Films

Set against the vibrant backdrop of the Splore festival, this is a cinematic celebration of human connection through an intimate and often playful lens.

In New Zealand’s heartland, teams of aspiring female rugby players must shatter glass ceilings both on and off the field to achieve their improbable dream of international glory.

Exploring the deep bond between soldiers and their horses in the harsh desert, showing how these animals provided comfort, security, and emotional stability during the horrors of war.

The film follows Chinese artist and activist, Ai Weiwei, during his operatic directorial debut at the Rome Opera House.

Close your eyes and think about the space around you. Does it all feel stable, and solid, and still? Artist Andrews lives with a chronic condition called vestibular migraine that affects his perception of motion and balance. The first warning of an attack is a sense of derealisation, a strange lapse in reality. In this mixed reality work, you see your body as an avatar, one that moves when you do, yet feels mysteriously disconnected. Seated at a desk, you are guided to complete a series of everyday tasks that would normally be performed unconsciously. The more time passes, the more your perception becomes elastic and unreliable. And while you know that that beyond the screen is a world that is stable and solid… you must first confront the unsettling reality that the familiar can easily become something different.

This immersive art installation bridges past and present through Antarctic exploration history. At its centre is a frozen duplicating machine: a vintage 3M 209 Automatic Copier quietly churning out echoes of the past. Inspired by the story of Karl Marshall, a humble technician who answered a service call to the South Pole in 1967, this work unexpectedly connects his journey with the final letter of Captain Robert Falcon Scott. Across three locations audiences are invited to explore the fragility of legacy. Blending sound, historic photography, and interactive storytelling, it invites you not only to witness history—but to enter it. To reflect on what we leave behind. To shift your own compass. And to leave your mark.

Narrated by Luke Hemsworth, this virtual reality project transports you to one of the most spectacular and pristine landscapes in the world. Guided by the Traditional Owners and science, journey across magical coastlines, and venture into the heart of this ancient landscape unlike anywhere else on Earth. Fly over the edge of the thundering King George Falls, explore the vibrantly striped domes and majestic gorges of the UNESCO World Heritage-listed Purnululu National Park and travel back over 350 million years to the great Devonian Reef to explore ancient geology, that has been pivotal to life as we know it.

A double agent’s attempt to expose corruption ends in his downfall.

Creators Karan and Goldsmith combine their skills in virtual reality and sonic-scape storytelling to reconnect past and present generations. The artwork focuses on Muriwai (ancestress), viewed from the first-person perspective of her descendant, 16-year-old Muriwai Mikaere, daughter of Goldsmith. Muriwai was a powerful wahine of great mana and a renowned voyager across Aotearoa and Te Moananui a Kiwa (Pacific Ocean). Her name and stories are well-known and reach many hapu and iwi through-out Aotearoa.

A photographic study of latent space and non-visible light, reimagining Wellington’s cityscape through machine learning (Artificial Intelligence). The ephemeral moving imagery draws on the artist’s original dataset of 2,500 infrared and colour infrared photographs of Wellington. Beyond its architectural aesthetics, it explores the ethics of data ownership and the evolving role of AI in the creative process. The sound design, created by Michael Hodgson, examines the RGB values in the video imagery to shape the composition of each soundscape.

A projection-based installation and short film fusing taonga pūoro, contemporary dance, and digital art. Featuring Nancy Wijohn as a solo traveller embodying Hineraukatauri, the work draws on the cocoon-like form of the pūtōrino and the case moth as metaphors for transformation. Silk, breath, and mycelial webs shape a sensory journey through ancestral memory and future vision. The project is a ritual of sound, motion, and spirit, rooted in Te Ao Māori and resonating across time. Featuring taonga pūoro musicians Mahina Kingi-Kaui, Ariana Tikao, Dr Ruby Solly, Alistair Fraser.

The characteristic of the virtual reality world, where illusions appear as shadows, often gives people the illusion of dreams infiltrating reality. Three tin toys keep changing their costumes on the stage, and in turn, they perform a show about “home”. The tin toys revolve around three generations, each bearing a resemblance to one another as they inevitably confront family conflicts. They are forced by the unrelenting passage of time to transform into the “adults” they previously detested. However, they were unaware of being entangled in the memories.

