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  • January 16, 2021

    IDA Announces 36th Annual IDA Documentary Awards Winners

    Crip Camp wins Best Feature; Garrett Bradley wins Best Director for Time; John Was Trying to Contact Aliens wins Best Short.

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  • November 24, 2020

    IDA Announces 36th Annual IDA Documentary Awards Nominees

    Crip Camp, MLK/FBI, Time and The Truffle Hunters Receive Multiple Nominations. Virtual Awards Ceremony Jan 16, 2021.

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  • November 16, 2020

    Simon Kilmurry, Executive Director of IDA to Step Down in 2021

    The International Documentary Association (IDA) has announced that executive director, Simon Kilmurry, will step down in mid-2021.

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  • November 10, 2020

    IDA Announces 36th Annual IDA Documentary Awards Honorees

    The International Documentary Association (IDA) has announced the 36th Annual IDA Documentary Awards honorary awards recipients.

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  • November 5, 2020

    IDA Appoints Five New Members to Board of Directors

    The International Documentary Association (IDA) announced the appointment of five new members to its Board of Directors: Hallee Adelman, Grace Lee, Al Perry, Amir Shahkhalili, and Marcia Smith.

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  • October 28, 2020

    IDA Announces 36th Annual IDA Documentary Awards Shortlists for Feature and Short Documentaries

    The feature documentary shortlist includes 30 films from 21 countries. 38% of directors and 55% of producers are women, 30% of directors and 28% identify as BIPOC. Additionally, 8% of directors and 7% of producers are LGBTQ. 5% of directors and 3% of producers are disabled.

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  • October 19, 2020

    IDA Enterprise Documentary Fund Announces 2020 Slate of Journalistic Docs Grants Totaling $850,000 to Thirteen Projects

    13 films to receive a total of $850,000 in production funds and 2 emerging women filmmakers of color receiving Logan Elevate Grants of $25,000 each.

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  • September 22, 2020

    IDA Announces Annual Screening Series Lineup

    The International Documentary Association (IDA) announced their annual curated screening series lineup, which begins Thursday, October 8 with a screening of Amazon Studios’ Time, directed by Garrett Bradley.

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  • July 16, 2020

    IDA Appoints Entertainment Attorney Brenda Robinson as Board President

    The International Documentary Association (IDA) announced the appointment of Brenda Robinson as President of its Board of Directors. Robinson, who joined IDA’s Board of Directors in 2018, succeeds Kevin Iwashina, whose board term ends in December 2020.

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  • March 16, 2020

    Charges Must Be Dropped Against Ugandan Filmmaker & Journalist Bwayo Moses

    The arrest of Ugandan filmmaker and journalist Bwayo Moses on charges of “unlawful assembly” and “singing [a] song subverting or promoting subversion of the government of Uganda” represents an unwarranted and unjustifiable attack on artistic expression, and charges against him should immediately be dropped, PEN America, the International Documentary Association (IDA), and the International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam (IDFA) said today.

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