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Loading Docs @LoadingDocs

A launchpad for award-winning documentary shorts. Season 10 coming soon. Loading Docs is funded by NZ On Air, NZ Film Commission and Te Māngai Pāho.

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📷LOADING DOCS SEASON 10 OUT NOW!📷 Six films, one milestone collection. Explore these unforgettable stories at loadingdocs.net
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Discover a new way to watch Loading Docs on our brand-new website. 📷 Search for your favourite film 📷 Browse curated playlists 📷 Watch full seasons loadingdocs.net

Loading Docs - A Decade Dedicated to New Zealand’s Stories

SEASON 10: OUT NOW Ignite your imagination with six new Loading Docs films. From a heart-pounding battle to protect ancient trees to a tender quest for extraterrestrial contact, these films offer...

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One of our Season 10 producers, Stevie Davis-Tana, speaks about how Loading Docs helps bring passionate stories to life.
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Join us for the Loading Docs premiere! Be the first to see our brand-new season and help us celebrate a decade of Loading Docs. #whatsonauckland 📷: events.humanitix.com/loading…
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Hear from the Season 10 filmmakers at Loading Docs' creative workshop. Each year, we offer extensive guidance to filmmakers, mentoring them through the production journey.
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Meet our new filmmakers & their six short documentaries. 👋 loadingdocs.net/new-season
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Loading Docs turns 10! Celebrate a decade of telling New Zealand stories, as everyone's favourite short documentary initiative returns for its 10th year. Revisit all 80 short films on our brand-new website. 📷 loadingdocs.net
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A huge congratulations to the Loading Docs alumni who have been shortlisted for the 2022/2023 round of Kōpere Hou – Fresh Shorts! 🥳 Check out the shortlisted teams here: script-to-screen.co.nz/fresh…
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13 Dec 2022
Social contagions can cause genuine #illness, and #TikTok may be a superspreader. A film by @LoadingDocs on Aeon Video bit.ly/3PiEJQk

Social contagions can cause genuine illness, and TikTok may be a superspreader | Aeon Videos

From meowing nuns to teenagers with tics, social contagion is real and causes genuine harm, not least in our social media age

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Tim Watkin@Tim_Watkin
12 Dec 2022
This is a very exciting result. Congratulations to @jamesroque & @ChyeLingHuang for this!!! The competition in this category was so strong, so quite a coup.
NZPodcastAwards@nzpodcastawards
12 Dec 2022
BEST DOCUMENTARY PODCAST GOLD: The Elephant in the Bedroom - Notable Pictures/Tahi #nzpodawards
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Doc Edge Industry@docedgeindustry
28 Nov 2022
The Entrepreneur's Journey is the subject of our last Clinic for the year this Saturday, 3 Dec at 10.30am (NZST) with Julia Parnell @JuliaNotable. The Clinics are available to anyone, anywhere in the world. Read more & register 👇docedge.nz/industry/clinics/ #docedge #lifeunscripted
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Short of the Week@ShortoftheWeek
25 Nov 2022
A mysterious outbreak of tic disorders on TikTok🤔? Join Dr. Robert Bartholomew, the world's leading expert on mass collective hysteria to find out why through an exciting mix of animation and live action! 👀🔎 buff.ly/3gDy6LK
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A huge congratulations to the Believing is Seeing team for being selected for @ShortoftheWeek! shortoftheweek.com/2022/11/2…

Believing is Seeing by Sophie Black | Documentary Short Film

Watch Believing is Seeing by Sophie Black on Short of the Week—a Documentary about The Mind in Live-Action—New Zealand, 10 min

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We are thrilled to announce that four of our latest documentaries have been selected to screen in competition at @FifoTahiti 2023! Congrats to the teams behind He Ōhākī - Imparting Words of Wisdom, Testimony, Mana Over Meth and Fast Eddie. #documentary #filmmaking #NewZealand
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NZ On Screen@nzonscreen
24 Nov 2022
As the proposal for lowering the voting age debates whether or not 16yos in Aotearoa should be able to vote, we look back at the 'OK Chlöe' @LoadingDocs from 2020 about a younger politician who decided that age wasn’t a barrier for change @_chloeswarbrick nzonscreen.com/title/loading…

Loading Docs 2020 - OK Chlöe | NZ On Screen

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Doc Edge Industry@docedgeindustry
22 Nov 2022
MAKE SHORT DOCUMENTARIES THAT MATTER. Our next Clinic is this Friday, 25 Nov at 7pm (NZST) with Charlie Phillips @charliechar live from the UK. The Clinics are available to anyone, anywhere in the world. Read more & register docedge.nz/industry/clinics/ #docedge #lifeunscripted
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Jonathan 'Arkadian' Jansen@TheRealArkadian
3 Nov 2022
A fascinating retelling of just one of the stories from the 2022 E Blacks
NZ Esports
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3 Nov 2022
A passionate video gamer leads his team on a turbulent battle to be the first New Zealanders to compete in #Esports in the Commonwealth Games. Watch the #EBlacks short documentary here: ow.ly/Qjk450LsHNX
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“When you take the jump to Esports, it’s not just playing games. It’s team work, working on yourself as a person, working on how you work with other people, working on communication.” - @explosiv_fury talks to @NZStuffSport @NZStuff #DOTA2 #eSports stuff.co.nz/sport/esport/300…

'It does suck': E Blacks captain on Commonwealth Games u-turn

ESports won't feature at the 2026 Commonwealth Games, but there is no shortage of opportunities for Kiwi gamers.

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In case you missed it, ‘Believing is Seeing’ is available to watch now! Click here to watch the film now: loadingdocs.net/believing-is… #loadingdocs #shortfilm #shortdocumentary #ticdisorder #tiktok #socialmedia #NewZealand #outnow
Out now! ‘Believing is Seeing’ A mysterious outbreak of tic disorders among young people leads Dr Robert Bartholomew to question whether social media is making us sick. Click here to watch the film now! youtu.be/eAQYLyQIcQY

Is Social Media Making You Sick? - Believing Is Seeing

A mysterious outbreak of tic disorders among young people leads Dr ...

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Director: Sophie Black Producer: Nikhil Madhan #loadingdocs #shortfilm #shortdocumentary #ticdisorder #Tiktok #socialmedia #NewZealand #outnow
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