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Int’l Documentary Association Announces 2013 IDA Nominations

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The International Documentary Association Announces Nominations For the 2013 IDA Documentary Awards

 
Jacqueline Donnet Emerging Artist Award, Pare Lorentz Award,  Creative Recognition Award Winners Named
LOS ANGELES, October 29, 2013–The International Documentary Association (IDA) announced nominations for the 2013 IDA Documentary Awards today. This 29th edition of the world’s most prestigious awards for nonfiction filmmaking will take place on Friday, December 6th at the DGA Theater in Los Angeles.

The five films nominated in IDA’s Feature category are: THE ACT OF KILLING, Joshua Oppenheimer’s challenging, surreal, and ultimately stunning portrayal of perpetrators of the 1965 Indonesian genocide as they retell their actions through the lens of their own perceptions; BLACKFISH, the revealing and emotionally wrenching investigation by Gabriela Cowperthwaite of the impact on orcas from being kept in captivity and the devastating results in their human interactions; LET THE FIRE BURN, Jason Osder’s gripping exploration of the 1985 standoff between the activist group MOVE and the Philadelphia Police Department, told through news footage and archival interviews with witnesses and participants; THE SQUARE, Jehane Noujaim’s riveting examination of the personal stories behind the news in the struggle of Egyptians striving to create a society of conscience; and STORIES WE TELL, Sarah Polley’s fascinating genre-bending examination of how we create our stories and the subjective relationship of truth to memory.

The five nominated films in the Short category are THE EDUCATION OF MUHAMMAD HUSSEIN, a film by Heidi Ewing and Rachel Grady that examines how the largest Muslim community in America responds to the provocations of an anti-Islamic preacher; THE FLOGSTA ROAR, Johan Palmgren’s look at the custom of shouting through windows in the student ghetto in Uppsala, Sweden; Alicia Dwyer’s NINE TO NINETY, the story of 89 year-old Phyllis Sabatini and the challenges she faces in taking care of her close-knit family; Josh Izenberg’s SLOMO, the portrait of neurologist turned rollerblader, Dr. John Kitchin; and VULTURES OF TIBET, Russell O. Bush’s look at a sacred ritual turning into a popular tourist attraction.

Winners in the Best Feature and Best Short categories are selected by IDA’s international membership. Screening committees of industry professionals based in New York City, Washington, DC, the San Francisco Bay Area and Los Angeles determine other award categories.

“With over 400 submissions from around the world, this year’s Awards represent a thriving global documentary community,” said IDA Executive Director Michael Lumpkin. “Collectively these incredible stories expand our understanding of our shared human experience and foster an informed, compassionate and connected world.”

Five series are nominated for the Continuing Series Award: 30 FOR 30 (ESPN), CURIOSITY (Discovery Channel),  INDEPENDENT LENS (ITVS), POV (American Documentary | POV) and REAL SPORTS WITH BRYANT GUMBEL (HBO). Limited Series nominees are: 180 DAYS: A YEAR INSIDE AN AMERICAN HIGH SCHOOL (NPBS), INSIDE COMBAT RESCUE (National Geographic Channel), INSIDE MAN (CNN/Warrior Poets), VIEWFINDER: LATIN AMERICA (Al Jazeera) and WITNESS (HBO).

Nominees for the HUMANITAS Documentary Award, given to a documentarian whose film strives to unify the human family by exploring cultural differences, are: ANTON’S RIGHT HERE (Evgeniya Blaze, Director) BLOOD BROTHER (Danny Yourd, Director), LET THE FIRE BURN (Jason Osder, Director) and THE SQUARE (Jehane Noujaim, Director).

Five student films are nominated for the David L. Wolper Student Documentary Award: BETWEEN LAND AND SEA (Sarah Berkovich and J. Christian Jensen, directors), MY SISTER SARAH, (Elizabeth Chatelain, director), OME: TALES FROM A VANISHING HOMELAND (Raul Paz Pastrana, director), SODIQ (Adeyemi Michael, director) and WHY WE RACE (Kiley Vorndran, Ryan Westra, Andrew Evers and Ben Fischinger, directors).

