Producer Stevie Davis-Tana speaks about how Loading Docs helps bring passionate stories to life. Find out more about 'Mauri Moana', a looming ecological crisis on the serene shores of Aotea. 🪸
www.loadingdocs.net/new-season/mauri-moana
Hear from the Season 10 filmmakers as Loading Docs hosted the first creative workshop of the year. Each year, we offer extensive guidance to filmmakers, mentoring them through the production journey.
Want to make a Loading Docs? Filmmakers in New Zealand can now submit an expression of interest to be part of the coming season!
💡 Submit up to 3 short documentary ideas
🎬 Receive early feedback
🎥 Learn more about the stories we are looking for
https://loadingdocs.net/expressions-of-interest/
We encourage you to reach out early and welcome opportunities to engage with filmmakers before the summer break.
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新年好 Happy Chinese New Year! To celebrate we are digging into our 2016 archive to share with you 'How Mr and Mrs. Gock saved the Kumara.' In 1952, young Chinese refugees Fay and Joe fell in love. Together they became pioneers in New Zealand's horticultural industry and saved our beloved indigenous crop: the Kumara. This is a film that will absolutely fill your heart. Happiness and prosperity to all.
With Fay's passing in late 2018, the family sees this film as a beautiful commemoration of her life with Joe. They thank Felicity and Arani, and the team at Diva Productions' for telling Joe & Fay's story with love and respect.
Director: Felicity Morgan-Rhind
Producer: Arani Cuthbert
Megan Blackwell
Challenging conventions of life and death. From Loading Docs season 4 musical and documentary unite in 'Coffin Club'. A group of rebellious, creative Kiwi seniors give death the middle finger, one crazy coffin at a time🖕👵⚰️
Director: Briar March
Producer: Kim Harrop
To celebrate sparkling, generous and life-affirming vibes for a New Year we have reached into the Loading Docs Season One archive to share 'Wayne' - a film that encourages us all to have faith in love. 🥰
Kirsty Griffin Viv Kernick Bella Pacific Media
Loading Docs short documentary 'Fast Eddie'
NEW: Watch short documentary 'Fast Eddie'.
"Don't give up and die... If you want to do something, do it." - Eddie Meechan
Seeking joy after his life-threatening diagnosis, a determined father attempts one last adventure with his daughter: an ambitious bike ride that will push them to physical and emotional limits. 🎥 Director: Keely Meechan, Producer: Virginia Wickham
Loading Docs short documentary 'Believing is Seeing'
NEW: short documentary 'Believing Is Seeing'
"Can social media make us sick?" - Dr. Robert Bartholomew
A mysterious outbreak of tic disorders among young people leads Dr Robert Bartholomew to question whether social media is making us sick.
🎥 Director: Sophie Black, Producer: Nikhil Madhan
Loading Docs short documentary 'Testimony'
NEW: Watch short documentary 'Testimony'
"It would have been better if they had apologised to the two who were directly impacted, my parents" - Tesimoni Fuavao
Forty-five years after his parents were wrongfully imprisoned for overstaying, a Tongan New Zealander finally admits the painful truth behind what really happened to his family during the Dawn Raids.
🎥 Director: Alice Lolohea, Producers: Sandra Kailahi
Loading Docs short documentary 'He Ōhākī - Imparting Words of Wisdom'
NEW: Watch short documentary 'He Ōhākī - Imparting Words of Wisdom'
"We want to be a people who grew from this land, and whose ethnic origins are steeply tied into this land, and whose traditions have come from the land." - John Rangihau
Centuries of Tūhoe wisdom are illuminated by Kararaina Rangihau, youngest daughter of John Rangihau, as a means of truly addressing the impact of institutional racism against Māori. 🎥
Director: Kararaina Rangihau, Producers: Ruth Kaupua, Kelly Davis
Loading Docs short documentary 'Mana Over Meth.'
NEW: Watch short documentary 'Mana Over Meth'
"Disconnected from my whakapapa. I knew I was Māori, but I didn’t know what that meant." - Jessica Apanui
Determined to break the cycle for her tamariki, one wāhine toa turns her troubled life of addiction and trauma around by rediscovering her wairua and reclaiming her mana. 🎥
Director: Holly Beckham, Producers: Holly Beckham, Jason Crane
Loading Docs short documentary 'Believing is Seeing'
NEW: short documentary 'Believing Is Seeing'
"Can social media make us sick?" - Dr. Robert Bartholomew
A mysterious outbreak of tic disorders among young people leads Dr Robert Bartholomew to question whether social media is making us sick.
🎥 Director: Sophie Black, Producer: Nikhil Madhan
Loading Docs short documentary 'E Blacks'
NEW: Watch short documentary 'E Blacks'
"I don't only feel like I'm learning about DOTA, I'm learning more about myself as a person every day." - Sam 'Fury' Johnson
A passionate video gamer leads his team on a turbulent battle to be the first New Zealanders to compete in Esports in the Commonwealth Games.
🎥 Director: Ashley Pitman, Producer: The Unkindness
#Dota2 #dota2 #esports #videogames
Loading Docs short documentary 'Shred'
NEW: Watch short documentary 'Shred.'
"It's always good to have your goals unsatisfied.' - Hayden Kendrick
A teenage bodybuilder must take extreme measures to sculpt the perfect body as he pursues his ultimate goal of winning his first bodybuilding competition.
🎥 Director: Harry Wynn, Producer: Lesley Hansen
Loading Docs short documentary 'Mana Over Meth.'
NEW: Watch short documentary 'Mana Over Meth'
"Disconnected from my whakapapa. I knew I was Māori, but I didn’t know what that meant." - Jessica Apanui
Determined to break the cycle for her tamariki, one wāhine toa turns her troubled life of addiction and trauma around by rediscovering her wairua and reclaiming her mana. 🎥
Director: Holly Beckham, Producers: Holly Beckham, Jason Crane
Loading Docs short documentary 'Beneath the Surface'
NEW: Watch short documentary 'Beneath the Surface'
"I one hundred percent believe most athletes have at one point thought about throwing in the towel. For me, it happens every couple of months."
New Zealand’s first Tongan swimming champion Tupou Neiufi battles self-doubt and setbacks as she fights for a medal at the Commonwealth Games. 🎥 Director: Gill Higgins, Producers: Vea Mafile'o, Sarah Stewart
