Movies: Stephen Lovatt

  • 2024
    The Convert

    The Convert (2024)

    The Convert

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    Munro, a soldier turned lay preacher, comes to New Zealand to minister to the first British colonists, but he is converted by the powerful chief Maianui to serve a different purpose....

    The Convert
  • 2021
    The Power of the Dog

    The Power of the Dog (2021)

    The Power of the Dog

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    A domineering but charismatic rancher wages a war of intimidation on his brother's new wife and her teen son, until long-hidden secrets come to light....

    The Power of the Dog
  • 2001
    Zenon: The Zequel

    Zenon: The Zequel (2001)

    Zenon: The Zequel

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    Zenon Kar is 15 and lives on a space station which the military has taken over and is dismantling. She receives a mysterious signal and must convince everyone that it's from aliens who have come to help them....

    Zenon: The Zequel
  • 2016
    The Patriarch

    The Patriarch (2016)

    The Patriarch

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    1960s, East Coast of New Zealand. Two Māori sheep-shearing families, the Mahanas and the Poatas, are longstanding enemies and commercial rivals. 14-year-old Simeon Mahana, the youngest son of the youngest son is in conflict with his traditionalist gr...

    The Patriarch
  • 2014
    The Cure

    The Cure (2014)

    The Cure

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    When a young female scientist discovers that the pharmaceutical company she works for had developed a cure for cancer years earlier, she attempts to release it to the world. Knowing that they make more money from chemotherapy drugs than the cure, the...

    The Cure
  • 2011
    Waitangi Day: What Really Happened

    Waitangi Day: What Really Happened (2011)

    Waitangi Day: What Really Happened

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    This docudrama follows an imaginary news reporter who travels back in time to cover the days leading up to the Treaty of Waitangi's signing on 6 February 1840. Dropping the usual solemnity surrounding Aotearoa's founding document, it uses humour and ...

    Waitangi Day: What Really Happened
  • 2008
    Show of Hands

    Show of Hands (2008)

    Show of Hands

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    Jess is a solo mother and reluctant parking warden. Tom is a self-obsessed greetings cards salesman with an addiction to competitions who will do anything to win. Together they are just two of the competitors in a gruelling endurance contest to win a...

    Show of Hands
  • 2000
    Savage Honeymoon

    Savage Honeymoon (2000)

    Savage Honeymoon

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    Dean is threatening to firebomb his ex-girlfriend's wedding. Mickey is filling the garage with stolen goods - again, and pierced teenage daughter, Leesa, is an accident waiting to happen on the family's beloved Triumph motorbike. An unconventional ...

    Savage Honeymoon
  • 2017
    Resolve

    Resolve (2017)

    Resolve

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    Based on the true story of Chris Crean, who took a stand against gang violence in his community only to become a target himself....

    Resolve
  • 2021
    Flunk: The Exchange

    Flunk: The Exchange (2021)

    Flunk: The Exchange

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    Sabina and Esther's relationship is pushed to breaking point when international exchange student Annie comes to stay....

    Flunk: The Exchange
  • 2002
    This Is Not a Love Story

    This Is Not a Love Story (2002)

    This Is Not a Love Story

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    In an inner city loft Belinda(Smuts-Kennedy) lives her dream of being a writer. Across the street is Suzanne (Rutter), a painter who has the success Belinda craves. Suzanne lives with Tony (Lovatt), an actor frustrated by his dead-end role in a soa...

    This Is Not a Love Story
  • 1993
    Typhon's People

    Typhon's People (1993)

    Typhon's People

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    A scientist in New Zealand has a secret lab where experiments are performed on humans. When he is assassinated, opposing forces rush to his hideaway to suppress or expose his secrets....

    Typhon's People
  • 2013
    Fantail

    Fantail (2013)

    Fantail

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    A feisty young petrol station attendant attempts to figure out her place in the world....

    Fantail
  • 1997
    Highwater

    Highwater (1997)

    Highwater

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    A big-city director working in advertising discovers a better life in small-town New Zealand....

    Highwater
  • 2020
    Chekhov's The Seagull

    Chekhov's The Seagull (2020)

    Chekhov's The Seagull

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    Chekhov's famous characters are reimagined with a Kiwi twist and congregate over Zoom. In a direct commentary of our world in lockdown, the characters are still searching for meaning in their lives while battling love, jealousy, dissatisfaction, drea...

    Chekhov's The Seagull
  • 2018
    Charmer

    Charmer (2018)

    Charmer

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    A lonely woman goes on a date with a disagreeable bachelor and must decide what's more important: compatibility or companionship....

    Charmer