The film “Little Potato” by Dr Chen Chen, from the School of Art and Design, recently won the Best New Zealand Short in the 2025 Doc Edge Festival and is now eligible for Oscar consideration in 2026.
“Little Potato” is a portrait of Chen’s grandmother Shou Ai Xia who suffers from dementia. The jury described the film as “artistic photography, an unflinching camera, and bravery and vulnerability in sharing intimate moments about a sensitive topic often kept behind closed doors”.
