40th IDA Documentary Awards Ceremony 2024

The 40th annual IDA Documentary Awards, December 5, at The Orpheum Theater in Downtown Los Angeles, hosted by comedian, actor, and writer Adam Conover.

IDA Documentary Awards are the world's most prestigious event dedicated to the documentary genre. It celebrates the best nonfiction films and programs of the year and seeks to represent excellence in the documentary field worldwide by emerging and established documentarians.

This year, the IDA Documentary Awards shortlists and nominees are selected by independent committees of 300 documentary makers, curators, critics, and industry experts from 40+ countries. We received 700+ entries in all categories from 77 countries.

Nominees in each of the Best Feature Documentary and Best Short Documentary categories have been selected from the shortlists previously announced on October 24. IDA members will have access to view each of the nominated films and to vote for films in the Best Feature Documentary and Best Short Documentary categories from November 19 to December 1, 2024. All other category winners are selected by IDA Documentary Awards jurors. See all nominees, stream, vote, and get tickets for the show at https://documentary.org/awards2024

The 40th IDA Documentary Awards will be presented in the following categories on December 5, 2024: Best Feature Documentary, Best Short Documentary, Best Curated Series, Best Episodic Series, Best Limited Series, Best TV Feature Documentary, Best Audio Documentary, Best Music Documentary, Best Director, Best Cinematography, Best Editing, Best Writing, Best Music Score and David L. Wolper Student Documentary Award. Winners in two special categories, the ABC News VideoSource Award and the Pare Lorentz Award, will also be announced on December 5, 2024.