IDA Documentary Awards 2023, IDA Awards Nominations 2023
by Reshwanth A | Updated Nov 23, 2023
IDA Documentary Awards 2023
The IDA Documentary Awards in 2023 are a big deal for documentary films. They're known for giving recognition to excellent documentaries. The 39th Annual IDA Documentary Awards will happen online on December 12, 2023. Right now, they are accepting entries for various categories like feature documentaries, short documentaries, series, and audio documentaries. Some noteworthy films like "Against the Tide" and "ANHELL69" are in the running for the Best Feature Documentary award.
The people who decide the winners are from independent committees made up of documentary makers, curators, critics, and industry experts. This makes sure that the judgment is fair. Following the success of the 38th edition in 2022, where they honored outstanding documentaries like "All the Beauty and the Bloodshed" and "Fire of Love," the 39th edition promises to showcase the very best in documentary filmmaking in 2023.
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IDA Awards Nominations 2023
Best Feature Documentary Nominees
Title
Country
Production
Director(s)
Producer(s)
Against the Tide
India
BBC Storyville
Sarvnik Kaur
Koval Bhatia, Sarvnik Kaur
ANHELL69
Colombia
Square Eyes
Theo Montoya
Bianca Oana, David Hurst, Theo Montoya, Juan Pablo Castrillon, Balthasar Busmann, Maximilian Haslberger
Apolonia, Apolonia
Denmark
HBO Max
Lea Glob
Sidsel Lønvig Siersted
Bobi Wine: The People’s President
Uganda
National Geographic Documentary Films
Moses Bwayo, Christopher Sharp
Christopher Sharp, John Battsek
Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project
United States
HBO Documentary Films
Michèle Stephenson, Joe Brewster
Michèle Stephenson, Joe Brewster, Tommy Oliver
In the Rearview
Poland
Cinephil
Maciek Hamela
Maciek Hamela, Piotr Grawender
Milisuthando
South Africa
-
Milisuthando Bongela
Marion Isaacs, Viviana Gomez, Sonia Barrera, Milisuthando Bongela, Hankyeol Lee
Q
United States
Chehab Films
Jude Chehab
Jude Chehab, Fahd Ahmed
The Mother of All Lies
Morocco
Arizona Distribution
Asmae El Moudir
Asmae El Moudir
While We Watched
United Kingdom, India
POV, BRITDOC Films
Vinay Shukla
Vinay Shukla, Khushboo Ranka, Luke W Moody
Best Short Documentary Nominees
Title
Country
Production
Director(s)
Producer(s)
How to Carry Water
United States
Multitude Films
Sasha Wortzel
Colleen Cassingham, Jess Devaney, Anya Rous
Incident
United States
Hypnotic Pictures
Bill Morrison
Bill Morrison, Jamie Kalven
Liturgy of Anti-Tank Obstacles
United States
The New Yorker, Condé Nast Entertainment
Dmytro Sukholytkyy Sobchuk
Daniel Lombroso
Marungka Tjalatjunu (Dipped in Black)
Australia
Other Pictures
Derik Lynch, Matthew Thorne
Matthew Thorne, Patrick Graham
Nǎi Nai & Wài Pó (Grandma & Grandma)
United States
-
Sean Wang
Sean Wang, Sam Davis
Neighbour Abdi
The Netherlands
The New York Times Op-Docs
Douwe Dijkstra
Richard Valk
Raat: Night Time in Small Town India
India
The Third Eye Learning Lab
Arti Ahirwar, Ashraf Hussain, Rajkumari Ahirwar, Vikas Khatri, Tabassum Ansari, Kulsum Khatoon, Khushi Bano, Parmeshwar Mandrawaliya, Santra Chaurthiya, Rajkumari Prajapati, Manisha Chanda, Anita Sen, Rani Devi, Ajfarul Shaikh
Ruchika Negi, Dipta Bhog, Shabani Hassanwalia, Shivam Rastogi
Suddenly TV
Sudan
Gisa Productions
Roopa Gogineni
Roopa Gogineni
The Unicorn in Snowpants Suddenly Ran Off
Germany
The New Yorker, Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg
Philipp Schaeffer
Fabian Leonhardt
The Veiled City
United Kingdom
