DocEdge 2026 has announced their winners for this year's festival, and among them we have WIFT Winners!
BEST NEW ZEALAND CINEMATOGRAPHY: Ranginui: Call of the Ice
Dir: Julia Sartorio
Producer: Miriama Kamo, Rangi Matamua, Mataia Keepa, Julia Sartorio
BEST NEW ZEALAND DIRECTOR: Sukundimi Walks Before Me
Producer: Kerry Warkia
NEW ZEALAND STUDENT AWARD: Best Tertiary Film
Special Mention: NZ Silent Killer Dir: Jaimee Boyce
THE RAYE FREEDMAN LEGACY AWARD
Kim Webby for Unlikely Kin
Alongside the winning films there remains a most excellent selection of important New Zealand films continuing to screen across Auckland in the remaining days of DocEdge 2026 for Tāmaki Makaurau, including Unlikely Kin and Sukundimi.
The World Press Photography and Doc Edge Immersive Exhibition at the Smith & Caughey Building is also now discounted to $20, the code for this discount is ‘WPPSPECIAL’.