Our Grantees
We award $1.2 million annually in production and development grants directly to documentarians through our IDA Enterprise Documentary Fund, Pare Lorentz Documentary Fund, IDA Netflix Global Emerging Filmmaker Award, IDA Sarowitz Project Completion Fund, and Logan Elevate Grant.
(T)ERROR is the story of Saeed "Shariff" Torres, a 63-year-old former Black Panther-turned-counterterrorism informant for the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
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When the U.S.- Mexico border was established, it cut through the lands of the Tohono O’odham tribe, partitioning it in two.
When housing on the lowest rung of the American dream is being devoured by the wealthiest of the wealthy, whose dream are we serving?
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In the sterile storage of museums and archives our ancestor’s remains struggle to find their way home.
If you were impoverished, politically voiceless, and believed you didn’t matter, ACORN hoped to change your mind.
Since the assassination of Dr. George Tiller in Kansas in May 2009, there are only four American doctors left who openly provide third-trimester abortions.
Baltimore, 1972: Henry Selhorst, father of thirteen children, is murdered blocks from his home by three young men.
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In the small town of Laurel, Montana, a mother refuses to give up fighting for her wrongfully imprisoned son’s release, culminating in a spectacular biparti
The inspiring true story of two friends who embark on an epic journey to heal from their time in combat.
AS GOES JANESVILLE reports from ground zero of America’s recession-ridden heartland — the city of Janesville, Wisconsin.
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From confessional-style iPhone and secret recordings mixed with verite shooting, a staggering account of Shiori's Ito's improbable fight as both victim and jo
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When the residents of a remote Siberian city discover an old Soviet mine has caught fire beneath their neighborhood, they turn to Natalia Zubkova, a local hom
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Body Parts viscerally investigates the making of Hollywood “sex” scenes, revealing movie magic processes while candidly exploring the toll on those i
During three years of unparalleled violence in Baltimore, Charm City delivers an unexpectedly candid, observational portrait of those left on the frontlines.
Check It is a feature-length documentary about a gay African-American gang struggling to survive in one Washington D.C.’s most violent neighborhoods.
Children of the Arctic is a portrait of five Native Alaskan teenagers coming of age in Barrow, Alaska - the northern-most community of the United States.