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February has been a nerve-wracking but exhilarating month for the group of local filmmakers who are part of Loading Docs, an initiative that supports the funding, production and online distribution of innovative three-minute documentary shorts that explore the theme of ‘home’.

The Loading Docs filmmakers have to meet the goal of raising $2000 on PledgeMe within 30 days in order to receive matched funding of $2500 plus a post-production package. It’s a challenge they’ve risen to with impressive results with 8 of the 10 films reaching their goal within two weeks.

All of the films will be available to watch online and will be available to view and share from May 2014, but right now they still need your help.  Find out more about the films at www.loadingdocs.net and show your support for these talented, creative New Zealand filmmakers.

Catkiller

Director Aidee Walker, Producer Alexander Gandar

Stop/Go

Director Greg Jennings, Producer Jack Nicol

The Films

Catkiller (Director Aidee Walker, Producer Alexander Gandar) Catkiller is a short mystery documentary that seeks to uncover the identity of Raglan's cat killer.

Dans (Director Joel Kefali, Producer Amber Easby) animates an elderly Turkish migrant’s recollections of his early days as a refugee in Aotearoa at the legendary Orange Ballroom.

In The Road to Whakarae (Producer/Director Tim Worrall and Aaron Smart) a T?hoe kaumatua sings his family back to their k?inga in the Urewera ranges. 

Stop/Go offers an intimate look at the humble kiwi Stop/Go road contractor and the epic environment that he calls home.

Homing (Director Andrew Scott) takes us on a summery domestic journey in sound and image presented in a single, continuous shot.

The Jump (Director Alex Sutherland, Producer Rebekah Kelly) plunges into the untold story of the origins of Bungy jumping and its unsung creator Chris Sigglekow.

Living like a King (Director Zoe McIntosh) is a portrait of one of Christchurch's oldest Streeties (aka Cowboy) and his unexpected taste of what it’s like to live like a King. 

Today (Producer/Director Prisca Bouchet & Nick Mayow) enters a rest home in South Auckland to provide access to a world many New Zealander’s call home.

Queer Selfies (Director Robyn Paterson, Producer Paula Boock) shows that coming out is one thing, coming home is another.

Wayne (Director Kirsty Griffin) invites us into the world of a man with profound intellectual disabilities making a go of living an independent life in a home of his own for the first time.

Loading Docs has been made with the support of The New Zealand Film Commission and NZ On Air’s Ignite Digital Media Fund.

About

Loading Docs is a groundbreaking initiative to fund, create and distribute 3-minute New Zealand documentary shorts based on the theme of ‘home’. For more information visit www.loadingdocs.net