Documentary

Filmmaker Rebecca Tansley and the subject of her documentary film Crossing Rachmaninoff, Flavio Vallani, join Wallace to talk about the journey they took back to Vallani's homeland of Italy. The film… Audio

Investigative journalist Kim Webby's new documentary The Price of Peace has its world premiere today at the New Zealand International Film Festival. It follows prominent activist Tame Iti and how his… Audio

After Robert Gordon saw footage of the 1968 series of debates between Gore Vidal and William F Buckley, he contacted his collaborator Morgan Neville to begin work on their documentary 'The Best of… Video, Audio

Asif Kapadia, director of Amy, a film that chronicles the life of Amy Winehouse, talks to Sam Wicks ahead of its New Zealand premiere. Video, Audio

Jonathan Gold is the food critic of the Los Angeles Times. His exploration of the different food cultures of Los Angeles is the subject of the documentary 'City of Gold', screening at the New Zealand… Video, Audio

Sven Pannell is the co-director director and subject of the documentary Act of Kindness which premieres at the NZ International Film festival next month. It follows his journey through Rwanda to find… Audio

In 2003 the lies of one man, Rafid Ahmed Alwan Al-Janabi, were used to unleash war on Iraq. Why did he do it? We ask Matthias Bittner the German filmmaker whose interview with Al-Janabi is the basis… Audio

This week on One in Five: One man's long quest for love. American artist and writer David Matthews spent years sticking quirky personal ads on lamp posts. It brought him some dates but nothing that… Video, Audio

Documentary filmmaker Crystal Moselle discusses her prize-winning film 'The Wolfpack', documenting the progress of seven children who emerge from a Lower East Side apartment having been confined there… Audio

Each year the Documentary Edge Festival receives hundreds of submissions from around the world, which are then whittled down to mere fifty or so: a rather compact number that also needs to cover a… Audio

Eryn Wilson of Auckland has chosen "Child in Time" by Deep Purple. Audio

Sound is emotional, images are informational, or so goes the old saying. And when you combine the two in a well-made feature film, you can make an audience laugh or cry. But is that appropriate or… Audio

The Pintupi Nine is a family of two woman, their four sons and 3 daughters who were known as the last Aboriginal group to live as Hunter Gatherers in the Gibson Desert, Western Australia. The family… Audio

A new documentary called The Trouble With Murder is looking into how New Zealanders attitudes to punishing murderers has changed over the past six decades, along with the punishments available to the… Audio

AUT students' short documentaries - today: Barkley Manor. Audio

AUT student Brie Pryde takes on the sugar free diet. Audio

Previously on The Weekend we looked at the future for the New Zealand film Industry. This time it's the turn of New Zealand documentary makers. We talk to two of the best in this difficult business -… Audio

Simon Lamb is a Wellington scientist whose award-winning documentary about climate change is to be screened on American public television. The Associate Professor of Geophysics at Victoria University… Audio

A documentary about life aboard the largest civilian hospital ship in the world, is about to hit our shores. It's called 'The Surgery Ship' and it documents the life-changing experiences of patients… Audio

OMC's How Bizarre, co-written by the late Pauly Fuemana and producer Alan Jansson, topped the New Zealand charts, then repeated this success in Australia, Ireland, South Africa and Austria, as well as… Video, Audio