Film

The Ungrateful Tenant

2026 · 1h 18m

An anxious renter's housing nightmare becomes a slapstick odyssey.

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.

Conor Bowden

The Tenant

Tim Earl

The Flatmate

Conan Hayes

The Love Interest

Carmel McGlone

The Landlord

Justin Rogers

The Real Estate Agent

Rhiannon McCall

The First Home Buyer

Hamish Parkinson

The Flat Viewer

Paul Kean

The Money Man

• Conor BowdenWriter · Director · Producer · Director of Photography
• Annabel KeanProducer
• Callum DevlinProducer
• Mary-Lyn ChambersExecutive Producer

Release date

July 30, 2026

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

1h 18m