What better way to celebrate the upcoming 2018 Festival than by giving you a sneak peak at more feature-length work by our homegrown filmmakers? Three documentaries join our early announcements, growing our strong line-up of local and international stories by NZ filmmakers.

Celia

Amanda Millar’s moving documentary celebrates the enduring legacy of Celia Lashlie, a passionate advocate for social interventions that equipped those long deprived of choice with the tools for responsible decision making.

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Dog's Best Friend

A surefire fix for animal lovers and a valuable sketch for skeptics, this warm doco from Kiwi director Eryn Wilson offers us intimate access to an Aussie rehab centre for troubled dogs.

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She Shears

Presented by Miss Conception films, who focus on female-led stories, this fresh dispatch from the heartland introduces two legendary shearers – and three in the making – as they head for black-shirt glory at the Golden Shears.

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The full Auckland programme will be on the streets Tuesday 26 June with tickets on sale from 29 June and the Wellington programme will hit the streets Friday 29 June with tickets on sale from 5 July.

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