JSH Films
Natalie Cubides-Brady
Jacob Swan Hyam
Best Director
Name
Film
Production
Country
Asmae El Moudir
The Mother of All Lies
Arizona Distribution
Morocco
Milisuthando Bongela
Milisuthando
-
South Africa
Sarvnik Kaur
Against the Tide
BBC Storyville
India
Theo Montoya
ANHELL69
Square Eyes
Colombia
Lea Glob
Apolonia, Apolonia
HBO Max
Denmark, Poland, USA
Best Cinematography
Name
Film
Production
Country
Andrew H. Brown
Between the Rains
Journeyman Pictures
Kenya, USA
Ants Tammik
Smoke Sauna Sisterhood
Greenwich Entertainment
Estonia, France, Iceland
Curren Sheldon
King Coal
Fourth Act Film
USA
Franz Lustig
Anselm
Sideshow Pictures
Germany
Lars Erlend Tubaas Oymo
Songs of Earth
SWC/Arte, BBC Storyville
Norway
Best Editing
Name(s)
Film
Production
Country
Andreas Bøggild Monies, Thor Ochsner
Apolonia, Apolonia
HBO Max
Denmark, Poland, USA
Carolina Siraqyan
The Eternal Memory
MTV Documentary Films
Chile, USA
Fahd Ahmed
Q
Chehab Films
USA, Lebanon
Hendrik Mägar, Tushar Prakash
Smoke Sauna Sisterhood
Greenwich Entertainment
Estonia, France, Iceland
Best Original Music Score
Name(s)
Film
Production
Country
Jonathan Goldsmith
To Kill a Tiger
National Film Board of Canada
Canada, India
Leonard Küssner
Anselm
Sideshow Pictures
Germany
Rebekka Karijord
Songs of Earth
SWR/Arte, BBC Storyville
Norway
Samora Pinderhughes, Chris Pattishall
Going To Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project
HBO Documentary Films
USA
Will Epstein
Nam June Paik: Moon is the Oldest TV
Greenwich Entertainment
USA
Best Writing
Name
Film
Production
Country
Asmae El Moudir
The Mother of All Lies
Arizona Distribution
Morocco
Kaouther Ben Hania
Four Daughters
Kino Lorber
France, Tunisia, Germany
Lea Glob, Andreas Bøggild Monies
Apolonia, Apolonia
HBO Max
Denmark, Poland, USA
Milisuthando Bongela
Milisuthando
-
South Africa
Nisha Pahuja
To Kill a Tiger
National Film Board of Canada
Canada, India
Best TV Feature or Mini-Series
Title
Platform
Country
Directors
Executive Producer(s)
Producer(s)
Great Photo, Lovely Life
HBO Max
USA
Amanda Mustard, Rachel Beth Anderson
Rachel Dretzin
Amanda Mustard, Rachel Beth Anderson, Luke Malone
How to Come Alive with Norman Mailer
Showtime
USA
Jeff Zimbalist
Vinnie Malhotra, Stu Schreiberg, John Buffalo Mailer
Victoria Marquette, Jeff Zimbalist
Mariupol: The People’s Story
BBC
UK
Robin Barnwell
Darren Kemp, Tom Stone
Hilary Andersson
Reggie
Prime Video
USA
Alexandria Stapleton
Brenda Gilbert, Aaron L. Gilbert, Josh Miller, Kim Carsten, Zoë Morrison, Jason Cloth, Suraj Maraboyina
Alexandria Stapleton, Christopher Leggett, Rafael Marmor, Daniel Crown, Yoni Liebling
The U.S. and the Holocaust
PBS
USA
Ken Burns, Lynn Novick, Sarah Botstein
Ken Burns
Sarah Botstein, Lynn Novick, Mike Welt
Best Curated Series
Title
Platform
Country
Executive Producer(s)
American Masters
PBS
USA
Michael Kantor
America ReFramed
American Documentary, Inc, WORLD Channel
USA
Erika Dilday, Chris White, Christopher Hastings
Independent Lens
PBS, Independent Lens
USA
Sally Jo Fifer, Lois Vossen
POV
PBS
USA, Denmark, Brazil
Erika Dilday, Chris White
Reel South
PBS, WORLD Channel
USA, South Korea, UK
Rachel Raney, Don Godish, Donald Washington, Linda Midgett
Best Episodic Series
Title
Platform
Country
Producers
Frozen Planet II
BBC America
USA
Mark Brownlow
Our Planet II
Netflix
USA, UK
Alastair Fothergill, Keith Scholey
Telemarketers
HBO Max
USA
Benny Safdie, Josh Safdie, Dani Bernfeld, David Gordon Green, Jody Hill, Danny McBride, Greg Stewart, Brandon James, Adam Bhala Lough, Sam Lipman-Stern, Nancy Abraham, Lisa Heller, Tina Nguyen
