Month: March 2015

31 Mar 2015
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You did it!

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Today (Tuesday) marks the last day of crowd-funding and all 10 documentary shorts are funded with one day to spare. Hooray!
It has been an adrenaline fuelled month with some projects galloping far beyond their funding goals and some taking it down to the wire. Congrats to every team. Your persistence has paid off.

Thank you also to all the supporters who have offered social shares, tweets, moral support and of course, cash. Our appreciation knows no bounds.

Now it is time to focus forward and with much excitement we move on to the next phase.

Production!

We will be keeping you up-to-date on the progress of the documentaries during production and offering some insight into the behind-the-scenes worlds of the stories. Plus we have a few surprises up our sleeve for the coming months so stand-by for some thrilling developments and invitations.

25 Mar 2015
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Crystal Palace to get Three Minutes of Fame

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Stuff+logoThe rundown yet beloved Crystal Palace Theatre will take centre-stage in a new documentary.

And the filmmakers hope their work will inspire someone to restore the 86-year-old cinema in the Auckland suburb of Mt Eden.

The theatre, decorated with large 1920s-era shells and faded gold trim, has been mostly closed since 1995, apart from the odd monthly film screening.  Read more

13 Mar 2015
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Trilogy Sponsors Waihorotiu Documentary

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trilogy-logo-red-writing-vector_500We’re very excited to announce a partnership with Loading Docs 2015, a platform that works to promote documentary film making in New Zealand.

Trilogy is sponsoring one of the ten short documentaries, Waihorotiu, matching each dollar the filmmakers raise through crowd-funding, up to a maximum of $2000.

Waihorotiu, named after the river that once ran through the heart of Auckland City, aims to reconnect people with their environment through looking at the vast network of waterways that our growing cities have buried and piped.  Read more

10 Mar 2015
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Big Man Body Slam Part of City Doco

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header_logo-1Dunedin film-makers are raising funds to make a short documentary about a man wrestling to hold on to the best of himself.

Director J. Ollie Lucks said he would act in the three minute short documentary Wilbur Force with his friend Wilbur McDougall.  Read more

04 Mar 2015
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Crowdfunding is GO! Support a documentary this year. Start with Loading Docs.

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Work is cranking in the Loading Docs office. This week we launched crowdfunding for Loading Docs 2015. We have partnered with arts funding website Boosted.org.nz and the ten campaigns run for one month, closing April 1st. Check them out here.

The documentary makers each need to raise $2000 via crowdfunding. Once that target is met the Loading Docs fund will then contribute $4000 worth of production funds plus a post-production package at Toybox and Sale St Audio. Each Loading Docs project also receives ongoing mentoring and support throughout production. Some campaigns are really knocking it out of the park and are on on track to meet their goals within the first week! Epic effort guys!

Our hope is that this year more people will see and support NZ stories to be made. Support one, some or all of the films. Go to Boosted to view the collection and see the documentary teams pitch for your assistance. We wish all the teams all the best for this nail-biting month and we urge you all to share, share, share the love and help these exceptional real life stories be told.

 

03 Mar 2015
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Loading Docs: Weird and wonderful stories told in three minutes

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tumblr_static_wireless_alt_cmyk-870pxTen film projects are promising to tell great stories, but they need a little help first.
Tucked away in a small rural town in the North Island is an unlikely tourist attraction known as Fantasy Cave. Full of odd objects and handmade crafts, the Dannevirke wonderland is the topic of a three-minute documentary two filmmakers are hoping to create.

The doco is the brainchild of Wellington’s Michelle Savill and Matt Henley who say Fantasy Cave is “New Zealand’s answer to Disneyland”, but before they can make it, they need your money.  Read more

02 Mar 2015
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Crowdfunding Underway for Loading Docs 2015

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New_VF_Webheader_9201March marks the beginning of a nail-biting time for 10 short documentary making teams selected to participate in Loading Docs 2015. Ten separate crowdfunding campaigns from Auckland to Dunedin, have launched, embarking on a mission to raise a set amount of cash and, in doing so, the profiles of Kiwi documentary makers.

This is the second year that the Loading Docs initiative will fund, create and distribute ten local 3 minute documentaries online, with support from the New Zealand Film Commission and NZ On Air. The documentary makers each need to raise $2000 via crowd funding. Once that target is met the Loading Docs fund contributes $4000 worth of production funds plus a post-production package at Toybox and Sale St Audio. Each Loading Docs project also receives ongoing mentoring and support throughout production.  Read more

02 Mar 2015
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WIFT Members Among The Loading Docs 2015 Filmmakers, Looking to Get Boosted

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logoThis year we have four talented WIFT members, across three different projects, successful in landing themselves a Loading Docs slot.

If you feel at all inclined to support these filmmakers here is your chance to help get these projects off the ground!!  Read more

02 Mar 2015
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Loading Docs 2015 Filmmakers Set to Get Boosted

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scoop-logo2Monday 2 March marks the beginning of a nail-biting time for 10 short documentary making teams selected to participate in Loading Docs 2015. Today ten separate crowdfunding campaigns from Auckland to Dunedin, will launch, embarking on a mission to raise a set amount of cash and, in doing so, the profiles of Kiwi documentary makers.

This is the second year that the Loading Docs initiative will fund, create and distribute ten local 3 minute documentaries online, with support from the New Zealand Film Commission and NZ On Air. The documentary makers each need to raise $2000 via crowd funding. Once that target is met the Loading Docs fund contributes $4000 worth of production funds plus a post-production package at Toybox and Sale St Audio. Each Loading Docs project also receives ongoing mentoring and support throughout production.  Read more