Nominees for the ABCNews VideoSource Award, which recognizes compelling use of news footage in documentary filmmaking, include: ALL THE PRESIDENT’S MEN REVISITED (Peter Schnall, director), FREE ANGELA AND ALL POLITICAL PRISONERS (Shola Lynch, director), LET THE FIRE BURN (Jason Osder, director), THE TRIALS OF MUHAMMAD ALI (Bill Siegel, director) and WE STEAL SECRETS: THE STORY OF WIKILEAKS (Alex Gibney, director).

The IDA Creative Recognition Awards honor excellence in cinematography, composing, editing, and writing in documentary feature films.  The recipients of these awards represent the highest achievements in their respective crafts, and highlight the importance of their work in compelling documentary storytelling.  At the IDA Documentary Awards ceremony on December 6, PABLO’S WINTER (cinematography by Julian Schwanitz) will be recognized with the award for Best Cinematography; LET THE FIRE BURN (edited by Nels Bangerter) will receive the Best Editing award; NARCO CULTURA (original music by Jeremy Turner) will be presented with the Best Music award, and HOW TO MAKE MONEY SELLING DRUGS (written by Matthew Cooke) will receive the Best Writing award.

Each year IDA also recognizes the achievements of a filmmaker who has made a significant impact at the beginning of his or her career in documentary film. This year IDA will honor Zachary Heinzerling, the producer, director and cinematographer of one of the year’s most-acclaimed films CUTIE AND THE BOXER, with the 2013 Jacqueline Donnet Emerging Documentary Filmmaker Award.

CUTIE AND THE BOXER, Heinzerling’s feature film debut, premiered in January at the Sundance Film Festival receiving the US Documentary Directing Award. Heinzerling was selected as one of 25 filmmakers for the Film Society of Lincoln Center and IFP’s Emerging Visions Program during the 2011 New York Film Festival, participated in the 2011 Berlinale Talent Campus, and was awarded the Charles Guggenheim Emerging Artist award at the 2013 Full Frame Film Festival. He began his career at HBO, where he worked on four consecutive Emmy Award-winning documentaries.

The Pare Lorentz Award is given at the IDA Documentary Awards to recognize films that demonstrate exemplary filmmaking while focusing on environmental and social issues. This year’s Pare Lorentz Award recognizes the film A PLACE AT THE TABLE, co-directed by Kristi Jacobson and Lori Silverbush, which examines the critical issue of food insecurity in the United States, a reality faced every day by tens of millions of Americans. The film explores the economic and political factors contributing to the hunger crisis and highlights pathways to solutions.  Resources include a social action campaign on Participant’s TakePart.com.

In addition to recognizing the year’s best in documentary filmmaking and nonfiction programming, the 2013 IDA Documentary Awards will honor Academy Award®- and Emmy Award-winning director, producer and writer Alex Gibney with its Career Achievement Award. Geralyn Dreyfous, producer and Impact Partners Film Fund co-founder, will receive the IDA Amicus Award, and filmmaker Laura Poitras will receive IDA’s Courage Under Fire Award, in recognition of “conspicuous bravery in the pursuit of truth.”

The 29th Annual IDA Documentary Awards will take place on Friday, December 6th at the DGA Theater, 7920 Sunset Blvd, Los Angeles, starting at 8pm. The Awards presentation will be followed by the IDA Documentary Awards After-Party, the year’s most exciting documentary celebration, in the DGA Grand Lobby.

For more information, tickets and sponsorship opportunities for the 2013 IDA Documentary Awards go to: http://www.documentary.org/awards.

About the IDA Documentary Awards
The annual IDA Documentary Awards Gala is the world’s most prestigious award event solely dedicated to documentary film. For nearly three decades, IDA has produced this annual celebration to recognize the best documentary films of the year and honor both individuals and organizations for outstanding achievements in the field.

