DOCNZ: The New Zealand International Documentary Film Festival

 
 

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  • All My Fathers

    Germany A film about truth, courage and responsibility. Setting out on a quest for his biological father, a young man reveals a well-kept family secret.

  • Beyond This Place

    Switzerland In Beyond This Place, director/writer Kaleo La Belle, attempts to re-connect with his absentee hippie father on a 500 mile cycling trip from Portland to Spirit Lake.

  • CHANDANI — The Daughter of the Elephant Whisperer

    Germany Chandani wants to become a Mahout, an elephant trainer, like her father. He decides to give her a chance in the male profession. Sri Lanka’s answer to Whale Rider.

  • I Shot My Love

    Israel/Germany Award-winning Heymann tells a personal but universal love story. It explores the relationship between him, his intensely Israeli mother and his German boyfriend.

  • The Long Goodbye

    Australia Filmed over a 3-year period, the documentary celebrates the capacity of the human spirit to search for meaning and hope when the end is known and inescapable.

  • Orchids — My Intersex Adventure

    Australia Filmmaker, Phoebe Hart, comes clean on her journey of self-discovery to reconcile the past shame and family secrecy surrounding her intersex condition.

  • Sex Magic, Manifesting Maya

    USA Heartbroken after his beloved leaves due to his polyamorous lifestyle, Baba Dez, a sacred sexual healer, wants to manifest her back by doing Sex Magic with other women.

  • Sins of My Father

    Argentina/Colombia/USA/UK Inspiring film capturing the historic moment when the son of Pablo Escobar and the sons of his victims meet to heal wounds that have haunted them all for decades.

  • The Space You Leave

    UK Sometimes the disappearance of a loved one can turn your future into a constant present, one obsessed with the past.

  • talhotblond

    USA This is the story of a love triangle that takes place entirely online. Lies lead to murder in real life, as a teenager (screen name: talhotblond) lures men into her web.

 
  
 
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Documentary Edge Festival 2011

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