Doc Edge Festival 2024 Oscar® qualifying awards night will be held on Thursday, 27 June 2024 in Ōtautahi Christchurch.
More information about the Awards soon.
Best New Zealand Feature:
Best New Zealand Short:
Best New Zealand Director:
Best New Zealand Editing:
Best New Zealand Cinematography:
Best New Zealand Sound:
Best New Zealand Emerging Filmmaker:
Best International Feature:
Best International Short:
Best International Director:
Best International Editing:
Best International Cinematography:
Best International Sound:
Being Oneself:
Bridges of Understanding:
Democracy on the Edge:
Facing the Edge:
In Truth We Trust:
The Edge of Impact:
Best Tertiary Film:
Best Secondary Film:
New Zealand Project:
International Project:
Best New Zealand Feature: Pacific Mother (Dir. Katherine McRae)
Best New Zealand Short: Strange Beasts (Dir. Darcy Prendergast)
– Special Mention: Demons (Dirs. Daniel Ali, Mark Robertson)
Best New Zealand Director: Katherine McRae (Pacific Mother)
Best New Zealand Editing: Pacific Mother (Editor Lala Rolls)
Best New Zealand Cinematography: Pacific Mother (various)
Best New Zealand Sound: Frances Hodgkins, Anything but a Still Life (Composer Dana Lund, original score)
Best New Zealand Emerging Filmmaker: Blandine Massiet du Biest (Frances Hodgkins, Anything but a Still Life)
Best International Feature: In the Shadow of Beirut (Germany, Ireland, Lebanon, UK, Dirs. Stephen Gerard Kelly, Garry Keane)
– Special Mention: Twice Colonized (Canada, Denmark, Greenland, Dir. Lin Alluna)
Best International Short: When the Sand Stands Still (Denmark, Dirs. David Jervidal, Tommy Jervidal)
– Special Mention: Finding Alaa (UK, Dir. Myriam Francois)
Best International Director: Mstyslav Chernov (20 Days in Mariupol)
Best International Editing: 20 Days in Mariupol (Michelle Mizner)
Best International Cinematography: In the Shadow of Beirut
Best International Sound: Knowing the Score (Simon Hicks)
Being Oneself: Who I Am Not
Crime & Conspiracy: All Static & Noise
Fighting Spirit: Twice Colonized
Making an Impact: Deep Rising
The Art of Storytelling: Call Me Dancer
Our World, Our Stories: In the Shadow of Beirut
Best Tertiary Film: A Love Letter to the Estranged (Dir. Va’a Magalogo, AUT)
Best Secondary School Film: Self Portrait (Dir. Connor Lynd, Rotorua Lakes High School)
New Zealand Project: Evoke
International Project: Missing 10 Hours (Hungary)
Best NZ Feature (sponsored by NZ On Air): Off the Rails
Special Mention: Behind the Mask
Best NZ Director: Alastair Cole, director of Iorram (Boat Song)
Best NZ Short: Our Aotearoa
Best NZ Cinematography: Balance of the Five Elements
Best NZ Editing: Balance of the Five Elements
Best NZ Sound: Only I Can Hear
Best NZ Emerging Filmmaker (sponsored by Department of Post): Marcus Palmer, director of Disco Bloodbath
Best International Feature: All that Breathes
Special Mention: Delikado
Best International Director: Ben Lawrence, director of Ithaka
Best International Short: Freedom Swimmer
Special Mention: Water, Wind, Dust and Bread
Best International Cinematography: Hide & Seek
Best International Editing: Girl Gang
Best International Sound: All that Breathes
And Action… : The Other Fellow
Being Oneself: Nelly & Nadine
Fearless: And Still I Sing
Ripple Effect: Myanmar Diaries
Thank You for the Music: Nothing Compares
Through the Generations: Young Plato
True or False: Tantura
We are the World: The Balcony Movie
Work It: The Happy Worker
Doc Edge Festival 2021 Oscar-qualifying awards night was held on Wednesday, 2 June in Auckland.
Best NZ Feature: Valerie Taylor: Playing with Sharks
(sponsored by NZ On Air)
Best NZ Director: Sally Aitken, Valerie Taylor: Playing with Sharks
Best NZ Cinematography: Jacob Bryant, The Garden of Evil
Best NZ Editing: Thomas Gleeson, High Tide Don’t Hide
Best NZ Short: Garage Romantic
(sponsored by The Spinoff)
Best NZ Emerging Filmmaker: Alistair Harding, The Sea Decides
(sponsored by Department of Post)
Best International Feature: Wuhan Wuhan
Special Mention: Sabaya
Best International Director: Hogir Hirori, Sabaya
Best International Short: Say His Name: Five Days for George Floyd
Special Mention: Souvenir Souvenir
Around the World in Nine Films: Children
Crime & Conspiracy: Down A Dark Stairwell
Fame! I’m Gonna Live Forever: The Rossellinis
Family/Whānau: Try Harder!
Fearless/Mātātoa: Laura’s Choice
The Future Beckons: The Wonderful: Stories From The Space Station
State of Mind: Aulcie
* Best NZ Feature: Elementa
(sponsored by NZ On Air)
* Best NZ Short: Pluck
(sponsored by NZ On Air)
Special Mention: Hurting to Heal
Best NZ Director: Sally Williams,Stevenson: Lost and Found
Best NZ Cinematography: Richard Sidey, Elementa
Best NZ Editing: Deborah Peretz, Stevenson: Lost and Found
Best NZ Emerging Filmmaker: Yeshe Hegan, Return to Gandhi Road
(sponsored by Department of Post)
* These winners qualified for consideration by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for the Oscars.
* Best International Feature: A Thousand Cuts
Special Mention: The Forum
* Best International Short: Far From Home
Special Mention: Blackfeet Boxing: Not Invisible
Best International Director: Hind Meddeb, Thim Naccache, Paris Stalingrad
Special Mention: Pawel Wysoczanski, Long Day Tomorrow
Best All In The Family (presented by Rei Foundation): Confucian Dream
Best Art Attack (presented by MiNDFOOD): A Chef’s Voyage
Best of Fests: This is Not a Movie
Best Fearless: Blood on the Wall
Best Future Watch (presented by Chorus): First We Eat
Best MOANA WHĀRAHI – Films from the Pacific: Tokyo Hula
Best On the Edge (presented by Department of Post): The Queen’s Man
Best World Cinema (presented by RNZ): Paris Stalingrad
Every year, Doc Edge also recognises an individual to celebrate one’s outstanding contribution to documentary. Here are the list of previous superheroes since 2010.