DOCNZ: The New Zealand International Documentary Film Festival

 
 

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  • The Boys — The Sherman Brothers’ Story

    USA How song-writing but fighting brothers won Academy Awards. Featuring Julie Andrews, Debbie Reynolds and others. Coproduced by Ben Stiller. It’s a Small World After All!

  • Five Hours with Raja

    New Zealand An intimate and confronting documentary, which charts the experiences of a young mother carrying her unborn baby to term, despite the diagnosis of a fatal birth defect.

  • Forgetting Dad

    Germany If Dad can’t remember you, does he stop being Dad? Was he really struck by a horrible affliction, or trying to escape from a life he could no longer lead?

  • A Good Man

    Australia In the midst of a drought, an Australian farmer’s creative way to support his quadriplegic wife is to open a brothel. But will the neighbours approve it? And can…

  • Google Baby

    Israel/India/USA Why not outsource reproduction? Organize pregnancies in Gujarat from US eggs and Israeli sperm? As shocking as it seems, this maybe the birth of a movement.

  • Last Train Home

    Canada Chinese New Year sees a tidal wave of millions of migrant workers attempt to catch the train home. But does “home” live up to expectations?

  • MINE

    USA What about pets after disaster? From the perspective of original guardians, rescuers, and adoptive parents of the voiceless victims of Hurricane Katrina.

  • My Father, My Uncle

    Germany An ethnic Iraqi adopted by a German mother seeks out his roots, and finds they come with strings.

  • Only When I Dance

    UK/Brazil Two aspiring young Brazilian dancers seek to break out of their lives in the barrios.

  • Sid Bernstein Presents...

    USA The producer responsible for bringing the British music invasion to the USA and for the discovery of so many top musicians.

 
  
 
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Documentary Edge Festival 2010

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