Documentary Edge Awards
This article lists awards won at the New Zealand film festival formerly known as the DOCNZ Film Festival, then Documentary Edge Festival and now branded Doc Edge,[1] since its inaugural edition in 2005 until 2012.
Location | Auckland and Wellington, New Zealand |
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Founded | 2005 |
Festival date | 11 days |
Language | International |
Website | docedge |
Awards 2012
International Selection
Film | Award | Directors | Country |
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Vinterlys[2] | Best International Short Documentary | Skule Eriksen | Norway |
The Interrupters[3] | Best International Feature Documentary,
Best International Director, Best World Cinema |
Steve James | United States |
Five Star Existence | Best Future Watch | Sonja Lindén | Sweden |
Malaki — Scent of an Angel | Best Arab Spring | Kahlil Dreifus Zaarour | Lebanon |
Who killed Chea Vichea? | Best Human Rights | Bradley Cox | Thailand
United States |
Life in Stills | Best Generations | Tamar Tal | Israel |
Incessant Visions | Best Heroes and Incons | Duki Dror | Israel |
Andrew Bird: Fever Year | Best Culture Vultures | Xan Aranda | United States |
New Zealand Selection
Film | Award | Directors | Country |
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Intersexion[4] | Best Feature Documentary
Best Editing |
Grant Lahood | New Zealand |
Gone Curling[5] | Best Short Documentary | Roland Kahurangi
Rachael Patching |
New Zealand |
River Dog | Best Emerging Filmmaker | James Muir | New Zealand |
View From Olympus | Best Director | Geoffrey Cawthorn | New Zealand |
Yakel 3D[6] | Best Cinematography | Rachael Wilson | New Zealand |
Awards 2011
International Selection
Film | Award | Directors | Country |
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The Mystery of Flying Kicks | Best International Short Documentary | Matthew Bate | Australia |
Into Eternity | Best International Editing | Michael Madsen | Denmark |
Steam of Life | Best International Cinematography | Joonas Berghäll
Mika Hotakainen |
Finland |
Leave Them Laughing | Best On the Edge | John Zaritsky | Canada
United States |
Enemies of the people | Best International Director
Best International Feature Documentary |
Rob Lemkin
Thet Sambath |
Cambodia
UK |
Precious Life[7] | Best International Director | Shlomi Eldar | Israel |
New Zealand Selection
Film | Award | Directors | Country |
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Hiding Behind the Green Screen | Best Emerging Filmmaker,
Best Short Documentary |
Paora Joseph | New Zealand |
Donated to Science[8] | Best Director | Paul Trotman | New Zealand |
I Am the River | Best Feature Documentary,
Best Cinematography, Best Editing |
Luigi Cutore
Mark McNeill |
New Zealand |
This Way of Life | Best Contribution to the NZ Industry | Thomas Burstyn | New Zealand |
The Topp Twins: Untouchable Girls | Best Contribution to the NZ Industry | Leanne Pooley | New Zealand |
Awards 2010
International Selection
Film | Award | Directors | Country |
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The Solitary Life of Cranes[9] | Best International Short Documentary | Eva Weber | UK |
Last Train Home | Best International Feature Documentary | Lixin Fan | Canada |
Stolen | Best International Editing | Violeta Ayala
Daniel Fallshaw |
Australia |
At the Edge of the World | Best International Cinematography | Dan Stone | United States |
Defamation[10] | Best International Director | Yoav Shamir | Israel Denmark
United States Austria |
Petition[11][12] | Best International Director | Zhao Liang | China Switzerland
UK France Finland Belgium |
New Zealand Selection
Film | Award | Directors | Country |
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Dance of the Instance | Best Short Documentary,
Best Educational Documentary, Best Research |
Shirley Horrocks | New Zealand |
Five Hours with Raja[13] | Best Emerging Filmmaker | Anna McKessar | New Zealand |
The Unnatural History of the Kakapo | Best Director,
Best Cinematography, Best Sound, Best Feature Documentary |
Scott Mouat | New Zealand |
Liquid Stone: Unlocking Gaudi's Secrets | Best Editing | Polly Watkins | New Zealand
Australia |
Awards 2009
International Selection
Film | Award | Directors | Country |
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Don Roberto's Shadow | Best International Short Documentary | Juan Diego Spoerer
Hakan Engstrom |
Chile
Sweden |
At the Death House Door | Best International Feature Documentary | Steve James
Peter Gilbert |
United States |
Sea Point Days | Best International Editing | François Verster | South Africa |
The Wild Horse Redemption | Best International Cinematography | John Zaritsky | Canada |
Oblivion[14] | Best International Director | Heddy Honigmann | Germany |
New Zealand Selection
Film | Award | Directors | Country |
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An Ordinary Person | Best Short Documentary | Susan Potter | New Zealand |
Shustak | Best Emerging Filmmaker
Best New Zealand Feature Documentary |
Stuart Page | New Zealand |
The Last Western Heretic | Best Educational Documentary | Monique Oomen | New Zealand |
Awards 2008
No Festival this year.
