Movies: James Rolleston

  • 2014
    The Dead Lands

    The Dead Lands (2014)

    The Dead Lands

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    Hongi, a Maori chieftain’s teenage son, must avenge his father’s murder in order to bring peace and honour to the souls of his loved ones after his tribe is slaughtered through an act of treachery. Vastly outnumbered by a band of villains led by Wire...

    The Dead Lands
  • 2010
    Boy

    Boy (2010)

    Boy

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    Boy, an 11-year-old child and devout Michael Jackson fan who lives on the east coast of New Zealand in 1984, gets a chance to know his absentee criminal father, who has returned to find a bag of money he buried years ago....

    Boy
  • 2014
    The Dark Horse

    The Dark Horse (2014)

    The Dark Horse

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    One-time Maori speed-chess champ, Genesis Potini, lives with a bi-polar disorder and must overcome prejudice and violence in the battle to save his struggling chess club, his family and ultimately, himself....

    The Dark Horse
  • 2018
    The Breaker Upperers

    The Breaker Upperers (2018)

    The Breaker Upperers

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    Two women run a business breaking up couples for cash but when one develops a conscience their friendship unravels....

    The Breaker Upperers
  • 2017
    Pork Pie

    Pork Pie (2017)

    Pork Pie

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    A trio of accidental outlaws travel the length of New Zealand, protesting conformity and chasing lost love, with a posse of cops and a media frenzy in pursuit....

    Pork Pie
  • 2023
    Uproar

    Uproar (2023)

    Uproar

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    A 17 year-old student is forced to get off the fence he has actively sat on all his life to stand up for himself, his whanau (family) and his future in this heartwarming story of identity....

    Uproar
  • 2016
    The Rehearsal

    The Rehearsal (2016)

    The Rehearsal

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    First-year acting student Stanley mines his girlfriend's family scandal as material for the end-of-year show at drama school. The result is a moral minefield....

    The Rehearsal
  • 2020
    Lowdown Dirty Criminals

    Lowdown Dirty Criminals (2020)

    Lowdown Dirty Criminals

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    Freddy and Marvin have their sights set on a future filled with “monies and honeys”, believing that a life of crime and debauchery will get them there. Unfortunately, living a life of crime comes with consequences. When a series of straightforward jo...

    Lowdown Dirty Criminals
  • 2022
    Whina

    Whina (2022)

    Whina

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    The story of Dame Whina Cooper, the beloved Māori matriarch who worked tirelessly to improve the rights of her people, especially women. Flawed yet resilient, Whina tells the story of a woman formed by tradition, compelled by innovation, and guided b...

    Whina
  • 2010
    Frosty Man and the BMX Kid

    Frosty Man and the BMX Kid (2010)

    Frosty Man and the BMX Kid

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    In this short James Rolleston (Boy) stars as a Kiwi lad who banters with an elderly bearded fulla (Bruce Allpress) who claims to be God; the 'BMX Kid' challenges him to a Lake Wakatipu bomb competition to prove it. Kiwi stuntman/director Tim McLachla...

    Frosty Man and the BMX Kid