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International Documentary Association

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    IDA Award

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    Best Continuing Series

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      American Masters

      8.2 (1.3K)
      Prudence Glass
      Junko Tsunashima
      Susan Lacy
      Julie Sacks
    • [object Object]

      Independent Lens

      8.1 (701)
      Sally Jo Fifer
      Lois Vossen
    • [object Object]

      P.O.V.

      7.9 (270)
      Simon Kilmurry
      Andrew Catauro
      Chris White
      Yance Ford
      Cynthia Lopez

    Best Feature

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Searching for Sugar Man

      8.2 (75K)
      Malik Bendjelloul(director/producer/writer)
      Simon Chinn(producer)
      John Battsek(executive producer)
    • [object Object]

      The Central Park Five

      7.7 (8.2K)
      Ken Burns(director/producer/executive producer/writer)
      Sarah Burns(director/producer/writer)
      David McMahon(director/producer/writer)
    • [object Object]

      The Invisible War

      7.6 (7.4K)
      Kirby Dick(director/writer)
      Amy Ziering(producer)
      Tanner King Barklow(producer)
      Regina K. Scully(executive producer)
      Jennifer Siebel Newsom(executive producer)
      Sarah E. Johnson(executive producer)
      Teddy Leifer(executive producer)
      Sally Jo Fifer(executive producer)
      Nicole Boxer(executive producer)
      Kimball Stroud(co-executive producer)
    • [object Object]

      The Queen of Versailles

      7.1 (14K)
      Lauren Greenfield(director/producer)
      Danielle Renfrew Behrens(producer)
      Frank Evers(executive producer)
      Dan Cogan(executive producer)
      Rebecca Horn Black(co-producer)
    • [object Object]

      Women with Cows

      6.8 (157)
      Peter Gerdehag(director)
      Tell Aulin(producer/writer)
      Lasse Rengfelt(producer)
      Malcolm Dixelius(executive producer/writer)

    Best Limited Series

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      On Death Row

      7.9 (1.4K)
      Werner Herzog(director/writer)
      Erik Nelson(producer)
      Robert Erickson(coordinating producer)
      Dave Harding(executive producer)
      Amy Briamonte(executive producer)
      André Singer(executive producer)
      Lucki Stipetic(executive producer)
      Nick N. Raslan(executive producer)
      Henry Schleiff(executive producer)
      Sara Kozak(executive producer)
    • [object Object]

      Bomb Patrol: Afghanistan

      7.8 (277)
      Daniel Cesareo(executive producer)
      Doug DePriest(executive producer)
      Vince DiPersio(executive producer)
      Laura Civiello(executive producer)
      Tim Rummel(executive producer)
      Kathryn Gilbert(series producer)
      Joe Venafro(series producer/producer/shooter)
      Keith Saunders(series producer)
      Chris Whiteneck(producer/shooter)
      David D'Angelo(producer/shooter)
      Scott Stoneback(producer/shooter)
    • [object Object]

      The Weight of the Nation

      7.1 (183)
      Sheila Nevins(executive producer)
      John Hoffman(producer/executive producer)
      Dan Chaykin(producer)
      Sarah Teale(producer)
      Tomek Gross(co-producer)
      Alexandra Moss(co-producer)
      Sonia Dulay(co-producer)
    • [object Object]

      George Harrison: Living in the Material World

      8.1 (13K)
      Martin Scorsese(director/producer)
      Scott Pascucci(executive producer)
      Emma Tillinger Koskoff(executive producer)
      Margaret Bodde(executive producer)
      Olivia Harrison(producer)
      Nigel Sinclair(producer)
      Blair Foster(supervising producer)
    • Tim Tate
      • David Hickman(director)
      • Tim Tate(director/series producer)
      • Tom Phillips(director)
      • Jon Blair(executive producer)
      Slavery: A 21st Century Evil (2011)

    Best Short

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Saving Face

      8.0 (1.6K)
      Daniel Junge(director/producer)
      Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy(director/producer)
      Davis Coombe(producer)
      Alison L. Greenberg(producer)
      Sabiha Sumar(producer)
      Aaron Kopp(co-producer)
      Fazeelat Aslam(co-producer)
      Lisa Heller(senior producer)
      Sheila Nevins(executive producer)
    • [object Object]

      God Is the Bigger Elvis

      6.9 (653)
      Rebecca Cammisa(director/producer)
      Julie Anderson(producer)
      Sara Bernstein(supervising producer)
      Sheila Nevins(executive producer)
    • [object Object]

      Kings Point

      6.6 (248)
      Sari Gilman(director/producer)
      Jedd Wider(producer)
      Todd Wider(producer)
      Susannah Ludwig(co-producer)
    • [object Object]

