In one of the world's most populated cities, the kite brothers operate a makeshift bird hospital in their tiny basement. The brothers treat thousands of black kites each month, because these fascinating birds are rejected from established bird hospitals as their predatory meat diet is seen as non-vegetarian. As environmental toxicity and civil unrest escalate, the relationship between this Muslim family and the neglected kite forms a poetic chronicle of the city's collapsing ecology and rising social tensions. Winner of the World Cinema Grand Jury Prize at the 2022 Sundance Film Festival.


People all over NZ can enjoy world class documentaries this June at the 17th annual Doc Edge Festival to be held online nationwide from Wednesday 1 June - Sunday 10 July with special one-off screenings of selected films in-theatres to be enjoyed in their full cinematic glory.

Theatrical venues are:

Auckland
• The Silky Otter in Orakei and The Capitol in Balmoral, Weds 15 - Sun 19 July
• The Civic, Queen Street, Weds 22 – Sun 26 June

Wellington
• The Embassy, Thurs 30 June – Sun 3 July.
• The Roxy Weds 6 July – Sun 10 July.

The full programme of over 100 features and short films will be released with tickets on sale on Monday 2 June.

Head to docedge.nz for more detail.

Doc Edge is a not-for-profit organisation, advocating the power of documentaries. It is an Academy Award-qualifying film festival and has received filmmaker permission to upload this trailer to the Doc Edge YouTube channel.