The Ungrateful Tenant (2026)
An anxious renter's housing nightmare becomes a slapstick odyssey.
Released 2026-07-30T00:00:00.000Z · 78 min · Comedy, Horror
Languages: English (original), Silent (spoken)
It’s 2026 Auckland, New Zealand, through the black-and-white lens of the German expressionist silent era. If it weren't for the online group chat and the overused electric heater, the city’s 100-year-old bungalows with no insulation would make you believe it’s the 1920s. The Ungrateful Tenant follows an anxiety-ridden millennial renter who dreams of one day buying his own house. When his paranoid frustration comes to a head, he kicks out his ‘nightmare’ flatmate, only to be struck back by instant karma, sending him on a cursed odyssey in and out of flats across Auckland. Experience the brutal absurdity of the housing crisis in slapstick fashion.
Cast
Crew
| Annabel Kean | Production | Producer |
| Callum Devlin | Production | Producer |
| Conor Bowden | Writing | Writer |
| Conor Bowden | Directing | Director |
| Conor Bowden | Production | Producer |
| Conor Bowden | Camera | Director of Photography |
| Joshua Worthington-Church | Sound | Music |
| Kerri Roggio | Editing | Co-Editor |
| Mary-Lyn Chambers | Production | Executive Producer |
Titles
The Ungrateful Tenant