Indonesian death squads, killer whale conspiracies, military explosives, Egyptian revolutionaries and family secrets. It’s fair to say the IDA’s Best Feature nominees are a hard-hitting bunch. With a strong record of predicting what will be nominated at the Oscars (they preempted SEARCHING FOR SUGARMAN’s win and THE INVISIBLE WAR’s nod last year), it’s definitely wise to keep your eyes on who takes the main prize on December 6th.
Though STORIES WE TELL, BLACKFISH and THE ACT OF KILLING standout as the big players that are sure to garner at least one nomination between them come January 16th, the Best Short category includes only one film (SLOMO) on the Oscar shortlist.
Documentary writer/director/producer extraordinaire Alex Gibney finds himself the recipient of the IDA’s Career Achievement Award in a year that saw double-doc-whammy WE STEAL SECRETS: THE STORY OF WIKILEAKS and THE ARMSTRONG LIE. Bright, rising talent Zachary Heinzerling will receive the 2013 Jacqueline Donnet Emerging Documentary Filmmaker Award for his Sundance hit, CUTIE AND THE BOXER.
Check out the full list of nominations for the 29th Annual IDA Documentary Awards below:
BEST FEATURE AWARD:
THE ACT OF KILLING
BLACKFISH (our review here)
LET THE FIRE BURN
THE SQUARE
STORIES WE TELL (our review here)
BEST SHORT AWARD:
THE EDUCATION OF MUHAMMAD HUSSEIN
THE FLOGSTA ROAR
NINE TO NINETY
SLOMO
VULTURES OF TIBET
BEST LIMITED SERIES AWARD:
180 DAYS: A YEAR INSIDE AN AMERICAN HIGH SCHOOL
INSIDE COMBAT RESCUE
INSIDE MAN
VIEWFINDER: LATIN AMERICA
WITNESS
BEST CONTINUING SERIES AWARD:
30 FOR 30
CURIOSITY
INDEPENDENT LENS
POV
REAL SPORTS WITH BRYANT GUMBEL
DAVID L. WOLPER STUDENT DOCUMENTARY AWARD:
BETWEEN LAND AND SEA (Sarah Berkovich, J. Christian Jensen, Stanford University)
MY SISTER SARAH (Elizabeth Chatelain, University of Texas at Austin)
OME: TALES FROM A VANISHING HOMELAND (Raul O. Paz Pastrana, Emily Parkey, School of Visual Arts)
SODIQ (Adeyemi Michael, National Film and Television School, UK)
WHY WE RACE (Kiley Vorndran, Ryan Westra, Andrew Evers, Ben Fischinger, Chapman University / Dodge College of Film and Media Arts)
HUMANITAS DOCUMENTARY AWARD:
ANTON’S RIGHT HERE
BLOOD BROTHER
LET THE FIRE BURN
THE SQUARE
PARE LORENTZ AWARD:
A PLACE AT THE TABLE
Special Mention – A RIVER CHANGES COURSE
ABCNEWS VIDEOSOURCE AWARD:
ALL THE PRESIDENT’S MEN REVISITED
FREE ANGELA AND ALL POLITICAL PRISONERS
LET THE FIRE BURN
THE TRIALS OF MUHAMMAD ALI
WE STEAL SECRETS: THE STORY OF WIKILEAKS
CAREER ACHIEVEMENT AWARD:
Alex Gibney
AMICUS AWARD:
Geralyn Dreyfous
COURAGE UNDER FIRE AWARD:
Laura Poitras
2013 JACQUELINE DONNET EMERGING DOCUMENTARY FILMMAKER AWARD:
Zachary Heinzerling
Dan B
Oct 29, 2013 at 10:16 pm
I hope Blackfish gets it so more people are aware but it’s a great line-up across the board!