News: The eagerly awaited 2023 IDA Documentary Awards are set to honor exceptional documentary films. Scheduled to be held virtually on December 12, 2023, the 39th edition of this prestigious event acknowledges excellence across multiple categories, encompassing feature documentaries, short documentaries, series, and audio documentaries. Esteemed works like “Against the Tide” and “ANHELL69” stand out as nominees for the coveted Best Feature Documentary award.
Judging Process
The distinctive feature of the IDA Documentary Awards lies in its discerning judging process. Independent committees, comprising documentary makers, curators, critics, and industry experts, play a pivotal role in determining the winners. This approach guarantees a fair and impartial selection process. Building on the triumph of the 38th edition in 2022, which celebrated exceptional documentaries like “All the Beauty and the Bloodshed” and “Fire of Love,” the upcoming 39th edition pledges to spotlight the pinnacle of documentary filmmaking in 2023.
Nominations
Let’s take a closer look at some of the nominations for the IDA Documentary Awards 2023:
Best Feature Documentary Nominees:
Here is a reformatted list of the documentary titles along with their respective countries, production entities, and key contributors:
1. “Against the Tide” (India, BBC Storyville, Sarvnik Kaur, Koval Bhatia, Sarvnik Kaur)
2. “ANHELL69” (Colombia, Square Eyes, Theo Montoya, Bianca Oana, David Hurst, Theo Montoya, Juan Pablo Castrillon, Balthasar Busmann, Maximilian Haslberger)
3. “Apolonia, Apolonia” (Denmark, HBO Max, Lea Glob, Sidsel Lønvig Siersted)
4. “Bobi Wine: The People’s President” (Uganda, National Geographic Documentary Films, Moses Bwayo, Christopher Sharp, Christopher Sharp, John Battsek)
5. “Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project” (United States, HBO Documentary Films, Michèle Stephenson, Joe Brewster, Michèle Stephenson, Joe Brewster, Tommy Oliver)
6. “In the Rearview” (Poland, Cinephil, Maciek Hamela, Maciek Hamela, Piotr Grawender)
7. “Milisuthando” (South Africa, Milisuthando Bongela, Marion Isaacs, Viviana Gomez, Sonia Barrera, Milisuthando Bongela, Hankyeol Lee)
8. “Q” (United States, Chehab Films, Jude Chehab, Jude Chehab, Fahd Ahmed)
9. “The Mother of All Lies” (Morocco, Arizona Distribution, Asmae El Moudir, Asmae El Moudir)
10. “While We Watched” (United Kingdom, India, POV, BRITDOC Films, Vinay Shukla, Vinay Shukla, Khushboo Ranka, Luke W Moody)
Best Short Documentary Nominees:
Here is a restructured list of documentary titles along with their respective countries, production entities, and key contributors:
1. “How to Carry Water” (United States, Multitude Films, Sasha Wortzel, Colleen Cassingham, Jess Devaney, Anya Rous)
2. “Incident” (United States, Hypnotic Pictures, Bill Morrison, Bill Morrison, Jamie Kalven)
3. “Liturgy of Anti-Tank Obstacles” (United States, The New Yorker, Condé Nast Entertainment, Dmytro Sukholytkyy Sobchuk, Daniel Lombroso)
4. “Marungka Tjalatjunu (Dipped in Black)” (Australia, Other Pictures, Derik Lynch, Matthew Thorne, Matthew Thorne, Patrick Graham)
5. “Nǎi Nai & Wài Pó (Grandma & Grandma)” (United States, Sean Wang, Sean Wang, Sam Davis)
6. “Neighbour Abdi” (The Netherlands, The New York Times Op-Docs, Douwe Dijkstra, Richard Valk)
