HOPE
The illicit trade of kidneys has been going on in the Philippines for more than a decade. Desperate Filipinos sell their kidneys for $US 2000-4000, often with little post operative care. Middlemen who operate in communities offer to facilitate donations for a cut of the donors compensation. The Human Organ Preservation Effort (HOPE) is a Government initiative tasked with curbing the problem of black market sales by regulating the process. As compensation, they provide what is known as a gratuity package, typically including money, life insurance and some form of livelihood assistance to those donating. This film juxtaposes scenes from a HOPE transplant orientation seminar with the lives of three donors and explores the viability of a regulated kidney donation programme.
Screening with Nobody’s Perfect
| Wellington | Sunday 10 May, 8.00pm | |
| Auckland | Sunday 17 May, 8.00pm | |
| Christchurch | Sunday 24 May, 8.00pm | |
| Dunedin | Sunday 31 May, 8.00pm |
Screening with Flying On One Engine
| Wellington | Sunday 10 May, 3.15pm | Wednesday 13 May, 8.00pm |
| Auckland | Sunday 17 May, 3.15pm | Wednesday 20 May, 8.00pm |
| Christchurch | Sunday 24 May, 3.15pm | Wednesday 27 May, 8.00pm |
| Dunedin | Sunday 31 May, 3.15pm | Wednesday 3 June, 8.00pm |
LIVING WITH COFFEE
As Colombia’s smallest coffee farmers strive for a life free from conflict and illicit drugs, New Zealand coffee roasters and consumers search for a taste of justice. This revealing glimpse into the $80 billion dollar coffee industry traces two coffee roasters from New Zealand on their quest to buy coffee at a fair price.
Screenings
| Wellington | Saturday 9th May, 1:15pm | Monday 11 May, 8:15pm |
| Auckland | Saturday 16 May, 1:15pm | Monday 18 May, 8pm |
| Christchurch | Saturday 23 May, 1:15pm | Monday 25 May, 8pm |
| Dunedin | Saturday 30 May, 1:15pm | Monday 1 June, 8pm |
PUTTING HOMELESSNESS INTO FOCUS
Bringing together the ideas of those who have worked with people who are homeless, researched homlessness and those who have lived without a home; Putting Homelessness Into Focus explores the impact of this hidden problem on the many New Zealanders who experience it, and on the society that fails to recognise it.
Screenings
| Wellington | Thursday 7 May, 7.00pm | Sunday 10 May, 5.15pm |
| Auckland | Thursday 14 May, 8.00pm | Sunday 17 May, 5.15pm |
| Christchurch | Thursday 21 May, 7.00pm | Sunday 24 May, 5.15pm |
| Dunedin | Thursday 28 May, 6.30pm | Sunday 31 May, 5.15pm |
FLOWERS OF RWANDA
Flowers of Rwanda is a multi award winning and probing documentary with many questions. Reflecting upon the horrific 1994 genocide in Rwanda, the film creates a discourse between policy makers, educators and survivors around the concepts of forgiveness, justice, reconciliation and the potential likelihood of a re-occurrence of 1994’s atrocities.
Screenings
| Wellington | Friday 8 May, 6.00pm, | Tuesday 12 May, 6.00pm, |
| Auckland | Friday 15 May, 6.00pm | Tuesday 19 May, 6.00pm |
| Christchurch | Friday 22 May, 6.00pm | Tuesday 26 May, 6.00pm |
| Dunedin | Friday 29 May, 6.00pm | Tuesday 2 June, 6.00pm |
TATTOOED UNDER FIRE
Tattooed Under Fire is a grippingly intimate, character-driven portrait of war-bound and returning soldiers as they go under the tattoo needle - sharing their secrets and confessing their fears. Each soldier’s story is an evocative, poignant and highly personal look at the human and cultural cost of war. Tattooed Under Fire is a disquieting, humanising work that bears witness to the inner experiences of today’s young American soldiers. The film centres on the military ritual of getting tattooed, interweaving soldiers’ moving personal stories with the extraordinary visual expressions of tattoos that cross traditional lines of gender, class, andpolitical affinity.
http://tattooedunderfire.com
Screenings
| Wellington | Saturday 9 May, 6.00pm | Thursday 14 May, 8.00pm |
| Auckland | Saturday 16 May, 6.00pm | Thursday 21 May, 8.00pm |
| Christchurch | Saturday 23 May, 6.00pm | Thursday 28 May, 8.00pm |
| Dunedin | Saturday 30 May, 6.00pm | Monday 1 June, 3.30pm,
Thursday 4 June, 8.00pm |
TAPOLOGO
In Freedom Park, a squatter settlement in South Africa, a group of HIV-infected former sex-workers create a network called Tapologo. They become home based carers for their community, transforming degradation into solidarity and squalor into hope. Catholic Bishop Kevin Dowling participates in Tapologo, raising doubts on the official doctrine of the Catholic Church, regarding AIDS and sexuality, in the African context.
http://www.tapologofilm.com/
Screenings
| Wellington | Friday 8th May, 8pm | Tuesday 12th May, 8pm |
| Auckland | Friday 15 May, 8.00pm | Tuesday 19 May, 8.00pm |
| Christchurch | Friday 22 May, 8.00pm | Tuesday 26 May, 8.00pm |
| Dunedin | Friday 29 May, 8.00pm | Tuesday 2 June, 8.00pm |
THE STORY OF BABA
The Story of Baba is based upon the storybook ‘A Little Elephant Finds His Courage’, which is used in many countries to help children and adults deal with the consequences of war and disease. Using animation and documentary this film talks about the daily reality of living in such conditions whilst telling adults the story of their children. Screening with Tattooed Under Fire.
