Prime Minister

Film (Trailer) – 2025

The word kindness comes up over and over in Prime Minister as the key to Jacinda Ardern's political philosophy. That sounds gooey and naive, but this disarming and intimate documentary about her six years as New Zealand’s head of government shows it to be the effective basis for a career that made her a global political star.

– Hollywood Reporter reviewer Caryn James, 24 January 2025

I think I had natural levels of anxiety for someone who's 37-years-old, and who's also pregnant.

– Jacinda Ardern

I have three years to do as much as we can, but in the back of my mind I thought 'how I am I going to do this with a baby'.

– Jacinda Ardern

I saw the final cut of the film yesterday. I cried through most of it, and I'm not sure if that's equivalent to laughing at your own jokes. I was very emotional watching it. I credit the storytellers for it. I hoped that the film would humanise politicians, those who are public servants, and leadership, but I never thought it would humanise me. When I watched it, I just saw myself as someone who was trying to do their best.

– Jacinda Ardern, in an interview on the Sundance website, January 2025