About the International Documentary Association
Founded in 1982, the International Documentary Association is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization
that is dedicated to building and serving the needs of a thriving documentary culture. The IDA’s purpose is for all nonfiction filmmakers to have access to the services and legal protections they need to successfully practice their art. Through its programs, IDA provides resources, creates community, and defends rights and freedoms for documentary artists, activists and journalists.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Amy Grey / Ashley Mariner
Dish Communications
Phone: 818-508-1000
amyg@dishcommunications.com / ashleym@dishcommunications.com

2013 IDA Documentary Awards Nominations

BEST FEATURE AWARD

THE ACT OF KILLING
Director: Joshua Oppenheimer
Producers: Joshua Oppenheimer, Signe Byrge Sørensen
Executive Producers:  Errol Morris, Werner Herzog, Torstein Grude, André Singer, Joram ten Brink,
Bjarte Mørner Tveit
Drafthouse Films

BLACKFISH
Directors: Gabriela Cowperthwaite
Producer: Manuel V. Oteyza
Writers: Gabriela Cowperthwaite, Eli Despres
Executive Producers:  Judy Bart, Erica Kahn
Magnolia Pictures

LET THE FIRE BURN
Director/Producer: Jason Osder
Executive Producer:  Andrew Herwitz
The George Washington University School of Media and Public Affairs

STORIES WE TELL
Director/Writer: Sarah Polley
Producer: Anita Lee
Roadside Attractions

THE SQUARE
Director: Jehane Noujaim
Producer: Karim Amer
Noujaim Films

BEST SHORT AWARD

THE EDUCATION OF MUHAMMAD HUSSEIN
Directors: Heidi Ewing & Rachel Grady
Producers: Heidi Ewing; Rachel Grady; Sadia Shepard; Sara Bernstein (for HBO)
Executive Producers:  Sheila Nevins (for HBO)
HBO Documentary Films

THE FLOGSTA ROAR
Director/Producer: Johan Palmgren
Writer: Johan Palmgren and Åsa Blanck
Swedish National Television

NINE TO NINETY
Director: Alicia Dwyer
Producer: Juli Vizza
Executive Producers:  Sally Jo Fifer
Independent Television Service (ITVS)

SLOMO
Director: Josh Izenberg
Producer: Amanda Micheli
Executive Producer: Neil Izenberg
Big Young Films, Runaway Films

VULTURES OF TIBET
Director: Russell O. Bush
Producer: Elisabeth Oakham
Executive Producer:  Gary Newsom
Bushfilm

BEST LIMITED SERIES AWARD

180 DAYS: A YEAR INSIDE AN AMERICAN HIGH SCHOOL
Directors/Producers: Jacquie Jones, Garland McLaurin
Executive Producer:  Jacquie Jones
NPBC/PBS

INSIDE COMBAT RESCUE
Producers: Jared McGilliard, John Collin, Jr.
Executive Producers:  Jerry Decker, Ted Duvall, Richard J. Wells.
National Geographic Channel

INSIDE MAN
Producers: Kristen Vaurio, Lisa Kalikow, Shannon Gibson, Suzanne Hillinger, Lara Benario
Writers: Jeremy Chilnick, Morgan Spurlock
Executive Producers:  Jeremy Chilnick, Matthew Galkin, Morgan Spurlock
CNN

VIEWFINDER: LATIN AMERICA
Directors: Manuel Contreras, Russ Finkelstein, Alfonso Gastiaburo, Juan Pablo Rojas, Paola Gosalvez, Luciana Freitas Silva, Susanna Lira, Fernanda Polacow and Juliana Borges
Producers: Rodrigo Vazquez, Patricia Boero
Writer: Ingrid Falck
Executive Producers:  Flora Gregory
Series Producer: Jean Garner
Al Jazeera English

WITNESS
Directors:David Frankham, Abdallah Omeish
Producers: Ike Martin, Allison Kunzman, Youree Henley, Julie Herrin, Josiah Hooper
Co-Producer: Ra’uf Glasgow
Executive Producers:  Michael Mann, David Frankham
Blue Light Productions and Little Puppet Productions with HBO Entertainment and HBO Documentary Films

