Doc Edge
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[edit]
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 with a video-on-demand platform provided by Shift72,[3] opening up to a nationwide audience for the first time and increasing the size of the programme.[1]
Description[edit]
Doc Edge is held annually, from April to June, in Auckland and Wellington.[4] The Festival showcases the best selection of award-winning and critically acclaimed documentary films from New Zealand and around the world,[5] and includes awards, Q&A sessions with filmmakers, and other events.
The Documentary Edge Awards[edit]
The Documentary Edge Festival celebrates the best of documentary films by awarding artists in the following categories:[6][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[edit]
- ^ a b c "Who We Are". Documentary Edge. 17 May 2021. Retrieved 3 September 2021.
- ^ "Documentary Edge Festival 2010". Documentary Edge Festival. Archived from the original on 4 March 2012.
- ^ Akbar, Rachel (1 February 2022). "Doc Edge Case Study". www.shift72.com. Retrieved 2 August 2023.
- ^ "Documentary Edge Festival 2012". Auckland Art Gallery. Archived from the original on 27 February 2013.
- ^ "Documentary Edge Festival". filmfestivallife. Archived from the original on 2 August 2013. Retrieved 16 July 2012.
- ^ "Documentary Edge Festival". FestivalFocus. Archived from the original on 15 July 2012. Retrieved 16 July 2012.