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
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-qualifying international documentary film festival, run annually by the
Documentary New Zealand Trust
Set up in 2004, The Documentary New Zealand Trust is a non-profit organisation promoting documentary filmmaking and advocating opportunities for New Zealand documentary filmmakers. Its signature events are an international film festival, DOC Pi ...
since 2005.
History
The first Documentary Edge Festival, previously known as DOCNZ International Documentary Film Festival, or simply DOCNZ Film Festival, was launched in 2005 in
Auckland
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by the then Prime Minister,
Helen Clark
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.
The Festival was rebranded as Documentary Edge Festival in 2010, and has been branded Doc Edge since around 2016.
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Traditionally held in May to June in Auckland and ]Wellington
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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.[
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Description
Doc Edge is held annually, from April to June, in Auckland
Auckland (pronounced ) ( mi, Tāmaki Makaurau) is a large metropolitan city in the North Island of New Zealand. The List of New Zealand urban areas by population, most populous urban area in the country and the List of cities in Oceania by po ...
and Wellington
Wellington ( mi, Te Whanganui-a-Tara or ) is the capital city of New Zealand. It is located at the south-western tip of the North Island, between Cook Strait and the Remutaka Range. Wellington is the second-largest city in New Zealand by me ...
. The Festival showcases the best selection of award-winning and critically acclaimed documentary films from New Zealand and around the world, and includes awards, Q&A sessions with filmmakers, and other events.
The Documentary Edge Awards
The Documentary Edge Festival celebrates the best of documentary films by awarding artists in the following categories:
References
External links
* {{official, https://festival.docedge.nz/
Documentary film festivals in New Zealand
Festivals in Auckland