RACHEL HOUSE

COUSINS (2021)
Starring Tanea Heke, Rachel House, Briar Grace Smith, Ana Scotney, Tioreore Ngatai-Melbourne, Cian Elyse White, Miriama Smith, Chelsie Preston Crayford, Cohen Holloway and Kirk Torrance. Directed by Ainsley Gardiner and Briar Grace Smith.

Mata, Missy and Makareta. Three cousins. Three lives. Separate, yet bound together forever. Orphaned Mata believes she has no whānau and lives out her lonely childhood in fear and bewilderment. Back home on the land, educated Makareta flees an arranged marriage to study law and begin the search for her missing cousin. She leaves behind cheeky yet dutiful Missy who takes on her role of kaitiaki (guardian) of the land. As the years pass and land surveyors begin to encroach, their promise to bring their stolen cousin home seems more unlikely than ever, until a chance encounter changes everything.

PENGUIN BLOOM (2021)
Starring Naomi Watts, Andrew Lincoln, Jacki Weaver, Rachel House, Gia Carides, Leeanna Walsman, Lisa Hensley, Randolph Fields, Felix Cameron and Abe Clifford-Barr. Directed by Glendyn Ivin.

Cameron and Sam Bloom and their three boys were an everyday family until a shocking, near fatal accident left Sam paralyzed. As the family struggled to adjust to her new situation, an unlikely ally entered their lives in the form of an injured Magpie chick. The family dubbed her 'Penguin.'

REVIEWS Penguin Bloom - An inspiring true Aussie film

ELLIE & ABBIE (& ELLIE'S DEAD AUNT) (2020)
Starring Rachel House, Marta Dusseldorp, Sophie Hawkshaw and Zoe Terakes. Directed by Monica Zanetti.

School captain Ellie has a serious crush on her classmate Abbie. When Ellie accidentally spills the beans to her mum and outs herself in the process, things start to get complicated, and a little bit spooky. Enter her deceased aunt Tara, a lesbian activist from the ‘80s who returns from the dead to act as a kind of fairy godmother to Ellie, guiding her through the trials and tribulations of her first love.

BABY DONE (2020)
Starring Rose Matafeo, Matthew Lewis, Johanna Cosgrove, Rachel House, Emily Barclay, Madeleine Sami, Nic Sampson, Ryan O'Kane, Loren Taylor and Matenga Ashby. Directed by Curtis Vowell.

Wannabe adventurer Zoe freaks out when she falls pregnant to her long-term boyfriend Tim. As Tim embraces the prospect of fatherhood, Zoe attempts to rush through her dreams.

REVIEWS Baby Done - Pregnancy has a hilarious new poster child - thank you, New Zealand

BELLBIRD (2020)
Starring Cohen Holloway, Marshall Napier, Rachel House, Annie Whittle, Kahukura Retimana and Stephen Tamarapa. Directed by Hamish Bennett.

In the wake of the loss of his beloved wife, a rural community rallies around a farmer to help him deal with his grief.

MOANA (2016)
Starring Auli'L Cravalho, Dwayne Johnson, Rachel House, Jemaine Clement and Alan Tudyk. Directed by Ron Clements and John Musker.

Three thousand years ago, the greatest sailors in the world voyaged across the vast Pacific, discovering the many islands of Oceania. But then, for a millennium, their voyages stopped – and no one today knows why.

REVIEWS Moana - Yet another Disney classic in the making

THE DARK HORSE (2014)
Starring Cliff Curtis, James Rolleston, Kirk Torrance, Sia Trokenheim, Andrew Grainger, Xavier Horan, Roseanne Liang, Miriama McDowell, Rachel House and Wayne Hapi. Directed by James Napier.

An inspiring true story based on the life of a charismatic, brilliant but little-known New Zealand hero and chess champion, Genesis Potini.

WHITE LIES (2013)
Starring Whirimako Black, Antonia Prebble and Rachel House. Directed by Dana Rotberg.

Paraiti is a medicine woman. She is the healer and midwife of her rural, tribal people – she believes in life. But new laws are in force prohibiting unlicensed healers.

On a rare trip to the city, she is approached by Maraea (Rachel House), the servant of a wealthy woman, Rebecca, who seeks her knowledge and assistance in order to hide a secret which could destroy Rebecca’s position in European settler society.

SOUL
Starring Jamie Foxx, Tina Fey, Ahmir-Khalib Thompson, Phylicia Rashād, Daveed Diggs, John Ratzenberger, Richard Ayoade, Graham Norton, Rachel House and Alice Braga. Directed by Pete Docter.

Joe Gardner is a middle-school band teacher who gets the chance of a lifetime to play at the best jazz club in town. But one small misstep takes him from the streets of New York City to The Great Before – a fantastical place where new souls get their personalities, quirks and interests before they go to Earth. Determined to return to his life, Joe teams up with a precocious soul, 22 (voice of Tina Fey), who has never understood the appeal of the human experience. As Joe desperately tried to show 22 what’s great about living, he may just discover the answers to some of life’s most important questions.

REVIEWS Soul - Pixar's finest work in years