The International Documentary Association nominations

In what’s often a precursor the Oscar nominations, the International Documentary Association (IDA) nominations for the 2013 IDA Documentary Awards have landed. The IDA will honor Oscar and Emmy-winner Alex Gibney with its Career Achievement Award; he has two films in the feature Oscar hunt this year, “We Steal Secrets: The Story of WikiLeaks” and “The Armstrong Lie.” Geralyn Dreyfous, producer and Impact Partners Film Fund co-founder, will receive the IDA Amicus Award, and filmmaker Laura Poitras will receive IDA’s Courage Under Fire Award, in recognition of “conspicuous bravery in the pursuit of truth.”

2013 IDA Documentary Awards Nominations for BEST FEATURE are:

THE ACT OF KILLING

Director: Joshua Oppenheimer

Producers: Joshua Oppenheimer, Signe Byrge Sørensen

Executive Producers:  Errol Morris, Werner Herzog, Torstein Grude, André Singer, Joram ten Brink, Bjarte Mørner Tveit, Drafthouse Films

BLACKFISH

Directors: Gabriela Cowperthwaite

Producer: Manuel V. Oteyza

Writers: Gabriela Cowperthwaite, Eli Despres

Executive Producers:  Judy Bart, Erica Kahn, Our Turn Productions, Magnolia Pictures & CNN

LET THE FIRE BURN

Director/Producer: Jason Osder

Executive Producer:  Andrew Herwitz

The George Washington University School of Media and Public Affairs

STORIES WE TELL

Director/Writer: Sarah Polley

Producer: Anita Lee

Inside Job, Roadside Attractions

THE SQUARE

Director: Jehane Noujaim

Producer: Karim Amer

Noujaim Films

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