The fortieth annual IDA Documentary Awards has formally unveiled its checklist of nominees, together with this 12 months’s most beloved and buzziest documentary options. The Worldwide Documentary Affiliation (IDA) introduced the nominations in 14 classes for the 2024 awards ceremony, which is able to happen December 5 at The Orpheum Theater in Los Angeles. The ceremony might be streamed dwell on documentary.org and on the IDA YouTube, Fb, and Instagram channels. The awards present might be hosted by actor, comic, and author Adam Conover.
This 12 months, IDA obtained greater than 700 entries in all classes from 77 international locations, a rise over final 12 months each within the whole variety of entries and the international locations represented. All IDA Documentary Awards entries had been chosen by jurors from over 40 international locations; the shortlists for the Finest Function Documentary and Finest Brief Documentary classes had been beforehand introduced on October 24.
The IDA will honor prolific documentarian Daybreak Porter with the Profession Achievement Award. Porter’s newest function “Luther: By no means Too A lot” about R&B icon Luther Vandross was acquired by CNN Movies in partnership with the Oprah Winfrey Community (OWN), as IndieWire previously introduced.
“Black Field Diaries” director and topic Shiori Ito will obtain the Rising Filmmaker Award for her autobiographical true crime saga.
The “No Different Land” filmmakers, Basel Adra, Hamdan Ballal, Rachel Szor, and Yuval Abraham, will even be acknowledged with the Braveness Beneath Fireplace Award. “No Different Land” co-director Yuval Abraham had obtained demise threats earlier this 12 months after calling for a ceasefire in Gaza onstage in the course of the 2024 Berlinale closing ceremony. Each Ito and the “No Different Land” administrators are all nominated within the Finest Director class.
“The fortieth IDA Documentary Awards continues the custom of celebrating the most effective of worldwide nonfiction media of the 12 months,” Dominic Asmall Willsdon, IDA’s Govt Director, stated in a press release. “We’re grateful to all filmmakers who shared their work for consideration this 12 months, representing a file quantity of nations within the award’s historical past.”
Along with the under nominees, the winners of the ABC Information VideoSource Award and the Pare Lorentz Award will even be introduced on December 5.
IDA members may have entry to view every of the nominated movies and to vote for movies within the Finest Function Documentary and Finest Brief Documentary classes from November 19 to December 1. Extra details about the ceremony together with the hosts, presenters, leisure, and tickets might be introduced within the coming weeks.
Take a look at the complete checklist of the IDA Documentary Awards nominees under.
Finest Function Documentary
“Agent of Happiness” (Bhutan, Hungary) | Movie Motion
Director: Arun Bhattarai, Dorottya Zurbó | Producer: Noémi Veronika Szakonyi, Máté Artur Vincze, Arun Bhattarai
“Black Field Diaries” (Japan, USA) UK | MTV Documentary Movies
Director: Shiori Ito | Producer: Eric Nyari, Hanna Aqvilin, Shiori Ito
“Dahomey” (France, Senegal) Benin | MUBI
Director: Mati Diop | Producer: Eve Robin, Judith Lou Lévy, Mati Diop
“Ernest Cole: Misplaced and Discovered” (France, South Africa, USA) | Magnolia Footage
Director: Raoul Peck | Producer: Tamara Rosenberg, Raoul Peck
“No Different Land” (Palestine, Norway, USA)
