A light left on: The Bookstore That Never Sleeps comes to Doc Edge

If you love bookshops, you will feel seen. Justin, the fillmaker is travelling from Nova Scotia to New Zealand for the festival.
Our Auckland – World Press Photo and Doc Edge Immersive Exhibition
RNZ – Film festival combines with photo exhibition to document our lives
Our Auckland – Doc Edge Festival 2026
Festival’s official response on screening of FOOD DELIVERY

We recently received a formal request from the Consulate-General of the People’s Republic of China in Auckland to refrain from screening the documentary Food Delivery: Fresh from the West Philippine Seas by independent director Baby Ruth Villarama, on the grounds that “the film is rife with disinformation and false propaganda, to serve as [a] political […]
One News – Chinese consulate asks to can Philippine doco
RNZ – Chinese docos expand presence at 2025 Festival
RNZ – An intimate look at resilience, connection and enduring love
PMN – Documentary highlights struggle for Rainbow Pacific identity
CGTN – ‘Food Delivery’ doco: Tears, danger, and distorted reality
The Standard – Oceania: Journey to the Center, a climate change doc.
RNZ – With producer Terry Kingi on the unspoken bond between Soldier and Horse.
RNZ – Mother of Chooks: Jesse Leaman on his tender chicken documentary
NZ Herald – a film about Shayni Couch and her journey of love and loss
RNZ – James Croot reviews this year’s Festival – starts at 3:27
RNZ – Women’s rugby and its players – a new documentary