Nominees: 19 th Annual IDA DISTINGUISHED DOCUMENTARY ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS 2003 Feature Documentaries BalserosMaria Jose Solera, Tom Roca, Loris Omedes
Awards

2004 Preservation and Scholarship Award: Michael Rabiger—Grist for the Mill: A Filmmaker's Education
Author, educator and filmmaker Michael Rabiger sees a bright future for the documentary. "There has never been a better time to become a documentarian

It's been over a year since the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced a new set of rules for qualifying documentary features and

IDA Career Achievement Award: Sir David Attenborough The Natural Historian as Innovative Storyteller
Innovation and excellence demand more than talent, which in itself is an uncommon attribute. They require that extraordinary intellectual or creative

Celebrating and Preserving the Latino Experience–His Own Way

The Seattle International Film Festival (SIFF) celebrated its 30th anniversary with some 33 docs in the Refracting Reality section, 13 of them

Crazy Legs Conti: Zen and the Art of Competitive Eating. From Mike Wranovics' Up for Grabs. From Adam Feinstein's Say You Love Me. From Mike Wranovics

From Seamus Murphy's A Darkness Visible: Afghanistan, which received an Emmy Award nomination in the New Approaches to News and Documentary

FEATURE DOCUMENTARIES Born into Brothels Directors/Producers/Cinematographers: Zana Briski, Ross Kauffman Editors: NancyBaker, Ross Kauffman Composer

FEATURE DOCUMENTARIES Aileen: Life and Death of a Serial KillerNick Broomfield, Joan Churchill, Jo HumanLafayette Films, Lantern Lane Entertainment