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Prolific NZ Filmmaker Dies After Surviving Nearly a Decade with Cancer

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Prolific documentary and film-maker Costa Botes – who found fame creating mockumentary Forgotten Silver alongside Sir Peter Jackson – has died after living...

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Film, documentary maker Costa Botes dies after surviving nearly a decade with cancer

Botes won multiple awards for his work on Forgotten Silver in the late 1990's as well as short film Stalin's Sickle (1988) and later with Saving Grace (1999) and Lost in Wonderland in 2010.

17 days ago·New Zealand

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Film-maker Costa Botes dies after nearly a decade with cancer

Prolific documentary and filmmaker Costa Botes - who found fame creating mockumentary Forgotten Silver alongside Peter Jackson - has died after...

17 days ago·Otago, New Zealand

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Film, documentary maker Costa Botes dies after nearly a decade with cancer

New Zealand documentarian and filmmaker Costa Botes found fame creating Forgotten Silver alongside Peter Jackson in the 90s.

17 days ago·New Zealand

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RNZ broke the news in New Zealand 17 days ago on Sunday, November 23, 2025.

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