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EXCLUSIVE: The International Documentary Association has added three new board members and hired a director of development. Joining the board are Maria Agui-Carter, a filmmaker, founder of Iguana Films, and professor at Emerson College; Michael Turner, director and senior counsel-original documentary films at Netflix…

The IDA has announced the hiring of two senior staff members and a consultant, in what the embattled organization calls "a major step forward." Arts administrator and film festival programmer Keisha Knight has been appointed director of IDA Funds and Enterprise Program, a critical role that involves interfacing with…

The International Documentary Association says it has agreed to a request by staff to form a union, the latest development in a simmering conflict that has pitted the IDA board and its executive director, Rick Pérez, against rank-and-file employees. But in a sign that more conflict might be yet to come, employees…

EXCLUSIVE: Dwindling staff at the International Documentary Association are pursuing plans to unionize, Deadline has learned. The 11 remaining full-time staff members below the level of senior manager voted unanimously to organize as the Documentary Workers United, under Communications Workers of America local 9003…

UPDATED with quotes from winners and IDA executive director Rick Pérez: Flee and Summer of Soul divided honors at the 37th annual IDA Awards tonight, with Flee claiming Best Feature Documentary, and Summer of Soul capturing three awards, including best director for Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson [full winners list…

EXCLUSIVE: The International Documentary Association continues to lose staff. Deadline has learned four more employees have left the embattled organization recently, including one whose resignation takes effect today. A fifth staffer is said to be planning to leave imminently. This follows the departure in early Januar…

EXCLUSIVE: Four senior staffers who resigned in protest from the International Documentary Association are responding to a public statement from the IDA board dismissing their concerns about how the nonprofit organization is being run under new executive director Rick Pérez. The board published a letter on the IDA webs…

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…

The International Documentary Association came out with its shortlist of the year's best documentaries today, a list as notable for what was left out as what made it in. A total of 29 feature films earned a spot on the IDA shortlist, including some considered Oscar frontrunners: Summer of Soul, Ascension, and…

One of the most important institutions in documentary film is under new leadership. The International Documentary Association (IDA) announced the appointment Wednesday of Richard Ray "Rick" Perez as its new executive director, effective immediately. He replaces Simon Kilmurry, who had served as the IDA's executive…

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…