Gaylene Preston Trailers
Gaylene Preston is a New Zealand filmmaker.
Most Popular Gaylene Preston Trailers
Total trailers found: 21
Kaleidoscope Trailer (1987)
26 July 1987
This Kaleidoscope documentary timed in with the release of Nicholas Reid’s book A Decade of New Zealand Cinema.
Making Utu Trailer (1983)
05 February 1983
Making of documentary on the set of New Zealand's first epic Utu (1983), working with little money and dealing respectfully with matters of cultural protocol.
Punitive Damage Trailer (1999)
16 May 1999
The story of New Zealander Helen Todd's law suit against an Indonesian general that she pursued after her son, Kamal, was shot dead in the Dili massacre in East Timor.
Mr. Wrong Trailer (1986)
02 May 1986
A small town woman, fresh to the city, buys a used Jaguar haunted by the ghost of a woman who was slain in it.
Jessica Trailer (2021)
02 November 2021
Jess has a unique style and the confidence to show her creations to the world. With a penchant for fashion, a cereal box creation enables Jess to take a brave step on the catwalk.
Earthquake Trailer (2006)
01 July 2006
The Hawke’s Bay earthquake was New Zealand’s worst civil disaster. Over 250 people died following the 7.
Bread & Roses Trailer (1993)
18 July 1993
Based upon the life of activist and trade unionist (and later MP) Sonja Davies. The film covers her life up to 1956, when, at age 33, she was elected to the Nelson Hospital Board.
Perfect Strangers Trailer (2003)
09 October 2003
When Melanie goes home from the pub with a handsome stranger, she’s captivated by his charm and attentiveness.
Kai Pūrākau – The Storyteller Trailer (1987)
01 January 1987
Gaylene Preston's documentary on writer Keri Hulme — filmed two years after Hulme shot to global fame thanks to her Booker Prize-winning novel The Bone People — is both a poetic travelogue of Ōkārito (the township she lived in for 40 years), and a sampler-box of musings on Hulme's writing process, whitebait fishing, the supernatural, and the 1200 pages of notes for her next novel, the elusive Bait.
Home by Christmas Trailer (2010)
29 April 2010
A remarkable memoir of resilience, determination and love.Based on filmmaker Gaylene Preston's interviews with her father about his World War II experiences, reconstructed with actor Tony Barry as Ed Preston.
Ruby and Rata Trailer (1990)
14 July 1990
Ruby, an 83 year old trying to dodge a retirement home, rents a room to Rata, a solo mum with sidelines in music and benefit fraud.
The Monster's Christmas Trailer (1981)
25 December 1981
On Christmas Eve, a nameless little girl reads 'The Monster's Christmas' storybook to her teddy bear, as something sneaks around in the trees outside her window.
Operation 8 Trailer (2011)
17 April 2011
Operation 8 examines the so-called 'anti-terror' raids that took place around New Zealand on October 15, 2007 - asking how and why they took place and at what cost to those targeted.
War Stories Our Mothers Never Told Us Trailer (1996)
09 May 1996
Seven New Zealand women speak about their lives during World War II: some lost husbands, some got married, some went into service themselves.
My Year with Helen Trailer (2017)
10 June 2017
With unique access to high-ranking candidate Helen Clark, filmmaker Gaylene Preston casts a wry eye on proceedings as the United Nations chooses a new Secretary General.
GRACE A Prayer for Peace Trailer (2025)
03 August 2025
A portrait of one of Aotearoa’s greatest living artists by one of our greatest documentary filmmakers.
Celeste Trailer (2016)
29 August 2016
When Celeste needs some alone time, she watches back episodes of her favourite soap operas. At times the lines between reality and fantasy becomes a little blurred.
Breath of Peace Trailer (2005)
25 July 2005
A fascinating story of effort towards global peace, featuring eight peace people of Aotearoa New Zealand – spanning some seven decades – peacewalkers, petitioners, and folk in small boats and on the surfboards sailing out into the harbours in the face of huge warships.
Middle Age Spread Trailer (1979)
01 June 1979
Colin is the deputy principal of a city high school (Avondale College, Auckland) who reluctantly applies for the principal's job on the latter's retirement.
Ellen Is Leaving Trailer (2012)
02 September 2012
On the eve of departing overseas Ellen makes the fateful decision to gift her boyfriend a new girlfriend.
Nuclear Horror Show Parade Trailer (1983)
01 November 1983
This video from Gaylene Preston, shot on her VHS camera, captures an anti-nuclear protest four years before Aotearoa officially went nuclear-free.
