The year is 1984, and on the rural East Coast of New Zealand “Thriller” is changing kids’ lives. Boy is a dreamer who loves Michael Jackson. He lives with his brother Rocky,...

Mata, Missy and Makareta. Three cousins. Three lives. Separate, yet bound together forever. Orphaned Mata believes she has no whānau (family) and lives out her lonely childhood...

Lily works as a waitress at a fast food restaurant. Everything about her is wrong: her clothes, her walk, the things she says. Nevertheless, she has unwavering optimism and a big...

After a period of separation, Sarah visits her research scientist mother on a remote New Zealand island. Before long Sarah becomes inextricably involved in events involving both...

In the dusty small town of Elandsdoorn, a South African township not far from Johannesburg, life is simple and serene. a prevailing sense of deep pride tightly bonds together the...

Ruby, an old lady, rents a small apartment on the ground floor to a young woman, Rata, aspiring rock singer and mother of an 8 year old boy. The two women can not stand. To try to...

John Langer, a crusty old civic engineer, has an arsenal full of memories. With irreverent wit, he rattles on, in his irascible humorous style, burning his spicy stories into the...

Once a chess-champion, Genesis has spent last years in mental institutions. On the condition that a relative takes care of him, Gen is released into the home of his gang-member...