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Director
Loren Jalyn Kett
Producer
Julian Vares, Loren Jalyn Kett
Country
New Zealand
Language
English
Year
2026
Duration
16 min
Category
Shorts
Premiere
World

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?

 

DocEdge WINNER Gold Transparent

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

 

Screening Note:

For Auckland and Wellington screenings, this short film screens as part of the shorts collection, Leaving a Mark, alongside three other short films – Good Kunst, The Revolution Against Death, The Weight of the World

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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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