Editing Cinema of New Zealand (section)

===The classical era: 1920s–1960s===
New Zealand's was a small-scale film industry between the 1920s and 1960s. In the 1920s and 1930s, [[Rudall Hayward]] made a number of feature films on New Zealand themes. ''[[Rewi's Last Stand]]'' was probably his best, but little of this 1925 film survives. The film was remade with sound in 1940.<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |title=Rudall Hayward |url=https://www.nzonscreen.com/profile/rudall-hayward/biography |access-date=2023-05-28 |website=[[NZ On Screen]] |language=en-NZ}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=The Last Stand |url=https://www.ngataonga.org.nz/explore-stories/stories/film/the-last-stand/ |access-date=2023-05-28 |website=Ngā Taonga |language=en-NZ}}</ref> Independent filmmaker [[John O'Shea (director)|John O'Shea]] was active from 1940 to 1970 making New Zealand cinema; his company [[Pacific Films]] produced numerous short films as well as the three New Zealand feature films made in that period: ''[[Broken Barrier]]'' (1952) with [[Roger Mirams]]; ''[[Runaway (1964 film)|Runaway]]'' (1964); and ''[[Don't Let It Get You]]'' (1966).<ref>{{Cite web |last=Reid |first=John |date=2020 |title=O'Shea, John Dempsey – Biography |url=https://teara.govt.nz/en/biographies/6o2/oshea-john-dempsey |website=Dictionary of New Zealand Biography {{!}} Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand}}</ref>

However, most New Zealand-made films of the period were [[documentary film|documentaries]]. The [[National Film Unit]] was a government-funded producer of short films, documentaries, and publicity material. ''[[This is New Zealand]]'', a short film made for the [[Expo '70|World Expo in 1970]], was extremely popular there and subsequently screened in New Zealand cinemas, garnering considerable acclaim. It used three separate projectors to create a wide-screen image. The film was restored in 2006 and shown at the 2007 [[New Zealand International Film Festivals]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.hughmacfilm.co.nz/this-is-new-zealand-redux.html|title=''This is New Zealand'' redux|website=www.hughmacfilm.co.nz|language=en-GB|access-date=2017-07-18|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170614002340/http://hughmacfilm.co.nz/this-is-new-zealand-redux.html|archive-date=14 June 2017}}</ref>