Roseanne Liang
Roseanne Liang is a Chinese-New Zealand film director. Her first feature film, My Wedding and Other Secrets, was the first theatrically-released feature film made by a Chinese New Zealander, and became 2011's highest grossing local feature film in New Zealand. In 2020 Liang directed (and partially wrote) Shadow in the Cloud, a World War II fantasy/adventure film.
My Wedding and Other Secrets (2011)
A journey through a cultural minefield, navigating the divide between the traditional values of immigrant parents and the contemporary aspirations of their children in a new land. (more)
A journey through a cultural minefield, navigating the divide between the traditional values of immigrant parents and the contemporary aspirations of their children in a new land. (more)
The Dark Horse
(2014)
One-time Maori speed-chess champ, Genesis Potini, lives with a bi-polar disorder and must overcome prejudice and violence in the battle to save his struggling chess club, his family and ultimately, himself. (more)
One-time Maori speed-chess champ, Genesis Potini, lives with a bi-polar disorder and must overcome prejudice and violence in the battle to save his struggling chess club, his family and ultimately, himself. (more)
Do No Harm (2017)
3am. Hongjing, China. 1980s. A single-minded surgeon is forced to break her physician's oath when violent gangsters storm into a hospital to stop a crucial operation. (more)
3am. Hongjing, China. 1980s. A single-minded surgeon is forced to break her physician's oath when violent gangsters storm into a hospital to stop a crucial operation. (more)
Banana in a Nutshell (2005)
An intimate portrait of a Chinese-European couple in New Zealand, and their journey to get a blessing for marriage from traditional Chinese parents. The story that led to the film, My Wedding and Other Secrets. (more)
An intimate portrait of a Chinese-European couple in New Zealand, and their journey to get a blessing for marriage from traditional Chinese parents. The story that led to the film, My Wedding and Other Secrets. (more)
Take 3 (2008)
Ingeniously unfolding three tales in unison, Take 3 follows a trio of young asian-Kiwi actors on one horrifying day of auditions. (more)
Ingeniously unfolding three tales in unison, Take 3 follows a trio of young asian-Kiwi actors on one horrifying day of auditions. (more)
Shadow in the Cloud
(2020)
A WWII pilot traveling with top secret documents on a B-17 Flying Fortress encounters an evil presence on board the flight. (more)
A WWII pilot traveling with top secret documents on a B-17 Flying Fortress encounters an evil presence on board the flight. (more)
Rest Stop (2004)
On a cold and lonely night, a hapless driver stops to investigate an isolated rest stop. He finds himself caught in a series of deadly accidents… (more)
On a cold and lonely night, a hapless driver stops to investigate an isolated rest stop. He finds himself caught in a series of deadly accidents… (more)