'' The Dark Horse '' is a 2014 New Zealand drama film written and directed by James Napier Robertson and starring Cliff Curtis and James Rolleston . It won Best Picture , Best Director , Best Screenplay , Best Actor , Best Supporting Actor and Best Score at the 2014 New Zealand Film Awards , Best Film at the 2015 Seattle International Film Festival ( SIFF ) , 2015 San Francisco International Film Festival ( SFIFF ) and 2015 Rotterdam International Film Festival ( IFFR ) , was '' New York Times '' Critics ' Pick and '' Time '' Magazine Critics ' Pick , and was labeled by leading New Zealand critics as " One of the greatest New Zealand films ever made " . It premiered at the 2014 Toronto International Film Festival ( TIFF ) , and was created by production company Four Knights Film . The film was released theatrically in the U.S. by Broad Green Pictures on 1 April 2016
2014 New Zealand Film Awards
2014 Rialto Channel New Zealand Film Awards
The Dark Horse (2014 film)