Director: Basel Adra, Hamdan Ballal, Rachel Szor & Yuval Abraham | Producer: Fabien Greenberg & bård Kjøge Rønning
“Queendom” (USA, France) | Greenwich Leisure
Director: Agniia Galdanova | Producer: Igor Myakotin, Agniia Galdanova
“Searching for Mavis Beacon” (USA | NEON)
Director: Jazmin Renée Jones | Producer: Guetty Felin, Olivia McKayla Ross
“Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat” (Belgium, France, Netherlands) | Kino Lorber
Director: Johan Grimonprez | Producer: Daan Milius, Rémi Grellety
“Sugarcane” (USA) | Nationwide Geographic
Director: Julian Courageous NoiseCat, Emily Kassie | Producer: Emily Kassie, Kellen Quinn
“The Outstanding Lifetime of Ibelin” (USA) | Netflix
Director: Benjamin Ree | Producer: Ingvil Giske
Finest Brief Documentary
“A Transfer” (Iran, UK) | The New York Occasions Op-Docs
Director: Elahe Esmaili | Producer: Hossein, Behboudi Rad
“A Motion In opposition to the Transparency of the Stars of the Seas” (USA, Philippines) | Criterion Channel
Director: Esy Casey | Producer: Esy Casey, Nur Jannah Kaalim
“Amma ki Katha” (India)
Director: Nehal Vyas | Producer: Nehal Vyas, Advik Beni
“Enchunkunoto (The Return)” (Kenya)
Director: Laissa Malih | Producer: Kavita Pillay, Adam Mazo, Tracy Rector, Taylor Hensel
“Devices of a Beating Coronary heart” (Japan) | The New York Occasions Op-Docs
Director: Ema Ryan Yamazaki | Producer: Eric Nyari
“Trendy Goose” (Canada) | The New York Occasions Op-Docs
Director: Karsten Wall | Producer: Alicia Smith
“9 Simple Dances” (Canada) | York College
Director/Producer: Nora Rosenthal
“The Medallion” (UK, Ethiopia, USA) | The New Yorker, SUDU Connexion
Director: Ruth Hunduma | Producer: Lily Usher, Tolu Stedford
“The Poem We Sang” (Canada, Palestine, Jordan) | MAD Options
Director: Annie Sakkab | Producer: Annie Sakkab, Paul Lee
“Till He’s Again” (USA, Spain, Morocco) | PBS POV & Scripps Information
Director: Jacqueline Baylon | Producer: Jacqueline Baylon, Hailey Gavin
Finest Director
Agniia Galdanova, “Queendom” (Greenwich Leisure | USA, France)
Basel Adra, Hamdan Ballal, Rachel Szor & Yuval Abraham, “No Different Land” (Palestine, Norway, USA)
Johan Grimonprez, “Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat” (Kino Lorber | Belgium, France, Netherlands)
Julian Courageous NoiseCat, Emily Kassie, “Sugarcane” (Nationwide Geographic | USA)
Shiori Ito, “Black Field Diaries” (MTV Documentary Movies | Japan, USA, UK)
Finest Cinematography
Arun Bhattarai, “Agent of Happiness” (Movie Motion | Bhutan, Hungary)
Alix Blair, “Helen and the Bear” (N/A | USA)
Sareen Hairabedian, “My Candy Land” (ITVS – PBS / ARTE France / RTS | Jordan, France)
Ruslan Fedotov, “Queendom” (Greenwich Leisure | USA, France)
Christopher LaMarca, Emily Kassie, “Sugarcane” (Nationwide Geographic | USA)
Finest Modifying
Ema Ryan Yamazaki, “Black Field Diaries” (MTV Documentary Movies | Japan, USA, UK)
Katrina Taylor, “Helen and the Bear” (N/A | USA)
Raphaelle Martin-Holger, Sareen Hairabedian, “My Candy Land” (ITVS – PBS / ARTE France / RTS | Jordan, France)
Rik Chaubet, “Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat” (Kino Lorber | Belgium, France, Netherlands)
Nathan Punwar, Maya Daisy Hawke, “Sugarcane” (Nationwide Geographic | USA)
Finest Unique Music Rating
Víctor Hernández Stumpfhauser, “Frida” (Amazon MGM Studios | USA)
Maxwell Sterling, “Life and Different Issues” (DR Gross sales | Denmark, UK, Sweden)
