DOCNZ: The New Zealand International Documentary Film Festival

 
 

Films by topic War/Conflict

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  • Aki Ra’s Boys

    Singapore/Cambodia Aki Ra’s Boys follows Boreak, a young Cambodian boy and landmine victim, and Aki Ra, a former Khmer Rouge child soldier, both living in a country haunted by war.

  • Description of a Memory

    Israel Nearly 50 years after Chris Marker’s 1960 impressionist film about Israel, "Description d'un combat", Dan Geva creates a new cinematic dialogue with the original…

  • Feet Unbound

    Australia Retracing the footsteps of China’s female soldiers of The Long March, untold stories of courage and hope in the face of extreme deprivation and brutality surface.

  • Fight or Flight

    Ireland/Thailand This film explores a man’s physical and psychological journey through the art and culture of Muay Thai boxing resulting in self-discovery and spiritual healing.

  • Ghosts of Abu Ghraib

    USA Ghosts of Abu Ghraib demands that the US examine its conscience as a nation as it explores the many troubling questions behind the torture of prisoners at Abu Ghraib.

  • In Memoriam: Alexander Litvinenko

    The Netherlands The mystery behind the poisoning of former Russian Secret Service officer, Alexander Litvinenko, acquired sensitive political dimensions in the search for his murderers.

  • Lost in Liberia

    Germany/Switzerland A young expat is sent by the Red Cross to Liberia in Western Africa, and tries to reunite parents with their children who got separated during the civil war.

  • My Daughter the Terrorist

    Norway What makes anyone want to blow themselves up for a cause? We join two Sri Lankan female soldiers and share their dreams, childhood experiences and their families’…

  • 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.

  • Nanking

    USA During World War II, a small group of Westerners risked their lives to establish a Safety Zone, where over 200,000 Chinese found refuge from the Japanese army.