Welcome to Doc Edge Festival 2020 in partnership with Chorus.

83 of the world's best films online and nationwide. Your remedy for a LIFE UNSCRIPTED.

A Thousand Cuts

  • 1h 50m
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  • Ramona Diaz
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  • United States
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  • 2020

A warning letter to nations who embrace thuggish leaders.

Maddy The Model

  • 1h 35m
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  • Jane Magnusson
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  • Sweden
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  • 2020

Madeleine Stuart's journey to become the world's first supermodel with Down's syndrome.

Cryptopia: Bitcoin, Blockchains and the Future of the Internet

  • 1h 26m
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  • Torsten Hoffmann
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  • Michael Watchulonis
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  • Australia, Germany
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  • 2020

Can blockchain be trusted to keep elections secure and keep our private information safe?

#UNFIT: A Psychological Thriller

  • 1h 24m
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  • Dan Partland
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  • United States
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  • 2020

An eye-opening analysis of the behaviour, psyche and stability of Donald Trump.

The Cordillera of Dreams

  • 1h 25m
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  • Patricio Guzmán
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  • Chile, france
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  • 2019

A beautiful film about nightmares that have yet to end.

Wishlist

ALL IN THE FAMILY
About Love
  • 1h 31m
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  • Archana Phadke
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  • India
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  • 2019
Confucian Dream
  • 1h 26m
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  • Mijie Li
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  • China, United States
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  • 2019
Love Child
  • 1h 52m
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  • Eva Mulvad
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  • Denmark
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  • 2019
Maddy The Model
  • 1h 35m
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  • Jane Magnusson
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  • Sweden
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  • 2020
Us Kids
  • 1h 36m
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  • Kim Snyder
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  • United States
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  • 2020
Wintopia
  • 1h 29m
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  • Mira Burt-Wintonick
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  • Canada, Australia, Netherlands
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  • 2019

ART ATTACK presented by MiNDFOOD
A Chef's Voyage
  • 1h 30m
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  • Rémi Anfosso
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  • United States, France
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  • 2020
Miguelito
  • 1h 33m
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  • Sam Zubrycki
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  • Colombia, Puerto Rico, United States, Australia
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  • 2019
My Rembrandt
  • 1h 35m
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  • Oeke Hoogendijk
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  • Netherlands
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  • 2019
Picture Character
  • 1h 21m
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  • Ian Cheney
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  • Martha Shane
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  • United States, Germany, Japan, Argentina
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  • 2019
Richard Leplastrier - Framing the View
  • 1h 13m
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  • Anna Cater
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  • Australia
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  • 2020
Saul & Ruby's Holocaust Survivor Band
  • 1h 20m
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  • Tod Lending
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  • United States
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  • 2020
That Click
  • 1h 30m
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  • Luca Severi
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  • United States
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  • 2019
Who Let the Dogs Out
  • 1h 21m
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  • Brent Hodge
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  • canada
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  • 2019

BEST OF FESTS
Ibrahim: a Fate to Define
  • 1h 15m
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  • Lina Al Abed
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  • Palestine, Lebanon, Denmark, Qatar
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  • 2019
Picture of His Life
  • 1h 15m
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  • Dani Menkin
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  • Yonatan Nir
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  • United States, Israel
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  • 2019
Shadow Flowers
  • 1h 49m
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  • Seung-Jun Yi
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  • South Korea
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  • 2019
Sunless Shadows
  • 1h 14m
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  • Mehrdad Oskouei
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  • Iran, Norway
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  • 2019
Smog Town
  • 1h 20m
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  • Meng Han
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  • China, Netherlands, South Korea
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  • 2019
The Cordillera of Dreams
  • 1h 25m
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  • Patricio Guzmán
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  • Chile, france
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  • 2019
This Is Not A Movie
  • 1h 46m
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  • Yung Chang
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  • Canada, Germany
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  • 2019

