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January 3, 2022

37th IDA Documentary Awards Ceremony 2021


The IDA Documentary Awards is the world's most prestigious event dedicated to the documentary genre. It celebrates the best nonfiction films and programs of the year and seeks to represent excellence in the documentary field by emerging and established documentarians from around the world.

This video is ASL interpreted with open captions.

Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
02:40 Musical Performance by Mehandis Geleto
04:40 Welcome
05:50 2021 Documentary Year in Review
08:15 Land Acknowledgement
08:45 Pare Lorentz Award
11:30 David L. Wolper Student Documentary Award
14:20 Best Short Form Series
17:20 Best Curated Series  
19:45 Best Feature Pt. 1
22:20 ABC News VideoSource Award
26:40 IDA Executive Director Remarks & IDA's 40th Anniversary
31:05 Best Stand-Alone Audio Documentary
33:15 Best Multi-Part Audio Documentary or Series
34:50 Best Music Score
37:10 Best Cinematography
40:32 Best Editing
44:07 Best Writing
45:58 Best Feature Pt. 2
48:30 Best Episodic Series
50:48 Best Multi-Part Documentary
53:40 Best Music Documentary 
56:01 Best Director
58:45 Best Short
1:02:36 Best Feature
1:04:10 Credits and Thanks