Dear IDA Members: My original “Notes from the Reel World” for this October issue addressed the many documentary-related events happening this month in
Notes from the Reel World

Fall has arrived. The kids are back in school. And all good fans of the documentary art form have an opportunity to see some of the best documentaries

This report comes happily from the Cannes International Film Festival. Nothing I have ever seen explains the place of the documentary in film history

Dear IDA Members: The big news at the IDA is that we have a new Executive Director: Sandra Ruch. She was selected as the final candidate at a special

The IDA has been going through lots of changes and the positive manifestations are just beginning to emerge. The IDA party for the Oscar® nominees

It’s Oscar time, and the International Documentary Association is proud to be able to say that at least one of the producers on every single nominated

Dear IDA Members: IDA 2001 is up and running. In January and February we held our annual seminar series, Documentaries from A to Z: Putting It All

HAPPY NEW YEAR! And what an exciting 12 months it is going to be for IDA. By this time next year, the new Executive Director will be well ensconced

It’s that time of year again when an envelope arrives reminding us that this magazine is going to disappear from our mailboxes if we don’t renew our

Dear IDA Members: With this issue of International Documentary we celebrate the first IDA Awards of a new century. So it is fitting that at this