Newly appointed IDA Funds and Enterprise Program Director Poh Si Teng is no stranger to challenges in nonfiction storytelling. From her childhood as
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Now is the time to act with intentionality; we need to stop meandering in search of the right way forward. Deep introspection and consideration of
Poh succeeds Carrie Lozano who joined the Sundance Institute as Director, Documentary Film Program in Fall 2020.
IDA also announced that filmmaker Manuel Acuña would be the first recipient of the IDA Netflix Global Emerging Filmmaker Award - a grant of $25,000.
The International Documentary Association (IDA) has announced that executive director, Simon Kilmurry, will step down in mid-2021.
The International Documentary Association (IDA) announced the appointment of five new members to its Board of Directors: Hallee Adelman, Grace Lee, Al Perry, Amir Shahkhalili, and Marcia Smith.
On September 7, 2020, Michael Rose, a dear friend of IDA, died of complications from a bone marrow transplant for leukemia. His wife and creative
In this most tumultuous of years, 2020 is also shaping up to be a transformational year for IDA, lockdown notwithstanding. For one, there’s the much
With Getting Real '20 quickly approaching, we met with the supporting programming team to see what they have planned for this year’s digital
Meet IDA’s newest member. Starting in August 2020, Veronica Montreyro will be joining the IDA Development team as the Membership & Individual Giving Manager.