Documentary Edge Awards
This article references all the Awards won at the Documentary Edge Festival since 2005.
Awards 2012
International Selection
New Zealand Selection
| Film | Award | Directors | Country |
| Intersexion | Best Feature Documentary Best Editing | Grant Lahood |  New Zealand |
| Gone Curling | Best Short Documentary | Roland Kahurangi Rachael Patching | New Zealand |
| Best Emerging Filmmaker | James Muir | New Zealand | |
| View From Olympus | Best Director | Geoffrey Cawthorn | New Zealand |
| Best Cinematography | Rachael Wilson | New Zealand |
Awards 2011
International Selection
| Film | Award | Directors | Country |
| Best International Short Documentary | Matthew Bate |  Australia | |
| Into Eternity | Best International Editing | Michael Madsen |  Denmark  Finland |
| Steam of Life | Best International Cinematography | Joonas Berghäll Mika Hotakainen | Finland |
| Leave Them Laughing | Best On the Edge | John Zaritsky |  Canada  United States |
| Enemies of the people | Best International Director Best International Feature Documentary | Rob Lemkin Thet Sambath |  Cambodia UK |
| Best International Director | Shlomi Eldar |  Israel |
New Zealand Selection
| Film | Award | Directors | Country |
| Best Emerging Filmmaker, Best Short Documentary | Paora Joseph | New Zealand | |
| Donated to Science | Best Director | Paul Trotman | New Zealand |
| I Am the River | Best Feature Documentary, Best Cinematography, Best Editing | Luigi Cutore Mark McNeill | New Zealand |
| This Way of Life | Best Contribution to the NZ Industry | Thomas Burstyn | New Zealand |
| Best Contribution to the NZ Industry | Leanne Pooley | New Zealand |
Awards 2010
International Selection
| Film | Award | Directors | Country |
| Best International Short Documentary | Eva Weber | UK | |
| Last Train Home | Best International Feature Documentary | Lixin Fan | Canada |
| Stolen | Best International Editing | Violeta Ayala Daniel Fallshaw | Australia |
| At the Edge of the World | Best International Cinematography | Dan Stone | United States |
| Defamation | Best International Director | Yoav Shamir | Israel Denmark United States  Austria |
| Petition | Best International Director | Zhao Liang |  China  Switzerland UK  France Finland  Belgium |
New Zealand Selection
| Film | Award | Directors | Country |
| Dance of the Instance | Best Short Documentary, Best Educational Documentary, Best Research | Shirley Horrocks | New Zealand |
| Five Hours with Raja | Best Emerging Filmmaker | Anna McKessar | New Zealand |
| Best Director, Best Cinematography, Best Sound, Best Feature Documentary | Scott Mouat | New Zealand | |
| Liquid Stone: Unlocking Gaudi's Secrets | Best Editing | Polly Watkins | New Zealand Australia |
Awards 2009
International Selection
| Film | Award | Directors | Country |
| Don Roberto's Shadow | Best International Short Documentary | Juan Diego Spoerer Hakan Engstrom |  Chile Sweden |
| At the Death House Door | Best International Feature Documentary | Steve James Peter Gilbert | United States |
| Sea Point Days | Best International Editing | François Verster |  South Africa |
| Best International Cinematography | John Zaritsky | Canada | |
| Best International Director | Heddy Honigmann |  Germany Netherlands |
New Zealand Selection
| Film | Award | Directors | Country |
| An Ordinary Person | Best Short Documentary | Susan Potter | New Zealand |
| Shustak | Best Emerging Filmmaker Best New Zealand Feature Documentary | Stuart Page | New Zealand |
| The Last Western Heretic | Best Educational Documentary | Monique Oomen | New Zealand |
Awards 2008
No Festival this year.Awards 2007
International Selection
New Zealand Selection
| Film | Award | Directors | Country |
| In the Night Kitchen | Best Short Documentary | Simon Burgin | New Zealand |
| Darling! The Pieter-Dirk Uys Story | Best Emerging Filmmaker Best Medium Documentary | Julian Shaw | Australia New Zealand South Africa |
| The Nuclear Comeback | Best Feature Documentary | Justin Pemberton | New Zealand |