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Duration of Film: 93 minutes
Genre of Film: Drama / Adventure
Synopsis of Film:

An island paradise, big business, complex characters, love and betrayal set the scene for this light-hearted romantic action adventure film. Set in the stunning scenery of the South Pacific, with drama, action and comedy at every turn, it tells the story of a woman who learns that her life is half lived, and a man who has closed himself off from the world to hide from the pain of his past.
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Duration of Film: 93 minutes
Genre of Film: Drama / Adventure
Synopsis of Film:

A young Maori man who moves to the country to rebuild his life after facing prejudices around his sexual orientation. He takes on a job on a farm where he grows attached to the farmer’s son. But when their relationship grows, the situation steers into darker territories… Continue reading

Duration of Film: 59 minutes, 56 seconds
Genre of Film: Drama / Adventure
Synopsis of Film:

A Hindu doctor with dementia and a Muslim auto rickshaw driver form an unlikely friendship as they cross India in search of the doctor’s childhood home.
As a child, Dr. Amit Singh (Ram Gopal Bajaj) survived the British partition of India. Since then, he has been trying to forget the horrors of his past – his family murdered by Muslims and the personal guilt he feels for the death of his younger brother. Continue reading

Duration of Film: 135 minutes
Genre of Film: Drama
Synopsis of Film:

Inspired by Leonard Cohen’s song Hallelujah. This is not a love story but it is a story about love. Three families bound by love, broken by betrayal, struggle with the ebb and flow of everyday life with each reaching breaking point until a single event brings them closer together and the tide turns. Desperateness and frustration turn to hope and compassion. As Cohen sings, there’s a crack in everything that’s how the light gets in. Continue reading

Duration of Film: 2 hours, 24 minutes
Genre of Film: Comedy / Thriller
Synopsis of Film:

Four Friends come to Fiji to enjoy and get away from their hectic life back in NZ until they meet a rich local man who is more than what they bargained for.
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Duration of Film: 93 minutes
Genre of Documentary: Sports
Year: 2016
Synopsis of Documentary:

No figure in recent sports history is as polarizing as Jose Canseco. Millions of baseball fans remember him as the first ever to reach the 40/40 club– 40 home runs and 40 stolen bases in a single season. A whistle blower whose admission to steroid use exposed a scandal that overshadowed his own remarkable 16 year career and led to a congressional hearing that put a pall over America’s greatest pastime – baseball. Now Jose Canseco finally speaks out… Continue reading

Duration of Film: 59 minutes, 56 seconds
Genre of Film: Documentary
Synopsis of Film:

Argentina’s repression (1976 to 1983), infamously known as the ‘Dirty War,’ claimed the lives of 30,000 victims. These victims — kidnapped, tortured, and killed by their own government — are now referred to as the ‘disappeared’. Among them was a young woman named Mabel Damora. In Finding Mabel, an American woman journeys to her parents’ homeland of Argentina to piece together the story of her namesake, Mabel Damora. Continue reading

Duration of Film: 103 mins
Genre of Film: Comedy, drama, musical
Synopsis of Film:

An emotional roller coaster ride of four friends from a poor village in Fiji to the glamor stage in Auckland.
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Duration of Documentary Feature: 69 minutes
Genre of Documentary Feature: Human Interest Story
Synopsis of Documentary Feature:

Journey from the eyes of some young migrant Indians in NZ trying to connect amongst them by a combined purpose and journey of trying to win a Bollywood dance competition.
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Duration of Film: 41 min
Genre of Film: Social
Synopsis of Film:

Documentary showcases a working positive example of how a village in India is helping itself to climb out of poverty and improve living standard. Eg, Effective utilization of government schemes: In this village, none of the government schemes fail because the villagers know how to effectively utilize government schemes for village development.
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CARRIED BY THE SEA_TRAILER MASTER GB from george on Vimeo.

Duration of Documentary: 60 mins

Genre of Documentary: Documentary/Philosophical

Synopsis of Documentary:

What does the sea do to a human being? The word dukkha in Buddhism is often used as suffering, but literally translated it means the “ongoing car axle”. It’s the feeling that our life squeaks and creaks while at the neighbors it seems be going smoothly.  CARRIED BY THE SEA follows a number of people who actively attack  dukkha.

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Duration of Film: 1 hr 50 mins

Genre of Film: Comedy,Romance

Synopsis of Film:

The story of a guy who gets some hope & curry in his life, through love. It’s the journey of ‘Sid’, who migrated from India to New Zealand, to have a life full of bikes & women, but reality hits when he comes to NZ.
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Duration of Film: 84 minutes
Genre of Film: Suspense
Synopsis of Film:

Sahil Singhania is a novelist with a successful career in the past. Due to marital issues with his wife, Anu Singhania, Sahil is struggling to write his new novel. To start afresh, the couple decide to move in to an old house. As they settle in, strange and mysterious events start happening. The distance between the two begins to grow even more as they can never cope with their failing marriage. To make things worse, Sahil gets tangled in the mysteries of the house. He has a face-off with Kaaya. Who is Kaaya? What does she want from him? Sahil and his family’s life is about to change forever.
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Doctor By Heart
Duration of Film: 1 hr. 15 mins. (75 mins.)
Genre of Film: Drama, Biography, Inspirational
Synopsis of Film:

“Doctor By Heart” is a fictional adaptation of the life of Dr. Romesh Japra, a
well-known cardiologist in the San Francisco Bay Area. He is also the
Founder and Convener of Festival of Globe (FOG), which started as the
annual Festival of India ‘mela’ and Parade 25 years ago.

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