Spartacus Leads 52 Strong Programme for Doc Edge
Spartacus Leads 52 Strong Programme for Doc
Edge
The Documentary New Zealand Trust
presents
THE DOCUMENTARY EDGE INTERNATIONAL FILM
FESTIVAL 2016
Be Here Now - the Andy Whitfield Story opens the 11th Documentary Edge International Film Festival (Doc Edge), on Wednesday 4th May in Wellington and Wednesday 18th May in Auckland. A powerful and intimate love story, the documentary follows the fight of Spartacus star Andy Whitfield and his charismatic wife Vashti against his cancer diagnosis.
Doc Edge brings 37 feature length films and 15 shorts to Wellington (4th-15th May) and Auckland (18th – 29th May).
Be Here Now marks the
international premiere by Academy Award® Nominee, filmmaker
Lilibet Foster. The film has received critical and popular
praise, winning the Audience Award for the Best Documentary
at the Los Angeles Film Festival 2015. Both Lilibet Foster
and Vashti Whitfield will be at screenings in Wellington and
Auckland. Watch the trailer.
Wrapping
up the festival is Presenting Princess Shaw,
a film that follows Samantha Montgomery, A.K.A.
Princess Shaw, a singer and YouTuber living in one of New
Orleans toughest neighbourhoods. Her soulful voice is
discovered by Israeli musician Kutiman, providing the
catalyst for an inspiring musical collaboration and new
friendship.Presenting Princess Shaw has been
described as “inspirational filmmaking of the first
order... Astounding and thoroughly inspirational” by
Variety and a “joyously uplifting documentary” by
Toronto Star. Watch the trailer.
In addition to the earlier titles announced, the Festival’s impressive range of films covers a wide range of issues and follows individuals from all walks of life: musicians, sports players, chefs, activists and everyday people with incredible stories to tell. Several films touch on famous names such as Gabo: The Creation of Gabriel Garcia Marquez,Maya Angelou: And Still I Rise and Nathan East: For the Record.
Major highlights of the Festival include the World Premiere of A Billion Lives, the exposé of corruption behind the rise of vaporisers - the alternative to cigarettes; Among The Believers, an intimate and frightening look into the microcosm of terrorism in Pakistan and a first-class collection of Short Documentaries featuring the 2016 Best Documentary Academy Award® winner; A Girl in the River: The Price of Forgiveness, alongside the other Academy Award® finalists.
New Zealand filmmakers are represented in several documentaries including The Sound of Her Guitar, which features country singer Donna Dean as she tours through the southern States of the U.S., and Monterey, which takes audiences behind the scenes of an Auckland Café to discover the highs and lows of a small NZ hospitality business.
For the full programme and the latest news regarding the 2016 season, visit the brand new website www.docedge.nz
KEY
DATES:
4-15 May 2016 - Doc Edge
Festival: Wellington – The Roxy,
Miramar
18-29 May 2016 - Doc Edge Festival:
Auckland – Q Theatre, Auckland CBD
13
May 2016 Screen Edge Forum: Wellington – Park
Road Post, Miramar
18 May 2016
Screen Edge Forum: Auckland – AUT,
Auckland
CBD
ends