7. “Raat: Night Time in Small Town India” (India, The Third Eye Learning Lab, Arti Ahirwar, Ashraf Hussain, Rajkumari Ahirwar, Vikas Khatri, Tabassum Ansari, Kulsum Khatoon, Khushi Bano, Parmeshwar Mandrawaliya, Santra Chaurthiya, Rajkumari Prajapati, Manisha Chanda, Anita Sen, Rani Devi, Ajfarul Shaikh, Ruchika Negi, Dipta Bhog, Shabani Hassanwalia, Shivam Rastogi)
8. “Suddenly TV” (Sudan, Gisa Productions, Roopa Gogineni, Roopa Gogineni)
9. “The Unicorn in Snowpants Suddenly Ran Off” (Germany, The New Yorker, Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg, Philipp Schaeffer, Fabian Leonhardt)
10. “The Veiled City” (United Kingdom, JSH Films, Natalie Cubides-Brady, Jacob Swan Hyam)
Best Director:
Here is a list of individuals along with their respective documentary titles and countries:
1. Asmae El Moudir – “The Mother of All Lies” (Morocco)
2. Milisuthando Bongela – “Milisuthando” (South Africa)
3. Sarvnik Kaur – “Against the Tide” (India)
4. Theo Montoya – “ANHELL69” (Colombia)
5. Lea Glob – “Apolonia, Apolonia” (Denmark, Poland, USA)
Best Cinematography:
Here is a list of individuals along with their respective documentary titles and countries:
1. Andrew H. Brown – “Between the Rains” (Kenya, USA)
2. Ants Tammik – “Smoke Sauna Sisterhood” (Estonia, France, Iceland)
3. Curren Sheldon – “King Coal” (USA)
4. Franz Lustig – “Anselm” (Germany)
5. Lars Erlend Tubaas Oymo – “Songs of Earth” (Norway)
Best Editing:
Here is a list of individuals along with their respective documentary titles, production entities, and countries:
1. Andreas Bøggild Monies, Thor Ochsner – “Apolonia, Apolonia” (HBO Max, Denmark, Poland, USA)
2. Carolina Siraqyan – “The Eternal Memory” (MTV Documentary Films, Chile, USA)
3. Fahd Ahmed – “Q” (Chehab Films, USA, Lebanon)
4. Hendrik Mägar, Tushar Prakash – “Smoke Sauna Sisterhood” (Greenwich Entertainment, Estonia, France, Iceland)
Best Original Music Score:
Here is a list of individuals along with their respective documentary titles, production entities, and countries:
1. Jonathan Goldsmith – “To Kill a Tiger” (National Film Board of Canada, Canada, India)
2. Leonard Küssner – “Anselm” (Sideshow Pictures, Germany)
3. Rebekka Karijord – “Songs of Earth” (SWR/Arte, BBC Storyville, Norway)
4. Samora Pinderhughes, Chris Pattishall – “Going To Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project” (HBO Documentary Films, USA)
5. Will Epstein – “Nam June Paik: Moon is the Oldest TV” (Greenwich Entertainment, USA)
Best Writing:
Here is a list of individuals along with their respective documentary titles, production entities, and countries:
1. Asmae El Moudir – “The Mother of All Lies” (Arizona Distribution, Morocco)
2. Kaouther Ben Hania – “Four Daughters” (Kino Lorber, France, Tunisia, Germany)
3. Lea Glob, Andreas Bøggild Monies – “Apolonia, Apolonia” (HBO Max, Denmark, Poland, USA)
4. Milisuthando Bongela – “Milisuthando” (South Africa)
5. Nisha Pahuja – “To Kill a Tiger” (National Film Board of Canada, Canada, India)
Best TV Feature or Mini-Series:
Here is a list of documentary titles along with their respective platforms, countries, and key contributors:
1. “Great Photo, Lovely Life” (HBO Max, USA, Amanda Mustard, Rachel Beth Anderson, Rachel Dretzin, Amanda Mustard, Rachel Beth Anderson, Luke Malone)
