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International Documentary Association

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    IDA Award

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    Best Continuing Series

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Independent Lens

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

      Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel

      7.8 (474)
      Rick Bernstein
      Joe Perskie
    • [object Object]

      P.O.V.

      7.9 (270)
      Andrew Catauro
      Cynthia Lopez
      Simon Kilmurry
      Chris White
    • [object Object]

      Curiosity

      7.6 (747)
      Howard B. Swartz
      Dave Harding
      Erik Nelson
      Sanjay Singhal
      Geoff Deehan
      Leslie Schwerin
      Simon Andreae
      Christine Weber
      Simon Dickson
      Mike Masland
    • [object Object]

      30 for 30

      8.8 (5.9K)
      Brian D'Ostilio
      John Dahl
      Deirdre Fenton
      Bill Simmons
      Erin Leyden
      Kyle Godwin
      Andrew Billman
      Jenna Anthony
      Connor Schell
      Libby Geist

    Best Feature

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The Square

      8.0 (9.5K)
      Jehane Noujaim(director)
      Karim Amer(producer)
      Geralyn White Dreyfous(executive producer)
      Mike Lerner(executive producer)
      Sarah E. Johnson(executive producer)
      Jodie Evans(executive producer)
      Lekha Singh(executive producer)
      Gavin Dougan(executive producer)
      Daniel E. Catullo(executive producer)
      Lisa Nishimura(executive producer)
      Adam Del Deo(executive producer)
      Khalil Noujaim(executive producer)
      Alexandra Johnes(executive producer)
      Jeff Skoll(executive producer)
    • [object Object]

      The Act of Killing

      8.2 (43K)
      Joshua Oppenheimer(director/producer)
      Signe Byrge Sørensen(producer)
      Errol Morris(executive producer)
      Werner Herzog(executive producer)
      Torstein Grude(executive producer)
      André Singer(executive producer)
      Joram ten Brink(executive producer)
      Bjarte Mørner Tveit(executive producer)
    • [object Object]

      Blackfish

      8.1 (75K)
      Gabriela Cowperthwaite(director/writer)
      Manny Oteyza(producer)
      Eli B. Despres(writer)
      Judy Bart(executive producer)
      Erica Kahn(executive producer)
    • [object Object]

      Let the Fire Burn

      7.8 (1.5K)
      Jason Osder(director/producer)
      Andrew Herwitz(executive producer)
    • [object Object]

      Stories We Tell

      7.5 (14K)
      Sarah Polley(director/writer)
      Anita Lee(producer)

    Best Limited Series

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Morgan Spurlock Inside Man

      8.0 (440)
      Kristen Vaurio(producer)
      Lisa Kalikow(producer)
      Shannon Gibson(producer)
      Suzanne Hillinger(producer)
      Lara Benario(producer)
      Jeremy Chilnick(writer/executive producer)
      Morgan Spurlock(writer/executive producer)
      Matthew Galkin(executive producer)
    • [object Object]

      180 Days: A Year Inside an American High School

      7.1 (16)
      Jacquie Jones(director/producer/executive producer)
      Garland McLaurin(director/producer)
    • [object Object]

      Inside Combat Rescue

      8.5 (704)
      Jared McGilliard(producer)
      John Collin Jr.(producer)
      Jerry Decker(executive producer)
      Ted Duvall(executive producer)
      Richard J. Wells(executive producer)
    • [object Object]

      Viewfinder: Latin America

      Manuel Contreras(director)
      Russ Finkelstein(director)
      Alfonso Gastiaburo(director)
      Juan Pablo Rojas(director)
      Paola Gosalvez(director)
      Luciana Freitas(director)
      Susanna Lira(director)
      Fernanda Polacow(director)
      Juliana Borges(director)
      Rodrigo Vázquez(producer)
      Patricia Boero(producer)
      Ingrid Falck(writer)
      Flora Gregory(executive producer)
      Jean Horton Garner(series producer)
    • [object Object]

      Witness

      7.6 (296)
      David Frankham(director/executive producer)
      Abdallah Omeish(director)
      Ike Martin(producer)
      Allison Kunzman(producer)
      Youree Henley(producer)
      Julie Herrin(producer)
      Josiah W. Hooper(producer)
      Ra'uf Glasgow(co-producer)
      Michael Mann(executive producer)

    Best Short

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Slomo

      7.8 (81)
      Joshua Izenberg(director)
      Amanda Micheli(producer)
      Neil Izenberg(executive producer)
    • [object Object]

      The Education of Mohammad Hussein

      5.6 (128)
      Heidi Ewing(director/producer)
      Rachel Grady(director/producer)
      Sadia Shepard(producer)
      Sara Bernstein(producer)
      Sheila Nevins(executive producer)

    • The Flogsta Roar

      6.9 (35)
      Johan Palmgren(director/producer/writer)
      Åsa Blanck(writer)

    • Nine to Ninety

      8.5 (7)
      Alicia Dwyer(director)
      Juli Vizza(producer)
      Sally Jo Fifer(executive producer)
    • [object Object]

