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The International Documentary Association has announced the host for the 2017 IDA Documentary Awards. Iranian-American comedian Maz Jobrani will host the 33rd edition of the annual ceremony which...

November 1, 2017 (Los Angeles, CA)—The International Documentary Association has announced the Best Feature and Best Short nominees, as well as the recipients of Creative Recognition awards, for the...

Los Angeles, CA – October 20, 2017– Last night, at the Double Exposure Investigative Film Festival, the International Documentary Association (IDA) announced that eleven feature-length documentary...

Los Angeles, CA – October 16, 2017– The International Documentary Association has announced the initial round of nominees for the 2017 IDA Documentary Awards. The 33rd edition of the annual ceremony...

Los Angeles, CA (September 12, 2017) – The International Documentary Association (IDA) announced today the honorees to be feted at its 33rd Annual Documentary Awards. The ceremony will be held on...

Los Angeles, CA – August 29, 2017 – The International Documentary Association (IDA) announced today the lineup of their annual screening series to begin September 13th with a screening of Yance Ford’s...

New report issued by the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA), in partnership with the International Documentary Association (IDA), seeks to chart a course towards a sustainable future by calling out key challenges, illuminating those challenges through case studies, and offering actions that can strengthen the field and support filmmakers.
This year's IDA Documentary Awards will honor five outstanding individuals: Lyn and Norman Lear will receive the Amicus Award; Stanley Nelson will receive the Career Achievement Award; Ally Derks will receive the Pioneer Award; and Nanfu Wang will receive the Emerging Documentary Filmmaker. Awards will also be given in several categories including Best Feature Documentary, Best Short Documentary, David L. Wolper Student Documentary Award, Best Limited Series, and more.
IDA announces the lineup and additional keynote presentations for Getting Real ‘16, a biennial filmmaker-tofilmmaker conference inaugurated by the IDA and the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in 2014.
The International Documentary Association (IDA) announced today that award-winning filmmaker Joe Berlinger will join its Board of Directors.