IDA Documentary Awards

November 16, 2018

Amicus Award: Chicken & Egg Pictures

Chicken & Egg Pictures, which was founded in 2005 by Judith Helfand, Julie Parker Benello, and Wendy Ettinger to support women documentarians, is the recipient of this year’s IDA Amicus Award, which goes to an individual or organization that has been a great supporter, financially or otherwise, of documentary filmmaking. Documentary spoke with Wolfson via email about how she came to Chicken & Egg, the future of the organization, and how Chicken & Egg has impacted the film industry.

November 14, 2018

Courage Under Fire Award: Stephen Maing and the NYPD 12

This year’s Courage Under Fire Award recipients, director Stephen Maing (High Tech, Low Life) and the whistleblowers of the NYPD 12 that he documented in his exquisite doc Crime + Punishment, may not at first glance seem as likely honorees as, say, journalists facing down the daily guns and bombs of the war-torn Middle East.

August 1, 2018

IDA Documentary Awards 2018 New Categories

Call For Entries For Best Audio Documentary (Radio/Podcast) are now open! In recognition of the continued expansion of the nonfiction form, we are

January 3, 2018

Dispatch from the IDA Documentary Awards: Filmmakers of Color Speak Out About Diversity

by Meena Nanji and Victoria Chalk A-Doc , a network of Asian American documentary filmmakers, is committed to foregrounding the voices of Asian

November 28, 2017

Amicus Award: Abigail Disney, Crusader for Change

IDA's Amicus Award goes to an individual who has been a great supporter, financially or otherwise, of documentary filmmaking. The recipient of this

November 16, 2017

IDA Career Achievement Award: Lourdes Portillo: Filmmaking as Desire

For nearly 40 years, Lourdes Portillo has been at the vanguard of documentary film, pushing the boundaries of content and form. Whether validating

November 7, 2017

IDA Emerging Documentary Filmmaker Award: From Gatekeeper to Storyteller - Yance Ford

Strong Island is Yance Ford's cinematic nonfiction exploration of racial injustice in the Long Island suburbs, told through the murder of the

December 5, 2016

Amicus Award: Change Agents: Amicus Award Honorees Norman and Lyn Lear

Editor's Note: The landscape of American entertainment would look very different without the work of Norman Lear, who wrote, produced, created or

December 1, 2016

IDA Career Achievement Award: Stanley Nelson Makes History Sing

Stanley Nelson has, for the past quarter-century, established himself as an indefatigable chronicler of the African-American experience, bringing to

November 11, 2016

IDA Emerging Documentary Filmmaker Award: Nanfu Wang Fights for Change in China

Since Alex Rivera earned the inaugural Emerging Documentary Filmmaker Award back in 2003, the honor has gone to a distinguished company of filmmakers

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