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International Documentary Association

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    IDA Award

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    Best Cinematography

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Faya Dayi

      6.8 (739)
      Jessica Beshir
    • [object Object]

      Ascension

      7.0 (4.4K)
      Jessica Kingdon
      Nathan Truesdell
    • [object Object]

      Cusp

      5.8 (449)
      Isabel Bethencourt
      Parker Hill
    • [object Object]

      The Lost Leonardo

      7.5 (3.1K)
      Adam Jandrup
    • [object Object]

      The First Wave

      7.1 (1.2K)
      Ross McDonnell
      Thorsten Thielow
      Brian Dawson
      Matthew Heineman
      Alex Pritz

    Best Curated Series

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Independent Lens

      8.1 (690)
      Lois Vossen
      Sally Jo Fifer
    • [object Object]

      P.O.V.

      7.9 (266)
      Chris White
      Erika Dilday
    • [object Object]

      America Reframed

      7.3 (42)
      Justine Nagan
      Chris White
      Erika Dilday
      Chris Hastings
    • [object Object]

      Pacific Heartbeat

      8.0 (11)
      Leanne K. Ferrer
    • [object Object]

      American Masters

      8.2 (1.3K)
      Michael Kantor

    Best Director

    • Questlove
      Winner
      • Questlove
      • Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
      • Jessica Beshir
      • Faya Dayi
      • Jessica Earnshaw
      • Jacinta
    • Jonas Poher Rasmussen
      • Jonas Poher Rasmussen
      • Flee
    • Nicholas Bruckman
      • Nicholas Bruckman
      • Not Going Quietly

    Best Editing

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)

      8.0 (15K)
      Joshua L Pearson
    • [object Object]

      Charm Circle

      7.7 (61)
      Michael Levine
      Nira Burstein
    • [object Object]

      Homeroom

      5.6 (290)
      Kristina Motwani
      Rebecca Adorno
    • [object Object]

      Procession

      7.1 (1.4K)
      Robert Greene
    • [object Object]

      Simple as Water

      6.9 (288)
      Purcell Carson
      Megan Mylan

    Best Episodic Series

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      My Love: Six Stories of True Love

      7.4 (354)
      Xan Aranda
      Mo-young Jin
      Andrew Fried
      Dane Lillegard
      Jordan Wynn
    • [object Object]

      Alien Worlds

      6.5 (4.4K)
      Tim Lambert
      Jeremy Dear
    • [object Object]

      Becoming You

      7.9 (519)
      Hamo Forsyth
      Leanne Klein
      Tim Lambert
      Martin Conway
    • [object Object]

      The Surgeon's Cut

      8.4 (1.3K)
      Andrew Cohen
      James Van Der Pool
    • Malice at the Palace (2021)
      • Malice at the Palace
      • Deal with the Devil
      • Caitlyn Jenner
      • Crimes and Penalties
      • Breaking Point
      Maclain Way
      Chapman Way
      Ben Silverman
      Howard Owens
      Isabel San Vargas
      Ryan Duffy
      Miguel Tamayo
      Jaymee Messler

    Best Feature

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Flee

      7.9 (21K)
      Jonas Poher Rasmussen
      Monica Hellström
      Signe Byrge Sørensen
      Charlotte de La Gournerie
    • [object Object]

      Nothing But the Sun

      7.2 (100)
      Arami Ullon
      Pascal Trächslin
    • [object Object]

      Faya Dayi

      6.8 (739)
      Jessica Beshir
    • [object Object]

      In the Same Breath

      7.5 (1.9K)
      Nanfu Wang
      Jialing Zhang
      Julie Goldman
      Christopher Clements
      Carolyn Hepburn
    • [object Object]

      Jacinta

      7.5 (519)
      Jessica Earnshaw
      Holly Meehl Chapman
      Nimisha Mukerji
    • [object Object]

      North by Current

      6.3 (151)
      Angelo Madsen Minax
      Felix Endara
    • [object Object]

      Not Going Quietly

      7.9 (159)
      Nicholas Bruckman
      Amanda Roddy
    • [object Object]

      Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)

      8.0 (15K)
      Questlove
      Joseph Patel
      Robert Fyvolent
      David Dinerstein
    • [object Object]

      Wojnarowicz

      7.6 (283)
      Chris McKim
      Randy Barbato
      Fenton Bailey
    • [object Object]

      Writing with Fire

      7.3 (1.8K)
      Rintu Thomas
      Sushmit Ghosh

    Best Multi-Part Audio Documentary or Series

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Suave

      Maggie Freleng
      Julieta Martinelli
      Maria Hinojosa
      Marlon Bishop
      Audrey Quinn
      Stephanie Lubow
    • [object Object]

