Costa Botes Movies
- 2008

Yes That's Me: Dave Murphy Plays the Blues
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After 35 years of playing, one of New Zealand’s most accomplished Blues troubadours had still never recorded an album. Some of Dave...
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- 2025

Voice
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A journey into the life of blind jazz musician Caitlin Smith as she explores how her voice as a musician and teacher has become a tool of identity,...
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- 1987

Stalin's Sickle
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It is 1962. New Zealand is emerging from the austerity of the 1950s into a new age. Daniel is a nine-year-old Catholic boy, an only child given to...
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- 2009

Kathmandu Blues
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A vivid first person look at the annual blues festival held in Nepal. The film features many performers but also shows the city and country,...
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- 2011

Daytime Tiger
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Costa Botes’ portrait of New Zealand writer Michael Morrissey is indeed a tiger-ride – an up-close encounter with an extremely...
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- 2008

Nigel Gavin: A Job with the Circus
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Nigel Gavin ran away with a circus when he was fifteen. Many years later, he is still performing incredible feats. This concert recording features a...
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- 1970

Barbed Wire Canoe
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After he makes an emergency landing at a rural airfield, a young pilot finds himself on the run from crazed locals who want to eat him.
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- 2015

Act of Kindness
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Charting the ripple effects of real compassion, this inspiring true story follows a spirited young New Zealander’s search for the Rwandan...
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