Documentary Edge Awards 2010

Winner

• Stolen

  Australia Does slavery exist today? Visit North Africa and wonder.

Winner

• At the Edge of the World

  USA Would you cling to the back of a harpooned whale? How and why under-trained and under-equipped Sea Shepherds risk their lives in the Antarctic to stop whaling.

Joint Winners

Yoav Shamir (Defamation), Zhao Liang (Petition)

• Defamation

  Israel/Denmark/USA/Austria Does Israel need anti-Semitism? Director Yoav Shamir explores the level of threat to Jews. Includes flaring interviews with Abraham Foxman and Norman Finkelstein.

• Petition

  China/Switzerland/UK/France/Belgium/Finland A filmmaker’s 12 year labour of love to expose the injustices in China’s court system.

Winner

• The Solitary Life of Cranes

  UK Crane-drivers high above the streets, these machine operators are the unsung chroniclers of London’s ever-changing metropolis.

Winner

• Last Train Home

  Canada Chinese New Year sees a tidal wave of millions of migrant workers attempt to catch the train home. But does “home” live up to expectations?

Special Mention

• Stolen

Winner

• Dance of the Instant

  New Zealand A group of young and extremely talented visionaries helped shepherd in a new era of post-war enthusiasm and hope by pioneering the modern dance movement.

Winner

• The Unnatural History of the Kakapo

  New Zealand Once thought extinct, New Zealand’s Kakapo are the world’s rarest and strangest wild parrot. And possibly the horniest.

Winner

• Liquid Stone: Unlocking Gaudi’s Secrets

  New Zealand/Australia Will Kiwi ingenuity succeed in completing the building of a church begun in the 19th century? Will aeronautical software really help architect Mark Burry?

Winner

• Dance of the Instant

  New Zealand A group of young and extremely talented visionaries helped shepherd in a new era of post-war enthusiasm and hope by pioneering the modern dance movement.

Winner

Anna McKessar

• Five Hours with Raja

  New Zealand An intimate and confronting documentary, which charts the experiences of a young mother carrying her unborn baby to term, despite the diagnosis of a fatal birth defect.

Winner

• The Unnatural History of the Kakapo

  New Zealand Once thought extinct, New Zealand’s Kakapo are the world’s rarest and strangest wild parrot. And possibly the horniest.

Winner

Scott Mouat

• The Unnatural History of the Kakapo

  New Zealand Once thought extinct, New Zealand’s Kakapo are the world’s rarest and strangest wild parrot. And possibly the horniest.

Winner

• Dance of the Instant

  New Zealand A group of young and extremely talented visionaries helped shepherd in a new era of post-war enthusiasm and hope by pioneering the modern dance movement.

Special Mention

• Marching On

Winner

• The Unnatural History of the Kakapo

  New Zealand Once thought extinct, New Zealand’s Kakapo are the world’s rarest and strangest wild parrot. And possibly the horniest.