Documentary New Zealand Trust
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| Location | Auckland and Wellington,
 New Zealand |
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| Founded | 2004 |
| Website | docedge |
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.[1] Its signature events are an international film festival, DOC Pitch and DOC Lab. It engages with the government, funding agencies, creative organisations, academic institutions and other screen industry guilds to ensure maximum support and funding for documentary filmmakers in New Zealand.[citation needed]
The Trustees
- Alex Lee
- Dan Shanan
Doc Edge Festival and Awards
The DOCNZ International Documentary Film Festival was launched in 2005 in Auckland by the then Prime Minister, Helen Clark.[citation needed] It was rebranded as Documentary Edge Festival in 2010,[2] then Doc Edge,[3] and is held annually in Auckland and Wellington.[4]
The Documentary Edge Awards are awarded at the festival.[5]
The Screen Edge Forum
The Screen Edge Forum[6] (previously known as DOCNZ Summit and Documentary Edge Forum) is an annual pan-screen industry event covering documentary, transmedia and other screen industry topics.
Many Pitch Projects have been developed as a result including:
- The Relocated Mountain, Julia Parnell
- The Topp Twins, Arani Cuthbert
- Lost in Wonderland,[7] Zoe McIntosh
- There Once was an Island: Te Henua E Noho,[8] Briar March
- Brother Number One,[9] Annie Goldson[10]
- Pictures of Susan, Dan Salmon [11]
- Strawberries with the Führer, Amy O'Connor
- Batons & Baquettes, Campbell Cooley
- Stumbling into the Wall, Tony Foster
- 4:20 New Zealand, Arik Reiss
- Te Hono Ki Aotearoa - The Waka for Europe,[12] Jan Bieringa
- Running for his Life, Anna Cottrell[13]
- Varayame's Feet,[14] Sarah Graham Read
- Wrestling Spectacular - A Kiwi Century on the Mat,[15] Adam Simpson