Production
Ainsley Gardiner
Ainsley Amohaere Gardiner is a film producer from New Zealand. She is of Te Whānau-ā-Apanui, Ngāti Pikiao and Ngāti Awa descent. In 1995, Gardiner completed the Avalon Film and TV production course, and went on to work with producer Larry Parr at Kahukura Productions. She began producing short films, and also co-produced a 26-part series Lovebites. In 2003, she produced her first feature film, K…
Known For
Boy · 2010Boy
★ 7.32010
MovieDramaComedy
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.
The Breaker Upperers · 2018The Breaker Upperers
★ 5.22018
MovieComedy
Two women run a business breaking up couples for cash but when one develops a conscience their friendship unravels.
Eagle vs Shark · 2007Eagle vs Shark
★ 6.52007
MovieComedyRomance
Love blossoms for Lily over double Meaty Boy burgers at mid-day when uber-computer nerd Jarrod comes in and leaves with free extra large fries. After gatecrashing Jarrod's party and proving her skills on the game console, Lily goes down to Jarrod's home town with him so he can settle an old score with a past school bully.
Night Raiders · 2021Night Raiders
★ 4.92021
MovieScience Fiction
The year is 2043. A military occupation controls disenfranchised cities in post-war North America. Children are property of the State. A desperate Cree woman joins an underground band of vigilantes to infiltrate a State children’s academy and get her daughter back. Night Raiders is a female-driven dystopian drama about resilience, courage and love.
Reunion · 2020Reunion
★ 6.02020
MovieHorrorMystery
A pregnant woman returns to her recently-deceased grandparents’ old family home to spend time with her estranged mother. What begins as a tenuous reunion slowly turns terrifying.
Two Cars, One Night · 2004Two Cars, One Night
★ 6.72004
MovieDramaComedy
Sometimes first love is found in the most unlikely of places, like in the carpark outside the Te Kaha pub.
Tama Tū · 2004Tama Tū
★ 7.02004
MovieWarComedy
Six Māori Battalion soldiers camped in Italian ruins wait for night to fall. In the silence, the bros-in-arms distract themselves with jokes. A tohu (sign) brings them back to reality, and they gather to say a karakia before returning to the fray. Director Taika Waititi describes the soldiers as young men with "a special bond, strengthened by their character, their culture and each other.
Red, White & Brass · 2023Red, White & Brass
★ 7.22023
MovieComedyFamily
Maka, a Tongan superfan, will do whatever it takes to get tickets to the Tonga v France Rugby World Cup game - even if that means promising to deliver a brass band for the pre-match entertainment. Only problem is, the band doesn't exist and Maka has four weeks to make one. Inspired by a true story.
