Get involved in the crowdfunding phase and support your fellow WIFT members to make important Aotearoa stories! We're pleased to see a number of WIFTers among the filmmakers selected for the Loading Docs 2022 Season 9 short documentary collection.
Eight compelling ideas have been chosen for the collection. With the theme 'the power of emotion' driving this year’s films, you can expect stories tackling the battle for equality, guilt, mortality, breaking the cycle of addiction, mass psychogenic illness and the pursuit of the perfect physique.
The WIFTers involved are:
Sophie Black, director Believing Is Seeing
With the help of Dr Robert Bartholomew this team explores the mysterious phenomenon of psychogenic illness to discover - can social media make us sick?
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Holly Beckham, director Mana Over Meth
A wahine toa finds light in the darkest of places, but the damage remains.
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Lesley Hansen, producer Shred
Bodybuilding pushes the pursuit of looking good to the extreme. If you had the opportunity to reach physical perfection, would you take it?
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Alice Lolohea director and Sandra Kailahi producer, Testimony
A 50-year-old family secret makes national news when a Tongan man finally speaks out about his experience of the dawn raids.
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Vea Mafile'o, producer Beneath The Surface
A world champion swimmer reveals the hidden truth driving her success while preparing for her next challenge, the Commonwealth Games.
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Isobelle Walton, producer Fast Eddie
In preparation for a seemingly unachievable cycle trip, a filmmaker and her father attempt to find the joy amongst the grief that his life-threatening diagnosis brings.
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Each filmmaking team must now raise $3,500 through a Boosted crowdfunding campaign. Once the goal is achieved, funding will become available from Loading Docs, letting the teams push on to craft their film!