# Documentary Edge Awards

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, since its inaugural edition in 2005 until 2012.

## Awards 2012
### International Selection

| Film | Award | Directors | Country |
| Vinterlys | Best International Short Documentary | Skule Eriksen | Norway |
| The Interrupters | Best International Feature Documentary, Best International Director, Best World Cinema | Steve James | United States |
| Five Star Existence | Best Future Watch | Sonja Lindén | Sweden Finland |
| Malaki — Scent of an Angel | Best Arab Spring | Kahlil Dreifus Zaarour | Lebanon |
| Who killed Chea Vichea? | Best Human Rights | Bradley Cox | Thailand United States |
| Life in Stills | Best Generations | Tamar Tal | Israel |
| Incessant Visions | Best Heroes and Incons | Duki Dror | Israel |
| Andrew Bird: Fever Year | Best Culture Vultures | Xan Aranda | United States |

### New Zealand Selection

| Film | Award | Directors | Country |
| Intersexion | Best Feature Documentary Best Editing | Grant Lahood | New Zealand |
| Gone Curling | Best Short Documentary | Roland Kahurangi Rachael Patching | New Zealand |
| River Dog | Best Emerging Filmmaker | James Muir | New Zealand |
| View From Olympus | Best Director | Geoffrey Cawthorn | New Zealand |
| Yakel 3D | Best Cinematography | Rachael Wilson | New Zealand |

## Awards 2011
### International Selection

| Film | Award | Directors | Country |
| The Mystery of Flying Kicks | Best International Short Documentary | Matthew Bate | Australia |
| Into Eternity | Best International Editing | Michael Madsen | Denmark Finland |
| Steam of Life | Best International Cinematography | Joonas Berghäll Mika Hotakainen | Finland |
| Leave Them Laughing | Best On the Edge | John Zaritsky | Canada United States |
| Enemies of the people | Best International Director Best International Feature Documentary | Rob Lemkin Thet Sambath | Cambodia UK |
| Precious Life | Best International Director | Shlomi Eldar | Israel |

### New Zealand Selection

| Film | Award | Directors | Country |
| Hiding Behind the Green Screen | Best Emerging Filmmaker, Best Short Documentary | Paora Joseph | New Zealand |
| Donated to Science | Best Director | Paul Trotman | New Zealand |
| I Am the River | Best Feature Documentary, Best Cinematography, Best Editing | Luigi Cutore Mark McNeill | New Zealand |
| This Way of Life | Best Contribution to the NZ Industry | Thomas Burstyn | New Zealand |
| The Topp Twins: Untouchable Girls | Best Contribution to the NZ Industry | Leanne Pooley | New Zealand |

## Awards 2010
### International Selection

| Film | Award | Directors | Country |
| The Solitary Life of Cranes | Best International Short Documentary | Eva Weber | UK |
| Last Train Home | Best International Feature Documentary | Lixin Fan | Canada |
| Stolen | Best International Editing | Violeta Ayala Daniel Fallshaw | Australia |
| At the Edge of the World | Best International Cinematography | Dan Stone | United States |
| Defamation | Best International Director | Yoav Shamir | Israel Denmark United States Austria |
| Petition | Best International Director | Zhao Liang | China Switzerland UK France Finland Belgium |

### New Zealand Selection

| Film | Award | Directors | Country |
| Dance of the Instance | Best Short Documentary, Best Educational Documentary, Best Research | Shirley Horrocks | New Zealand |
| Five Hours with Raja | Best Emerging Filmmaker | Anna McKessar | New Zealand |
| The Unnatural History of the Kakapo | Best Director, Best Cinematography, Best Sound, Best Feature Documentary | Scott Mouat | New Zealand |
| Liquid Stone: Unlocking Gaudi's Secrets | Best Editing | Polly Watkins | New Zealand Australia |

## Awards 2009
### International Selection

| Film | Award | Directors | Country |
| Don Roberto's Shadow | Best International Short Documentary | Juan Diego Spoerer Hakan Engstrom | Chile Sweden |
| At the Death House Door | Best International Feature Documentary | Steve James Peter Gilbert | United States |
| Sea Point Days | Best International Editing | François Verster | South Africa |
| The Wild Horse Redemption | Best International Cinematography | John Zaritsky | Canada |
| Oblivion | Best International Director | Heddy Honigmann | Germany Netherlands |

### New Zealand Selection

| Film | Award | Directors | Country |
| An Ordinary Person | Best Short Documentary | Susan Potter | New Zealand |
| Shustak | Best Emerging Filmmaker Best New Zealand Feature Documentary | Stuart Page | New Zealand |
| The Last Western Heretic | Best Educational Documentary | Monique Oomen | New Zealand |

## Awards 2008

No Festival this year.

## Awards 2007
### International Selection

| Film | Award | Directors | Country |
| A Summer Not to Forget | Best International Short Documentary | Carol Mansour | Lebanon |
| Please Vote For Me | Best International Medium Documentary Best International Educational Documentary | Weijun Chen | South Africa |
| Knee Deep | Best International Feature Documentary | Michael Chandler | United States |

### New Zealand Selection

| Film | Award | Directors | Country |
| In the Night Kitchen | Best Short Documentary | Simon Burgin | New Zealand |
| Darling! The Pieter-Dirk Uys Story | Best Emerging Filmmaker Best Medium Documentary | Julian Shaw | Australia New Zealand South Africa |
| The Nuclear Comeback | Best Feature Documentary | Justin Pemberton | New Zealand |

## Awards 2006
### International Selection

| Film | Award | Directors | Country |
| Prostitution Behind the Veil | Best International Medium Documentary | Nahid Persson Sarvestani | Iran Sweden |
| Me and My Parents, My Parents and I | Best International Feature Documentary | Gerrit van Elst | Netherlands |
| Martyr Street | Best International Feature Documentary | Shelley Saywell | Canada |
| The Black Road | Screenrights Best Made for TV Doco | William Nessen | Australia |

### New Zealand Selection

| Film | Award | Directors | Country |
| Black and White | Best NZ ShortDocumentary | Kirsty McDonald | New Zealand |
| 4 Geese in a Flock | Best NZ Medium Documentary | Luke Wheeler | New Zealand |
| Ghost Fleet | Best NZ Feature Documentary | Jonathan Finnegan | New Zealand |

## Awards 2005

| Film | Award | Directors | Country |
| Aeon | Best NZ Short Documentary | Richard Sidey | New Zealand |
| Banana in a Nutshell | Best NZ Medium Documentary | Roseane Liang | New Zealand China |
| Dark Horse | Best NZ FeatureDocumentary | Jim Marbrook | New Zealand |