Social/Human Interest
Displaying 21-30 of 44 films.
JUMP!USA JUMP! is about kids who push physical and psychological limits to compete in the World Jump Rope Competition. Rivalry and collaboration have dramatic, unexpected results.
The Last Western HereticNew Zealand Radical theologian and NZ icon Lloyd Geering, once described by the BBC as "the last living heretic", has fearlessly challenged Christian doctrine for the last 50 years.
Laya ProjectIndia Laya Project is a documentary about the lives and music culture of coastal and surrounding communities in the 2004 tsunami-affected regions.
The Love of Mr AnChina Mr An has an endearing relationship with Xiao Wei. This is a small powerful film that brilliantly captures the awkwardness of society about elderly romance and love.
LucioSpain A cinematic and riveting documentary on Lucio Urtubia: An anarchist, bank robber, forger, fugitive and above all, a bricklayer.
The Mosquito Problem and Other StoriesBulgaria Director Andrey Paounov, of Georgi and the Butterflies, tells the epic story of Belene: a tale of ideologies, mass murder, guilt, hope for redemption and mosquitoes.
OblivionThe Netherlands/Germany Heddy Honigmann’s El Olvido (oblivion) tells us the stories of common people living in Lima, Peru, a country fraught with corruption and poverty.
Operation FilmmakerUSA Do-gooder intentions go disastrously wrong when actor/director Liev Schreiber invites Iraqi film student Muthana to join the shoot of his film.
An Ordinary PersonNew Zealand Taking as its starting point a cluster of killings in Auckland in 2003-4, An Ordinary Person unpacks the notorious ‘homosexual advance defence’ to murder.
The Perfect CappuccinoUSA, Italy In the country that managed to put a man on the moon, why is it so hard to find a decent cappuccino?
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