The International Documentary Association (IDA) has unveiled its first round of nominations for the 33rd annual IDA Documentary Awards. In the running for the ABC News VideoSource Award–given each year for the best use of news footage as an integral component in a documentary–are Blood On The Mountain, Elian, Icarus, LA 92 and Obit.
Nominations for Best Feature and Best Short, along with other creative recognition categories, will be announced on November 1.
The 33rd annual IDA Awards is set for Saturday, December 9, at the Paramount Theatre in Los Angeles
One winner is already known. The Pare Lorentz Award–which recognizes films that demontrate exemplary filmmaking while focusing on the appropriate use of the natural environment, justice for all and the illumination of pressing social problems–will go to director Marcel Mettelsiefen’s Watani: My Homeland. Special mention goes to director Joe Berlinger’s Intent to Destroy.
Award Nominees
Best Curated Series Award
American Experience
Executive Producer: Mark Samels
PBS
Dokumania
Executive Producer: Anders Bruus
DR
Independent Lens
Executive Producers: Lois Vossen and Sally Jo Fifer
PBS
POV
Executive Producers: Justine Nagan and Chris White
PBS
REEL SOUTH
Executive Producers: Rachel Raney and Amy Shumaker
UNC-TV, SOUTH CAROLINA ETV, NETA AND WORLD
Best Limited Series Award
Daughters of Destiny
Executive Producer: Vanessa Roth
NETFLIX
The Defiant Ones
Executive Producers: Allen Hughes, Doug Pray, Andrew Kosove, Broderick Johnson, Laura Lancaster, Jerry Longarzo, Michael Lombardo, and Gene Kirkwood
HBO
The Keepers
Executive Producers: Ryan White and Jessica Hargrave
Netflix
The Vietnam War
Executive Producer: Ken Burns
PBS/WETA
TIME: The Kalief Browder Story
Executive Producers: Jenner Furst, Nick Sandow, Julia Willoughby Nason, Michael Gasparro, Shawn “JAY Z” Carter, Sharon Levy, Chachi Senior
SPIKE
Best Episodic Series Award
Anthony Bourdain Parts Unknown
Executive Producers: Anthony Bourdain, Christopher Collins, Lydia Tenaglia and Sandra Zweig
CNN
Chef’s Table
Executive Producers: David Gelb, Matthew Weaver, Brian McGinn, Andrew Fried, Dane Lillegard and Matthew Hilliard
Netflix
Leah Remini: Scientology and the Aftermath
Executive Producers: Leah Remini, Aaron Saidman, Alex Weresow, Devon-Graham-Hammonds, Elaine Frontain Bryant and Amy Savitsky
A&E
MARS
Executive Producers: Ron Howard, Brian Grazer, Michael Rosenberg, Dave O’Connor, Jon Kamen, Tommy Turtle, David Sirulnick, Jonathan Silberberg, Lorenzo Mieli, Everardo Gout, Justin Wilkes, Tim Pastore, Matt Renner, Robert Palumbo, and David Sirulneck
NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC
Planet Earth II
Executive Producer: Michael Gunton
BBC AMERICA/BBC WORLDWIDE
Best Short Form Series Award
Field of Vision
Executive Producers: Laura Poitras, AJ Schnack and Charlotte Cook
Field of Vision
Shorts on Time
Executive Producer: Julie Parker Benello
Lifetime
The Guardian documentaries
Executive Producers: Charlie Phillips and Lindsay Poulton
THE GUARDIAN
The New York Times Op-Docs
Executive Producer: Kathleen Lingo
THE NEW YORK TIMES
The Secret Life of Muslims
Executive Producers: Joshua Seftel and Reza Aslan
VOX
David L. Wolper Student Documentary Award
THIS AWARD RECOGNIZES EXCEPTIONAL ACHIEVEMENT IN NON-FICTION FILM AND VIDEO PRODUCTION AT THE UNIVERSITY LEVEL AND BRINGS GREATER PUBLIC AND INDUSTRY AWARENESS TO THE WORK OF STUDENTS IN THE DOCUMENTARY FIELD.
Believers
Director: Ray Whitehouse
UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL
Chomo
Director: Maayan Arad
NATIONAL FILM AND TELEVISION SCHOOL (UNITED KINGDOM)
How To Make A Pearl
Director: Jason Hanasik
UC BERKELEY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF JOURNALISM
Man on Fire
Director: Joel Fendelman
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS, AUSTIN
Room 140
Director: Priscilla Gonzalez Sainz
STANFORD UNIVERSITY
ABC News VideoSource Award
THIS AWARD IS GIVEN EACH YEAR FOR THE BEST USE OF NEWS FOOTAGE AS AN INTEGRAL COMPONENT IN A DOCUMENTARY.
Blood On The Mountain
Directors: Mari-Lynn Evans and Jordan Freeman
VIRGIL FILMS/NETFLIX
Elián
Directors: Tim Golden and Ross McDonnell
GRAVITAS VENTURES, CNN FILMS
Icarus
Director: Bryan Fogel
NETFLIX
LA 92
Directors: Dan Lindsay & TJ Martin
NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC
Obit.
Directors: Vanessa Gould
KINO LORBER
Pare Lorentz Award Winner
THE PARE LORENTZ AWARD RECOGNIZES FILMS THAT DEMONSTRATE EXEMPLARY FILMMAKING WHILE FOCUSING ON THE APPROPRIATE USE OF THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT, JUSTICE FOR ALL AND THE ILLUMINATION OF PRESSING SOCIAL PROBLEMS.
Watani: My Homeland (Recipient)
Director: Marcel Mettelsiefen
Intent to Destroy (Special Mention)
Director: Joe Berlinger
“Heretic” and “Maria” Set As Red Carpet Premieres At AFI Fest
The American Film Institute (AFI) has announced that Heretic, the psychological thriller starring Hugh Grant, and Maria, based on the life of opera singer Maria Callas starring Angelina Jolie, will round out the Red Carpet Premieres section at this year’s AFI Fest. The Heretic Gala Screening will take place on Thursday, October 24, and the Maria Gala Screening will be held on Saturday, October 26. The complete Red Carpet Premieres section includes the world premieres of Music By John Williams, Robert Zemeckis’ Here, Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl and Clint Eastwood’s Juror #2. All Red Carpet Premieres will take place at the historic TCL Chinese Theatre. The full lineup for AFI Fest 2024 will be unveiled on October 1.
“At the heart of AFI Fest is an unwavering dedication to celebrating the best in global cinema--together,” said Bob Gazzale, AFI president and CEO. “We look forward to uniting artists and audiences once again to be inspired by the art form in a powerful sense of community.”
Heretic follows two young missionaries (Sophie Thatcher and Chloe East) who are forced to prove their faith when they knock on the wrong door and are greeted by a diabolical Mr. Reed (portrayed by Grant), becoming ensnared in his deadly game of cat-and-mouse. The film is directed by Scott Beck and Bryan Woods and produced by Stacey Sher, Beck, Woods, Julia Glausi and Jeanette Volturno. The film will be released nationwide by A24 on November 8.
Directed by Pablo Larraín, Maria presents a tumultuous and beautiful depiction of one of the world’s most renowned artists and reimagines the legendary soprano in her final days in Paris, as Callas (Jolie)... Read More