The 33rd annual IDA Documentary Awards were hosted Maz Jobrani at Los Angeles’ Paramount Theatre. And the winners are:
Best Feature
Dina
Directors/Producers: Antonio Santini and Dan Sickles
The Orchard
Best Short
Edith+Eddie
Director: Laura Checkoway
Producer: Thomas Lee Wright
Kartemquin Films
Creative Recognition Award Winners
Best Cinematography
Machines
Cinematography by: Rodrigo Trejo Villanueva
Kino Lorber
Best Editing
Dawson City: Frozen Time
Edited by: Bill Morrison
Kino Lorber
Best Music
Brimstone & Glory
Original Score by: Dan Romer and Benh Zeitlin
Oscilloscope Laboratories
Best Writing
Donkeyote
Written by: Chico Pereira, Manuel Pereira and Gabriel Molera
Scottish Documentary Institute
Pare Lorentz Award
Watani: My Homeland (Recipient)
Director: Marcel Mettelsiefen
Intent to Destroy (Special Mention)
Director: Joe Berlinger
ABC News VideoSource Award
LA 92
Directors: Dan Lindsay & TJ Martin
National Geographic
Best Curated Series Award
Independent Lens
Executive Producers: Lois Vossen and Sally Jo Fifer
PBS
Best Limited Series
The Defiant Ones
Executive Producers: Allen Hughes, Doug Pray, Andrew Kosove, Broderick Johnson, Laura Lancaster, Jerry Longarzo, Michael Lombardo, and Gene Kirkwood
HBO
Best Episodic Series Award
Planet Earth II
Executive Producer: Michael Gunton
BBC AMERICA/BBC Worldwide
Best Short Form Series Award
The New York Times Op-Docs
Executive Producer: Kathleen Lingo
The New York Times
David L. Wolper Student Documentary Award
Man on Fire
Director: Joel Fendelman
Producer: James Chase Sanchez
University of Texas, Austin