International Documentary Association

'Searching for Sugar Man' Rocks the IDA Awards

Awards
 December 7, 2012 By Steve Pond 27 weeks ago

"Searching for Sugar Man" is named the year's top doc at the International Documentary Association's IDA Awards

  

Top IDA Doc Nominees Deal With Rock, Rape, Race, Riches - And Cows

Awards
 October 22, 2012 By Steve Pond 34 weeks ago

The International Documentary Association nominates "Searching for Sugar Man," "The Invisible War," "The Central Park Five," "The Queen of Versailles" and "Women With Cows" for doc-feature honors

  

Film Leaders Call For Release of Missing Syrian Filmmaker

Media | Movies
 September 6, 2012 By Sharon Waxman 40 weeks ago

More than two dozen leading film associations called for the immediate release of Syrian filmmaker and festival director Owra Nyrabia who has been missing since Aug. 23

  

Suicide Hangs Over DocuWeeks Film 'Of Two Minds'

Movies
 August 24, 2012 By Steve Pond 42 weeks ago

Documentary about bipolar disorder is one of five films, most focused on women, that conclude DocuWeeks' L.A. showcase

  

DocuWeeks Shrugs Off Academy's Death Threats, Opens With Ethel Kennedy Doc

Awards | Oscars
 August 10, 2012 By Steve Pond 44 weeks ago

Oscar-qualifying showcase DocuWeeks, which could have been lost to new Academy rules, launches with a screening of Rory Kennedy's HBO documentary "Ethel"

  

'Nostalgia for the Light' Named Top Doc at IDA Awards

Awards
 December 2, 2011 By Steve Pond 1 year ago

Film from Chilean director Patricio Guzman did not make the Oscar doc shortlist

  

'Senna,' 'Il Castello' and 'Better This World' Win New IDA Doc Awards

Awards
 November 17, 2011 By Steve Pond 1 year ago

Documentary organization also announces that awards show will be hosted by Josh Fox, Tiffany Shlain and Eddie Schmidt

  

Oscar Doc Race: This Year, It's a Free-for-All

Awards | Oscars
 November 15, 2011 By Steve Pond 1 year ago

Even Martin Scorsese is in the running in a very confusing year for Oscar documentaries

  

Entertainment Groups Unite in Opposition to Iranian Treatment of Filmmakers

Movies
 October 19, 2011 By Joshua L. Weinstein 1 year ago

Nine organizations speak up against imprisonment of actress Marzieh Vafamehr and director Jafar Panahi

  

DocuWeeks Kicks Off in L.A. -- Will Give 24 Films an Oscar Boost

Movies
 August 19, 2011 By Steve Pond 1 year ago

Docs about Cuban architecture, Death Valley community among first group to take aim at the golden statuette

  

Letterman Doc Funds Oscar-Qualifying Run Through Web Plea

Movies
 July 19, 2011 By Steve Pond 1 year ago

The crowd-funding campaign for "Dying to Do Letterman" reveals the costs of competing for an Academy Award at DocuWeeks

  

It's Garbage Time at IDA's Doc Awards

Awards
 December 3, 2010 By Steve Pond 2 years ago

"Waste Land," film set in a massive Brazilian garbage dump, wins top feature award

  

'Exit Through the Gift Shop,' 'The Oath' Nominated by IDA Doc Awards

Awards
 October 27, 2010 By Steve Pond 2 years ago

International Documentary Association nominations leave off many top Oscar contenders -- but a date change means most aren't eligible

  

Doc Awards Go to Online Viewing, Voting

Awards | Oscars
 October 26, 2010 By Steve Pond 2 years ago

Hot-button topic, which the Oscars may need to implement someday, adopted by International Documentary Association

  

Barbara Kopple Honored, Morgan Spurlock to Host Doc Awards

Awards
 October 18, 2010 By Steve Pond 2 years ago

IDA also honors “An American Family” creators Alan and Susan Raymond, and USC professor Mark Jonathan Harris

  

Violence, Blues, Reconciliation in Final DocuWeeks Program

Movies
 August 13, 2010 By Steve Pond 2 years ago

Harrowing civil rights doc "Freedom Riders" begins Oscar-qualifying run

  

Surprising Poetry Doc Highlights DocuWeeks' Round 2

Movies
 August 6, 2010 By Steve Pond 2 years ago

"Louder than a Bomb" uses familiar ingredients, but it's fresh and vital and exhilirating

  

DocuWeeks Addresses Hot Topics: Religion, Abortion ...

Movies
 July 30, 2010 By Steve Pond 2 years ago

Oscar-qualifying showcase kicks off in Hollywood, New York

  

DocuWeeks Sets Sights on Oscar

Awards | Oscars
 July 9, 2010 By Steve Pond 2 years ago

Annual showcase will screen 22 films in Academy qualifying runs

  

Filmmakers Rally to 'Crude' Director's Defense

Movies
 May 12, 2010 By Brent Lang 3 years ago

Over 20 Oscar winners urge court to overturn order forcing Berlinger to give film to Chevron

  

Rock Doc 'Anvil!' a Big Hit at IDA Awards

Awards | Oscars
 December 4, 2009 By Steve Pond 3 years ago

Beats out serious Oscar contenders like "The Cove" and "Food, Inc." for the top prize

  

Documentarians to Honor Errol Morris

Awards
 October 29, 2009 By Wrap Staff 3 years ago

International Documentary Assn. taps filmmaker for Career Achievement Award.

  
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