IDA Documentary Awards

33rd Annual IDA Documentary Awards - Hollywood (December 9, 2017)

Mary Beth Minthorn, Jacob LaMendola, Jason Spingarn-Koff and Milos Silber

Marjan Safinia & Willie Garson

Marjan Safinia & Willie Garson

Marjan Safinia

Maz Jobrani

Maz Jobrani (Awards Host)

Maz Jobrani

Houshang Touzie & Shohreh Aghdashloo

Houshang Touzie & Shohreh Aghdashloo

Shohreh Aghdashloo

Abigail Disney

Abigail Disney (Amicus Award Honoree)

Abigail Disney

Lourdes Portillo

Lourdes Portillo (Career Achievement Award)

Laurie Ann Schag & Marjan Safinia

Laurie Ann Schag & Marjan Safinia

Laurie Ann Schag

Manuel Perier, Gabriel Molera, Chico Periera

Manuel Perier, Gabriel Molera, Chico Periera

Dan Sickles & Antonio Santini

Dan Sickles & Antonio Santini

Dan Sickles & Antonio Santini

Ivete Lucas , Patrick Bresnan and Maida Brankman

Ivete Lucas, Patrick Bresnan and Maida Brankman

Marjan Safinia & Kevin Iwashina

Marjan Safinia & Kevin Iwashina

Kevin Iwashina

Dan Romer & Sophia Rojas

Dan Romer & Sophia Rojas

Adam Benzine & Sue Turley

Adam Benzine & Sue Turley

Willie Garson

Willie Garson

Firas Fayyad

Firas Fayyad

Joel Fendelman

Joel Fendelman

Laura Checkoway

Laura Checkoway

Tim Horsburgh

Tim Horsburgh

Lois Vossen

Lois Vossen

Matt Holzman

Matt Holzman

Omar Wasow & Jennifer Brea

Omar Wasow & Jennifer Brea

Jennifer Brea

Senain Kheshg & Ondi Timoner

Mayan Arad, Jamie Kataky and Matt Peters

Mayan Arad, Jamie Kataky and Matt Peters

Julie Morris & Pamela Mass

Julie Morris & Pamela Mass

Tim Pastore, Justin Wilkes and Everardo Gout

Tim Pastore, Justin Wilkes and Everardo Gout

Fritzi Horstman & Kip Wood

Fritzi Horstman & Kip Wood

Rahul Jain & Rodrigo Trejo Villanueva

Rahul Jain & Rodrigo Trejo Villanueva

Jannat Gargi and Thomas Lennon

Jannat Gargi & Thomas Lennon

Leanna Borsellino Swingler and Lyndsey Rae Torres

Leanna Borsellino Swingler and Lyndsey Rae Torres

Yance Ford

Yance Ford (Emerging Documentary Filmmaker Award)

Jordan Freeman

Jordan Freeman

Violeta Ayala & Daniel Fallshaw

Violeta Ayala & Daniel Fallshaw

Lynn Novick

Lynn Novick

Effie Brown

Effie Brown

Christmas Lights at Paramount Studios

Marjan Safinia talks about the awards (0:56)

Interview with Maz Jobrani (3:21)

Interview with Firas Fayyad (2:45)

Interview with Abigail Disney (1:11)

Interview with Violeta Ayala & Mari-Linn Evans (4:50)

List of winners:

Best Feature
Dina
Directors/Producers: Antonio Santini and Dan Sickles
The Orchard

Best Short
Edith+Eddie
Director: Laura Checkoway
Producer: Thomas Lee Wright
Kartemquin Films
Creative Recognition Award Winners

Best Cinematography
Machines
Cinematography by: Rodrigo Trejo Villanueva
Kino Lorber

Best Editing
Dawson City: Frozen Time
Edited by: Bill Morrison
Kino Lorber

Best Music
Brimstone & Glory
Original Score by: Dan Romer and Benh Zeitlin
Oscilloscope Laboratories

Best Writing
Donkeyote
Written by: Chico Pereira, Manuel Pereira and Gabriel Molera
Scottish Documentary Institute

Pare Lorentz Award
Watani: My Homeland (Recipient)
Director: Marcel Mettelsiefen
Intent to Destroy (Special Mention)
Director: Joe Berlinger
ABC News VideoSource Award
LA 92
Directors: Dan Lindsay & TJ Martin
National Geographic

Best Curated Series Award
Independent Lens
Executive Producers: Lois Vossen and Sally Jo Fifer
PBS

Best Limited Series
The Defiant Ones
Executive Producers: Allen Hughes, Doug Pray, Andrew Kosove, Broderick Johnson, Laura Lancaster,
Jerry Longarzo, Michael Lombardo, and Gene Kirkwood
HBO

Best Episodic Series Award
Planet Earth II Executive Producer: Michael Gunton
BBC AMERICA/BBC Worldwide

Best Short Form Series Award
The New York Times Op-Docs
Executive Producer: Kathleen Lingo
The New York Times

David L. Wolper Student Documentary Award
Man on Fire
Director: Joel Fendelman
Producer: James Chase Sanchez
University of Texas, Austin

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