusiasm of both national and international audiences, through such films as "Vigil", "Whale Rider" and "The Lord of the Rings" trilogy....

Longlisted for the General Nonfiction Book Award in the 2023 Ockham NZ Book AwardsFrom one of our very best filmmakers comes a memoir of filmmaking in Aotearoa New Zealand.Gaylene Preston has always sought out the stories that have not yet been told, and in this book she reveals the challenges and...

Bill Gosden was at the forefront of Aotearoa film culture from 1980 to 2019. The Gosden Years is a record of his enormous legacy as director of the New Zealand International Film Festival-the country's leading annual cinema event and a constant wellspring of film discovery and appreciation....

Eye of the Taika: New Zealand Comedy and the Films of Taika Waititi is the first book-length study of comic film director and media celebrity Taika Waititi. Author Matthew Bannister analyses Waititi's feature films and places his other works and performances?short films, TV series,...

This book is the first ever collection on diasporic screen production in New Zealand. Through contributions by a diverse range of local and international scholars, it identifies the central characteristics, histories, practices and trajectories of screen media made by and/or about migrant and...

Filming the Colonial Past tells a story of filmmakers' fascination with the New Zealand Wars over the past 90 years. From silent screen to smartphone, filmmakers have made and remade the stories of this most troubling past. In the 1970s and early 80s, thinking about race,...

From the picket lines of industrial conflict and the occupied ground of Maori land-rights campaigns to the stormy skirmishes of women’s liberation and disputed histories of the New Zealand Wars, this discussion describes how documentary filmmakers have helped forge a sense of national...

New Zealand Film: An Illustrated History tells the story of the country's film industry from its beginnings in the 1890s to the post-Lord of the Rings present. The first-ever comprehensive overview ever published, this stunning book is illustrated with hundreds of never- seen-before images from the...

From Goodbye Pork Pie to the epic Lord of the Rings trilogy, here, for the first time, is the fascinating inside story of the deal-making, shrewd moves, and sheer luck that have taken New Zealand films from obscurity to the top of the world--all in a few short years.

The Centennial history of motion pictures in New Zealand.