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2026 Ōtautahi Christchurch 6 Aug–23 Aug 2026

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Ryan Heron

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Return (Short)

Ryan Heron

A young man returns home to Wanganui to discover the difficulty of juggling friends, parents, magic mushrooms and several thousand chickens. Screening with James White.

The armour is heavy and the stakes are high in this warm-hearted and charmingly offbeat documentary about a group of modern knights competing to represent New Zealand in the brutal sport of ‘medieval combat’.

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