      Vultures of Tibet

      8.5 (14)
      Rose Bush(director)
      Elisabeth Oakham(producer)
      Gary Newsom(executive producer)

    Pare Lorentz Award

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    • [object Object]
      Winner

      A Place at the Table

      6.9 (1.2K)
      Lori Silverbush(director/producer)
      Kristi Jacobson(director/producer)
      Julie Goldman(producer)
      Ryan Harrington(producer)

    Pare Lorentz Award - Honorable Mention

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    • [object Object]
      Winner

      A River Changes Course

      7.6 (156)
      Kalyanee Mam(director)

    Video Source Award

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    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The Trials of Muhammad Ali

      7.2 (1.2K)
      Bill Siegel(director/producer)
      Rachel Pikelny(producer)
      Justine Nagan(executive producer)
      Gordon Quinn(executive producer)
      Leon Gast(executive producer)
      Kat White(executive producer)
      Sally Jo Fifer(executive producer)
    • [object Object]

      All the President's Men Revisited

      7.7 (382)
      Peter Schnall(director/producer)
      Robert Redford(executive producer)
      Andrew Lack(executive producer)
      Laura Michalchyshyn(executive producer)
      Chana Gazit(writer)
      Patrick Prentice(writer)
    • [object Object]

      Free Angela and All Political Prisoners

      7.0 (832)
      Shola Lynch(director/producer/writer)
      Sidra Smith(executive producer)
      Carole Lambert(executive producer)
      Carine Ruszniewski(executive producer)
    • [object Object]

      Let the Fire Burn

      7.8 (1.5K)
      Jason Osder(director/producer)
      Andrew Herwitz(executive producer)
    • [object Object]

      We Steal Secrets

      6.9 (8.3K)
      Alex Gibney(director/produce/writer)
      Marc Shmuger(producer)

    Humanitas Award

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    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Blood Brother

      8.2 (1.7K)
      Steve Hoover(director/writer/executive producer)
      Danny Yourd(producer)
      Phinehas Hodges(writer)
      Tyson VanSkiver(writer)
      Michael Killen(executive producer)
      Kathy Dziubek(executive producer)
      Jim Kreitzburg(executive producer)
      Leigh Blake(executive producer)
      John Carlin(executive producer)
    • [object Object]

      Anton's Right Here

      7.6 (320)
      Lyubov Arkus(director/writer)
      Konstantin Shavlovsky(producer)
      Aleksandr Golutva(producer)
      Sergey Selyanov(executive producer)
    • [object Object]

      Let the Fire Burn

      7.8 (1.5K)
      Jason Osder(director/producer)
      Andrew Herwitz(executive producer)
    • [object Object]

      The Square

      8.0 (9.5K)
      Jehane Noujaim(director)
      Karim Amer(producer)
      Geralyn White Dreyfous(executive producer)
      Mike Lerner(executive producer)
      Sarah E. Johnson(executive producer)
      Jodie Evans(executive producer)
      Lekha Singh(executive producer)
      Gavin Dougan(executive producer)
      Daniel E. Catullo(executive producer)
      Lisa Nishimura(executive producer)
      Adam Del Deo(executive producer)
      Khalil Noujaim(executive producer)
      Alexandra Johnes(executive producer)
      Jeff Skoll(executive producer)

    Courage Under Fire Award

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    • Laura Poitras in Citizenfour (2014)
      Winner
      • Laura Poitras

    Emerging Documentary Filmmaker Award

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    • Zachary Heinzerling at Sundance 2013 - World Premiere of Cutie and the Boxer
      Winner
      • Zach Heinzerling

    Career Achievement Award

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    • Alex Gibney
      Winner
      • Alex Gibney

    David L. Wolper Student Documentary Award

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    • Winner

      My Sister Sarah

      Elizabeth Chatelain(director/producer)
      University of Texas at Austin

    • Between Land and Sea

      Sarah Berkovich(director/producer/writer)
      Christian Jensen(director/producer/writer)
      Stanford University

    • Ome

      Raul Paz Pastrana(director/producer)
      Emily Parkey(producer)
      MFA Social Documentary Film Department at the School of Visual Arts
    • [object Object]

      Sodiq

      8.8 (10)
      Adeyemi Michael(director/producer/writer)
      National Film & Television School, UK
    • [object Object]

      Why We Race

      Kiley Vorndran(director/producer)
      Ryan Westra(director)
      Andrew Evers(director)
      Benjamin Fischinger(director)
      Chapman University/Dodge College of Film and Media Arts

    Creative Recognition Award

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    Best Cinematography

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Pablo's Winter

      6.9 (44)
      Julian Schwanitz

    Best Editing

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Let the Fire Burn

      7.8 (1.5K)
      Nels Bangerter

    Best Music

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Narco Cultura

      7.2 (2.5K)
      Jeremy Turner

    Best Writing

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      How to Make Money Selling Drugs

      7.6 (6.9K)
      Matthew Cooke

    Amicus Award

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    • Geralyn White Dreyfous
      Winner
      • Geralyn White Dreyfous

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