Tigran Hamasyan, “My Candy Land” (ITVS – PBS / ARTE France / RTS | Jordan, France)
Mali Obomsawin, “Sugarcane” (Nationwide Geographic | USA)
Uno Helmersson, “The Outstanding Lifetime of Ibelin” (Netflix | USA)
Finest Writing
Raoul Peck, Ernest Cole, “Ernest Cole: Misplaced & Discovered” (Magnolia Footage | France, South Africa, USA)
Hasan Oswald, “Mediha” (N/A | USA)
Lea Glob, Andreas Bøggild Monies, “Piece by Piece” (HBO | Max | Denmark, Poland, France)
Jazmin Jones, “Searching for Mavis Beacon” (NEON | USA)
Johan Grimonprez, “Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat” (Kino Lorber | Belgium, France, Netherlands)
Morgan Neville, Jason Zeldes, Aaron Wickenden, Oscar Vasquez, “Piece by Piece” (Focus Options | USA)
Finest TV Function Documentary
“Madu” (Disney+ | USA, UK, Nigeria)
Administrators: Matthew Ogens, Joel & Kachi Benson | Producers: Jamie Patricof, Katie McNeill, Rachel Halilej
“Evening Is Not Everlasting” (HBO | Max | USA)
Director: Matthew Ogens, Joel & Kachi Benson | Producers: Jamie Patricof, Katie McNeill, Rachel Halilej
“Stolen Gold” (ESPN | UK, USA, Spain)
Director: Suemay Oram | Producer: Santi Aguado, Gentry Kirby
“The Apartheid Killer” (BBC World Service | UK, South Africa)
Director: Charlie Northcott, Isa Jacobson | Producers: Isa Jacobson, Charlie Northcott
“Two American Households: 1991-2024” (PBS | USA)
Administrators: Tom Casciato, Kathleen Hughes | Producers: Tom Casciato, Kathleen Hughes, Frank Koughan, Nina Chaudry
Finest Curated Sequence
“30 for 30” (ESPN Movies | USA) EPs: Heather Anderson, Marsha Cooke, Brian Lockhart, Burke Magnus
“99 – All of us share 99% of the identical DNA” (N/A | France) EP: Jérôme Plan
“Impartial Lens” (PBS | USA) EPs: Lois Vossen, Carrie Lozano
“POV” (PBS | USA) | EPs: Erika Dilday, Chris White
“The New York Occasions Op-Docs” (The New York Occasions Op-Docs | USA) EP: Adam Ellick
Finest Episodic Sequence
“A Actual Bug’s Life” (Nationwide Geographic | USA, UK)
Administrators: Alex Ranken, John Capener, Alex Hemingway, Nathan Small, Nat Sharman | Producers: Helen Williamson, Invoice Markham, Alex Ranken, John Capener, Alex Hemingway, Nathan Small, Nat Sharman | EPs: Tom Hugh-Jones, Martha Holmes, Grant Mansfield, Justine Schmidt, Pamela Caragol
“{Couples} Remedy” (Paramount+ | USA)
Director: Kim Roberts | Producers: Sophie Kissinger, Matt Parker | EPs: Eli Despres, Josh Kriegman, Elyse Steinberg
“Queens” (Nationwide Geographic | UK)
Administrators: Rachael Kinley, Ilaira Mallalieu, Victoria Bromley, Jess Tombs, Religion Musembi | Producers: Rachael Kinley, Ilaira Mallalieu, Victoria Bromley, Jess Tombs, Religion Musembi; Chloë Sarosh | EPs: Vanessa Berlowitz, Angela Bassett, Pamela Caragol
“The Negotiators” (CNA, Mediacorp Pte Ltd | Singapore)
Administrators: Alyx Ayn Arumpac, Georgie Yukiko Donovan, Indra Nienhaus | Producers: Alyx Ayn Arumpac, Georgie Yukiko Donovan, Indra Nienhaus | EP: Aditya Thayi
“We’re Right here” (HBO | Max | USA)
Director: Peter LoGreco | Producers: Erin Haglund, Kimberly Greenhut | EP: Eli Holzman, Aaron Saidman, Johnnie Ingram, Stephen Warren, Peter LoGreco, Erin Gamble
Finest Restricted Sequence
“A City Known as Victoria” (PBS | USA)
Director: Li Lu | Producers: Li Lu, Anthony Pedone | EPs: Deniese Davis, Hunter Arnold, Lois Vossen, Rachel Raney, Royd Chung, Donald Younger, Stephen Gong, Li Lu
“Choir” (Disney+ | USA)
Director: Rudy Valdez | EPs: Jason Blum, Brian Grazer, Ron Howard, Justin Wilkes, Sara Bernstein, Michael Seitzman, Chris McCumber, Jeremy Gold, Gretchen Palek, Ryan Miller, Rudy Valdez, Ross Dinerstein
