In Search of My Moehau

Framed as the final project of documentarian Werner Altmaier, the film follows Morris’ increasingly obsessive quest for the “Moehau.” Through Altmaier’s lens, he emerges as both lone man in an unforgiving landscape and self-mythologising explorer. But as his desperation deepens, it erodes his relationship with his girlfriend Amber and draws in a cast of similarly unhinged characters. What unfolds is part character study, part slow unravelling.

With its dry humour and lo-fi approach, the film recalls a distinctly Kiwi 'Blair Witch Project', gently skewering familiar tropes while finding unease and comedy in equal measure.

Co-directed by rising Kiwi actor Kieran Charnock (Stray, Slow West, After the Party) alongside longtime collaborator Jonathan Watt, this offbeat local indie feature delivers a quietly strange, darkly comic descent into the unknown.

– Heperi Mita

Directors, Writers, Producers
Kieran Charnock, 
Jonathan Watt
Music
Kabbalistic Village
Cast
Rama Buisson, Paul Paice, Fenton Lewis, Gabrielle Dally