DOCNZ: The New Zealand International Documentary Film Festival

 
 

Films by topic Personal/POV

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  • An Abbreviated Life

    New Zealand An Abbreviated Life follows Sarah, who suffers from Cystic Fibrosis as she struggles to keep well and manage her life after leaving home for the first time.

  • Billy’s Christmas

    New Zealand Billy’s Christmas is the intimate and personal story of an Australian farming family coming to terms with the worst drought in living memory.

  • Darling! The Pieter-Dirk Uys Story

    New Zealand/South Africa/Australia South African political satirist Pieter-Dirk Uys opens his previously off-limits inner world to NZ writer-director Julian Shaw.

  • Do Not Resuscitate

    Australia Do Not Resuscitate is a film about the truths people face when dealing with their own mortality. Steve, Mary and Judy want the right to choose how and when they die.

  • Just Punishment

    Australia Australian Van Nguyen was executed for drug smuggling in 2005 by the Singaporean government, amid media frenzy and diplomatic tension between the two governments.

  • My Grandma: Frau Masha

    Israel Yonatan, a 13-year-old boy, sets out with his camera to document, for the first time ever, the story of his 90-year-old grandmother, Masha, a Holocaust survivor.

  • Shanghai Quest

    China We observe the transformed modern Chinese economy from the inside through the unique love-hate relationship of three Westerners seeking to make it big in Shanghai.

  • Time of Closure

    Switzerland When faced with death, an AIDS victim suffering from cancer questions his dependency, his acquaintances, and his own identity.