FEARLESS
A Thousand Cuts
  • 1h 50m
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  • Ramona Diaz
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  • United States
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  • 2020
Blood on the Wall
  • 1h 33m
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  • Nick Quested
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  • Sebastian Junger
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  • United States
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  • 2020
How to Steal a Country
  • 1h 33m
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  • Rehad Desai
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  • South Africa
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  • 2019
I Am Not Alone
  • 1h 33m
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  • Garin Hovannisian
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  • Armenia, United States
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  • 2019
Influence
  • 1h 31m
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  • Diana Neille
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  • Richard Poplak
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  • South Africa, Canada
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  • 2020
The Forum
  • 1h 55m
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  • Marcus Vetter
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  • Germany, Switzerland
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  • 2019
Your Turn
  • 1h 33m
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  • Eliza Capai
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  • Brazil
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  • 2019

FUTURE WATCH presented by Chorus
Cryptopia: Bitcoin, Blockchains and the Future of the Internet
  • 1h 26m
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  • Torsten Hoffmann
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  • Michael Watchulonis
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  • Australia, Germany
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  • 2020
First We Eat
  • 1h 41m
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  • Suzanne Crocker
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  • Canada
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  • 2020
Meat the Future
  • 1h 30m
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  • Liz Marshall
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  • Canada
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  • 2020
Once You Know
  • 1h 45m
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  • Emmanuel Cappellin
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  • Anne-Marie Sangla
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  • France, United States, Bangladesh, Greece
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  • 2020
Silicon Valley, Baby.
  • 58min
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  • Erika Haavisto
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  • Finland, United States
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  • 2020
Swarm Intelligence
  • 1h 37m
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  • Ralf Wuerth
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  • Germany, United States, France, Italy
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  • 2019

Made in NZ
Elementa
  • 43min
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  • Richard Sidey
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  • New Zealand
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  • 2020
I Want to Give My Brain to Richard Faull
  • 44min
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  • Folko Boermans
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  • New Zealand
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  • 2019
Return to Gandhi Road
  • 1h 33m
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  • Yeshe Hegan
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  • New Zealand, France, India
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  • 2020
Ruahine: Stories In Her Skin
  • 40min
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  • Hiona Henare
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  • New Zealand
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  • 2019
Stevenson - Lost and Found
  • 1h 16m
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  • Sally Williams
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  • United States
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  • 2019

MOANA WHĀRAHI | Films from the Pacific
Becoming Masina
  • 14min
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  • Veronica Maitre
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  • New Zealand
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  • 2019
Koro's Hāngi
  • 8min
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  • Gianni Aro-Reid
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  • Danni Liang
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  • New Zealand
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  • 2019
Kupe: Voyaging by the Stars
  • 52min
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  • Pita Turei
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  • New Zealand, Cook Islands
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  • 1993
'Ofeina'o Lesieli
  • 21min
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  • Shannon Robinson
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  • Tonga, Kiribati, Solomon Islands, Fiji
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  • 2019
Ophir
  • 1h 37m
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  • Alexandre Berman
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  • Olivier Pollet
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  • France, United Kingdom
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  • 2020
River Queens: Highlight My Strengths
  • 15min
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  • Jeremy Lurgio
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  • New Zealand, United States
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  • 2019
Sing, They All Said, Just Sing
  • 14min
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  • Sakshi Chadha
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  • New Zealand
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  • 2019
Tokyo Hula
  • 1h 12m
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  • Lisette Marie Flanary
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  • United States
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  • 2019

ON THE EDGE
#UNFIT: A Psychological Thriller
  • 1h 24m
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  • Dan Partland
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  • United States
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  • 2020
Bare
  • 1h 31m
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  • Aleksandr M. Vinogradov
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  • Belgium
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  • 2020
Mr. Toilet
  • 1h 29m
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  • Lily Zepeda
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  • United States
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  • 2019
The Prophet and the Space Aliens
  • 1h 36m
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  • Yoav Shamir
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  • Israel, Austria, South Africa
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  • 2020
The Queen's Man
  • 1h 29m
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  • Daniel Claridge
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  • Andrew Coffman
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  • United States
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  • 2019
The Ringmaster
  • 1h 28m
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  • Molly Dworsky
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  • Dave Newberg
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  • United States
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  • 2019
We Believe in Dinosaurs
  • 1h 13m
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  • Clayton Brown
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  • Monica Long Ross
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  • United States
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  • 2019

