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

##History

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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 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. The Festival showcases the best selection of award-winning and critically acclaimed documentary films from New Zealand and around the world.

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:

  • are thought provoking and challenge the audiences
  • provide a valuable insight into the topics and issues that confront our society
  • build bridges of understanding
  • give a voice to people and communities that are rarely or not heard
  • are cutting edge and innovative in their genre, style, narrative and delivery and welcome multi-media and experimental documentary films
  • promote a cinematic experience while at the same time ensuring that the works of emerging, independent and low-budget films continue to be celebrated

##The Documentary Edge Awards

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

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

Click here to see the full list of the Awards

##Awards 2012

International Selection

New Zealand Selection

Click here to see the full list of the Awards

##External links

  • Official website