2024 winners announced during Doc Edge Awards ceremony.
Our Student Competition for Short Documentary allows us to celebrate and showcase the amazing talents of aspiring young filmmakers.
Categories
There are two categories for the student competition.
Secondary (New Zealand students in Years 9-13). A film of up to 7 minutes in duration.
Tertiary (New Zealand students enrolled in tertiary study). A film of up to 17 minutes in duration.
The Silent Alps 2021 tertiary winners Josh Robertson & Ryan Stafford
“Winning at Doc Edge 2021 Festival was an incredible experience for me personally and my wider career, opening various doors that would have otherwise been closed. Getting recognised for our work gave me a real passion for Documentary Filmmaking that wasn’t ignited in me beforehand.
I still carry this passion with me today throughout all my work. The Doc Edge award on my CV I have no doubt helped me land some of my work roles. Personally, I have been working on a few passion projects that I plan to enter to upcoming Doc Edge festivals!” – Josh Robertson.
“My time at Doc Edge was an incredible start for my film career as I never expected we would be recognised by our filmmaking peers so early on in our journey. I’m currently a Creative Producer at Sky New Zealand, producing promotional campaigns from large-scale blockbusters to up-and-coming Kiwi content.
Highlighting local content is always a personal priority due in part to how welcoming Doc Edge was to both Josh and I.
It felt incredibly special for Doc Edge to share and recognise our film, so the least I can do is pay it forward to other local filmmakers by pushing their content as much as possible. We were welcomed so openly by Doc Edge and look forward to returning to the festival.” – Ryan Stafford.
If you believe you have the talent and passion to participate in our short film festival, we would like to invite you to submit your film.
Krista Woodward & Maja Skilling, Director/Producer | Mount Roskill Grammar School | Out of the Labs
TERTIARY
Monica Cordero, Dayoon Song, Helena Halliday, Directors/Producers | Massey University | Our Aotearoa
TERTIARY SCHOOL SPECIAL MENTIONS
Joseph Gordon, Director/Producer | Victoria University of Wellington | So Be It Mahaki Tipene,Director/Producer | Yoobee South Seas Film School | Uhi Wero
Joshua August, Director/Producer| Kings College | School Pride
SECONDARY SCHOOL SPECIAL MENTIONS
Bruce Chen & Yusef Elnahas, Director/Producer | Christ’s College | The Path to Equality Krista Woodward & Maja Skilling, Director/Producer | Mount Roskill Grammar School | Glass Walls
TERTIARY
Ryan Stafford & Josh Robertson, Director/Producer| NZ Broadcasting School | The Silent Alps
TERTIARY SCHOOL SPECIAL MENTIONS
Valeriya Golovina & Niamh Swannack, Director/Producer | Victoria University of Wellington | MawhialeoOteAlowha/Our love Celeste Fontein & Alex McShane , Director/Producer | Victoria University of Wellington | Maranui
Sedona Milich, Director/Producer| Mount Roskill Grammar School | Mirimiri
SECONDARY SCHOOL SPECIAL MENTIONS
Egor Belykh, Director/Producer | Kings College |Rarepenguin Sky Gobbi, Director/Producer| Wellington High School | Wellington High School Underwater Hockey
TERTIARY
Kate Gordon, Director/Producer | South Seas Film and Television School | Hurting To Heal
TERTIARY SPECIAL MENTIONS
Veronica Maitre, Director/Producer| South Seas Film and Television School | Becoming Masina Samylle Anjos, Director/Producer | South Seas Film and Television School | Out There
Honor Williams, Director/Producer | Kings College | Children Raising Children
TERTIARY
Eileen Lee, Director/Producer | South Seas Film and Television School | The Rocky Bay Store
2023 Winners
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