Costa Botes Movies

The life story of Colin McKenzie, a forgotten pioneer of international cinema who was born in rural New Zealand in 1888.

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Jeffrey Thomas

The life story of Colin McKenzie, a forgotten pioneer of international cinema who was born in rural New Zealand in 1888.

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Jeffrey Thomas

A behind-the-scenes documentary on the making of "The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring." Created by filmmaker Costa Botes (personally...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Peter Jackson

Candyman tells the amazing true story of David Klein, an eccentric candy inventor from LA, who came up with the concept of Jelly Belly®...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: David Herman Klein

Created by filmmaker Costa Botes (personally selected by Peter Jackson), this documentary uses raw footage to reveal the inside story on how the...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: David Herman Klein

Costa Botes takes us far, far north of his native New Zealand for this magical documentary about man's four-legged friends. Brian Ladoon is an...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Caleb Ross

When the Cows Come Home introduces audiences to Tilly and Maggie, a pair of cows that musician, journalist, artist and cow whisperer, Andrew...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Andrew Johnstone

When the Cows Come Home introduces audiences to Tilly and Maggie, a pair of cows that musician, journalist, artist and cow whisperer, Andrew...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Andrew Johnstone

Eight-year-old Jesse lives in a twilight world of sadness and silence, squeezed into a tiny caravan with his grief stricken father. They're in limbo,...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Joe Folau

Eight-year-old Jesse lives in a twilight world of sadness and silence, squeezed into a tiny caravan with his grief stricken father. They're in limbo,...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Joe Folau

On the cusp of adulthood, the world's longest running gay short film series is only getting started. Boys On Film 20: Heaven Can Wait includes eleven...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Hjalmar Hardestam

It is 1962. New Zealand is emerging from the austerity of the 1950s into a new age. Daniel is a nine-year-old Catholic boy, an only child given to...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Stacey Adams

It is 1962. New Zealand is emerging from the austerity of the 1950s into a new age. Daniel is a nine-year-old Catholic boy, an only child given to...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Stacey Adams

After he makes an emergency landing at a rural airfield, a young pilot finds himself on the run from crazed locals who want to eat him.

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Tāne Rolfe

Charting the ripple effects of real compassion, this inspiring true story follows a spirited young New Zealander’s search for the Rwandan...

Genre: Documentary

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Documentary about the making of Forgotten Silver.

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Peter Jackson

Grace is a homeless teenager. She befriends an unemployed carpenter and he invites her to share his flat. She moves in and to her surprise a delicate...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Kirsty Hamilton

S04E06 of "The Ray Bradbury Theater." A company provides big game hunters with expeditions to the past to kill dinosaurs. They only have one rule...

Genre: Horror

Cast: Kiel Martin

What happens when you cross poor white trash with gangsta culture, then stick it on a horse? You get the Deadly Ponies Gang. Dwayne and Clint have...

Genre: Comedy

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River runs the one-man operation of Tranquility Records, recording animal sounds near his house and making music from them. The only neighboring...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Danny Mulheron

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Phil Crowley

A behind-the-scenes documentary on the making of "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King." Created by filmmaker Costa Botes (personally...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Peter Jackson

A behind-the-scenes documentary on the making of "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King." Created by filmmaker Costa Botes (personally...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Peter Jackson

Angie Meiklejohn, prominent and articulate Centrepoint survivor, is joined by her siblings in this lucid exploration of the legacy of sexual abuse,...

Genre: Documentary

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Candyman tells the amazing true story of David Klein, an eccentric candy inventor from LA, who came up with the concept of Jelly Belly®...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: David Herman Klein

Candyman tells the amazing true story of David Klein, an eccentric candy inventor from LA, who came up with the concept of Jelly Belly®...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: David Herman Klein

Candyman tells the amazing true story of David Klein, an eccentric candy inventor from LA, who came up with the concept of Jelly Belly®...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: David Herman Klein

Candyman tells the amazing true story of David Klein, an eccentric candy inventor from LA, who came up with the concept of Jelly Belly®...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: David Herman Klein

Nigel Gavin ran away with a circus when he was fifteen. Many years later, he is still performing incredible feats. This concert recording features a...

Genre: Music

Cast: Nigel Gavin

It is 1962. New Zealand is emerging from the austerity of the 1950s into a new age. Daniel is a nine-year-old Catholic boy, an only child given to...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Stacey Adams

A vivid first person look at the annual blues festival held in Nepal. The film features many performers but also shows the city and country,...

Genre: Documentary

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Their music has been described as deep blues from way down under, as if the Mississippi River had gorged its way through the center of the earth and...

Genre: Documentary

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Originally made for NZ television in 1988, this one hour documentary is now something of a time capsule or historical piece. It's also a record of a...

Genre: Documentary

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After 35 years of playing, one of New Zealand’s most accomplished Blues troubadours had still never recorded an album. Some of Dave...

Genre: Documentary

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A gang member wakes up one morning and decides he needs a day off. Inspired by a newspaper advertisement he impulsively decides to take a short ferry...

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A behind-the-scenes documentary on the making of "The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring." Created by filmmaker Costa Botes (personally...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Peter Jackson

A behind-the-scenes documentary on the making of "The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring." Created by filmmaker Costa Botes (personally...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Peter Jackson

A behind-the-scenes documentary on the making of "The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers." Created by filmmaker Costa Botes (personally selected by...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Peter Jackson

A behind-the-scenes documentary on the making of "The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers." Created by filmmaker Costa Botes (personally selected by...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Peter Jackson

River runs the one-man operation of Tranquility Records, recording animal sounds near his house and making music from them. The only neighboring...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Danny Mulheron