Screenings
| Wellington | Saturday 9 May, 6.00pm | Thursday 14 May, 8.00pm |
| Auckland | Saturday 16 May, 6.00pm | Thursday 21 May, 8.00pm |
| Christchurch | Saturday 23 May, 6.00pm | Thursday 28 May, 8.00pm |
| Dunedin | Saturday 30 May, 6.00pm | Monday 1 June, 3.30pm, Thursday 4 June, 8.00pm |
VICTORIA
Victoria Donda Perez is one of the first babies born in a clandestine detention centre during the Argentinean military dictatorship of the late 1970’s. Her mother pierced her ears and knotted little blue threads as hoops, so she could later recognise her daughter. Thirty years on Victoria embarks on a journey of self-discovery to find out what happened to her parents. She builds a documental portrait of her family where victims and oppressors live together.
www.victoriafilm.com.ar
Screenings
| Wellington | Monday 11 May, 6.15pm | Thursday 14 May, 6.00pm |
| Auckland | Monday 18 May, 6.00pm | Thursday 21 May, 6.00pm |
| Christchurch | Monday 25 May, 6.00pm | Thursday 28 May, 6.00pm |
| Dunedin | Monday 1 June, 6.00pm | Thursday 4 June, 6.00pm |
SAMPARI
Every year, indigenous leaders from all over the world come to the United Nations in New York, to participate in the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues. Viktor Kaisiepo, the representative of Western Papua comes to defend the rights of his people, colonised by Indonesia since 1969. Viktor’s task is to try to hedge the protocol to make himself heard by the international community.
Screenings
| Wellington | Saturday 9 May, 1.15pm | Monday 11th May, 8.15pm |
| Auckland | Saturday 16 May,1.15pm | Monday 18 May, 8.00pm |
| Christchurch | Saturday 23 May, 1.15pm | Monday 25 May, 8.00pm |
| Dunedin | Saturday 30 May, 1.15pm | Monday 1 June, 8.00pm |
UPSTREAM BATTLE
Native Americans in Northern California fight for their fish and the survival of their culture. An energy
corporation is messing up their river with a series of hydro-power dams, contributing to one of the worst fish die-offs in U.S. history. To confront their opponents, tribal members first travel to Scotland, then to the second richest man in the United States. The dam owners praise hydro-power as a low-cost, climate-friendly source of energy, a valuable resource they say they couldn’t afford to lose. Yet the tribes at the Klamath River may trigger the largest dam removal project in history. A long-term documentary with incredible access to tribal members, utility managers, and farmers in the basin — all fighting for water.
http://www.upstreambattle.com/
Screenings
| Wellington | Saturday 9 May, 3.30pm | Sunday 10 May, 1.00pm |
| Auckland | Saturday 16 May, 3.30pm | Sunday 17 May, 1.00pm |
| Christchurch | Saturday 23 May, 3.30pm | Sunday 24 May, 1.00pm |
| Dunedin | Saturday 30 May, 3.30pm | Sunday 31 May, 1.00pm |
KICKING IT
“To me, football is the best model for real life. There is no last game in football and there is no last game in real life. You always have another chance to win.”
In the summer of 2006, while the football world’s attention was focused on Germany, thousands of players around the globe were training hard and competing to be part of the World Cup… The Homeless World Cup. The film follows seven players in their own tough worlds as they confront the daily challenges of life on the streets, battle drug and alcohol addiction, and fight for the right to be recognised as human beings. We witness their struggles, hopes, and determination. From shattering misconceptions about the homeless to seeing people living at the edge of society discover that they also can be winners, the film shows in a real and powerful way that sport can and does change lives.
www.kickingitthefilm.com
Screenings
| Wellington | Thursday 7 May, 7.00pm | Sunday 10 May, 5.15pm |
| Auckland | Thursday 14 May, 8.00pm | Sunday 17 May, 5.15pm |
| Christchurch | Thursday 21 May, 7.00pm | Sunday 24 May, 5.15pm |
| Dunedin | Thursday 28 May, 6.30pm | Sunday 31 May, 5.15pm |
THE NEW TEN COMMANDMENTS
United by a single theme – human rights in Scotland – this film draws together some of the most talented filmmakers and visual artists based in Scotland, to make a film that communicates a variety of artistic visions whilst exploring the real life stories of those for whom the Universal Declaration of Human Rights has intimate meaning. The New Ten Commandments is both an emotionally powerful journey and an exercise in passionate filmmaking of the highest calibre.
Screenings
| Wellington | Saturday 9 May, 8.00pm | Wednesday 13 May, 6.00pm |
| Auckland | Saturday 16 May, 8.00pm | Wednesday 20 May, 6.00pm |
| Christchurch | Saturday 23 May, 8.00pm | Wednesday 27 May, 6.00pm |
| Dunedin | Saturday 30 May, 8.00pm | Monday 1 June, 1.15pm,
Wednesday 3 June, 6.00pm |