Inshallah
A film about a bike ride through Pakistan, directed by Georgia Merton and Isobel Ewing. Best Self-Filmed - New Zealand Mountain Film Festival 2024 People's Choice - New Zealand Mountain Film Festival 2024 Official Selection - The Big Bike Film Night 2025
A film about a bike ride through Pakistan. Best Self-Filmed - New Zealand Mountain Film Festival 2024. People's Choice - New Zealand Mountain Film Festival 2024. Official Selection - The Big Bike Film Night 2025
Documentary: Ben Brown: Making Stories
Frank Film gets to know New Zealand’s first Te Awhi Rito Reading Ambassador.
A Frank Film documentary on Aotearoa’s first Te Awhi Rito Reading Ambassador
Southern Lens Documentary Series - Wanaka's firefighting heroes
We spent time with Wanaka’s firefighters to discover the reality of responding to that siren whenever they are needed. Shot and edited by James Haskard, produced by Georgia Merton. EP: The Beards.
Wanaka’s journey to becoming single-use cup free
A short film for SUC-free Wānaka for their campaign to put an end to single use plastics in their town. Shot and edited by James Haskard, produced by Georgia Merton. EP: The Beards.
Southern Lens Documentary Series - Repair Revolution
Wanaka Wastebusters stages a Repair Revolution. Shot and edited by James Haskard, produced by Georgia Merton. EP: The Beards.
Southern Lens Documentary Series - We are perfect as we are
This group of Wanaka families started Mint Charitable Trust to build their own support for intellectually disabled kids — and show the rest of the country how it can be done. Shot and edited by James Haskard, produced by Georgia Merton. EP: The Beards.
Southern Lens Documentary Series - Kea Conservation
The Southern Lens team spent time with Tamsin from the Kea Conservation Trust, who work tirelessly to support these cheeky, endangered mountain parrots, which, until the 1980's, had a bounty on their heads. Produced by Georgia Merton, shot and edited by James Haskard. EP: The Beards.
Southern Lens Documentary Series - The art of taxidermy
“No pets, no people, no politicians.” Those are the rules of engagement for fourth generation Arrowtown taxidermist David Jacobs. David talks with the Southern Lens team about the science and the art of how he makes a living. Produced by Georgia Merton, shot and edited by James Haskard. EP: The Beards.
Southern Lens Documentary Series - Skirt Tales
The history books tend to be male-centric. A group of Wānaka women have set out to change that, writing a book with eighty separate stories which champion the role of women in the Upper Clutha district. Produced by Georgia Merton, shot and edited by James Haskard. EP: The Beards
Southern Lens Documentary Series: It's not a hut
"It's not a hut, it's not a yurt, it's not a tank - so it must be a Turk." That's how mountaineer Erik Bradshaw describes his invention that is set to revolutionise how we access New Zealand's wild alpine areas. Produced by Georgia Merton, shot and edited by James Haskard. EP: The Beards