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| Location | Auckland and Wellington, |
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| Founded | 2005 |
| Festival date | 11 days |
| Language | International |
| Website | docedge |
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.
| Film | Award | Directors | Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vinterlys [2] | Best International Short Documentary | Skule Eriksen | |
| The Interrupters [3] | Best International Feature Documentary, Best International Director, Best World Cinema | Steve James | |
| Five Star Existence | Best Future Watch | Sonja Lindén | |
| Malaki — Scent of an Angel | Best Arab Spring | Kahlil Dreifus Zaarour | |
| Who killed Chea Vichea? | Best Human Rights | Bradley Cox | |
| Life in Stills | Best Generations | Tamar Tal | |
| Incessant Visions | Best Heroes and Incons | Duki Dror | |
| Andrew Bird: Fever Year | Best Culture Vultures | Xan Aranda | |
| Film | Award | Directors | Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Intersexion [4] | Best Feature Documentary Best Editing | Grant Lahood | |
| Gone Curling [5] | Best Short Documentary | Roland Kahurangi Rachael Patching | |
| River Dog | Best Emerging Filmmaker | James Muir | |
| View From Olympus | Best Director | Geoffrey Cawthorn | |
| Yakel 3D [6] | Best Cinematography | Rachael Wilson | |
| Film | Award | Directors | Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Mystery of Flying Kicks | Best International Short Documentary | Matthew Bate | |
| Into Eternity | Best International Editing | Michael Madsen | |
| Steam of Life | Best International Cinematography | Joonas Berghäll Mika Hotakainen | |
| Leave Them Laughing | Best On the Edge | John Zaritsky | |
| Enemies of the People | Best International Director Best International Feature Documentary | Rob Lemkin Thet Sambath | |
| Precious Life [7] | Best International Director | Shlomi Eldar | |
| Film | Award | Directors | Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hiding Behind the Green Screen | Best Emerging Filmmaker, Best Short Documentary | Paora Joseph | |
| Donated to Science [8] | Best Director | Paul Trotman | |
| I Am the River | Best Feature Documentary, Best Cinematography, Best Editing | Luigi Cutore Mark McNeill | |
| This Way of Life | Best Contribution to the NZ Industry | Thomas Burstyn | |
| The Topp Twins: Untouchable Girls | Best Contribution to the NZ Industry | Leanne Pooley | |
| Film | Award | Directors | Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Solitary Life of Cranes [9] | Best International Short Documentary | Eva Weber | |
| Last Train Home | Best International Feature Documentary | Lixin Fan | |
| Stolen | Best International Editing | Violeta Ayala Daniel Fallshaw | |
| At the Edge of the World | Best International Cinematography | Dan Stone | |
| Defamation [10] | Best International Director | Yoav Shamir | |
| Petition [11] [12] | Best International Director | Zhao Liang | |
| Film | Award | Directors | Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dance of the Instance | Best Short Documentary, Best Educational Documentary, Best Research | Shirley Horrocks | |
| Five Hours with Raja [13] | Best Emerging Filmmaker | Anna McKessar | |
| The Unnatural History of the Kakapo | Best Director, Best Cinematography, Best Sound, Best Feature Documentary | Scott Mouat | |
| Liquid Stone: Unlocking Gaudi's Secrets | Best Editing | Polly Watkins | |
| Film | Award | Directors | Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Don Roberto's Shadow | Best International Short Documentary | Juan Diego Spoerer Hakan Engstrom | |
| At the Death House Door | Best International Feature Documentary | Steve James Peter Gilbert | |
| Sea Point Days | Best International Editing | François Verster | |
| The Wild Horse Redemption | Best International Cinematography | John Zaritsky | |
| Oblivion [14] | Best International Director | Heddy Honigmann | |
| Film | Award | Directors | Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| An Ordinary Person | Best Short Documentary | Susan Potter | |
| Shustak | Best Emerging Filmmaker Best New Zealand Feature Documentary | Stuart Page | |
| The Last Western Heretic | Best Educational Documentary | Monique Oomen | |
No Festival this year.
| Film | Award | Directors | Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| A Summer Not to Forget | Best International Short Documentary | Carol Mansour | |
| Please Vote For Me | Best International Medium Documentary Best International Educational Documentary | Weijun Chen | |
| Knee Deep | Best International Feature Documentary | Michael Chandler | |
| Film | Award | Directors | Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| In the Night Kitchen | Best Short Documentary | Simon Burgin | |
| Darling! The Pieter-Dirk Uys Story | Best Emerging Filmmaker Best Medium Documentary | Julian Shaw | |
| The Nuclear Comeback | Best Feature Documentary | Justin Pemberton | |
| Film | Award | Directors | Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Prostitution Behind the Veil [15] | Best International Medium Documentary | Nahid Persson Sarvestani | |
| Me and My Parents, My Parents and I | Best International Feature Documentary | Gerrit van Elst | |
| Martyr Street [16] [17] | Best International Feature Documentary | Shelley Saywell | |
| The Black Road | Screenrights Best Made for TV Doco | William Nessen | |
| Film | Award | Directors | Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Black and White | Best NZ ShortDocumentary | Kirsty McDonald | |
| 4 Geese in a Flock [18] | Best NZ Medium Documentary | Luke Wheeler | |
| Ghost Fleet | Best NZ Feature Documentary | Jonathan Finnegan | |
This review first appeared in the Sunday Star Times , 22nd April 2012.