      Mondays at Racine

      7.5 (353)
      Cynthia Wade(director/producer)
      Robin Honan(producer)
      Vanessa Bergonzoli(co-producer)
      Lisa Heller(supervising producer)
      Sheila Nevins(executive producer)
    • [object Object]

      Open Heart

      7.1 (177)
      Kief Davidson(director/producer)
      Cori Shepherd Stern(producer)
      Geralyn White Dreyfous(executive producer)
      Rick Rosenthal(executive producer)
      Nancy Stephens(executive producer)
      Eric Dobkin(executive producer)
      Barbara Dobkin(executive producer)
      Sean Mewshaw(executive producer)
      Desi van Til(executive producer)
      Damon Lindelof(executive producer)
      Heidi Lindelof(executive producer)

    Pare Lorentz Award

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    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The Island President

      7.2 (1.3K)
      Jon Shenk(director)
      Jon Else(executive producer)
      Bonni Cohen(producer)
      Richard Berge(producer)

    Video Source Award

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    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Harvest of Empire

      7.6 (169)
      Peter Getzels(director)
      Eduardo Lopez(director/producer)
      Wendy Thompson-Marquez(producer)
    • [object Object]

      The Central Park Five

      7.7 (8.2K)
      Ken Burns(director/writer/producer/executive producer)
      Sarah Burns(director/writer/producer)
      David McMahon(director/writer/producer)
    • [object Object]

      We Are Wisconsin

      6.9 (15)
      Amie Williams(director)
      Kathryn Takis(producer)
      Doug Pray(producer)
      Margery Tabankin(executive producer)
      William Hirsch(executive producer)
      Scott Verges(executive producer)
    • [object Object]

      Booker's Place: A Mississippi Story

      7.9 (168)
      Raymond De Felitta(director)
      David Zellerford(producer)
      Lynn Roer(executive producer)
      Steven C. Beer(executive producer)
      • Jon Blair(writer/executive producer)
      Hussein Elrazzaz (director/producer/writer). "THE FAMILY"

    Humanitas Award

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    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Bitter Seeds

      7.8 (123)
      Micha X. Peled(director/producer)
    • [object Object]

      American Experience

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      The Amish

      8.6 (2.4K)
      David Belton(director/writer/producer)
      Callie T. Wiser(producer)
      Sharon Grimberg(senior producer)
      Mark Samels(executive producer)
    • [object Object]

      Harvest of Empire

      7.6 (169)
      Peter Getzels(director)
      Eduardo Lopez(director/producer)
      Wendy Thompson-Marquez(producer)
    • [object Object]

      Call Me Kuchu

      7.6 (848)
      Katherine Fairfax Wright(director/writer)
      Malika Zouhali-Worrall(director/writer/producer)
    • [object Object]

      La Vierge, les Coptes et moi...

      6.6 (166)
      Namir Abdel Messeeh(director/producer/writer)
      Nathalie Najem(writer)
      Anne Paschetta(writer)

    Emerging Documentary Filmmaker Award

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    • David France at an event for How to Survive a Plague (2012)
      Winner
      • David France

    Pioneer Award

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    • Winner
      • Sundance Institute Documentary Fund

    Career Achievement Award

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    • Winner
      • Arnold Shapiro

    David L. Wolper Student Documentary Award

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    • [object Object]
      Winner

      La Camioneta: The Journey of One American School Bus

      6.8 (146)
      Mark Kendall(director/producer/writer)
      Rafael González(producer)
      Shannon Kennedy(writer)
      Esther Robinson(executive producer)
    • [object Object]

      The A-Word

      5.1 (144)
      Lindsay Ellis(director/writer/executive producer)
      Kaveh Taherian(producer)
      Clarinda Morales(producer)
    • [object Object]

      Meanwhile in Mamelodi

      7.3 (30)
      Benjamin Kahlmeyer(director)
      Boris Frank(producer)

    • Captive Radio

      Lauren Rosenfeld Capps(director/producer/writer)
    • [object Object]

      Julian

      Bao Nguyen(director/producer/writer)
      Maryann DeLeo(executive producer)

    Creative Recognition Award

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    Best Cinematography

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Women with Cows

      6.8 (157)
      Peter Gerdehag

    Best Editing

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Room 237

      6.2 (24K)
      Rodney Ascher

    Best Music

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Searching for Sugar Man

      8.2 (75K)
      Rodriguez(original songs)
      Malik Bendjelloul(additional score)

    Best Writing

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Ann Richards' Texas

      7.9 (21)
      Keith Robert Patterson

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