Dear Asian filmmakers, the Doc Edge Festival (New Zealand) is accepting documentaries until January 22, 2024.

About the festival:
Doc Edge is the home for storytelling that changes your world. Their kaupapa (mission) is to celebrate, support, and showcase groundbreaking documentaries. As an Academy Awards® qualifying festival for feature and short documentaries, held annually across New Zealand, they strive to select world and international premieres that are eligible for Academy Awards® contention.

The festival is committed to curating a selection of the highest-quality films that demonstrate excellence in storytelling, celebrate diversity, and inspire social change. They take pride in being one of the leading film festivals in the Pacific and are particularly interested in supporting filmmakers with Pacific content and subjects.

Note: We will only publish information for international competition. For national (New Zealand) documentaries please visit: https://filmfreeway.com/DocEdgeFestival

Eligibility:
– Films must be completed after January 1, 2023.
– The festival accepts short docs (under 40 minutes) and feature docs (over 40 minutes).
– Films must be at minimum New Zealand Premieres with preference given to World and International Premieres.
– The submitting party (“the Submitter”) must have the authority to submit the film to Doc Edge and the exclusive rights (including all music clearance rights) to screen theatrically in New Zealand.
– The festival doesn’t give fee waivers.
– All non-English films must have English subtitles and where available closed captions. Dubbing is not acceptable.
– Films that are not documentary are not eligible for submission.
– Submission Fees and Deadlines:

– Notification Date: April 15, 2024

We recommend filmmakers to read the full Rules and Regulations here: https://filmfreeway.com/DocEdgeFestival (This is also the submission link)

We remind readers that the 19th Doc Edge Festival will take place from May 22 – July 7, 2024 in Auckland, New Zealand.

To see other Call for Entries please follow the next link: “Call for Entries”.