IDA Announces DocuDay LA on February 8
Full-Day Marathon Screenings of all Oscar®-Nominated Feature & Short Documentaries
The International Documentary Association (IDA) has announced the line-up for DocuDay LA, its annual full-day marathon of all the films nominated in the Best Feature Documentary and the Best Short Documentary categories at the Academy Awards®. Each screening will be presented with either Q&A or an introduction with the filmmaking teams and/or subjects (based on availability).
DocuDay LA will take place at the Writers Guild Theater in Beverly Hills on Saturday, February 8. All-day passes are available at: https://www.documentary.org/docuday-la. Individual tickets go on sale on today Monday, January 27, 2020.
“DocuDay LA celebrates the great documentary films from the past year and is a unique opportunity to hear directly from the filmmakers and their subjects the stories behind these Oscar-nominated films,” said Simon Kilmurry, executive director of IDA
The line-up for DocuDay is below with confirmed attendance (Schedule subject to change):
| 8:30am | The Edge of Democracy (Director Petra Costa) |
| 11:00am | Honeyland |
| 1:00pm | Shorts I Learning to Skateboard in a Warzone (if you’re a girl) (Director Carol Dysinger and Producer Elena Andreicheva)In the Absence |
| 2:45pm | Shorts II Life Overtakes Me (Directors Kristine Samuelson and John Haptas) St. Louis Superman (Directors/Producers Smriti Mundhra and Sami Khan) Walk Run Cha-Cha (Director Laura Nix and Producer Collette Sandstedt) |
| 4:55pm | The Cave (Producers Sigrid Dyekjær and Kirstine Barfod) |
| 7:15pm | For Sama (Directors Waad al-Kateab & Edward Watts with subject Hamza al-Kateab) |
| 9:20pm | American Factory |
About the International Documentary Association: Documentary storytelling expands our understanding of shared human experience, fostering an informed, compassionate, and connected world. The International Documentary Association (IDA) is dedicated to building and serving the needs of a thriving documentary culture. Through its programs, the IDA provides resources, creates community, and defends rights and freedoms for documentary artists, activists, and journalists.
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