Off the Edge

{{short description|1976 New Zealand skiing documentary film}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2020}}

{{Use New Zealand English|date=November 2012}}

{{Infobox film

| name = Off the Edge

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| director = Michael Firth

| producer = Michael Firth

| writer = Molly Gregory

| narrator = Ron Hajek
Ron Roy

| starring = Jeff Campbell
Blair Trenholme

| cinematography = Geoff Cocks

| editing = Michael Economou

| studio = Pentacle Films

| distributor = Kerridge Odeon

| released = {{film date|df=yes|1976}}

| runtime = 77 minutes{{cite web |url=http://www.nzvideos.org/off.html |title=Off the Edge |accessdate=14 February 2015|work=New Zealand Film Database}}

| country = New Zealand

| language = English

}}

Off the Edge is a 1976 New Zealand documentary film directed by Michael Firth. It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature.{{cite web |url=https://movies.nytimes.com/movie/35997/Off-the-Edge/details |title=NY Times: Off the Edge |accessdate=14 February 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121014083051/http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/35997/Off-the-Edge/details |archive-date=14 October 2012 |department=Movies & TV Dept. |work=The New York Times |publisher=Baseline & All Movie Guide |url-status=dead }}{{Cite web|url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1977 |title=The 49th Academy Awards (1977) Nominees and Winners |accessdate=12 June 2019|work=oscars.org}} The film features backcountry skiing, extreme skiing and hang gliding in the Southern Alps. Despite being classed as a documentary, it does have some semblance of a fictionalised storyline.