2016 International Documentary Association (IDA) Nominations include 13TH, White Helmets, O.J.: Made in America
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The documentary race is starting to take shape. After the recent announcements of the submitted Feature and Shorts in the Documentary categories for the Academy Awards, the International Documentary Association has revealed their nominations today. Some very high profile docs show up in feature including Ava DuVernay’s 13TH, Cameraperson and the nearly eight-hour epic O.J.: Made in America. The nominations were almost identical to the Cinema Eye Honors with only 13TH missing (it was ineligible).
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In the shorts section, The White Helmets and Extremis found their way from making it on the Academy shortlist to today’s nominations. Winners in the Best Feature and Best Short awards are voted on by IDA’s international membership.
The 32nd IDA awards will be held on Friday, December 9th at the Paramount Studios Backlot in Los Angeles.
Here is the complete list of 2016 IDA Documentary Awards nominees:
Career Achievement Award
Stanley Nelson
Pioneer Award
Ally Derks
Amicus Award
Norman and Lyn Lear
Emerging Documentary Filmmaker Award sponsored by the Archibald Family Foundation
Nanfu Wang
Best Feature Award
13TH
Cameraperson
Fire at Sea
I Am Not Your Negro
O.J.: Made in America
Weiner
Best Short Award
The Above
Clinica De Migrantes : Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness
Extremis
Pickle
Red Lake
The White Helmets
Pare Lorentz Award
Starless Dreams
ABC News VideoSource Award
13TH
I Am Not Your Negro
The Lovers and the Despot
Maya Angelou: And Still I Rise
Norman Lear: Just Another Version of You
Best Curated Series Award
BBC Storyville
DR2 Dokumania
Independent Lens
Pacific Heartbeat
POV
Best Limited Series Award
Belief
Cooked
The Circus: Inside the Greatest Political Show on Earth
Making a Murderer
Streets of Compton
Best Episodic Series Award
Chef’s Table
The First 48
Last Chance U
United Shades of America
Woman with Gloria Steinem
Best Short Form Series Award
30:30 Shorts
Children Deported
Field of Vision
NomiNation
The New York Times Op-Docs
David L. Wolper Student Documentary Award
4.1 Miles
The Earth Did Not Speak
How History May Come
My Life As a Film- How My Father Tried to Capture Happiness
Transit Zone
Creative Recognition Award Winners
Best Cinematography
Fire at Sea – Cinematography by: Gianfranco Rosi
Best Editing
Cameraperson – Edited by: Nels Bangerter
Best Writing
I Am Not Your Negro – Written by: James Baldwin and Raoul Peck
Best Music
The Bad Kids – Original Score by: Jacaszek
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