WORLD CINEMA presented by RNZ
Acasă, My Home
  • 1h 26m
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  • Radu Ciorniciuc
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  • Romania, Germany, Finland
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  • 2020
Angels on Diamond Street
  • 1h 28m
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  • Petr Lom
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  • Netherlands, Norway
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  • 2019
Copper Notes of a Dream
  • 1h 18m
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  • Reza Farahmand
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  • Iran, Canada
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  • 2019
Long Day Tomorrow
  • 1h 20m
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  • Paweł Wysoczański
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  • Poland
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  • 2020
Objector
  • 1h 16m
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  • Molly Stuart
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  • United States
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  • 2019
Paris Stalingrad
  • 1h 26m
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  • Hind Meddeb
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  • Thim Naccache
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  • France
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  • 2019
The Accused: Damned or Devoted?
  • 1h 15m
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  • Mohammed Naqvi
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  • Pakistan, United States, United Kingdom
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  • 2020
Waterproof
  • 1h 28m
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  • Daniela König
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  • Germany
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  • 2019

NZ SHORTS presented by Chorus and supported by Shift72
A Broken Earth
  • 35min
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  • James Muir
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  • New Zealand
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  • 2020
How to Break Out of Prison
  • 25min
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  • Huanhuan Zhang
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  • New Zealand
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  • 2019
Hurting to Heal
  • 16min
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  • Kate Gordon
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  • New Zealand
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  • 2019
Pluck
  • 27min
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  • Kirsty Griffin
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  • Viv Kernick
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  • New Zealand
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  • 2020
Tapu Te Ranga Marae
  • 29min
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  • Vanessa Patea
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  • New Zealand
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  • 2019
Rise
  • 16min
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  • Jess Feast
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  • New Zealand
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  • 2020
The Dental Reunion
  • 15min
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  • Michelle Savill
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  • New Zealand, United Kingdom
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  • 2019
We Rock!
  • 13min
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  • Morgan Leary
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  • New Zealand
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  • 2020

WORLD SHORTS presented by Chorus and supported by Shift72
Akashinga: The Brave Ones
  • 13min
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  • Maria Wilhelm
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  • United States
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  • 2019
All Cats Are Grey in the Dark
  • 18min
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  • Lasse Linder
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  • Switzerland
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  • 2019
Blackfeet Boxing: Not Invisible
  • 29min
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  • Kirsten Lappas
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  • Tom Rinaldi
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  • United States
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  • 2020
By the River
  • 25min
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  • Dan Braga Ulvestad
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  • Australia, India
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  • 2019
Far From Home
  • 24min
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  • Felicia Taylor
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  • Senegal
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  • 2019
For Me and Others Like Me
  • 30min
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  • Sein Lyan Tun
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  • Myanmar
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  • 2019
INVASION: The Unist'ot'en's Fight for Sovereignty
  • 19min
  • •
  • Michael Toledano
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  • Sam Vinal
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  • Canada
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  • 2019
Liv
  • 39min
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  • Alan Hicks
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  • United States
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  • 2020
Maelstrom
  • 35min
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  • Misja Pekel
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  • Netherlands
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  • 2019
My Brother's Keeper
  • 21min
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  • Laurence Topham
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  • United Kingdom
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  • 2020
Speaking for the Dead
  • 14min
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  • Peiman Zekavat
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  • United Kingdom
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  • 2019
Tending Clouds
  • 39min
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  • Joel Sandvos
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  • Janey Shugart
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  • United States, Cambodia
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  • 2020
The Love Bugs
  • 34min
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  • Allison Otto
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  • United States
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  • 2019