Gloria

In Greymouth, Sam, a queer artist, paints a church pink and fills it with paper-mâché parishioners. Is art ever truly finished, or does it keep evolving like the people who make it?

This film won the Best New Zealand Short category (sponsored by NZ On Air) at the Doc Edge Awards 2026.

Screening Note:

For Christchurch screening, this film screens as part of the Christchurch Collection, alongside three other films, featherStrength (Feather Strength), Girls’ Flight Out and Jacqueline Fahey: From Where I’m Looking 

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Available to watch nationwide online from 27 July–10 Aug as part of the Short Binge Pass collection.

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