Short Documentaries

Fourteen

A Short documentary (3.30 minutes).

produced by Gwen Isaac, Annika Warn and Hope McTavish


Fourteen spends precious time with an adolescent reflecting on life unfolding.

Cassandra

A Short Documentary (3.45 minutes).

BY Gwen Isaac, Meg Weedon and Sacha Lees

Filmmaker Gwen Isaac offers an intimate yet fleeting portrait of award-winning New Zealand artist Sacha Lees as she prepares for her final graduation exhibition.

A Short Documentary (9 minutes).

DIRECTED BY GWEN ISAAC.

Produced by Gwen Isaac and Phillida Perry.

A science superhero with pink hair wages war on COVID-19 to convince an entire nation to lockdown.

With time running out to fight the oncoming pandemic, an unconventional expert delivers vital information to a panicked public. Go behind-the-scenes as Dr. Siouxsie Wiles faces a growing media storm from the confines of her family home. Siouxsie & the Virus is a unique insight into one woman’s countdown to a defining moment in New Zealand history.

A Short documentary (11 minutes).

Directed & Produced by Gwen Isaac.


In 2019 Japanese women hit international headlines with record responsibilities at home combined with modern career pressures.

Documentary filmmaker Gwen Isaac collected three stories in this intimate trip-ditch of female empowerment.