This is an intimate immersive story exploring disease within the body and its relationship to the broader context of the land through the breast cancer treatment journey. These pressing themes and social realities are explored through the prism of artist Baoth Mooney’s experience of breast cancer, interwoven with other patients’ and survivors’ stories of their cancer treatment, recovery and trauma. The experience is performative and unique set in a doctor’s surgery.

Three pioneering women navigate the bumpy expansion of the biggest Chinese industrial zone in Ethiopia.

Kapwa (kindred in Tagalog), is an interactive video installation that acts as an interrogation of cultural erasure within our diaspora and traces an outline around what is missing from the history of the global Philippine people. Created by Philippine-American artists and collaborators, Santiago and Ternasky-Holland, it foregrounds a sense of loss and disconnect from ancestry by using found media of contemporary Filipinos, all asking in unison: “Who are we?”

Narrated by Oscar® winner Tilda Swinton, this is a ground-breaking mixed reality experience that transforms your surroundings. Witness the chaos, creativity, and intensity of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), it brings together sharp-witted gameplay and dramatic first-hand accounts of people whose intense emotions lead them to a life at the edge. Their stories are brought home through mixed reality. Attempting to follow a train of thought, the stuff in your room sets off a chain reaction leading to all sorts of mayhem. Shadows on your walls become portals into labyrinthine worlds. Words spiral out into alternative meanings and possibilities.

Step into an immersive installation where words, music, and interactive art converge to create a powerful storytelling experience. This multidisciplinary work blurs the lines between poetry, sound, and visual design, inviting audiences to engage with narratives that challenge perception, evoke emotion, and bring hidden stories to light. Designed as a living, breathing installation, it shifts with each visitor’s engagement, ensuring no two encounters are the same.

Two Kenyan women transform a dilapidated, junk-filled library in downtown Nairobi into a hub for the city’s citizens and creatives.

A powerful augmented reality experience co-created with hapū and iwi talent to spotlight the untold legacy behind the Ka Mate haka. Developed by Koi Digital, Rio Hemopo-Hunuki and Jix, the project blends story, art, and music into a bespoke digital resource. It is both a tribute and a tool honouring Te Wharerangi and carving new pathways for Māori and Pasifika creatives in interactive media.

Charlie Chaplin’s family reveals a side of him the world has never seen that inspired the creation of his infamous and beloved character The Tramp.

Close your eyes and think about the space around you. Does it all feel stable, and solid, and still? Artist Andrews lives with a chronic condition called vestibular migraine that affects his perception of motion and balance. The first warning of an attack is a sense of derealisation, a strange lapse in reality. In this mixed reality work, you see your body as an avatar, one that moves when you do, yet feels mysteriously disconnected. Seated at a desk, you are guided to complete a series of everyday tasks that would normally be performed unconsciously. The more time passes, the more your perception becomes elastic and unreliable. And while you know that that beyond the screen is a world that is stable and solid… you must first confront the unsettling reality that the familiar can easily become something different.

This immersive art installation bridges past and present through Antarctic exploration history. At its centre is a frozen duplicating machine: a vintage 3M 209 Automatic Copier quietly churning out echoes of the past. Inspired by the story of Karl Marshall, a humble technician who answered a service call to the South Pole in 1967, this work unexpectedly connects his journey with the final letter of Captain Robert Falcon Scott. Across three locations audiences are invited to explore the fragility of legacy. Blending sound, historic photography, and interactive storytelling, it invites you not only to witness history—but to enter it. To reflect on what we leave behind. To shift your own compass. And to leave your mark.

A city with 8,000 years of history, struggling to reclaim its soul through those who refuse to let it fade into oblivion.

Narrated by Luke Hemsworth, this virtual reality project transports you to one of the most spectacular and pristine landscapes in the world. Guided by the Traditional Owners and science, journey across magical coastlines, and venture into the heart of this ancient landscape unlike anywhere else on Earth. Fly over the edge of the thundering King George Falls, explore the vibrantly striped domes and majestic gorges of the UNESCO World Heritage-listed Purnululu National Park and travel back over 350 million years to the great Devonian Reef to explore ancient geology, that has been pivotal to life as we know it.

A double agent’s attempt to expose corruption ends in his downfall.

