Loading Docs: Homing

In one elegant shot this short documentary takes the viewer on an unusual journey through a New Zealand home on a summer's day. A peaceful work that initiates contemplation on what humans choose to have in their homes, and the natural and man-made symphony that surrounds us all.

Filmmaker: Andrew Scott

Andrew originally trained as an actor at Toi Whakaari, NZ Drama School. He then segued into documentary, teaching himself to direct, shoot and edit by making a self-funded documentary called Kambala, which examined the ritual and sport of buffalo racing in India.

Kambala screened at numerous festivals in NZ and won the Culture and Environment Award and Judge's Award at the inaugural Wet West Film Festival. He was then trainee director working on the first series of Takatapui - a gay, lesbian and transgender show for Maori Television.

Filmmaker Statement:

"Loading Docs wanted innovative and challenging projects. I thought long and hard about aspects of home from picket fences, to washing lines, to family graces before dinner. Then I thought about ways in which you might document an NZ home in an interesting way. Could you give viewers a sense of being in a home and the life of the home without meeting the inhabitants? These thoughts were the start of Homing."

Filming location: Auckland

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