2. “How to Come Alive with Norman Mailer” (Showtime, USA, Jeff Zimbalist, Vinnie Malhotra, Stu Schreiberg, John Buffalo Mailer, Victoria Marquette, Jeff Zimbalist)
3. “Mariupol: The People’s Story” (BBC, UK, Robin Barnwell, Darren Kemp, Tom Stone, Hilary Andersson)
4. “Reggie” (Prime Video, USA, Alexandria Stapleton, Brenda Gilbert, Aaron L. Gilbert, Josh Miller, Kim Carsten, Zoë Morrison, Jason Cloth, Suraj Maraboyina, Alexandria Stapleton, Christopher Leggett, Rafael Marmor, Daniel Crown, Yoni Liebling)
5. “The U.S. and the Holocaust” (PBS, USA, Ken Burns, Lynn Novick, Sarah Botstein, Ken Burns, Sarah Botstein, Lynn Novick, Mike Welt)
Best Curated Series:
Here is a list of documentary series along with their respective networks, countries, and key contributors:
1. “American Masters” (PBS, USA, Michael Kantor)
2. “America ReFramed” (American Documentary, Inc, WORLD Channel, USA, Erika Dilday, Chris White, Christopher Hastings)
3. “Independent Lens” (PBS, Independent Lens, USA, Sally Jo Fifer, Lois Vossen)
4. “POV” (PBS, USA, Denmark, Brazil, Erika Dilday, Chris White)
5. “Reel South” (PBS, WORLD Channel, USA, South Korea, UK, Rachel Raney, Don Godish, Donald Washington, Linda Midgett)
Best Episodic Series:
Here is a list of documentary titles along with their respective networks, countries, and key contributors:
1. “Frozen Planet II” (BBC America, USA, Mark Brownlow)
2. “Our Planet II” (Netflix, USA, UK, Alastair Fothergill, Keith Scholey)
3. “Telemarketers” (HBO Max, USA, Benny Safdie, Josh Safdie, Dani Bernfeld, David Gordon Green, Jody Hill, Danny McBride, Greg Stewart, Brandon James, Adam Bhala Lough, Sam Lipman-Stern, Nancy Abraham, Lisa Heller, Tina Nguyen)
4. “The Hair Tales” (Hulu, USA, Oprah Winfrey, Tracee Ellis Ross, Michaela Angela Davis, Tara Duncan, Raeshem Nijhon, Carri Twigg, Kisah Imani Cameron, Kadine Anckle, Nicole Galovski)
5. “VICE” (Showtime, USA, Beverly Johnson, Subrata De)
Best Music Documentary:
Here is a list of documentary titles along with their respective countries, distribution entities, and key contributors:
1. “Keeping the Music Alive” (France, Singapore, UK, TVF International, Sarah El Younsi, Mandakini Gahlot, Bable Doc, CNA)
2. “Little Richard: I Am Everything” (USA, UK, Magnolia Pictures, CNN Film, HBO Max, Lisa Cortés, Robert Friedman, Liz Yale Marsh, Caryn Capotosto)
3. “Max Roach: The Drum Also Waltzes” (USA, PBS, American Masters, Ben Shapiro, Sam Pollard)
4. “Milli Vanilli” (USA, Paramount+, Luke Korem, Bradley Jackson)
5. “Pianoforte” (Poland, Germany, Greenwich Entertainment, Jakub Piatek, Maciej Kubicki)
Best Multi-Part Documentary:
Here is a list of documentary titles along with their respective networks, countries, and key contributors:
1. “Algiers, America” (Hulu, USA, Jackson Fager, Jeffrey Fager, David Rohde, Connor Schell, Libby Geist, Raina Kelley, Joseph Langford, Durado Brookes)
2. “Burden of Proof” (HBO Max, USA, Cynthia Hill, Charlotte Cook, Rahdi Taylor, Davis Guggenheim, Nancy Abraham, Lisa Heller)
3. “Deadlocked: How America Shaped the Supreme Court” (Showtime, USA, Dawn Porter, Vinnie Malhotra, Aaron Saidman, Eli Holzman, Dawn Porter)
