DOCNZ: Documentary New Zealand Trust
14 Sept 2006
The DOCNZ Documentary Film Festival has announced this year’s winners.
| Award Categories | Films |
|---|---|
| St Laurence Best NZ Short Doco | Black and White by Director/Producer Kirsty MacDonald |
| Special Mention | So Far Yet So Close by Director/Producer Sophie Zhang, Executive Producer Alex Lee |
| St Laurence Best NZ Medium Doco | 4 Geese in a Flock by Director/Producer Luke Wheeler |
| Special Mention | The Black Road by Director William Nessen, Producer AndrewOgilvie (NZ’der) |
| St Laurence Best NZ Feature Doco | Ghost Fleet by Director Jonathan Finnigan, Producer Paula Mason |
| DOCNZ Best International Short Doco | Fine (Scotland) by Director Hazel Baillie, Producer Micky McPherson |
| Special Mention | Santa is Here (Singapore) by Director/Producer Christina Oer |
| DOCNZ Best International Medium Doco | Prostitution Behind the Veil (Sweden/Denmark/Iran) by Director Nahid Persson, Producer Jacob Hogel |
| Special Mention | Songbirds (UK) by Director Brian Hill, Producer Katie Bailiff Braindamadj’d...Take II (Canada) by Director Paul Nadler, Producer Paul Finklestein |
| DOCNZ Best International Feature Doco | Me and My Parents, My Parents and I (the Netherlands) by Director Gerrit van Elst, Producer Frank van Reemst |
| DOCNZ International Feature Doco | Martyr Street (Canada) by Director Shelley Saywell, Producer Shelly Saywell and Deborah Parks |
| Special Mention | The Chances of the World Changing (USA) by Directors Eric Metzgar, Producer Eric Metzgar and Neil Carden Grey |
| Screenrights Best Made for TV Doco | The Black Road by Director William Nessen, Producer Andrew Ogilvie (NZ’der) |
| DOCNZ Best Emerging NZ Documentary Filmmaker | Kirsty MacDonald |
| Special Mention | Zoe McIntosh |
Festival Director Dan Shanan says “The jury which included international judges Stuart Menzies, Head of Documentaries at Australian Broadcasting Corporation, Sean Farnel Programming Director of North America’s largest international documentary film festival and New York based Debra Zimmerman, head of international distribution company Women Make Movies, were very impressed with quality of this year’s films.
“In particular, they praised the DOCNZ international programme which equals the very best films showing in top documentary film festivals overseas with many of the finalists previous international award winners.”
Extra screening of competition-winning films in Auckland and Wellington.
(Wellington dates to be confirmed.)