Nancy Brunning – MRQE

Reunion (2020/VI)

Sat, 30 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

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.

Ser du månen, Daniel

Mon, 01 Sep 2025 04:00:00 +0000

A young novice at an isolated convent is confronted with the sudden desire to explore her sexual self in the wake of meeting a blue-tongued lizard. DANIEL is a religious erotic drama set in rural New Zealand.

Mahana

Thu, 28 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

It is the 1960s. Two Maori families, the Mahanas and the Poatas, make a living shearing sheep on the east coast of New Zealand. The two clans, who are bitter enemies, face each other as rivals at the annual sheep shearing competitions. Simeon is a 14-year-old scion of the Mahana clan. A courageous schoolboy, he rebels against his authoritarian grandfather Tamihana and his traditional ways of thinking and begins to unravel the reasons for the long-standing feud between the two families. Before long, the hierarchies and established structures of the community are in disarray because Tamihana, who is as stubborn as he is proud, is not prepared to acquiesce and pursue new paths. The story is adapted from Witi Ihimaera’s novel Bulibasha: King of the Gypsies.

The Strength of Water

Thu, 04 Sep 2025 04:00:00 +0000

When a mysterious stranger arrives in their isolated coastal town, 10-year-old twins, Kimi and Melody are forced apart. Kimi must find the strength to let go of what he loves the most.

Crooked Earth

Tue, 26 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Will Bastion returns home from the army after an absence of 20 years to bury his father, the former chief of thee Maori tribe, Ngati Kaipuku. The eldest son, he is reluctant to inherit his fathers role, so it is taken more willingly by his younger brother, Kahu. Kahu is the leader of a band of drug dealers and trouble-makers who ride horses through the middle of town, wrecking peoples gardens. Under the guise of refusal of a land settlement, Kahu makes a large marijuana deal with some murdering city folk. Will must choose between loyalty for his brother and his father, Maori tradition, and contemporary financial issues.

What Becomes of the Broken Hearted?

Sat, 23 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Five years have passed and Jake has turned his back on his family. He’s still up to his usual tricks in McClutchy’s Bar, unaware, as he downs his latest opponent, that his eldest son, Nig, has died in a gang fight. The uncomfortable family reunion at Nig’s funeral sparks a confrontation with second son, Sonny, and sets Jake and Sonny on a downward spiral.

When Love Comes

Sun, 24 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Between getting trashed, tripping, blowing guys off and writing songs, Mark falls for Stephen. Fig and Sally put perform Marks songs between casual sex with anyone and everyone. Katie is a few-hit wonder who hit rock-bottom in L.A and returns to New Zealand to patch her life back together. Stephen, Mark and Katie branch out for a slumber party at a beach house of their better days. Fig and Sally arrive, and not long after Eddie arrives also (Katies American guy). Mark stops running away from Stephens love, Katie and Eddie get engaged and Fig and Sally … have sex?