4. “Dear Mama” (FX, USA, Allen Hughes, Lasse Järvi, Quincy “QD3” Jones III, Staci Robinson, Nelson George, Charles King, Peter Nelson, Adel “Future” Nur, Jamal Soseph, Ted Skillman, Steve Berman, Marc Cimino, Jody Gerson, John Nanick, Nicholas Ferrall, Nigel Sinclair)
5. “Ladies First: The Story of Women in Hip-Hop” (Netflix, USA, Hannah Beachler, Raeshem Nijhon, Dream Hampton, Troy Carter, Carri Twigg, MC Lyte, Nicole Galovski, Justin Simien, Jennifer Ryan)
Best Short-Form Series:
Here is a list of documentary titles along with their respective countries, production entities, and key contributors:
1. “99: True Stories From Your Fellow Humans” (USA, India, UK, 99, Jérôme Plan)
2. “Couples Therapy” (Showtime, USA, Eli Despres, Josh Kriegman, Elyse Steinberg, Vinnie Malhotra)
3. “Equals” (USA, Anahad Foundation, Shuchi Roy, Mudit Chaturvedi)
4. “POV Shorts” (American Documentary, USA, Erika Dilday, Chris White)
5. “Queer Futures” (Multitude Films, USA, Jess Devaney, Anya Rous, J Wortham)
Best Standalone Audio Documentary:
Here is a list of podcast or documentary titles along with their respective countries, production entities, and key contributors:
1. “K-Pop Dreaming, Episode 3 – “Trot” (USA, LAist Studios, Vivian Yoon, Fiona Ng, Antonia Cereijido)
2. “Les gardiennes du temple (The Guardians of the Temple)” (France, SMAC Le Florida, Théâtre des Quatre Saisons, RTBF, RTS Culture SRG SSR, Aurélien Caillaux, Benoit Bores, Faïdos Sonore, Les Voix de Traverse, SMAC Le Florida, Théâtre des Quatre Saisons)
3. “Melanie Speaks” (USA, SiriusXM Podcast Network, Sarah Esocoff, Kameel Stanley, Jen Derwin, Bill Crandal, Mike Spinella, Sarah Bentley, Sarah Esocoff)
4. “NPR’s Invisibilia: Freedom Diving” (USA, NPR, Kia Miakka Natisse, Phoebe Wang, Ariana Gharib Lee)
5. “This Coal Life” (South Africa, Lesedi Mogoatlhe, Siyabonga Mokoena, Dhashen Moodley)
6. “Toughie” (USA, BBC’s Short Cuts, Josie Long, Sarah Craig)
Best Multi-Part Audio Documentary or Series:
Here is a list of podcast or documentary titles along with their respective countries, production entities, and key contributors:
1. “Foretold” (USA, Los Angeles Times, Faith E. Pinho, Asal Ehsanipour, Alex Higgins, Heba Elorbany, Jazmin Aguilera, Lauren Raab, Avery Trufelman, Sue Horton)
2. “Into America presents: Street Disciples” (USA, MSNBC, Trymaine Lee, Aisha Turner, Isabel Angell, Max Jacobs, Allison Bailey, Mike Brown, Janmaris Perez)
3. “Operation Morning Light” (USA, Canada, Imperative Entertainment, Vespucci, Dëneze Nakehk’o, Michael LaPointe, Aliya Pabani)
4. “Scamanda” (USA, Lionsgate Sound, Charlie Webster, Jaxson McLennan, Craig Piligian, Nancy Moscatiello)
5. “The Greatest Menace: Inside The Gay Prison Experiment” (Australia, Audible, Patrick Abboud, Simon Cunich)
6. “You Didn’t See Nothin” (USA, The Invisible Institute, USG Audio, Yohance Lacour, Bill Healy, Erisa Apantaku, Dana Brozost-Kelleher, Sarah Geis)
David L. Wolper Student Documentary:
The IDA Documentary Awards 2023 is an eagerly anticipated event for enthusiasts of documentary films. Featuring an array of categories and nominations, this celebration of excellence in documentary filmmaking guarantees an impressive display of talent and creativity. Make sure to save the date for December 12, 2023, and be prepared to witness the pinnacle of documentary filmmaking on display.
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