Manuel Betancourt (he/him) is the Assistant Editor of Documentary magazine. Born and raised in Colombia, Manuel is a regular guest on FilmWeek with
IDA Team
An internationally renowned curator, educator, and veteran nonprofit executive, Dominic Asmall Willsdon (he/they) founded the film program at Tate Modern in London with the British Film Institute in his first curatorial role.
Janki (she/her) is at the forefront of everything ad-related, serving as the Advertising Manager at IDA. Janki holds a unique background in the digital space, coupled with an MBA, she comes with 7+ years of robust digital marketing experience. She moved to Los Angeles from India in 2022 and is on a mission to contribute innovative solutions to IDA's endeavors.
Mary is responsible for managing IDA's finances and operations. Before joining IDA, Mary had a lengthy career as a public radio and television
Catalina (she/her) joined the IDA team in October 2022 as the Marketing and Communications Coordinator.
Katy Hurley is currently the Funds Coordinator at IDA. Prior to working at IDA, she worked at Jane Doe Films, an award-winning production company that
The son of two journalists, Colin Arp (he/him) was born and raised in the greater Los Angeles area and has always had a deep love of all things
Armando Zamudio (he/him) is a first-generation Mexican-American with parents from Guanajuato, Mexico. He is a filmmaker and film lover from Chicago, IL, and studied film at Columbia College Chicago. Upon graduating, he joined Cinema/Chicago, where he began his journey in the film festival circuit. He joined Sundance and, soon after, many more film festivals across the country. he got to travel to Salt Lake City, Seattle, New York City, and finally Los Angeles, where he’s resided and now excited to be part of IDA, helping documentaries have a platform. Over the years he has grown and built a strong bond with filmmakers and the film community through screenings and public programming. He hopes to continue to build stronger bonds with you and documentarians like himself.
Melissa (she/her) moved to L.A. to join IDA by way of her native New York, Philadelphia, an earlier brief stint in L.A., Washington D.C., and Chicago--in that order. As such, she no longer has much of an accent, but she does know an unusual lot about regional sandwiches. She holds an M.A. in Public History and became a grant writer quite by happy accident. She loves bookstores, riding her bike, old movies, Bruce Springsteen and the Grateful Dead, and she lives for dogs – especially her super senior basset hound, Sue.
Maria Santos joined the International Documentary Association as the Funds Program Officer in September 2022. She oversees all of the funding grants