BEST CONTINUING SERIES AWARD

30 FOR 30
Producers: Libby Geist, Andy Billman, Kyle Godwin, Brian D’Ostilio, Jenna Anthony, Erin Leyden, Deirdre Fenton
Executive Producers:  Connor Schell, John Dahl, Bill Simmons
ESPN

CURIOSITY
Producers: Geoff Deehan, Christine Weber
Executive Producers:  Erik Nelson, Simon Dickson, Sanjay Singhal, Dave Harding, Mike Masland
Discovery Channel

INDEPENDENT LENS
Producer: Lois Vossen
Executive Producers:  Sally Jo Fifer
Independent Television Service (ITVS) in association with PBS

POV
Executive Producer: Simon Kilmurry
Co-Executive Producer: Cynthia López
VP of Programming & Production: Chris White
Series Producer: Andrew Catauro
American Documentary | POV in association with PBS

REAL SPORTS WITH BRYANT GUMBEL
Producer: Joe Perskie
Executive Producers:  Rick Bernstein
HBO Sports

DAVID L. WOLPER STUDENT DOCUMENTARY AWARD

BETWEEN LAND AND SEA
Directors/Producers/Writers: Sarah Berkovich, J. Christian Jensen
Stanford University

OME: TALES FROM A VANISHING HOMELAND
Director/Producer: Raul O. Paz Pastrana
Producer: Emily Parkey
School of Visual Arts

MY SISTER SARAH
Directors/Producer: Elizabeth Chatelain
University of Texas at Austin

SODIQ
Directors/Producers/Writer: Adeyemi Michael
National Film & Television School, UK

WHY WE RACE
Directors: Kiley Vorndran, Ryan Westra, Andrew Evers, Ben Fischinger
Producer: Kiley Vorndran
Chapman University / Dodge College of Film and Media Arts

HUMANITAS AWARD

ANTONS RIGHT HERE
Director: Evgeniya Blaze
Producers: Konstantin Shavlovsky , Aleksandra Golutova
Writers: Lyubov Arkus
Executive Producers:  Sergey Selyanov
INTERCINEMA Agency

BLOOD BROTHER
Director: Steve Hoover
Producer: Danny Yourd
Writers: Steve Hoover, Phinehas Hodges, Tyson VanSkiver
Executive Producers:  Steve Hoover, Michael Killen, Kathy Dziubek, Jim Kreitzburg, Leigh Blake, John Carlin
Independent Television Service (ITVS)

LET THE FIRE BURN
Director/Producer: Jason Osder
Executive Producer:  Andrew Herwitz
The George Washington University School of Media and Public Affairs

THE SQUARE
Director: Jehane Noujaim
Producer: Karim Amer
Noujaim Films

PARE LORENTZ AWARD

A PLACE AT THE TABLE
Directors/Producers: Lori Silverbush and Kristi Jacobson
Producers: Julie Goldman, Ryan Harrington
Magnolia Pictures

ABCNEWS VIDEOSOURCE AWARD

ALL THE PRESIDENTS MEN REVISITED
Director/Producer: Peter Schnall
Executive Producers: Robert Redford, Andy Lack, Laura Michalchyshyn
Writers: Chana Gazit, Patrick Prentice
Partisan Pictures in Association with Sundance Productions

FREE ANGELA AND ALL POLITICAL PRISONERS
Director/Producer/Writer: Shola Lynch
Producers: Sidra Smith, Carole Lambert, Carine Ruszniewski
Overbrook Entertainment

LET THE FIRE BURN
Director/Producer: Jason Osder
Executive Producer:  Andrew Herwitz
The George Washington University School of Media and Public Affairs

THE TRIALS OF MUHAMMAD ALI
Director: Bill Siegel
Producers: Bill Siegel, Rachel Pikelny
Executive Producers:  Justine Nagan, Gordon Quinn, Leon Gast, Kat White
Independent Television Service (ITVS)

WE STEAL SECRETS: THE STORY OF WIKILEAKS
Director/Producer/Writer: Alex Gibney
Producer: Marc Shmuger
Focus World

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