✨AOTEAROA PREMIERE✨
Modern Wh🌼re x DocEdge
Join Andrea Werhun in Auckland, New Zealand June 26 & July 6 for what the festival calls, “funny, raw, and unapologetically real.” The film also screens July 25 in Wellington.
Can’t wait to share the film with audiences in Aotearoa. Kia Ora 🍿✨
✨🎬 Exciting news! Hunter Weeks has joined the Doc Edge whānau as our new producer!
Hunter has produced eight feature documentaries (five of which were broadcasted on Netflix) and made history as the first filmmaker to distribute a feature-length documentary on YouTube (10 MPH). He's worked as a producer and toured films across the US and Aotearoa, performed at the highest levels of the tech and creative industries at companies like Oracle and other Microsoft-aligned organizations, and is an Edmund Hillary Fellow.
☝️In short: he knows the documentary film industry inside and out.
"I'm thrilled to join the team and help deliver a festival that uplifts filmmakers, inspires audiences, and pushes the boundaries of documentary storytelling."
—Hunter Weeks
Welcome, Hunter! 🙌
Connect on LinkedIn → /in/hunterweeks
Connect on Instagram → @hunterweeks
🪂🌿 Find 'Shayni in the Sky' on Doc Edge Virtual Cinema, now streaming worldwide.
⛰️From grief to the skies, this wahine rises.
When her beloved husband, Micah, an American-born professional BASE jumper, tragically dies while jumping in Norway, Shayni Couch must find a way forward for both herself and her unborn child.
With stunning visuals and a uniquely touching story, viewers get an intimate look into the grieving process that takes Shayni on a journey to Norway to retrace her husbands steps.
🎬 Produced by Gabriel Garton, Shayni Couch
🌏 Find 'Francis Hodgkins, Anything but a Still Life' on Doc Edge Virtual Cinema now streaming worldwide!
🎨🎥 Previously screened at Doc Edge 2023, film goers have until 31 May to catch the film on our Virtual Cinema.
Born in New Zealand, Frances Hodgkins spent decades navigating the art world in Europe. Painting boldly, living restlessly, and challenging the limitations placed on women and creatives of the time. Refusing to be defined by the obstacles she faced, Director Blandine Massiet du Biest follows her in the journey that led to her status as a pioneer in the art world, and inspiration for women everywhere.
Watch now to uncover the stories, the struggles, and the brutal determination behind one of the most enduring legacies in New Zealand and European art history.
🏅Winner of Best New Zealand Sound and Best New Zealand Emerging Filmmaker at Doc Edge Festival 2023
🎬 Produced by Blandine Massiet Du Biest
A bond forged in the desert heat, left behind in the dust 🐎🏜️
Dive into the unbreakable bond and heartwarming relationship between soldiers and their loyal companions during the brutal Sinai-Palestine campaigns of WWI.
They found strength in each other but as soon as peace came, a cruel twist of fate forced a final, devastating goodbye💔
🎥Watch now through 31 May 2026.
🏆 Special Mention: Best NZ Feature (Doc Edge Awards 2025)
✨ A wonderful start to Doc Edge’s 21st season!
Last night we hosted a special preview screening of Moss & Freud to mark the beginning of our 2026 season. It was fantastic to share the evening with our community, including Arts, Culture & Heritage Minister @paulgoldsmithmp , who also posted about the event.
Huge thanks to our Doc Edge Chair, Matthew Metcalfe, for hosting, and to everyone who joined us.
📸 Photos by Deane Cohen.
For more images, visit our Facebook page.
If you’d like to support our charity and help bring Doc Edge 2026 to life, please consider making a donation or getting a membership.
#DocEdge #LifeUnscripted #SupportLocal #NZFilm #Documentary
And the Winner of the Academy Award for Best Documentary is… Mr Nobody Against Putin! 🏆🏆🏆
Congratulations to Pavel Talankin, David Borenstein and their team.
We were privileged to have given this film its New Zealand Premiere as part of Doc Edge Festival 2025🍿
Citizens of the world now is your time! 👽
Two films from last year’s festival will be available worldwide until 31 May, exclusively on the Doc Edge Virtual Cinema. This is a chance for our global audience to get a taste of the films we screen annually down here in New Zealand🍿
DEVILS ON HORSES (Dir. Edward Sampson)
Exploring the deep bond between soldiers and their horses in the harsh desert, showing how these animals provided comfort, security, and emotional stability during the horrors of war.
SHAYNI IN THE SKY (Dir. Gabriel Garton)
A BASE jumper from New Zealand returns to the Norwegian mountain where her husband died in a tragic accident. She carries his ashes, their baby, and their memories on her life-changing journey.
Both of these films can be watched at docedge.nz
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Last year Mr Nobody Against Putin screened as part of Doc Edge Festival 2025. Last week it won the BAFTA for Best Documentary🎭👏
Next stop the Oscars. We think it's got what it takes to bag the win!🍿
Congratulations to the 10 New Zealand documentaries that are screening in Tahiti this week as part of Fifo 2026
In Competition
Being Niuean (Shimpal Lelisi), The Haka Party Incident (Katie Wolfe), The Stolen Children of Aotearoa (Julian Arahanga), The War Below: Restoring Hope in the Solomon Islands (Tuki Laumea)
Non-Competition
Marlon Williams: Two Worlds (Ngã Ao e Rua) (Ursula Grace Williams), Sukundimi Walks Before Me (Matasila Freshwater, Lachlan McLeod)
Short Films
Papa Tom, From the Seas to the Stars (Damon Fepulea'i), Land Back! (Valentin Henry), Fearlessli (Lee Li), The Forgotten Soldiers of Niue (Tuki Laumea)
FIFO runs 6-15 February Pape'ete, then streams on demand 10-22 February @fifo.officiel
