One Thousand Ropes

{{Short description|2017 film}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2020}}

{{Infobox film

| name = One Thousand Ropes

| image = One Thousand Ropes.jpg

| caption = Film poster

| director = Tusi Tamasese

| producer = Catherine Fitzgerald

| writer = Tusi Tamasese

| starring = Uelese Petaia
Frankie Adams
Beulah Koale
Ene Petaia
Anapela Polataivao
Sima Urale

| music = Tim Prebble

| cinematography = Leon Narbey

| editing = Annie Collins

| distributor = Transmission Films

| released = {{Film date|2017|2|10|Berlin|df=yes}}

| runtime = 98 minutes

| country = New Zealand

| language = Samoan

| budget =

| gross = $133,761{{cite web|url=http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/intl/?page=&wk=2017W13&id=_fONETHOUSANDROPES01|title=One Thousand Ropes |work=Box Office Mojo|accessdate=29 September 2017}}

}}

One Thousand Ropes is a 2017 New Zealand drama film directed by Tusi Tamasese.{{cite web|url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/one-thousand-ropes-berlin-2017-972533 |title='One Thousand Ropes': Film Review Berlin 2017 |work=Hollywood Reporter |date=12 February 2017 |accessdate=12 February 2017}} It was screened in the Panorama section at the 67th Berlin International Film Festival.{{cite web |url=https://www.berlinale.de/en/presse/pressemitteilungen/alle/Alle-Detail_36372.html |title=Panorama 2017 Programme Complete |work=Berlinale |date=25 January 2017 |accessdate=26 January 2017 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170130151206/https://www.berlinale.de/en/presse/pressemitteilungen/alle/Alle-Detail_36372.html |archivedate=30 January 2017 }} It was selected as the New Zealand entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 90th Academy Awards, but was not nominated.{{cite web|url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/film/97403916/oscars-2018-one-thousand-ropes-named-as-nzs-foreign-language-contender |title=Oscars 2018: One Thousand Ropes named as NZ's foreign language contender |work=Stuff |date=29 September 2017 |accessdate=29 September 2017}}