The Hair Tales
Hulu
USA
Oprah Winfrey, Tracee Ellis Ross, Michaela Angela Davis, Tara Duncan, Raeshem Nijhon, Carri Twigg, Kisah Imani Cameron, Kadine Anckle, Nicole Galovski
VICE
Showtime
USA
Beverly Johnson, Subrata De
Best Music Documentary
Title
Country
Production
Directors
Producers
Keeping the Music Alive
France, Singapore, UK
TVF International
Sarah El Younsi, Mandakini Gahlot
Bable Doc, CNA
Little Richard: I Am Everything
USA, UK
Magnolia Pictures, CNN Film, HBO Max
Lisa Cortés
Lisa Cortés, Robert Friedman, Liz Yale Marsh, Caryn Capotosto
Max Roach: The Drum Also Waltzes
USA
PBS, American Masters
Ben Shapiro, Sam Pollard
Ben Shapiro, Sam Pollard
Milli Vanilli
USA
Paramount+
Luke Korem
Luke Korem, Bradley Jackson
Pianoforte
Poland, Germany
Greenwich Entertainment
Jakub Piatek
Maciej Kubicki
Best Multi-Part Documentary
Title
Platform
Country
Director
Producers/Executive Producers
Algiers, America
Hulu
USA
Jackson Fager
Jackson Fager, Jeffrey Fager, David Rohde, Connor Schell, Libby Geist, Raina Kelley, Joseph Langford, Durado Brookes
Burden of Proof
HBO Max
USA
Cynthia Hill
Charlotte Cook, Rahdi Taylor, Davis Guggenheim, Nancy Abraham, Lisa Heller
Deadlocked: How America Shaped the Supreme Court
Showtime
USA
Dawn Porter
Vinnie Malhotra, Aaron Saidman, Eli Holzman, Dawn Porter
Dear Mama
FX
USA
Allen Hughes
Lasse Järvi, Quincy “QD3” Jones III, Staci Robinson, Nelson George, Charles King, Peter Nelson, Adel “Future” Nur, Jamal Soseph, Ted Skillman, Allen Hughes, Steve Berman, Marc Cimino, Jody Gerson, John Nanick, Nicholas Ferrall, Nigel Sinclair
Ladies First: The Story of Women in Hip-Hop
Netflix
USA
Hannah Beachler, Raeshem Nijhon, Dream Hampton
Dream Hampton, Troy Carter, Raeshem Nijhon, Carri Twigg, MC Lyte, Nicole Galovski, Justin Simien, Jennifer Ryan
Best Short-Form Series
Title
Production
Country
Producers
99: True Stories From Your Fellow Humans
99
USA, India, UK
Jérôme Plan
Couples Therapy
Showtime
USA
Eli Despres, Josh Kriegman, Elyse Steinberg, Vinnie Malhotra
Equals
Anahad Foundation
USA
Shuchi Roy, Mudit Chaturvedi
POV Shorts
American Documentary
USA
Erika Dilday, Chris White
Queer Futures
Multitude Films
USA
Jess Devaney, Anya Rous, J Wortham
Best Standalone Audio Documentary
Title
Country
Production
Host(s)
Producers
K-Pop Dreaming, Episode 3 – “Trot”
USA
LAist Studios
Vivian Yoon
Fiona Ng, Antonia Cereijido
Les gardiennes du temple (The Guardians of the Temple)
France
SMAC Le Florida, Théâtre des Quatre Saisons, RTBF, RTS Culture SRG SSR
Aurélien Caillaux, Benoit Bores
Faïdos Sonore, Les Voix de Traverse, SMAC Le Florida, Théâtre des Quatre Saisons
Melanie Speaks
USA
SiriusXM Podcast Network
Sarah Esocoff
Kameel Stanley, Jen Derwin, Bill Crandal, Mike Spinella, Sarah Bentley, Sarah Esocoff
NPR’s Invisibilia: Freedom Diving
USA
NPR
Kia Miakka Natisse
Phoebe Wang, Ariana Gharib Lee
This Coal Life
South Africa
-
Lesedi Mogoatlhe
Siyabonga Mokoena, Dhashen Moodley
Toughie
USA
BBC’s Short Cuts
Josie Long
Sarah Craig
Best Multi-Part Audio Documentary or Series
Title
Country
Production
Host(s)
Producers/Executive Producers
Foretold
USA
Los Angeles Times
Faith E. Pinho
Asal Ehsanipour, Alex Higgins, Heba Elorbany, Jazmin Aguilera, Lauren Raab, Avery Trufelman, Sue Horton
Into America presents: Street Disciples
USA
MSNBC
Trymaine Lee
Aisha Turner, Isabel Angell, Max Jacobs, Allison Bailey, Mike Brown, Janmaris Perez
Operation Morning Light
USA, Canada
Imperative Entertainment, Vespucci
Dëneze Nakehk’o
Michael LaPointe, Aliya Pabani
Scamanda
USA
Lionsgate Sound
Charlie Webster
