Crip Camp wins Best Feature; Garrett Bradley wins Best Director for Time; John Was Trying to Contact Aliens wins Best Short.
IDA Documentary Awards
- January 16, 2021
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The IDA is honoring Maria Ressa and the Philippines-based online news network Rappler with the 2020 Truth to Power Award. The honorary award recognizes an individual or institution that has shown conspicuous fortitude, tenacity and resoluteness in holding those in power to account. Rappler has...
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The 2020 IDA Documentary Award is recognizing Firelight Media with the Pioneer Award, which acknowledges those individuals who have made extraordinary contributions to advancing the nonfiction form and providing exceptional vision and leadership to the documentary community. Firelight is a...
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The 36th Annual IDA Documentary Awards is honoring Regina K. Scully with the Amicus Award, which recognizes individuals or organizations in recognition of their work supporting the essential needs of the nonfiction media landscape. She has produced over 200 documentary films focused on some of...
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For their incredible bravery in telling the story of LGBT+ activists, the 2020 Courage Under Fire Award honors Welcome To Chechnya filmmaker David France and his team as well as the activists featured in the film: David Isteev and Olga Baranova, and all those who work with them. In this...
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The 36th Annual IDA Documentary Awards is honoring Garrett Bradley with the Emerging Documentary Filmmaker Award for her feature debut, Time. In conversation with Bradley is award-winning filmmaker, Dawn Porter.
Garrett Bradley works across narrative, documentary and experimental...
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The 36th Annual IDA Documentary Awards is honoring Sam Pollard with the Career Achievement Award. Take a look at Sam's work and hear from the accomplished editor/producer/director himself. In conversation with Pollard is award-winning producer, Geeta Gandbhir.
Between 1990 and 2010, Mr....
- January 12, 2021Maria Ressa is an institution unto herself. She has long been a household name in her native Philippines, with nearly two decades serving as CNN’s
- January 7, 2021Driven by “fierce compassion—the kind where you will burst if you don’t do something about it,” this year’s IDA Amicus Award honoree, Regina K.
- January 5, 2021Sam Pollard has spent the last four decades crafting stories primarily detailing the African American experience—stories that reveal complex