Check out the year’s best New Zealand short films as chosen by this year’s guest selector Gaylene Preston, from a shortlist drawn up by NZIFF programmers from a total of 83 entries.
Films — by Strand
Aotearoa
![No Ordinary Sheila](/assets/resized/sm/upload/9e/0t/o1/ks/Drawing%20at%20Palmer%20Bay%20KEY-0-520-0-390-crop.jpg?k=f2d2112574)
No Ordinary Sheila
In Hugh Macdonald’s fascinating and inspiring doco, his cousin, writer and illustrator Sheila Natusch, retraces a long life dedicated to sharing her understanding and love of New Zealand’s nature and history.
![Seven Rivers Walking – Haere Mārire](/assets/resized/sm/upload/lu/a4/4a/hs/ORARI%20-%20Rafting%20with%20the%20cows-0-520-0-390-crop.jpg?k=f9399dc517)
Seven Rivers Walking – Haere Mārire
With walkers, rafters, anglers and farmers, this documentary journeys from the alpine to spring rivers of Canterbury, exploring above and below the surfaces in search of ways through a freshwater crisis.