The 2016 Shorts - Loading Docs

The colourist

The colourist

As one of the original colourists for White’s Aviation in the 1950’s, Grace Rawson reminisces and revives the forgotten art of hand-tinted photography for the first time in over fifty years.

Mr & Mrs Gock

Mr & Mrs Gock

When New Zealand gave two young Chinese refugees citizenship in the 1940’s they found an unlikely way to return the gift - by saving the almighty kumara.

Mister Sunshine

Mister Sunshine

Meet the millionaire who became a shoeshine man peddling goodwill and cheer throughout Auckland.

Bludgeon

Bludgeon

Knight-in-waiting Martainn must battle his inner demons if he is to rise to the occasion and lead the mighty Steel Thorns in his beloved sport of full contact medieval combat.

Blood sugar

Blood sugar

Four-year-old Dahlia takes us into her bittersweet world of blood, needles and sugar.

Street smart

Street smart

Ten years on, Regina Tito looks back at her life on the streets and delivers an image society desperately needs to see.

Imagine the World is Ending

Imagine the World is Ending

Do today's young people have a right to be angry about the world they've inherited? Two schoolboys use poetry and a selfie stick to confront the problems facing the world.

‘Aka’ōu: Tātatau in the cook islands

‘Aka’ōu: Tātatau in the cook islands

An unlikely master of the traditional Polynesian art of Tātatau, Englishman Croc Coulter must pass on his knowledge to a new apprentice.

Water for gold

Water for gold

Water for Gold tells the alarming story of how international trade law is leading us to trade our most basic rights to clean, safe water for access to gold.

Same but different

Same but different

Best mates must re-calibrate their friendship when one transitions from a man to a woman.