Doc Edge

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The Doc Edge, formerly DOCNZ International Documentary Film Festival or simply DOCNZ Film Festival, and then Documentary Edge Festival, is New Zealand's Academy Award-qualifying international documentary film festival, run annually by the Documentary New Zealand Trust since 2005.

History[]

Documentary Edge Festival Logo, 2010–2016?

The first Documentary Edge Festival, previously known as DOCNZ International Documentary Film Festival, or simply DOCNZ Film Festival, was launched in 2005 in Auckland[1] by the then Prime Minister, Helen Clark.[citation needed]

The Festival was rebranded as Documentary Edge Festival in 2010,[2] and has been branded Doc Edge since around 2016.[1]

Traditionally held in May to June in Auckland and Wellington theatres, the festival chose to pivot during the coronavirus outbreak in 2020, taking the full festival online, opening up to a nationwide audience for the first time and increasing the size of the programme.[1]

Description[]

Doc Edge is held annually, from April to June, in Auckland and Wellington.[3] The Festival showcases the best selection of award-winning and critically acclaimed documentary films from New Zealand and around the world,[4] and includes awards, Q&A sessions with filmmakers, and other events.

The Documentary Edge Awards[]

Main article: Documentary Edge Awards

The Documentary Edge Festival celebrates the best of documentary films by awarding artists in the following categories:[5][needs update]

International selection:

  • Best International Short Documentary
  • Best International Feature Documentary
  • Best International Director
  • Best World Cinema
  • Best Human Rights
  • Best Generations
  • Best Heroes and Incons
  • Best Culture Vultures
  • And two different spotlight categories every year

New Zealand selection:

  • Best Feature Documentary
  • Best Short Documentary
  • Best Emerging Filmmaker
  • Best Director
  • Best Cinematography
  • Best Editing

References[]

  1. ^ a b c "Who We Are". Documentary Edge. 17 May 2021. Retrieved 3 September 2021.
  2. ^ "Documentary Edge Festival 2010". Documentary Edge Festival. Archived from the original on 4 March 2012.
  3. ^ "Documentary Edge Festival 2012". Auckland Art Gallery. Archived from the original on 27 February 2013.
  4. ^ "Documentary Edge Festival". filmfestivallife.
  5. ^ "Documentary Edge Festival". FestivalFocus. Archived from the original on 15 July 2012. Retrieved 16 July 2012.

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