Creators Karan and Goldsmith combine their skills in virtual reality and sonic-scape storytelling to reconnect past and present generations. The artwork focuses on Muriwai (ancestress), viewed from the first-person perspective of her descendant, 16-year-old Muriwai Mikaere, daughter of Goldsmith. Muriwai was a powerful wahine of great mana and a renowned voyager across Aotearoa and Te Moananui a Kiwa (Pacific Ocean). Her name and stories are well-known and reach many hapu and iwi through-out Aotearoa.

A photographic study of latent space and non-visible light, reimagining Wellington’s cityscape through machine learning (Artificial Intelligence). The ephemeral moving imagery draws on the artist’s original dataset of 2,500 infrared and colour infrared photographs of Wellington. Beyond its architectural aesthetics, it explores the ethics of data ownership and the evolving role of AI in the creative process. The sound design, created by Michael Hodgson, examines the RGB values in the video imagery to shape the composition of each soundscape.

A projection-based installation and short film fusing taonga pūoro, contemporary dance, and digital art. Featuring Nancy Wijohn as a solo traveller embodying Hineraukatauri, the work draws on the cocoon-like form of the pūtōrino and the case moth as metaphors for transformation. Silk, breath, and mycelial webs shape a sensory journey through ancestral memory and future vision. The project is a ritual of sound, motion, and spirit, rooted in Te Ao Māori and resonating across time. Featuring taonga pūoro musicians Mahina Kingi-Kaui, Ariana Tikao, Dr Ruby Solly, Alistair Fraser.

In New Zealand’s heartland, teams of aspiring female rugby players must shatter glass ceilings both on and off the field to achieve their improbable dream of international glory.

The characteristic of the virtual reality world, where illusions appear as shadows, often gives people the illusion of dreams infiltrating reality. Three tin toys keep changing their costumes on the stage, and in turn, they perform a show about “home”. The tin toys revolve around three generations, each bearing a resemblance to one another as they inevitably confront family conflicts. They are forced by the unrelenting passage of time to transform into the “adults” they previously detested. However, they were unaware of being entangled in the memories.

This is an intimate immersive story exploring disease within the body and its relationship to the broader context of the land through the breast cancer treatment journey. These pressing themes and social realities are explored through the prism of artist Baoth Mooney’s experience of breast cancer, interwoven with other patients’ and survivors’ stories of their cancer treatment, recovery and trauma. The experience is performative and unique set in a doctor’s surgery.

Three pioneering women navigate the bumpy expansion of the biggest Chinese industrial zone in Ethiopia.

Kapwa (kindred in Tagalog), is an interactive video installation that acts as an interrogation of cultural erasure within our diaspora and traces an outline around what is missing from the history of the global Philippine people. Created by Philippine-American artists and collaborators, Santiago and Ternasky-Holland, it foregrounds a sense of loss and disconnect from ancestry by using found media of contemporary Filipinos, all asking in unison: “Who are we?”

Narrated by Oscar® winner Tilda Swinton, this is a ground-breaking mixed reality experience that transforms your surroundings. Witness the chaos, creativity, and intensity of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), it brings together sharp-witted gameplay and dramatic first-hand accounts of people whose intense emotions lead them to a life at the edge. Their stories are brought home through mixed reality. Attempting to follow a train of thought, the stuff in your room sets off a chain reaction leading to all sorts of mayhem. Shadows on your walls become portals into labyrinthine worlds. Words spiral out into alternative meanings and possibilities.

Step into an immersive installation where words, music, and interactive art converge to create a powerful storytelling experience. This multidisciplinary work blurs the lines between poetry, sound, and visual design, inviting audiences to engage with narratives that challenge perception, evoke emotion, and bring hidden stories to light. Designed as a living, breathing installation, it shifts with each visitor’s engagement, ensuring no two encounters are the same.

A powerful augmented reality experience co-created with hapū and iwi talent to spotlight the untold legacy behind the Ka Mate haka. Developed by Koi Digital, Rio Hemopo-Hunuki and Jix, the project blends story, art, and music into a bespoke digital resource. It is both a tribute and a tool honouring Te Wharerangi and carving new pathways for Māori and Pasifika creatives in interactive media.