- 50 ways of saying fabulous, MF Films in association with the New Zealand Film Commission and New Zealand On Air presents ; produced by Michele Fantl ; written and directed by Stewart Mainches
- Slow west, an A24 release ; Film4, BFI, and the New Zealand Film Commission present ; in association with Cross City Films and Hanway Films ; a DMW Film/See-Saw Films/Rachel Gardner Films production ; producers, Iain Canning, Rachel Gardner, Conor McCaughan, Emile Sherman ; written and directed by John Maclean
- Heavenly creatures, Miramax Films presents ; a WingNut Films production ; co-produced with Fontana Film Production GmbH in association with the New Zealand Film Commission ; screenplay, Frances Walsh, Peter Jackson ; producer, Jim Booth ; director, Peter Jackson
- Mr. Pip, Olympus Pictures and New Zealand Film Commission ; NZ on Air and Daydream Productions in association with Eyeworks Films ; a Strange Weather production ; written, produced, directed by Andrew Adamson
- Boy, Whenua Films and The New Zealand Film Production Fund ; Unison Films, in association with The New Zealand Film Commission, New Zealand on Air, Te Mangai Paho present ; a film by Taika Waititi ; written and directed by Taika Waititi ; produced by Ainsley Gardiner, Cliff Curtis, Emanuel Michael
- The world's fastest Indian, OLC/Rights Entertainment Tanlay AG, the New Zealand Film Production Fund and the New Zealand Film Commission in association with 3 Dogs & a Pony present a Donaldson/Hannam production of a Roger Donaldson film ; producers Roger Donaldson, Gary Hannam ; co-producer, John J. Kelly ; written and directed by Roger Donaldson
- The ugly, Trimark Pictures and Essential Films in association with the New Zealand Film Commission present ; produced by Jonathan Dowling ; written and directed by Scott Reynolds
- Beyond the edge, General Film Corporation in association with the New Zealand Film Commission, NZ on Air Platinum Fund and Digital Post presents a Matthew Metcalfe production ; screen story, Matthew Metcalfe and Leanne Pooley ; producer, Matthew Metcalfe ; written and directed by Leanne Pooley
- Derby dogs, Screen Media presents in association with The New Zealand Film Commission and NZ On Air ; screenplay by Andrew Gunn and Tony Simpson ; produced by Tim Sanders ; directed by Tony Simpson
- Whale rider, Newmarket Films release, South Pacific Pictures, Apollomedia, Pandora Film present in association The New Zealand Film Production Fund, The New Zealand Film Commission, NZ on Air and sponsored by Filmstiftung Nordrhein-Westfalen GmbH ; producers, Tim Sanders, John Barnett, Frank Hübner ; written & directed by Niki Caro
- Derby Dogs
- Whale Rider
- Heavenly creatures, Miramax Films ; a Wingnut Films Production co-produced with Fontana Film Productions GmbH in association with the New Zealand Film Commission
- Whale rider, South Pacific Pictures, Apollomedia, Pandora Film present in association The New Zealand Film Production Fund, the New Zealand Film Commission, NZ on Air and sponsored by Filmstiftung Nordrhein-Westfalen GmbH ; producers, Tim Sanders, John Barnett, Frank Hübner ; written and directed by Niki Caro
- Antarctica, a year on ice, Music Box Films presents an Antzworks production ; produced, photographed and directed by Anthony Powell
- The world's fastest Indian, OLC/Rights Entertainment ; New Zealand Film Commission ; produced by Roger Donaldson, Gary Hannam ; writer, director, Roger Donaldson
- An angel at my table, a trilogy, produced by Hibiscus Films in association with the New Zealand Film Commission, Television New Zealand, Australian Broadcasting Corporation and Channel 4 ; FineLine Features ; screenplay, Laura Jones ; produced by Bridget Ikin ; directed by Jane Campion