The Worldwide Documentary Affiliation (IDA) has revealed which 20 feature-length and 20 quick documentaries have made it onto the shortlists for the fortieth IDA Documentary Awards.
Among the many movies which have a shot at changing into a nominee on the upcoming awards ceremony set to happen on December 5, 2024 at The Orpheum Theater in Downtown Los Angeles are main Finest Documentary Characteristic contenders like “Sugarcane” and “The Outstanding Lifetime of Ibelin,” in addition to titles which have been tougher to return by, like “Brisa” and “Kamay.”
As a part of the announcement, Dominic Asmall Willsdon, IDA’s Government Director, stated through assertion, “The fortieth IDA Documentary Awards continues the custom of celebrating the very best of worldwide nonfiction media of the yr. We’re grateful to all filmmakers who shared their work for consideration this yr, representing a report quantity of nations within the award’s historical past. The spectacular shortlist for Finest Options and Finest Shorts displays on the prowess of our worldwide documentary group each of their artistry and dedication to elevating public consciousness on a few of the most essential topics we face in as we speak’s world.”
This yr, IDA obtained over 700 entries in all classes, from 77 nations, marking a rise of each the overall variety of entries, and the nations represented. IDA members can have an opportunity to view every shortlisted movie beginning on November 4, 2024 on the IDA Digital Cinema.
The ultimate 10 nominees from the characteristic and quick documentary classes (chosen from the shortlists) will likely be introduced on November 19, 2024. Afterwards, the hundreds of IDA members from greater than 85 nations will view and vote for the Finest Brief and Finest Characteristic class winners till December 1.
Moreover, the IDA Awards will likely be offered within the following classes with winners chosen by blue-ribbon jurors consisting of 300 documentary professionals from over 40 nations: Finest Director, Finest Cinematography, Finest Modifying, Finest Writing, Finest Music Rating, Finest Curated Sequence, Finest Episodic Sequence, Finest Restricted Sequence, Finest TV Characteristic Documentary, Finest Music Documentary, Finest Audio Documentary, David L. Wolper Pupil Documentary Award, ABC Information VideoSource Award, and the Pare Lorentz Award.
IDA additionally beforehand introduced that documentarians Daybreak Porter (“Luther: By no means Too A lot”), Shiori Ito (“Black Field Diaries”), and the Israeli-Palestinian collective behind “No Different Land” have every been tapped to obtain particular recognition on the ceremony.
Tickets for the 2024 IDA Documentary Awards can be found for buy on the IDA web site. The December 5 ceremony may even be streamed stay on IDA’s social media channels.
See each shortlists beneath, that are in alphabetical order by movie title.
“Agent of Happiness” (Bhutan, Hungary | Movie Motion | Director: Arun Bhattarai, Dorottya Zurbó | Producer: Noémi Veronika Szakonyi, Máté Artur Vincze, Arun Bhattarai)
“Black Field Diaries” (Japan, USA, UK | MTV Documentary Movies | Director: Shiori Ito | Producer: Eric Nyari, Hanna Aqvilin, Shiori Ito)
“Brisa” (USA | Director: Nick Nanton | Producer: Nick Ruff, Katie Tschopp)
“Dahomey” (France, Senegal, Benin | MUBI | Director: Mati Diop | Producer: Eve Robin, Judith Lou Lévy, Mati Diop)
“Ernest Cole: Misplaced and Discovered” (France, South Africa, USA | Magnolia Footage | Director: Raoul Peck | Producer: Tamara Rosenberg, Raoul Peck)
“Hollywoodgate” (USA, Germany | Fourth Act Movie | Director: Ibrahim Nash’at | Producer: Shane Boris, Odessa Rae, Talal Derki)
“Igualada” (Colombia, Mexico, USA | Movie Gross sales Corp | Director: Juan Mejía Botero | Producer: Juan E Yepes, Sonia Serna, Daniela Alatorre)
“Kamay” (Belgium, Afghanistan, Germany | CAT&Docs, Dalton Distribution | Director: Ilyas Yourish | Producer: Hanne Phlypo, Evelien De Graef, Ilyas Yourish, Karsten Stöter, Serge Gordey)
