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Events DOCNZ 2007 Awards Night

8pm, Mon 1 Oct 2007
Academy Cinemas, Auckland Central Library Building, 44 Lorne Street, Auckland

International and New Zealand feature, medium and short-length documentary films are competing for cash prizes and top honours.

Invitation

Come and walk down the red carpet, have a drink, meet the filmmakers, and celebrate the achievements of 2007 with us.

Tickets ($20.00) are limited—book yours now through the Academy Cinemas: 09 373 2761.

Finalists for Competition

International

Seventeen world class films will compete for the Feature, Medium and Short-length 2007 DOCNZ international film awards for cash prizes and top honours.

Best International Short Documentary

• Renita, Renita, Indonesia
• Civil Status, Russia
• Wittenoom, Australia
• JR: Street Expo, Netherlands
• A Summer not to Forget, Lebanon

Best International Medium Documentary

• Freeheld, USA
• Please Vote for Me, South Africa
• My Daughter the Terrorist, Norway
• The Old Stores, Israel
• The Importance of Being MLABRI, Denmark/Thailand
• Time of Closure, Switzerland

Best International Feature Documentary

• Jerusalem is Proud to Present, Israel
• Knee Deep, USA
• Lost in Liberia, Germany/Switzerland
• Description of a Memory, Israel
• The 11^th Hour, USA
• Terra Incognita, USA

New Zealand

New Zealand’s filmmaking talent, both established and emerging local filmmakers, offers up a fine selection of documentaries that reflect our very own stories and experiences. Eleven finalists are vying for the top awards in the New Zealand competition:

Best New Zealand Short Documentary

• In the Night Kitchen
• Prints of Darkness
• Calici: A Rural Conspiracy

Best New Zealand Medium Documentary

• Darling! The Pieter-Dirk Uys Story
• An Abbreviated Life
• The Godmachine
• A Grandmother’s Tribe

Best New Zealand Feature Documentary

• Billy’s Christmas
• Suffer the Children
• The Nuclear Comeback
• Lovely RITA

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