“Hitler and the Nazis: Evil on Trial” (Netflix | USA)
Director: Joe Berlinger | EPs: Joe Berlinger, Tim Pastore, Patrick Milling-Smith, Matt Renner, Yoshi Stone
“Homicide in Boston: Roots, Rampage & Reckoning” (HBO | Max)
Director: Jason Hehir | Producers: Jason Hehir, Jacob Rogal, Nicholas Eisenberg, Jilllian Moosmamm | EPs: Joie Jacoby, Linda Pizzuti Henry, Dan Krockmalnic, Nancy Abraham, Lisa Heller, Sara Rodriguez
“STAX: Soulsville U.S.A.” (HBO | Max | USA)
Director: Jamila Wignot | Producers: Jamila Wignot, Kara Elverson | EPs: Ezra Edelman, Caroline Waterlow, Nigel Sinclair, Nicholas Ferrall, Scott Pascucci, Sophia Dilley, Michele Smith, Jody Gerson, David Blackman, Charlie Cohen, Ron Broitman, Nancy Abraham, Lisa Heller, Tina Nguyen
Finest Music Documentary
“Any Different Method: The Jackie Shane Story” (Nationwide Movie Board of Canada | Canada)
Administrators: Michael Mabbott, Lucah Rosenberg-Lee| Producers: Amanda Burt, Justine Pimlott, Sam Dunn, Scott McFadyen
“Beatles ’64” (Disney+)
Director: David Tedeschi, Producers: Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, Olivia Harrison, Sean Ono Lennon, Martin Scorsese, Margaret Bodde, Jonathan Clyde, Mikaela Beardsley
“Maestra” (BRKLY | USA)
Director: Maggie Contreras, Producers: Maggie Contreras, Neil Berkeley, Emma West, Melanie Miller, Lauren Lexton
“Omar & Cedric: If This Ever Will get Bizarre” (Oscilloscope Laboratories | USA)
Director: Nicolas Jack Davies | Producers: Johann Scheerer
“Songs from the Gap” (N/A | USA)
Director: Contessa Gayles | Producer: Contessa Gayles, Richie reseda, David Felix Sutcliffe
Finest Audio Documentary
“What’s Up, Michael Freeman?” (Ear Hustle and Radiotopia from PRX | USA)
Host: Earlonne Woods, Nigel Poor | Engineers: Earlonne Woods, Fernando Arruda, Harry Culhane | USA | Producers: Amy Standen, Bruce Wallace, Rahsaan Thomas
“Lengthy Shadow: In Weapons We Belief” (PRX | USA)
Hosts: Garrett M. Graff and Jennifer Mascia | Engineers: Claire Mullen and Yi-Wen Lai-Tremewan | Producers: John Patrick Pullen, Emily Martinez. Matthew Shaer, and Aleah Papes
“Pack One Bag” (Lemonada | USA)
Host: David Modigliani | Engineer: Willa Kaufman | Producers: David Modigliani, Willa Kaufman, Nicki Stein, Eric Spiegelman, Whitney Donaldson, Stanley Tucci, Jessica Cordova Kramer, Stephanie Wittels Wachs
“Shadowball: Rise of the Black Athlete” (Audible | USA)
Host: Jemele Hill | Engineer: Neil Cabana | Producers: Pleasure Street Leisure, PG Cuschieri, Jim Younger, Matthew Hatchette, Neil Cabana, Carey Williams, Jemele Hill
“The Sunday Story: A Music for Grief in China” (NPR | USA, China)
Hosts: John Ruwitch, Aowen Cao | Engineer: Josh Newel | Producers: Justine Yan, Jenny Schmidt
David L. Wolper Scholar Documentary
“Her Identify Was Zehava” (NYU’s Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute | USA, Israel)
Director: Tamar Baruch | Producer: Tamar Baruch
“Jerhy” (College of California, Santa Cruz | Costa Rica, USA)
Director: John Ortiz | Producer: John Ortiz
“Milk” (Nationwide Movie and Tv Faculty | UK)
Director: Miranda Stern | Producer: Ashionye Ogene
“The Anarchist and The Fridge” (Faculty of Visible Arts MFA Social Documentary Movie | USA)
Director: Yunchang Zhang | Producer: Yunchang Zhang
“The Waiter, the Scientist and Jenny” (Nationwide Movie and Tv Faculty | UK)
Director: Joe Snelling | Producer: Joe Snelling