Behind the Scenes Collection
NZ On Screen's Behind the Scenes Collection explores the mahi, the magic and the mishaps behind Kiwi screen productions — from epic explorations of Aotearoa history (The Governor, Utu) to more off the wall titles (Bad Taste, Wellington Paranormal). Included are interviews, documentaries and on-set footage. Animation, adverts, and television get a look in, but movies take centre stage. Two local screen talents have penned backgrounders: crewmember turned director Toa Fraser pays tribute to Kiwi film crews; and production designer Rob Gillies looks back on how the New Zealand screen industry grew bigger, and learned to run. Plus check out these behind the scenes photographs.
Cowboys of Culture
Television, 1990 (Full Length)
NZBC Actors' Workshops
Television, 1967 (Full Length)
From Len Lye to Gollum - New Zealand Animators
Television, 2004 (Full Length)
Good Taste Made Bad Taste
Short Film, 1988 (Excerpts)
Kaleidoscope - Beyond Reasonable Doubt
Television, 1980 (Full Length)
Boy
Film, 2010 (Trailer, Excerpts, and Extras)
The Making of Bread and Roses
Television, 1993 (Full Length)
The Making of Brother
Short Film, 2009 (Full Length)
The Making of Chunuk Bair
Television, 1991 (Full Length)
Contact - They Shoot Commercials, don't they?
Television, 1982 (Full Length)
Spot On - The Making of Country GP
Television, 1984 (Excerpts)
The Deep End - The Captain's Play
Television, 1980 (Full Length)
Eagle vs Shark
Film, 2007 (Trailer, Excerpts, and Extras)
50 Ways of Filming "Fabulous"
Television, 2005 (Full Length)
The Making of Footrot Flats - The Dog's Tale
Television, 1986 (Full Length)
Behind the Bull
Short Film, 2000 (Full Length)
The Making of The Governor
Television, 1977 (Full Length)
Adventures in Māoriland - Alexander Markey and the Making of Hei Tiki
Television, 1985 (Full Length)
The Making of Home by Christmas
Short Film, 2010 (Full Length)
The Insatiable Moon
Film, 2010 (Trailer, Excerpts, and Extras)
Let's Go - Behind the Scenes footage
Television, 1965 (Full Length Episode)
Mahana
Film, 2016 (Trailer, Excerpts, and Extras)
Koha - Nga Pikitia Māori
Television, 1987 (Full Length)
Mataku - Hei Muri Te Mata (making of documentary)
Television, 2005 (Full Length)
Matariki
Film, 2010 (Trailer, Excerpts, and Extras)
Koha - Mauri
Television, 1987 (Full Length)
Sex, Drugs and Soft Toys - The Making of Meet the Feebles
Television, 1989 (Full Length)
Studio Tour
Short Film, 1981 (Full Length)
Here is the News
Television, 1992 (Full Length)
No. 2
Film, 2006 (Trailer, Excerpts, and Extras)
Once Were Warriors
Film, 1994 (Trailer, Excerpts, and Extras)
Out of the Blue
Film, 2006 (Trailer, Excerpts, and Extras)
Close Up - Patu: Completing the Picture
Television, 1983 (Full Length)
The Making of Perfect Strangers
Short Film, 2004 (Full Length)
Marae - The Piano Story
Television, 1993 (Excerpts)
The Price of Milk (making of documentary)
Short Film, 2001 (Full Length)
Russian Snark
Film, 2010 (Trailer and Excerpts)
Serial Killers - Full Series
Television, 2004 (Full Length Episodes)
Shortland Street: Inside an Icon (25th anniversary)
Television, 2017 (Full Length)
Sione's 2 - Unfinished Business
Film, 2012 (Trailer, Excerpts, and Extras)
Dream in the Making - The Making of Sleeping Dogs
Short Film, 1977 (Full Length)
The Making of Sleeping Dogs
Short Film, 2004 (Full Length)
The Making of Smash Palace
Short Film, 2004 (Full Length)
Spooked
Film, 2004 (Trailer, Excerpts, and Extras)
The Making of Stickmen
Television, 2001 (Full Length)
Weekend - The Making of Sylvia
Television, 1984 (Excerpts)
Network New Zealand
Television, 1985 (Full Length)
Kaleidoscope - NZ Film Archive
Television, 1982 (Excerpts)
Making Utu
Television, 1982 (Full Length)
Country Calendar - The Making of Vigil
Television, 1983 (Full Length)
Wellington Paranormal Bloopers and Behind the Scenes
Television, 2022 (Extras)
The Edge - The Birth of Weta
Television, 1994 (Excerpts)
Behind the Scenes of Whale Rider
Television, 2003 (Full Length)
The World's Fastest Indian
Film, 2005 (Trailer, Excerpts, and Extras)
Sunday - The Cowboy and the Indian
Television, 2004 (Excerpts)
Headliners - The World's Fastest Indian
Television, 2004 (Excerpts)