Awards 2007
International Selection
Film | Award | Directors | Country |
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A Summer Not to Forget | Best International Short Documentary | Carol Mansour | Lebanon |
Please Vote For Me | Best International Medium Documentary
Best International Educational Documentary |
Weijun Chen | South Africa |
Knee Deep | Best International Feature Documentary | Michael Chandler | United States |
New Zealand Selection
Film | Award | Directors | Country |
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In the Night Kitchen | Best Short Documentary | Simon Burgin | New Zealand |
Darling! The Pieter-Dirk Uys Story | Best Emerging Filmmaker
Best Medium Documentary |
Julian Shaw | Australia
New Zealand South Africa |
The Nuclear Comeback | Best Feature Documentary | Justin Pemberton | New Zealand |
Awards 2006
International Selection
Film | Award | Directors | Country |
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Prostitution Behind the Veil[15] | Best International Medium Documentary | Nahid Persson Sarvestani | Iran
Sweden |
Me and My Parents, My Parents and I | Best International Feature Documentary | Gerrit van Elst | Netherlands |
Martyr Street[16][17] | Best International Feature Documentary | Shelley Saywell | Canada |
The Black Road | Screenrights Best Made for TV Doco | William Nessen | Australia |
New Zealand Selection
Film | Award | Directors | Country |
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Black and White | Best NZ ShortDocumentary | Kirsty McDonald | New Zealand |
4 Geese in a Flock[18] | Best NZ Medium Documentary | Luke Wheeler | New Zealand |
Ghost Fleet | Best NZ Feature Documentary | Jonathan Finnegan | New Zealand |
Awards 2005
Film | Award | Directors | Country |
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Aeon | Best NZ Short Documentary | Richard Sidey | New Zealand |
Banana in a Nutshell | Best NZ Medium Documentary | Roseane Liang | New Zealand
China |
Dark Horse | Best NZ FeatureDocumentary | Jim Marbrook | New Zealand |
See also
References
- "Who We Are". Documentary Edge. 17 May 2021. Retrieved 3 September 2021.
- "Vinterlys". Ibis Film.
- Dargis, Manohla (28 July 2011). "The Interrupters". The NY Times.
- "Intersexion". Gay NZ. Archived from the original on 19 December 2013. Retrieved 3 July 2012.
- "Gone Curling Goes global". Otago Daily Times.
- "Documentary Edge Festival 2012". NZ Herald. 21 April 2012.
- "Precious Life". Le Monde, France.
- "Donated to Science". Scientific American.
- Ferguson, Euan (27 July 2008). "The Solitary Life of Cranes". London: The Guardian.
- "Defamation". Arte TV France. Archived from the original on 10 June 2012.
- "Petition, The complainants". Cannes Film Festival.
- Scott, A. O. (13 January 2011). "Petition, The complainants". NY Times.
- "5 Hours with Raja". AlJazeera website.
- Dargis, Manohla (14 April 2009). "Oblivion". NY Times.
- "Prostitution Behind the Veil". BBC UK.
- Mark Deming. "Martyr Street". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. Baseline & All Movie Guide. Archived from the original on 30 January 2013.
- "Martyr Street". History. Archived from the original on 11 August 2007.
- "4 Geese in a Flock". Scoop NZ.
Sources
- 2005–2011: "Documentary Edge / DOCNZ Awards". Documentary Edge. 3 November 2009. Archived from the original on 4 March 2012.
- 2005–2012: "About the Documentary Edge Festival". Documentary Edge Festival. 8 December 2020.
External links
- Taylor, Adrien (8 July 2012). "Documentary Edge Festival reviews". 3news. Archived from the original on 8 July 2012.
- Wong, Helene (29 April 2012). "Helene Wong: Documentary Edge Festival 2012". New Zealand Listener. Archived from the original on 29 April 2012.
- "The Documentary Edge Festival". Lina Lamont. 6 May 2012.
This review first appeared in the Sunday Star Times, 22nd April 2012.