36th Annual IDA Documentary Awards

The IDA Documentary Awards is the world’s most prestigious event dedicated to the documentary genre, celebrating the best nonfiction films and programs of the year. It seeks to represent excellence in the documentary field from around the world, by emerging and established documentarians.

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Best Feature – CRIP CAMP

Best Short – JOHN WAS TRYING TO CONTACT ALIENS

Best Director – Garrett Bradley, TIME

Best Curated Series – AMERICAN EXPERIENCE

Best Episodic Series – LAST CHANCE U

Best Multi-Part Documentary – ATLANTA’S MISSING AND MURDERED

Best Short Form Series – POV SHORTS

Best Audio Documentary – SOMEBODY

Best Music Documentary – UNIVERSE

David L. Wolper Student Documentary Award – PEOPLE LIKE ME

• THIS AWARD RECOGNIZES EXCEPTIONAL ACHIEVEMENT IN NON-FICTION FILM AND VIDEO PRODUCTION AT THE UNIVERSITY LEVEL AND BRINGS GREATER PUBLIC AND INDUSTRY AWARENESS TO THE WORK OF STUDENTS IN THE DOCUMENTARY FIELD.

Best Cinematography – THE EARTH IS BLUE AS AN ORANGE

Best Editing – DICK JOHNSON IS DEAD

Best Music Score – MY OCTOPUS TEACHER

Best Writing – DICK JOHNSON IS DEAD

ABC News VideoSource Award – CRIP CAMP

• THE ABC NEWS VIDEOSOURCE AWARD IS GIVEN EACH YEAR FOR THE BEST USE OF NEWS FOOTAGE AS AN INTEGRAL COMPONENT IN A DOCUMENTARY.

Pare Lorentz Award – MY OCTOPUS TEACHER

• THE PARE LORENTZ AWARD RECOGNIZES FILMS THAT DEMONSTRATE EXEMPLARY FILMMAKING WHILE FOCUSING ON THE APPROPRIATE USE OF THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT, JUSTICE FOR ALL AND THE ILLUMINATION OF PRESSING SOCIAL PROBLEMS.

Jacob is a Graduate of Western Kentucky University where he earned a History/Film Studies Degree. He is a film critic and co-founder of the Music City Drive-In. He is also a member of the North American Film Critics Association and the Music City Film Critics’ Association. You can find him on Twitter @Tberry57.