Jaxson McLennan, Craig Piligian, Charlie Webster, Nancy Moscatiello
The Greatest Menace: Inside The Gay Prison Experiment
Australia
Audible
Patrick Abboud
Patrick Abboud, Simon Cunich
You Didn’t See Nothin
USA
The Invisible Institute, USG Audio
Yohance Lacour
Bill Healy, Erisa Apantaku, Dana Brozost-Kelleher, Sarah Geis
David L. Wolper Student Documentary
Title
Production
Country
El Bastón (The City College of New York
USA, Colombia
Nemo Allen
Hungry for Freedom
National Film and Television School
UK, Thailand
Lettre à Elie (Letter to Elie)
National Film and Television School
UK
PromisedLand™
National Film and Television School
UK
With Woman
National Film and Television School
UK
International Documentary Association (IDA)
The International Documentary Association (IDA), founded in 1982, is a prominent non-profit organization committed to championing nonfiction filmmakers and advancing public appreciation for the documentary genre. Operating as a 501(c)(3) entity, the IDA encompasses approximately 2,000 members across 53 countries. Headquartered in Los Angeles, the association plays a pivotal role in the documentary filmmaking community, offering a platform for collaboration and support.
The IDA's key program areas include Advocacy, Filmmaker Services, Education, and Public Programs and Events. Through its diverse initiatives, the IDA serves as a vital resource for filmmakers, fostering connections and contributing to the growth and recognition of documentary storytelling worldwide.
International Documentary Association Services
The International Documentary Association (IDA) provides valuable support for filmmakers, offering various resources to promote documentary filmmaking. Joining their group enables networking with other documentary makers and grants access to an online directory. Membership includes special invitations to events and voting privileges for the prestigious IDA Documentary Awards.
The IDA facilitates funding for documentaries in progress through its Fiscal Sponsorship Program, allowing for donations and grants. The Pare Lorentz Documentary Fund, supported by the New York Community Trust, annually funds documentaries addressing important issues in the United States. The IDA's magazine, "Documentary," is widely read globally, featuring information on filmmakers, film festivals, and key aspects of the documentary industry. Overall, the IDA significantly contributes to the growth, recognition, and collaboration within the documentary community.
International Documentary Association Overview
Formation
1982; 41 years ago
Type
Non-profit
Legal status
Active
Purpose
Public awareness of documentary films
Headquarters
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Official language
English
IDA Documentary Awards 2023 - FAQs
The IDA Documentary Awards are a prestigious recognition for outstanding documentary films. They celebrate excellence in the genre and have a history of honoring remarkable documentaries. The awards highlight the very best in documentary filmmaking.
The 39th Annual IDA Documentary Awards will happen online on December 12, 2023.
Independent committees, consisting of documentary makers, curators, critics, and industry experts, make the decisions to ensure a fair judgment of the entries.
Yes, the awards are open for submissions. Various categories include feature documentaries, short documentaries, series, and audio documentaries.
Noteworthy films such as "Against the Tide" and "ANHELL69" are contenders for the Best Feature Documentary award at the 39th IDA Documentary Awards.