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Statement on the Proposed Netflix Acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery

IDA Announces 2025 Pare Lorentz Grantees

Three projects were selected out of 62 applicants. Awarded projects represent six countries.

IDA and DWU/CWA Local 9003 ratifies initial two-year contract

Documentary Grants & Fellowship Directory

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‘Documentary’ Launches Greatest Docs of the 21st Century Poll

Documentary magazine is embarking on an exciting new project to anoint the 25 Greatest Docs of the 21st Century (so far!)

41st IDA Documentary Award Honorees

Post Jobs and Gigs on IDA Member Job Board!

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Media Consolidation: a Teach-In

IDA Presentation: Pitching to Develop Your Film

Photo from the screening of ESPN 30 for 30 with filmmakers on stage during the post-screening Q&A at Neuehouse Hollywood.

IDA SummerDocs | 30 for 30 | Q&A Panel

Getting Real 2024 - Conference Recap

40th IDA Documentary Awards Ceremony 2024

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IDAinsight: The Ins & Outs of the Producer’s Errors and Omissions (E&O) Insurance

IDAinsight: Festival Strategy Workshop

Black Box Diaries Q&A conversation featuring Director/Producer Shiori Ito, moderated by Tribune Katie Walsh.

IDA FallDocs | Black Box Diaries | Q&A Panel

No Other Land virtual Q&A conversation featuring Basel Adra and Yuval Abraham, moderated by filmmaker/curator Zaina Bseiso.

IDA FallDocs | No Other Land | Q&A Panel

Black Box Diaries Q&A conversation featuring directors Julian Brave NoiseCat, Emily Kassie, and moderated by film journalist Robert Abele.

IDA FallDocs | Sugarcane | Q&A Panel

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Building Consent: Brandon and Lance Kramer on ‘Holding Liat’

By Risé Sanders-Weir

Feature

Public Records: How Geeta Gandbhir Transformed Police Evidence and Bodycam Footage Into ‘The Perfect Neighbor’

By Mackenzie Lukenbill

Online Feature

Remembering Jill Godmilow, Iconoclastic Filmmaker and Author of ‘Kill the Documentary’

By Sandra Schulberg

Online Feature

Lines in Sand: IDFA 2025 Traces Documentary Collaboration Across Borders

By Nicolas Rapold

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IDA Member Spotlight: Araceli and Adelaide headshots

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IDA Member Spotlight: Araceli Seager and Adelaide Burrows

IDA Staff

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‘Documentary’ Launches Greatest Docs of the 21st Century Poll

Manuel Betancourt

IDA Documentary Awards Los Angeles. December 4-6, 2025

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IDA Announces Nominees for 41st Documentary Awards

Winter 2026

Cover: Brittany Shyne (Seeds). Features: Sugar Studios, The Perfect Neighbor, Caribbean documentaries, nuclear documentaries, Julie Goldman, Impact Partners. Festivals: DOK Leipzig 2025, Ji.hlava 2025. Columns: Screen Time. Articles will be published online between December 2025 and February 2026.

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