      My Fugitive

      Nina Gilden Seavey
      Kat Aaron
      Joel Lovell
      Maddy Sprung-Keyser
      Agerenesh Ashagre
      Justine Daum
      Janelle Anderson
      Maria Robins-Somerville
      Xandra Ellin
      Jenna Weiss-Berman
      Max Linsky
    • [object Object]

      The Vanishing of Harry Pace

      Shima Oliaee
      Jami Floyd
      Jad Abumrad
    • [object Object]

      I'm Not a Monster

      7.4 (12)
      Joshua Baker
      Joe Kent
      Max Green
      Raney Aronson
      Dylan Haskins

    • Through the Cracks

      Jonquilyn Hill
      Ruth Tam
      Patrick Fort
      Poncie Rutsch

    Best Multi-Part Documentary

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Exterminate All the Brutes

      7.5 (3.2K)
      Raoul Peck
      Daniel Delume
      Rémi Grellety
      Nancy Abraham
      Lisa Heller
      Jamie Morris
      Jack Oliver
      Poppy Dixon
    • [object Object]

      High on the Hog: How African American Cuisine Transformed America

      7.7 (971)
      Roger Ross Williams
      Jonathan Clasberry
      Shoshana Guy
      Geoff Martz
      Craig Piligian
      Sarba Das
      Fabienne Toback
      Karis Jagger
    • [object Object]

      Nuclear Family

      7.2 (505)
      Ry Russo-Young
      Dan Cogan
      Warren Fischer
      Liz Garbus
      Julie Gaither
      Jon Bardin
      Jenny Raskin
      Geralyn White Dreyfous
      Lauren Haber
      Peter Saraf
      Leah Holzer
      Alex Turtletaub
      Maria Zuckerman
      Christine Connor
      Ryan Heller
      Barbara Dobkin
      Eric Dobkin
      Andrea van Beuren
      Joe Landauer
    • [object Object]

      Philly D.A.

      8.1 (271)
      Ted Passon
      Yoni Brook
      Nicole Salazar
      Josh Penn
      Michael Gottwald
      Dawn Porter
      Sally Jo Fifer
      Lois Vossen
      Nion McEvoy
      Patty Quillin
      Jeff Seelbach
      Ryan Chanatry
      Gena Konstantinakos
    • [object Object]

      Uprising

      7.7 (378)
      Steve McQueen
      James Rogan
      Helen Bart
      Nelson Adeosun
      Joanna Boateng
      Nancy Bornat
      Soleta Rogan
      Tracey Scoffield
      Clare Sillery
      Carl Callam
      Emma Loach
      Vivienne Steele
      Anna Smith Tenser
      David Tanner
      Justin Thomson

    Best Music Documentary

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)

      8.0 (15K)
      Questlove
      Joseph Patel
      Robert Fyvolent
      David Dinerstein
    • [object Object]

      Lydia Lunch: The War Is Never Over

      6.8 (174)
      Beth B
    • [object Object]

      The Sparks Brothers

      7.7 (6.3K)
      Edgar Wright
      Nira Park
      George Hencken
      Laura Richardson
    • [object Object]

      Tina

      7.9 (6.5K)
      Daniel Lindsay
      T.J. Martin
      Simon Chinn
      Jonathan Chinn
      Diane Becker
    • [object Object]

      The Velvet Underground

      7.3 (5.8K)
      Todd Haynes
      Christine Vachon
      Julie Goldman
      Christopher Clements
      Carolyn Hepburn
      David Blackman

    Best Music Score

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Eyes on the Prize: Hallowed Ground

      6.0 (107)
      Roman GianArthur Irvin
    • [object Object]

      Manzanar, Diverted: When Water Becomes Dust

      7.1 (24)
      Lori Goldston
      Steve Fisk
      Alexander Miranda
    • [object Object]

      Pelé

      7.0 (5.9K)
      Antonio Pinto
      Gabriel Ferreira
      Felipe Kim
    • [object Object]

      Speer Goes to Hollywood

      7.2 (97)
      Haim Frank Ilfman
    • [object Object]

      The Lost Leonardo

      7.5 (3.1K)
      Sveinung Nygaard
    • [object Object]

      The Neutral Ground

      8.1 (128)
      Sultana Isham

    Best Short

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      A Broken House

      7.0 (100)
      Jimmy Goldblum
      Matt Weaver
      Richard Gephardt
      Harrison Nalevansky
    • [object Object]

      Eagles

      6.6 (114)
      Kristy Guevara-Flanagan
      Maite Zubiaurre
    • [object Object]

      Ain't No Time for Women

      7.3 (22)
      Sarra El-Abed
      Isabelle Grignon-Francke

    • E14

      Peiman Zekavat
      Sanam Jehanfard
    • [object Object]

      Joe Buffalo

      7.8 (55)
      Amar Chebib
      Hayley Morin
      Mack Stannard
    • [object Object]

