Animated Shorts | Auckland

Join us at The Civic to watch a curation of three animated documentaries, especially chosen for Doc Edge Schools.

Please note: when booking tickets please include both the number of students and of teachers in your total of tickets required for this session.

The Chemical Factory

Andrew Leung | 14'

A Chinese Immigrant mother retraces surviving the Chinese Cultural Revolution to her American son during the Covid-19 pandemic.

Ola Ka Honua

Jilli Rose | 22'

For the past 25 years, thousands of Maui’s residents and visitors have come to volunteer at Auwahi, a storied forest on the leeward side of Haleakela volcano. By their efforts, Auwahi has gone from being a “museum forest”, a handful of centuries-old ancestor trees in a cow pasture, to a vibrant young forest where a critical part of Hawai’i’s biota has sanctuary.

More Than I Remember

Amy Bench, Maya Edelman, Carolyn Merriman | 14'

One night at her home in southeastern Congo, 14-year-old Mugeni awakes to the sounds of bombs and finds herself thrust into a remarkable solo journey across the globe, while remaining determined to reunite with her lost loved ones and lift up the Banyamulenge people.