Documentary Edge Festival

The Documentary Edge Festival is one of the events of the Documentary New Zealand Trust.

History

Documentary Edge Festival Logo

The first Documentary Edge Festival, previously known as DOCNZ International Documentary Film Festival, was launched in 2005 in Auckland by the then Prime Minister, Helen Clark.

The Festival was rebranded as Documentary Edge Festival in 2010 [1] to reflect the festivals' cutting edge program of international and New Zealand documentaries. It also celebrates the cutting edge nature of documentaries in providing an independent and important view of the World.

The Documentary Edge Festival is Australasia's premiere international documentary film festival . It is held annually, from April to June, in Auckland and Wellington.[2] The Festival showcases the best selection of award-winning and critically acclaimed documentary films from New Zealand and around the world.[3]

It also includes a Gala Awards, Q&A Sessions with filmmakers, various social functions and special events. The first festival was launched in 2005.

The Documentary Edge Festival is a contemporary cutting edge festival that seeks to bring documentaries that:

The Documentary Edge Awards

The Documentary Edge Festival celebrates the best of documentary films by awarding artists in the following categories:[4]

International Selection:

New Zealand Selection:

Click here to see the full list of the Awards

Awards 2012 [5]

International Selection

Film Award Directors Country
Vinterlys [6] Best International Short Documentary Skule Eriksen Norway Norway
The Interrupters [7] Best International Feature Documentary,

Best International Director, Best World Cinema

Steve James United States United States
Five Star Existence Best Future Watch Sonja Lindén Sweden Sweden

Finland Finland

Malaki — Scent of an Angel Best Arab Spring Kahlil Dreifus Zaarour Lebanon Lebanon
Who killed Chea Vichea? Best Human Rights Bradley Cox Thailand Thailand

United States United States

Life in Stills Best Generations Tamar Tal Israel Israel
Incessant Visions Best Heroes and Incons Duki Dror Israel Israel
Andrew Bird: Fever Year Best Culture Vultures Xan Aranda United States United States

New Zealand Selection

Film Award Directors Country
Intersexion [8] Best Feature Documentary

Best Editing

Grant Lahood New Zealand New Zealand
Gone Curling [9] Best Short Documentary Roland Kahurangi

Rachael Patching

New Zealand New Zealand
River Dog Best Emerging Filmmaker James Muir New Zealand New Zealand
View From Olympus Best Director Geoffrey Cawthorn New Zealand New Zealand
Yakel 3D[10] Best Cinematography Rachael Wilson New Zealand New Zealand

Click here to see the full list of the Awards

External links

References

  1. "Documentary Edge Festival 2010". Documentary Edge Festival.
  2. "Documentary Edge Festival 2012". Auckland Art Gallery.
  3. "Documentary Edge Festival". filmfestivallife.
  4. "Documentary Edge Festival". FestivalFocus.
  5. "Documentary Edge Festival 2012 Awards". Documentary Edge.
  6. "Vinterlys". Ibis Film.
  7. Dargis, Manohla (28 July 2011). "The Interrupters". The NY Times.
  8. "Intersexion". Gay NZ.
  9. "Gone Curling Goes global". Otago Daily Times.
  10. "Documentary Edge Festival 2012". NZ Herald. 21 April 2012.
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