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The International Documentary Association said Thursday that it is pushing its 37th annual IDA Documentary Awards ceremony from its originally scheduled early February date to March 4 as an online-only show, a response to the surging Omicron variant. The awards show had been set for February 5 at Paramount Studios in…

Summer of Soul (…Or, When the Revolution Could Not Televised) is picking up steam as awards season accelerates. The documentary directed by Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson, which showcases the long-forgotten music-powered Harlem Cultural Festival of 1969, earned a leading four nominations for the International Documentary…

Crip Camp, the Netflix documentary about a unique summer camp for disabled kids and its role propelling the disability rights movement, won Best Feature at the International Documentary Association's IDA Awards, in something of an upset. The film directed by Nicole Newnham and Jim LeBrecht (the latter attended the…

The International Documentary Association has announced the nominees for its 36th Annual IDA Documentary Awards, and a certain streaming service dominates. Netflix scored a leading 18 noms for the 2020 IDAs, more than three times its nearest rival. The New York Times garnered seven noms, including four for its…

For Sama, Waad al-Kateab’s striking documentary about the start of the protests against the Assad regime in Syria, won the Best Feature prize at the International Documentary Association’s IDA Awards. Al-Kateab shot hundreds of hours of footage over a course of the five-year siege that offered an unflinching view of…

The 34th Annual IDA Documentary Awards were handed out Saturday night at the Paramount Theatre in Los Angeles with Bing Liu's Minding The Gap taking top honors in the Best Feature category. Hosted by actress and producer Ricki Lake, the ceremony also honored Floyd Russ's Zion as Best Short as well as Netflix’s Wild Wil…

The 33rd annual IDA Documentary Awards named Dan Sickles and Antonio Santini's Dina Best Feature, with HBO's The Defiant Ones nabbing the honor forBest Limited Series. Laura Checkoway’s Edith+Eddie was named best short. The awards ceremony, hosted by actor/comedian Maz Jobrani, was held tonight at Los Angeles…

O.J.: Made in America continued it early awards run tonight, scoring the Best Feature prize at the 32nd annual IDA Documentary Awards. Picked up a total of four trophies including Best Limited Series (Making a Murder), Best Episodic Series (Last Chance U), Best Short (The White Helmet) and the ABC News VideoSource…

The International Documentary Association has announced nominations and creative recognition awards for the 2016 IDA Documentary Awards. The 32nd edition of ceremony honoring nonfiction filmmaking is set for Friday, December 9th at the Paramount Studios Backlot in Los Angeles. The IDA will honor five filmmakers and…