Point of View Podcast – Ep.14 with Rob Sarkies (dir.) Pike River

2025-11-04

This month on Point of View, host Tom Augustine sits down with acclaimed New Zealand filmmaker Rob Sarkies to discuss his powerful new film Pike River currently the #1 film in New Zealand. Based on the tragic 2010 Pike River Mine disaster, the film follows the years-long fight for justice led by Anna Osborne (Melanie Lynskey) and Sonya Rockhouse (Robyn Malcolm), whose husband and son were among the 29 men who lost their lives. 🎬 Pike River is now showing in cinemas across New Zealand. What to Expect Hear Rob Sar...

This month on Point of View, host Tom Augustine sits down with acclaimed New Zealand filmmaker Rob Sarkies to discuss his powerful new film Pike River currently the #1 film in New Zealand.

Based on the tragic 2010 Pike River Mine disaster, the film follows the years-long fight for justice led by Anna Osborne (Melanie Lynskey) and Sonya Rockhouse (Robyn Malcolm), whose husband and son were among the 29 men who lost their lives.

🎬 Pike River is now showing in cinemas across New Zealand.

What to Expect

Hear Rob Sarkies (Director) share his creative journey bringing Pike River to life
• Discover how research, preparation, and emotional storytelling shaped the film
• Learn why being grounded in place and connected to real people makes a story resonate. “You start with a feeling,”

View on Screen in November

TERROR-FI Fest:

Bugonia
• Sisu 2
• Primate
• Keeper
• Predator: Badlands
• The Running Man
• We Bury the Dead
• Deathgasm 2
• Nirvanna the Band: The Show – The Movie
• Legend of Ochi
• Familiar Touch
• Now You See Me Now You Don’t
• Wicked For Good
• Die My Love
• Nuremberg
• The Golden Spurtle
• Zootopia 2
• Train Dreams
• Jay Kelly

Best of Streaming Coming Out

Frankenstein
• Pluribus
• Left-Handed Girl
• Nouvelle Vague
• Stranger Things 5

View Box:

Rialto Channel Presents – The Surfer, Premieres November 8, 8:30pm
The Intrepid British & Irish Film Festival 2025 is now underway across New Zealand, running from 29 October to 19 November. It brings together a curated selection of standout films from the UK and Ireland, with screenings in cities nationwide and a chance to see acclaimed premieres and genre‑highlights on the big screen.

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