Loading Docs 2019 Collection Launches on Boosted

LOADING DOCS 2019 SHORTS: POWER
Powerful people. Powerful stories.
ANNOUNCING EIGHT NEW DOCUMENTARIES READY TO GET BOOSTED ON THEIR LOADING DOCS JOURNEY
Media Release: For Immediate Release

Bringing dreams to life, creating empathy and putting a lens to the issues of the day – documentary has immense power to inspire audiences, and New Zealand documentary initiative Loading Docs is proud to announce a sixth collection of short documentaries that will awaken imaginations and invite us all to see our world in a new light.

Unified by the theme of power, a diverse line-up of new and experienced filmmakers launch their documentaries on crowdfunding platform BOOSTED, March 27.

Teams have 23 days to reach or exceed their goal of $2500 in order to unlock the commitment of $5500 from Loading Docs - plus a post-production package from Department of Post – and put their documentaries into production.

From a master waka carver to a female leader’s fight to save ancestral land, eight uplifting documentaries make up Loading Docs 2019. Other highlights include unique access to iconic New Zealanders such as world champion freediver William Trubridge and the man behind the ‘Nek Minnit’ meme.

Winner of NZ On Air Best Web Series in 2017, Loading Docs enters its sixth consecutive year fostering storytellers and producing important Kiwi stories with a focus shift from micro three-minute documentaries to projects of up to eight minutes in duration. Documentary makers will now have the opportunity to invite audiences to dive deeper into stories, while still focusing on the beauty that is short documentary.

Support Loading Docs and the diverse documentary voices by connecting with the BOOSTED page to help the filmmakers in their mission to offer audiences a place to celebrate real New Zealand stories in unity, from each corner of our land.

The founders of Loading Docs, Julia Parnell and Anna Jackson, embark enthusiastically on another year excited to shepherd these powerful and thought-provoking short films into the world.

“Year on year our expectations are exceeded by the special filmmaking talent we select. They turn original ideas into truly emotive cinematic journeys and with 5.6 million views of the collection to date, the interest our past shorts have attracted provides this year’s filmmakers a huge worldwide audience to connect with.” – Julia Parnell (Founder/Executive Producer)

With support from principal funder NZ On Air, along with the New Zealand Film Commission and Te Māngai Pāho, Loading Docs will fund, create and distribute eight digital shorts in 2019, alongside a programme of professional and creative development.

Announcing the 2019 LOADING DOCS: POWER teams and projects.
See the 2019 teams on our website: www.loadingdocs.net/power

MY BREAKUP WITH GOD
Dir: Zoe McIntosh | Prod: Frith Armstrong

A devoted Christian turns her back on the Church to pursue a path of sexual enlightenment and love through Tantra.

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HE HEKENGA TŪHURA
Dir: Allan George | Prod: Justin Scott |
Assoc. Prod: Moehau Hodges-Tai
Sir Hector Busby (Te Rarawa) looks back on his legacy of Polynesian navigation and waka building and considers who will carry the mantle into future.

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MANA WAHINE
Dir: Corinna Hunziker | Prod: Mia Henry-Teirney

The leader of SOUL draws on the power of her tūpuna to rise against a corporate body and protect ancestral land.

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BIRD'S EYE
Dir: Morgan Albrecht | Prod: Morgan Leigh Stewart

A skater girl with no formal education claims her place as one of the top aerial photographers in the world.

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OPERATION: RAMBU!
Dir: Steve Austin | Prod: Rajneel Singh

He was an 80s movie star and Indonesia’s answer to Sylvester Stallone, but can New Zealander Peter O’Brian return to the big screen after being missing-in-action for 20 years?
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MEME ME
Dir: Stjohn Milgrew | Prod: Rebecca Lee

The world is trying to gentrify skateboarding. Nek Minnit, Levi Hawken takes back the power with pure high adrenaline freedom of expression.

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WATER BABY
Dir: Katherine McRae | Prod: Migiwa Ozawa

Freediving couple William Trubridge and Sachiko Fukumoto introduce their baby to the place they call home – underwater.

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MEET MUNCH JR.
Dir: Ali Cowley | Prod: Sandra Kailahi

A Samoan animator fulfills the aspirations of his autistic son by bringing a cartoon creation to life.

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About Loading Docs
Loading Docs is a unique New Zealand documentary initiative established in 2014 that aims to captivate and inspire audiences as well as develop and promote New Zealand filmmaking talent. This year Loading Docs selects eight thought-provoking short documentary proposals, which will then be supported from development through to distribution. Loading Docs filmmakers expand their skills in a range of areas including story development, outreach, publicity and marketing, and distribution. Since its inception Loading Docs has achieved over 5.6 million views across the collection and is supported by TVNZ OnDemand, Air New Zealand in-flight and hosted on such high profile websites as National Geographic, The Atlantic, The Daily Mail, Huffington Post, Upworthy, The Guardian, Great Big Story and Short of the Week and featured in festivals such as The New Zealand Film Festival, Melbourne Documentary Film Festival, SXSW and Telluride Mountain Film Festival to name but a few. Loading Docs has significantly increased the value and impact of New Zealand documentary, winning NZ On Air Best Web in 2017 at the New Zealand Television Awards 2017 and through contributions to the creation of feature documentaries Wilbur: The King in the Ring, She Shears, Bludgeon and web seriesAmy Street and Minimum. Loading Docs is a Notable Pictures initiative, founded by Julia Parnell & Anna Jackson.

Loading Docs is funded by NZ On Air and made with the support of the New Zealand Film Commission and Te Māngai Pāho.

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