      Kalsubai

      7.1 (9)
      Yudhajit Basu

    • Open Shutters

      5.4 (5)
      Youjin Do
    • [object Object]

      Red Taxi

      6.2 (5)
      Anonymous
    • [object Object]

      Senior Prom

      6.8 (45)
      Luisa Conlon
      Jessica Chermayeff

    • Since You Arrived, My Heart Stopped Belonging to Me

      6.3 (6)
      Erin Kokdil

    Best Short Form Series

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Viral

      7.1 (37)
      Georg Tschurtschenthaler
      Udi Nir
      Sagi Bornstein
      Christian Beetz
    • [object Object]

      Earth at Night in Color

      8.2 (1.8K)
      Sam Hodgson
      Simon Muriel
      Tom Payne
      Justin Anderson
      Joe Stevens
      Alex Williamson

    • Field of Vision

      Youjin Do
      Ruun Nuur
      Chase Whiteside
      Mike Plante
      Arielle De Saint Phalle
      James Paul Dallas
      Dana Brandes-Simon
      Malika Zouhali-Worrall
      Patricia Benabe
      Anonymous
      Charlotte Cook
    • [object Object]

      K-Pop Evolution

      6.8 (21)
      Robert Ock
      Sejin Park
      Ann Shin
      Scot McFadyen
      Sam Dunn

    • POV Shorts

      8.1 (9)
      Opal H. Bennett
      Erika Dilday
      Chris White
    • [object Object]

      Witness

      Lisa Camillo
      Owen Kean
      Saad Zuberi
      Amber Fares
      Emile Guertin
      Reem Haddad
      Fiona Lawson-Baker

    Best Stand-Alone Audio Documentary

    • Winners
      • Monaea Upton
      • Jen Kinney
      • Ashley Cleek
      • Adizah Eghan
      • Kyle Murdock
      • Adreanna Rodriguez
      • Kate Osborn
      VICE News Reports: Monaea, A 2020 Diary
      • Francesco Bolognesi
      • Benoit Bories
      • Faïdos Sonore
      La foresta dei violini
      • Lee Yeon-hui
      The Story of Two Moms

    Best Writing

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      North by Current

      6.3 (151)
      Angelo Madsen Minax
    • [object Object]

      Duty Free

      8.0 (54)
      Sian-Pierre Regis
    • [object Object]

      Eyes on the Prize: Hallowed Ground

      6.0 (107)
      Lenelle N. Moise
      Sophia Nahli Allison
    • [object Object]

      Not Going Quietly

      7.9 (159)
      Nicholas Bruckman
      Amanda Roddy
    • [object Object]

      The One and Only Dick Gregory

      7.9 (512)
      Andre Gaines

    Pare Lorentz Award

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    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The First Wave

      7.1 (1.2K)
      Matthew Heineman
      Jenna Millman
      Leslie Norville

    Pare Lorentz Award - Honorable Mention

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    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Tigre Gente

      7.6 (21)
      Elizabeth Unger
      Joanna Natasegara

    Video Source Award

    Edit
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Whirlybird

      7.0 (329)
      Matt Yoka
      Diane Becker
    • [object Object]

      9/11: Inside the President's War Room

      7.5 (4.2K)
      Adam Wishart
      Simon Finch
    • [object Object]

      American Experience

      8.6 (2.4K)
      Michelle Ferrari
      Connie Honeycutt
      Episode: "Sandra Day O'Connor: The First (2021)"
    • [object Object]

      Cured

      7.5 (189)
      Patrick Sammon
      Bennett Singer
    • [object Object]

      Like a Rolling Stone: The Life & Times of Ben Fong-Torres

      7.3 (491)
      Suzanne Joe Kai

    Courage Under Fire Award

    Edit
    • Rintu Thomas
      Sushmit Ghosh
      Winners
      • Rintu Thomas
      • Sushmit Ghosh

    Emerging Documentary Filmmaker Award

    Edit
    • Cecilia Aldarondo
      Winner
      • Cecilia Aldarondo

    Pioneer Award

    Edit
    • Jean Tsien
      Winner
      • Jean Tsien

    Career Achievement Award

    Edit
    • Roger Ross Williams
      Winner
      • Roger Ross Williams

    David L. Wolper Student Documentary Award

    Edit
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Seahorse

      7.0 (31)
      Nele Dehnenkamp
      Christine Duttlinger

    • Anchored Out

      Katie Bernstein
      Clara Mokri
    • [object Object]

      In the Space You Left

      7.8 (6)
      Christine Saab
      Ju Park
    • [object Object]

      No Soy Óscar

      6.8 (7)
      Jon Ayon
      Emily Ruth Smith
    • [object Object]

      The Doll

      6.0 (151)
      Elahe Esmaili

    Truth to Power Award

    Edit
    • Ronan Farrow
      Winner
      • Ronan Farrow

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