Yes, I know it seems like we were all just sitting in the DGA Theater for the 2007 awards, but it’s already time to start thinking about submitting for 2008. Here’s the very official skinny:

The IDA Awards Competition is the foremost genre-specific event dedicated to the documentary film. The Distinguished Feature Award winner will be announced at the IDA Awards Gala in Los Angeles on December 5, 2008. The winners of the all other categories will be announced in advance. All winners will be screened on December 6th, 2008 at IDA's Annual DocuFest™.

IDA has FOUR Distinguished Award categories as follows:
FEATURE
SHORT
LIMITED SERIES
CONTINUING SERIES

IDA has three Additional Special Recognition Award categories as well. To qualify for these awards, the film must be entered into one of the above main categories. Please carefully review the information below, as some Additional Special Recognition Awards are only open to certain types of main category films.

Additional Special Recognition Awards:
IDA/ABCNEWS VIDEOSOURCE AWARD
IDA/PARE LORENTZ AWARD
IDA/ALAN ETT MUSIC DOCUMENTARY AWARD ** Documentaries MUST enter either as “Feature” or “Short”

Documentaries entered in any of the four main Distinguished Award categories may also be considered for the Additional Recognition Awards in the following categories: 
IDA/ABCNEWS VIDEOSOURCE
IDA/PARE LORENTZ

Student Documentary Award:
DAVID L WOLPER STUDENT DOCUMENTARY ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
**Films submitted in the David L. Wolper Student Documentary category are NOT eligible for Additional Recognition Award VII (IDA/ALAN ETT MUSIC DOCUMENTARY.)