Shoreline Cinema Waikanae

Shoreline Cinema Waikanae The Shoreline has been serving the Cinematic needs of it's community for 15 years. Featuring an eclectic mix of films from New Zealand and around the world.

The ShoreLine Cinema is an independent Cinema established in the seaside town of Waikanae in 2008. The Shoreline Crew bring their passion for good film and Hospitality to the Kapiti coast and look forward to sharing the experience that encapsulates boutique cinema with you. We pride ourselves with the effort we make in our coffee using the sumptuous Rangitoto espresso blend from Allpress coffee. W

e offer quality range of Craft beers and wines including the award winning range of Tuatara beers made by the blokes just up the road. Throw into the mix New Zealand's iconic icecream from Fredrick Charles Rush Munro, and making life delicious we have an assortment of delights from our local Olde Beach Bakery. For those of you who enjoy a more technical spin, our cinema features two state of the art auditoriums, with Digital projection. Both theatres are fully air-conditioned and feature 7.1 Dolby surround sound. They are also equipped with the latest hearing-impaired technologies. You can enjoy all this in our supremely comfortable couches, especially designed for our theatre. The ShoreLine is a constantly changing panorama offering new discoveries and insights. We are proud of our cinema and look forward to entertaining you soon.

Our theme this week is about art and painters and their muses and their assistants. Ian McKellen returns to the screen a...
01/06/2026

Our theme this week is about art and painters and their muses and their assistants. Ian McKellen returns to the screen as Julian Sklar a once celebrated painter in London’s swinging sixties whose estranged children are conniving to create a legacy worth inheriting upon his inevitable demise in THE CHRISTOPHERS. Another British acting legend namely Derek Jacobi returns to play artist Lucien Freud in MOSS & FREUD. This is a based upon a true story where an unlikely artistic collaboration between the famously reclusive portrait artist and supermodel Kate Moss, whereby a rapport develops to the point of her becoming his muse.

01/06/2026

"Two of the best performances you'll see all year" — Rolling Stone

Ian McKellen and Michaela Coel in a battle of wits in Steven Soderbergh’s smart, sharp and remarkably entertaining comedy THE CHRISTOPHERS. Screening at Shoreline Cinema now !

26/05/2026

Two tasty films on the menu for you enjoy this week. The return of Dustin Hoffman and raising star Leo Goodhall in TUNER, as fictional story about a guy who discovers that his meticulous skills for tuning pianos can equally be applied to cracking safes. WORDS OF WAR is a true-life story about the courageous of Russian investigative journalist and human rights activist Anna Politkovskaya. It documents her fearless crusade to report on the devastating war in Chechnya and expose state corruption under Vladimir Putin, a mission that ultimately costs her life.

25/05/2026

Everybody has one hidden talent.

A talented Piano tuners meticulous skills for tuning pianos lead him to discover an unexpected aptitude for cracking safes, turning his life upside down.

TUNER, Screening at Shoreline Cinema from this Thursday onwards !

'Growing up never ends'New Zealand actor and filmmaker Chelsie Preston Crayford makes her feature directorial debut with...
14/05/2026

'Growing up never ends'

New Zealand actor and filmmaker Chelsie Preston Crayford makes her feature directorial debut with this multi-generational family drama centred on a teenage girl, a middle-age mother, and a caterpillar-loving grandmother.

Set in a run-down Wellington villa in 2003, Caterpillar follows three women living separate lives under one leaky roof. Sixteen-year-old Cassie is all bravado and vulnerability, drifting into risky territory as she searches for belonging. Her mother Maxine, 52, is a formidable single parent and filmmaker on the brink of a long-awaited breakthrough, finally offered a greenlight—if she can land a star.

Holding everything together is Huia, Cassie’s grandmother, 80, whose life has been defined by quiet service to family and a private obsession with raising monarch caterpillars, dreaming of one day witnessing the legendary butterfly migration in Mexico.

Screening at Shoreline Cinema from today onwards!

If you’re in the mood for something Irish and a bit gritty then CHRISTY could be the film for you. 2026 winner for best ...
11/05/2026

If you’re in the mood for something Irish and a bit gritty then CHRISTY could be the film for you. 2026 winner for best film and best Director in the Irish Film & TV awards. It’s about a young man called Christy who gets bumped around foster homes until he finds where he really belongs. CATERPILLAR is the debut feature film from Chelsea Preston-Crayford. Three women living under the same roof are thrust into a journey of love, loss and transformation.

Sometimes to move forwards you have to go back.CHRISTY- the feature debut film from Director Brendan Canty, based on his...
11/05/2026

Sometimes to move forwards you have to go back.

CHRISTY- the feature debut film from Director Brendan Canty, based on his short film of the same name, follows 17-year-old Christy at a crossroads after he’s kicked out of his suburban foster home and moves in with his estranged older brother in Cork’s Northside.

CHRISTY celebrates the power of community through its honest and warm-hearted depiction of finding tribe and a family, and provides a hopeful, humorous and inclusive snapshot of Irelands contemporary youth: a story that champions universal themes of a search for identity and belonging.

Winner of The Grand Prix at this year’s Berlin International Film Festival, as well as Best Irish Film at the Galway Film Fleadh, Christy is a punchy drama not to be missed.
Screening at Shoreline Cinema from 14.05 onwards

05/05/2026

A whodunnit for the whole flock.

The Sheep Detectives Screening at Shoreline Cinema from this Thursday onwards!

On a secluded New Year's Eve getaway. Four stoners find themselves guests of a reclusive farmer with a deadly stash: A s...
05/05/2026

On a secluded New Year's Eve getaway. Four stoners find themselves guests of a reclusive farmer with a deadly stash: A strain of w**d that (No spoilers) gives them the most extreme case of the munchies ever recorded.

Come see this little NZ film on the big screen and support some young film makers!

Address

10 Mahara Place
Waikanae
5036

Opening Hours

Monday 10am - 8:30pm
Tuesday 10am - 8:30pm
Wednesday 10am - 8:30pm
Thursday 10am - 8:30pm
Friday 10am - 8:30pm
Saturday 10am - 8:30pm
Sunday 10am - 8:30pm

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+6449028070

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