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The Documentary Edge E-Newsletter / Issue 43 – April 2011

Kia ora!

Documentary Edge Festival 2011 is over and we reveal the top 10 films in each city. A survey that was taken during the Festival is now available online. Submissions for Documentary Edge Festival 2012 are now open on WAB. Documentary Edge Campus is now open to the public and Docu72 will be held on the last weekend in August.

Here is the latest from the Documentary Edge Hub.

The Documentary Edge Team

In this issue

Documentary Edge Festival 2012 – Submissions open
Documentary Edge Festival 2011 – Top 10
Festival Survey
Documentary Edge Campus – Now open
Docu72 – Last weekend in August
What’s Up Doc?
General calls for documentary submissions

1. Documentary Edge Festival 2012 – Submissions open

The end of one Festival marks the beginning of the next one. Documentary Edge Festival 2012 is now open for submissions via Withoutabox (WAB). There are 4 deadlines and we encourage you to submit early to enjoy a low entry fee.

DOCUMENTARY EDGE FESTIVAL 2012 SUBMISSION DEADLINES:

EARLY BIRD: 15 JUNE
REGULAR: 31 AUG
LATE: 15 SEPT
EXTENDED: 30 SEPT

Please read the Rules and Regulations prior to completing your submission/s.

2. Documentary Edge Festival 2011 – Top 10

Documentary Edge Festival 2011 is over and we would like to thank the over 10,000 people who’ve attended it. Your support of the Festival is fantastic and we can now reveal your favourite films in each city:

The top 10 films in Auckland:

1. The People vs George Lucas, USA
2. Enemies of the People, KHM/UK
3. Dirty Bloody Hippies, NZL
4. Into Eternity, DNK/FIN
5. South of the Border, USA
6. El Bulli – Cooking in Progress, GER
7. Erasing David, UK
8. Donated to Science, NZL
9. Jane’s Journey, GER
10. I.M. Pei – Building China Modern, CNH/USA

The top 10 films in Wellington:

1. The People vs George Lucas, USA
2. South of the Border, USA
3. El Bulli – Cooking in Progress, GER
4. Enemies of the People, KHM/UK
5. Hey, Boo – Harper Lee and ‘To Kill A Mockingbird', USA
6. Into Eternity, DNK/FIN
7. Dirty Bloody Hippies, NZL
8. Landscapes At The World’s Ends and Lest We Forget, NZL
9. My Perestroika, USA/UK
10. Erasing David, UK

3. Festival Survey

During the Documentary Edge Festival 2011, we conducted a short written survey with the audiences at the cinema premises. Thank you to everyone who completed the survey. This will definitely provide us with valuable feedback on how you feel about your experience with the Festival and we will take that to improve our future Festivals. Therefore, for those who miss it and are keen to spare a few minutes to tell us about what you think, we have now made the survey online here (hyperlink) for a limited time. A winner will be drawn from all the surveys submitted to win wine and DVDs. We will announce the winner in the next newsletter.

4. Documentary Edge Campus – Now open

We are excited to announce that Documentary Edge Campus - New Zealand’s first resource centre for documentary films and other materials - is now open to the public.
Supported by some seed funding from SKYCITY Community Trust to set it up, the Campus is located at:

Level 1, 114 Ponsonby Road, Auckland
Opening hours : Monday to Friday from 10am to 4pm
The Campus includes 4 viewing stations and a catalogue of close to 200 films.
Users may book a station for a 2-hour period by calling us at (09) 36 00 329.

The Campus usage is free of charge, however, Koha donations and sponsorships are welcome to help with the development, operation and running of the Campus.
We are accepting donations to the Campus, so if you have any documentary materials (books, magazines, etc) that you wish to donate, please contact us at campus@documentaryedge.org.nz.

5. Docu72 – Last weekend in August

Docu72 is changing the time at which it will be run, from July to late August this year. Thank you for those who have already registered, and check out the blog if you haven't already.

6. What’s Up Doc?

12 April: Media Release: Richard Driver joins Documentary NZ Trust
8 April: The Future of Public Broadcasting and TVNZ
The Save TVNZ 7 Viral Video Competition – Deadline: 4 May 2011
WIFT – Social Networking for the Film Industry – HOW MUCH IS TOO MUCH?
Panellists: Ainsley Gardner, Vicky Pope, Anna Deane, Jasmin McSweeney, Sue May on 4 May 2011 at The Film School, 86 Vivian St, Wellington
STORYDOC 201 – Applications deadline extended to 4th May
Expanding Documentary – Auckland 7-9 December 2011
IDFA - Call for Entry Jan Vrijman Fund – Deadline: 15 May 2011
CoPro 13 – The Israel Documentary Screen Market, 23-30 May 2011
STATE (T)ERROR – Milano Film Festival – Call for Docs Deadline: 31 May 2011

7. Calls for documentary submissions

Document 9 International Human Rights Documentary Film Festival – Glasgow, UK.
Deadline: 6 May 2011
IDA's DocuWeek – Los Angeles, USA. Deadline: 10 May 2011
DOCSDF – Mexico City, Mexico. Deadline: 13 May 2011
Hot Springs Documentary Film Festival – Hot Springs National Park, USA. Deadline: 13 May 2011
(Late deadline: 25 May 2011)
Mill Valley Film Festival – Mill Valley, California, USA. Deadline: 13 May 2011
(Final deadline: 17 June 2011)
CPH: Dox Copenhagen International Documentary Film Festival – Copenhagen, Denmark.
Deadline: 15 May 2011
Sarajevo Film Festival – Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. Deadline: 30 May 2011
DOK Leipzig- International Leipzig Festival for Documentary and Animated Film – Leipzig, Germany. Deadline: 31 May 2011
Jihlava International Documentary Film Festival – Jihlava, Czech Republic. Deadline: 31 May 2011
Raindance Film Festival – London, UK. Deadline: 3 June 2011 (Final deadline: 17 June 2011)
RIDM - Rencontres internationales du documentaire de Montréal – Montreal, Canada.
Deadline: 31 June 2011
IDFA - International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam – Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Deadline (for all films finished after 1 April 2011): 1 August 2011