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Non-fiction features and programs, often stranger than fiction, and just as dramatic or comical…

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Squaring the Circle: The Story of HipgnosisSquaring the Circle: The Story of Hipgnosis (2023)
Dir. Anton Corbijn
The story of Aubrey “Po” Powell and Storm Thorgerson, a couple of unlikely London lads who stumbled into forming the coolest art design group of their time by producing iconic record sleeves for Brit-rock legends like Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin, The Who, Genesis, 10CC, T.Rex, ELO and many more. A…
MerkelMerkel (2022)
Dir. Eva Weber
A fittingly admirable portrait of the one of the great diplomats of modern times, Angela Merkel, chancellor of Germany for sixteen years, and most powerful woman in the world for most of them. This is an immensely entertaining and informative documentary about how a humble pastor’s daughter from East…
My Old SchoolMy Old School (2022)
Dir. Jono McLeod
Feat. Alan Cumming
Filmmaker Jono McLeod returns to his old school in 1993 Glasgow for a nostalgic look at the unbelievable yet true story of his former classmate, Brandon Lee. Utilizing playful, period-specific animation, a pitch-perfect soundtrack, the memories of students and teachers, and the talents of Alan Cumming to…
Mister OrganMister Organ (2022)
Dir. David Farrier
A real-life game of cat-and-mouse ensues when Kiwi journalist and film-maker David Farrier ("Tickled") tries to hold an apparent serial con-man to account in his latest doco sensation. Farrier starts off as the cat but as curiosity gets the better of him, he too becomes an unwitting victim of Mr. Organ's…
Velvet Queen, TheVelvet Queen, The (2021)
Dir. Marie Amiguet
An incredible nature documentary from France as much about the human animal as the animal kingdom. It follows renowned wildlife photographer Vincent Munier and fellow outdoors man Sylvain Tesson high into the Tibetan mountains where they endeavour to capture the elusive snow leopard on film. The film is a…
LancasterLancaster (2022)
From the team behind SPITFIRE comes the story of the iconic WW2 bomber told through the words of the last surviving crew members, re-mastered archive material and extraordinary aerial footage of the RAF's last airworthy Lancaster aircraft.
GloriavaleGloriavale (2022)
Dir. Fergus Grady, Noel Smyth
A moving exposé of human exploitation in our own backyard, which continues within the infamous Gloriavale Christian Community on the West Coast of the South Island. The film partly follows the process of a legal team to get to a ‘truth’ that has long eluded government agencies, but it is the brave,…