“Mediha” (USA | Director: Hasan Oswald | Producer: Hasan Oswald, Annelise Mecca, Fahrinisa Campana, Alexander Spiess, Stephen Nemeth)
“Motherboard” (UK | Autlook Movie Gross sales | Director: Victoria Mapplebeck | Producer: Victoria Mapplebeck)
“My Candy Land” (USA, Jordan, France | ITVS – PBS / ARTE France / RTS | Director: Sareen Hairabedian | Producer: Azza Hourani, Sareen Hairabedian, Julie Paratian, David Rane)
“No Different Land” (Palestine, Norway, USA | Director: Basel Adra, Hamdan Ballal, Rachel Szor & Yuval Abraham | Producer: Fabien Greenberg & bård Kjøge Rønning)
“Queendom” (USA, France | Greenwich Leisure | Director: Agniia Galdanova | Producer: Igor Myakotin, Agniia Galdanova)
“Looking for Mavis Beacon” (USA | NEON | Director: Jazmin Renée Jones | Producer: Guetty Felin, Olivia McKayla Ross)
“Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat” (Belgium, France, Netherlands | Kino Lorber | Director: Johan Grimonprez | Producer: Daan Milius, Rémi Grellety)
“Sugarcane” (USA | Nationwide Geographic | Director: Julian Courageous NoiseCat, Emily Kassie | Producer: Emily Kassie, Kellen Quinn)
“Inform Them You Love Me” (USA, UK | Netflix | Director: Nick August-Perna | Producer: Tamara Rosenberg, Andrea Debrito)
“The Final Journey” (Sweden, France | Nordisk Movie | Director: Filip Hammar and Fredrik Wikingsson | Producer: Petra Mahl and Lars Beckung)
“The Outstanding Lifetime of Ibelin” (USA | Netflix | Director: Benjamin Ree | Producer: Ingvil Giske)
“Water For Life / Agua Es Vida” (USA, Chile, El Salvador | Latino Public Broadcasting, Bullfrog Movies | Director: Will Parrinello | Producer: Majo Calderon, Will Parrinello, Rick Tejada-Flores)
“A Transfer” (Iran, UK | The New York Instances Op-Docs | Director: Elahe Esmaili | Producer: Hossein Behboudi Rad)
“A Motion In opposition to the Transparency of the Stars of the Seas” (USA, Philippines | Criterion Channel | Director: Esy Casey | Producer: Esy Casey, Nur Jannah Kaalim)
“Amma ki Katha” (India | Director: Nehal Vyas | Producer: Nehal Vyas, Advik Beni)
“Unhealthy Hostage” (USA | Director: Mimi Wilcox | Producer: Max Asaf, Mimi Wilcox)
“Enchunkunoto” (The Return) (Kenya | Director: Laissa Malih | Producer: Kavita Pillay, Adam Mazo, Tracy Rector, Taylor Hensel)
“Gaza Diaries” (Palestine, UK | BBC | Director: Namak Khoshnaw | Producer: Haya Al Badarneh, Lara Elgebaly, Mohammad Shalaby, Mary O’Reilly)
“Right here We Are” (Thailand | Director: Chanasorn Chaikitiporn | Producer: Banvithit Wilawan)
“In Flanders Fields” (India, Belgium, USA | Sachin | Director: Sachin | Producer: Sachin, Victor Candeias)
“Devices of a Beating Coronary heart” (Japan | The New York Instances Op-Docs | Director: Ema Ryan Yamazaki | Producer: Eric Nyari)
“Trendy Goose” (Canada | The New York Instances Op-Docs | Director: Karsten Wall | Producer: Alicia Smith)
“9 Straightforward Dances” (Canada | York College | Director/Producer: Nora Rosenthal)
“Outdated Lesbians” (USA | The Guardian | Director/Producer: Meghan McDonough)
“Outcry: Alchemists of Rage” (USA | Director: Clare Main | Producer: Rivkah Beth Medow, Jen Rainin, Whitney Bradshaw, Clare Main)
“Squid Fleet” (USA, Canada | The New Yorker, SUDU Connexion | Director: Ed Ou and Will N. Miller | Producer: Will N. Miller, Ed Ou, Raphaela Morais, Ben Blankenship)
“Ted & Noel” (UK | Channel 4 | Director: Julia Alcamo | Producer: Dan Hodgson, Mary Pattisson)
“The Medallion” (UK, Ethiopia, USA | The New Yorker, SUDU Connexion | Director: Ruth Hunduma | Producer: Lily Usher, Tolu Stedford)
“The Passing” (USA | The New Yorker | Director/Producer: Ivete Lucas and Patrick Bresnan)
“The Poem We Sang” (Canada, Palestine, Jordan | MAD Options | Director: Annie Sakkab | Producer: Annie Sakkab, Paul Lee)
“The Sparkle” (Canada | The New York Instances Op-Docs | Director: Isabelle Grignon-Francke | Producer: Patrick Francke-Sirois, Isabelle Grignon-Francke)
“Till He’s Again” (USA, Spain, Morocco | PBS POV & Scripps Information | Director: Jacqueline Baylon | Producer: Jacqueline Baylon, Hailey Gavin)
