The International Documentary Association has unveiled the winners for its 39th awards during a streaming ceremony on Tuesday evening (12/12).
Topping the marqueee category of Best Feature Documentary was Bobi Wine: The People’s President directed by Moses Bwayo and Christopher Sharp. The film follows music star, activist, and opposition leader Bobi Wine, together with his wife Barbie, during Uganda’s 2021 presidential election as he rallies his people in a dangerous fight for freedom from President Museveni’s oppressive 35-year regime.
Winning the IDA’s Best Director honor was Asmae El Moudir for Asmae El Moudir, he Mother of All Lies.
Among winners on the TV side were Mariupol: The People’s Story which took the Best TV Feature or Miniseries category while Our Planet III was named Best Episodic Series.
Here’s a full rundown of 39th IDA Documentary Award winners:
Best Feature Documentary
Bobi Wine: The People’s President (Uganda | National Geographic Documentary Films | Directors: Moses Bwayo, Christopher Sharp | Producers: Christopher Sharp, John Battsek)
Best Short Documentary
Incident (United States | Hypnotic Pictures | Director: Bill Morrison | Producers: Bill Morrison, Jamie Kalven)
Best Director
Asmae El Moudir, The Mother of All Lies (Arizona Distribution | Morocco)
Best Cinematography
Ants Tammik, Smoke Sauna Sisterhood (Greenwich Entertainment | Estonia, France, Iceland)
Best Editing
Carolina Siraqyan, The Eternal Memory (MTV Documentary Films | Chile, USA)
Best Original Music Score
Leonard Küssner, Anselm (Sideshow Pictures | Germany)
Best Writing
Kaouther Ben Hania, Four Daughters (Kino Lorber | France, Tunisia, Germany)
Best TV Feature or Miniseries
Mariupol: The People’s Story (BBC | UK | Director: Robin Barnwell | EP: Darren Kemp, Tom Stone | Producer: Hilary Andersson)
Best Curated Series
POV (PBS | USA, Denmark, Brazil | EP: Erika Dilday; Chris White)
Best Episodic Series
Our Planet II (Netflix | USA, UK | Producers: Alastair Fothergill, Keith Scholey)
Best Music Documentary
Max Roach: The Drum Also Waltzes (PBS, American Masters | USA | Directors/Producers: Ben Shapiro, Sam Pollard)
Best Multi-Part Documentary
Dear Mama (FX | USA | Director: Allen Hughes | EP: Lasse Järvi, Quincy “QD3” Jones III, Staci Robinson, Nelson George, Charles King, Peter Nelson, Adel “Future” Nur, Jamal Soseph, Ted Skillman, Allen Hughes, Steve Berman, Marc Cimino, Jody Gerson, John Nanick, Nicholas Ferrall, Nigel Sinclair)
Best Short-Form Series
POV Shorts (American Documentary | USA | Producers: Erika Dilday, Chris White)
Best Standalone Audio Documentary
This Coal Life (South Africa | Host: Lesedi Mogoatlhe | Reporter: Siyabonga Mokoena | Producer: Dhashen Moodley)
Best Multi-Part Audio Documentary or Series
You Didn’t See Nothin (USA | The Invisible Institute, USG Audio | Host: Yohance Lacour | Producers: Bill Healy, Erisa Apantaku, Dana Brozost-Kelleher, Sarah Geis)
David L. Wolper Student Documentary
Lettre à Elie (Letter to Elie) (National Film and Television School | UK | Director/Producer: Alexis Grigorieff)
Pare Lorentz Award
In The Rearview | Poland | Director/Producer: Maciek Hamela | Producer: Piotr Grawender
ABC News Videosource Award
Storming Caesars Palace | USA | Director: Hazel Gurland
Damien Chazelle, Miles Teller, J.K. Simmons On The Return Of “Whiplash” To Theaters After 10 Years
Ten years after " Whiplash " took the film world by storm, Damien Chazelle's breakthrough feature is returning to theaters nationwide Friday.
In 2014, "Whiplash" was the ultimate indie movie Cinderella story — a Sundance discovery made by a 20-something that that would go on to become both a box office hit and an awards darling: It won three Oscars, including for J.K. Simmons ' portrayal of a semi-sadistic and ever quotable jazz ensemble instructor; launched Chazelle's directing career into the A-list stratosphere; and established Miles Teller as a next generation movie star. Now, audiences will get another chance to experience it on the big screen.
Chazelle, Teller and Simmons spoke recently about the re-release, their memories of the 20-day shoot (including when Teller accidentally broke his co-star's rib) and making something with staying power. Remarks have been edited for clarity and brevity.
Q: What has it been like watching "Whiplash" settle into the culture in the past decade?
CHAZELLE: It's very cool, a little surreal. It doesn't feel like 10 years. It's fun to have a moment like this to relive it a little bit.
SIMMONS: It's sobering to know that I'm 10 years older. It's kind of shocking and kind of awesome that the movie actually holds up. I just saw it a few days ago in Toronto: That's a good piece of cinema.
TELLER: This is the first time I've ever had a movie re-released. I'm still fairly young into my career, but it's an incredible movie. The one thing that's frustrating for me is that people just yell out at me all the time, " not my tempo." So that's stuck around well.
SIMMONS: Maybe if you get the tempo... Read More