Join our special Pay What You Want Loading Docs screening of four breathtaking short documentaries set to raise awareness of important environmental issues in Aotearoa. Celebrate te taiao | our environment and the local heroes championing it with a dynamic and cinematic collection of stories from New Zealand’s premier documentary initiative. Following each film, there will be a Q&A with the filmmakers.

THE FILMS

A silent invader suffocates the seafloor, threatening the life force of the moana and its deep connection to tangata whenua. Dir: Nathaniel Howe | Prod: Stevie Davis-Tana

THE WEEDFISH - A hunt for the rare Weedfish in fading New Zealand kelp forests leads to a profound underwater journey. Dir: Matt Silcock & Aart van Dijk | Prod: Zoe-Rose Herbert

TŪ TONO - Expert tree climber Zane Wedding finds himself at a crossroads, knowing that standing up for what's right might mean sacrificing what he loves most? Dir/Prod: Andy Day & Brady Polkinghorne

HERE THE WILD THINGS ARE - Aotearoa joins a fun, global competition where ecologists and enthusiasts scour cities to uncover the weird and wonderful wild. But can they save the planet, one photo at a time? Dir: Kelly Gilbride | Prod: Madison Smith

Please help by making a donation to the Aotea Great Barrier Environmental Trust when booking.

Loading Docs is an award-winning initiative with over 80 documentaries, 50 film festival screenings and 20 million views worldwide - funded by NZ On Air, Te Māngai Pāho and the New Zealand Film Commission, and produced by Notable Pictures production company.

www.loadingdocs.net