Documentary Edge Awards 2011
Each year, Documentary Edge Festival gives awards to the best national and international films in various categories. All selected films are in competition. The awards were announced in Auckland during Documentary Edge Gala on 24th February 2011.
Best International Short Documentary
Winner
The Mystery of Flying KicksAustralia Murder, sex, drugs, art and politics?A film exploring the mystery of why sneakers appear on telephone and power lines around the world.
Special Mention
Prayers for PeaceUSA Pastels on a slate chalkboard underscore life’s impermanence as the artist confronts the memory of his younger brother killed in Iraq.
Best International Feature Documentary
Winner
Enemies of the PeopleCambodia/UK In the most harrowing and compelling personal film of our time, this Academy Award shortlisted film exposes for the first time the truth behind Cambodia?s genocide.
Special Mention
Into EternityDenmark/Finland Captivating, wondrous and extremely frightening, this feature documentary takes viewers on a journey never seen before into the underworld and into the future.
Best International Editing
Winner
- Into Eternity
Denmark/Finland Captivating, wondrous and extremely frightening, this feature documentary takes viewers on a journey never seen before into the underworld and into the future.
Best International Cinematography
Winner
Steam of LifeFinland Steam of Life reveals that men are most likely to expose their inner-most emotions, not when they?re drunk at a bar, but when they?re naked in a sauna.
Best On the Edge
Winner
Leave Them LaughingCanada/USA Leave Them Laughing is a musical comedy about dying, featuring singer/songwriter/comedienne Carla Zilbersmith.
Best International Director
Winner
- Rob Lemkin, Thet Sambath - Enemies of the People
Cambodia/UK In the most harrowing and compelling personal film of our time, this Academy Award shortlisted film exposes for the first time the truth behind Cambodia?s genocide.
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Shlomi Eldar - Precious LifeIsrael An Israeli journalist meditates on Middle East politics through the paradox of a Palestinian mother seeking to save her ailing infant with the help of an Israeli doctor.
Best New Zealand Short Documentary
Winner
Hiding Behind the Green ScreenNew Zealand An innovative, experimental and creative documentary that seeks to bring awareness to the marijuana culture amongst New Zealand’s youth.
Special Mention
Landscapes at the World’s EndsNew Zealand A non-verbal visual journey to the polar regions of our planet portrayed through a triptych montage of photography and video.
Best New Zealand Feature Documentary
Winner
I Am the RiverNew Zealand Rare insight into 19th century NZ history. Photographic treasure sparks a storm of public protest and continues to raise questions of ownership that divide our cultures.
Best NZ Emerging Filmmaker
Winner
- Paora Joseph - Hiding Behind the Green Screen
New Zealand An innovative, experimental and creative documentary that seeks to bring awareness to the marijuana culture amongst New Zealand’s youth.
Best NZ Director
Winner
Paul Trotman - Donated to ScienceNew Zealand A powerful and touching look at the donors and the medical students who work on the donated bodies.
Best NZ Cinematography
Winner
- I Am the River
New Zealand Rare insight into 19th century NZ history. Photographic treasure sparks a storm of public protest and continues to raise questions of ownership that divide our cultures.
Best NZ Editing
Winner
- I Am the River
New Zealand Rare insight into 19th century NZ history. Photographic treasure sparks a storm of public protest and continues to raise questions of ownership that divide our cultures.