Today, three New Zealand-made documentaries join our growing list of programme sneaks. NZ artists, artisans and energetic adventurers will be celebrated on screen throughout the country. Highlights include 40 years of gay history as told through personal interviews in 100 Men, and the life’s work, and approach to life, of Swiss-born contemporary jeweller Kobi Bosshard in Kobi.

NZIFF has worked long and hard to provide this platform for striking work made within our own shores and we salute the filmmakers and their commitment to putting New Zealand and New Zealanders on screen.

Kobi

Directors/Producers/Photography: Andrea Bosshard, Shane Loader | World Premiere
This warm and humorous doco about Kobi Bosshard, widely regarded as the grandfather of contemporary New Zealand jewellery, explores his philosophy of life and work, as captured by his daughter Andrea Bosshard.

No Ordinary Sheila

Director: Hugh Macdonald | World Premiere
In Hugh Macdonald’s fascinating and inspiring doco, his aunt, writer and illustrator Sheila Natusch retraces a long life dedicated to sharing her understanding and love of New Zealand’s nature and history.

Team Tibet: Home Away from Home

Director/Producer: Robin Greenberg | World Premiere
Thuten Kesang, New Zealand’s first Tibetan refugee in 1967, recounts his fascinating and inspiring story and the environmental and political issues that have made him a tireless advocate of the Tibetan cause.

New Zealand films at NZIFF are proudly supported by Resene.