Jehane Noujaim's "The Square" edged out Joshua Oppenheimer's "The Act of Killing" to emerge as the big winner of the 2013 Ida Documentary Awards! The documentary about the 2011 Egyptian Revolution also beat Jason Osder's "Let the Fire Burn," Gabriela Cowperthwaite's "Blackfish," and Sarah Polley's Stories We Tell" for the prize.
Here's a full list of winners of the 2013 Ida Documentary Awards:
Best Feature Award
The Square
Director: Jehane Noujaim
Producer: Karim Amer; Executive Producers: Geralyn Dreyfous, Mike Lerner, Sarah Johnson, Jodie Evans, Lekha Singh, Gavin Dougan, Dan Catullo III, Lisa Nishimura, Adam Del Deo, Khalil Noujaim, Alexandra Johnes, Jeff Skol; Noujaim Films, Netflix Originals
Best Short Award
Slomo
Director: Josh Izenberg; Producer: Amanda Micheli; Executive Producer: Neil Izenberg; Big Young Films, Runaway Films
Best Limited Series Award
Inside Man
Producers: Kristen Vaurio, Lisa Kalikow, Shannon Gibson, Suzanne Hillinger, Lara Benario; Writers: Jeremy Chilnick, Morgan Spurlock; Executive Producers: Jeremy Chilnick,...
Here's a full list of winners of the 2013 Ida Documentary Awards:
Best Feature Award
The Square
Director: Jehane Noujaim
Producer: Karim Amer; Executive Producers: Geralyn Dreyfous, Mike Lerner, Sarah Johnson, Jodie Evans, Lekha Singh, Gavin Dougan, Dan Catullo III, Lisa Nishimura, Adam Del Deo, Khalil Noujaim, Alexandra Johnes, Jeff Skol; Noujaim Films, Netflix Originals
Best Short Award
Slomo
Director: Josh Izenberg; Producer: Amanda Micheli; Executive Producer: Neil Izenberg; Big Young Films, Runaway Films
Best Limited Series Award
Inside Man
Producers: Kristen Vaurio, Lisa Kalikow, Shannon Gibson, Suzanne Hillinger, Lara Benario; Writers: Jeremy Chilnick, Morgan Spurlock; Executive Producers: Jeremy Chilnick,...
- 12/8/2013
- by Manny
- Manny the Movie Guy
Jehane Noujaim’s Egyptian Revolution doc “The Square” led the winners of the International Documentary Association's annual awards, which were announced last night at a ceremony at the Directors Guild of America theater in Los Angeles. The film -- which was shortlisted for an Oscar last week -- beat out Joshua Oppenheimer’s "The Act of Killing," Jason Osder’s "Let the Fire Burn," Gabriela Cowperthwaite’s "Blackfish," and Sarah Polley’s "Stories We Tell" for the prize. All but "Fire" also made Oscar's top 15. Here's a full list of winners: Best Feature Award The Square Director: Jehane Noujaim Producer: Karim Amer; Executive Producers: Geralyn Dreyfous, Mike Lerner, Sarah Johnson, Jodie Evans, Lekha Singh, Gavin Dougan, Dan Catullo III, Lisa Nishimura, Adam Del Deo, Khalil Noujaim, Alexandra Johnes, Jeff Skol; Noujaim Films, Netflix Originals Best Short Award Slomo Director: Josh Izenberg; Producer: Amanda Micheli; Executive Producer: Neil Izenberg; Big Young Films,...
- 12/7/2013
- by Peter Knegt
- Indiewire
Not a bad week for Jehane Noujaim’s film about Egyptian activists battling the establishment. The Square scored the Best Feature trophy tonight at the 29th annual Ida Documentary Awards, three days after it made the Oscar shortlist. The film, which also is up for a Spirit Award, is the first documentary picked up by Netflix. Other winners announced at the ceremony hosted by Paul Provenza at DGA headquarters in Los Angeles included Slomo for Best Short, PBS’ Independent Lens for Best Continuing Series and CNN’s Morgan Spurlock-hosted Inside Man for Best Limited Series. Alex Gibney, who won an Oscar for Taxi To The Dark Side and was nominated for Enron: The Smartest Guys In The Room, received a Career Achievement Award. Here is the full list of winners at the 2013 Ida Documentary Awards, presented by the International Documentary Association: Career Achievement Award Alex Gibney Ida Amicus Award...
- 12/7/2013
- by THE DEADLINE TEAM
- Deadline TV
The International Documentary Association’s 2013 Ida Documentary Awards honoured Jehane Noujaim’s Egyptian activism story The Square with the best feature award on Friday night (December 6) in Los Angeles.
The best short award went to Josh Izenberg’s Slomo, about neurologist turned rollerblader Dr John Kitchin.
The Ida’s Career Achievement Award was presented to Alex Gibney, currently in awards contention with The Armstrong Lie.
The Ida Amicus Award went to Impact Partners co-founder Geralyn Dreyfous, who also founded the Utah Film Center. Dreyfous’ executive producer credits include The Square, Born Into Brothels, The Invisible War and The Crash Reel.
Laura Poitras received Ida’s Courage Under Fire Award in recognition of “conspicuous bravery in the pursuit of truth.” Poitras and Glenn Greenwald, broke the story of National Security Agency (Nsa) whistleblower Edward Snowden, revealing the Prism programme in the process.
Poitras is currently in Berlin editing a film about Nsa surveillance, the third of...
The best short award went to Josh Izenberg’s Slomo, about neurologist turned rollerblader Dr John Kitchin.
The Ida’s Career Achievement Award was presented to Alex Gibney, currently in awards contention with The Armstrong Lie.
The Ida Amicus Award went to Impact Partners co-founder Geralyn Dreyfous, who also founded the Utah Film Center. Dreyfous’ executive producer credits include The Square, Born Into Brothels, The Invisible War and The Crash Reel.
Laura Poitras received Ida’s Courage Under Fire Award in recognition of “conspicuous bravery in the pursuit of truth.” Poitras and Glenn Greenwald, broke the story of National Security Agency (Nsa) whistleblower Edward Snowden, revealing the Prism programme in the process.
Poitras is currently in Berlin editing a film about Nsa surveillance, the third of...
- 12/7/2013
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Winners in the 2013 Ida Documentary Awards were announced during tonight's program at the Directors Guild of America, giving Jehane Noujaim's The Square top honors with the Best Feature Award. The first major film acquisition by Netflix, The Square follows a group of Egyptian activists as they battle leaders and regimes, and risk their lives to build a new society of conscience.
Also announced in the ceremony was the Best Short Award, which honored Slomo, directed by Josh Izenberg. An inspirational portrait of neurologist turned rollerblader, Dr. John Kitchin, Slomo has been an ...
Also announced in the ceremony was the Best Short Award, which honored Slomo, directed by Josh Izenberg. An inspirational portrait of neurologist turned rollerblader, Dr. John Kitchin, Slomo has been an ...
- 12/7/2013
- by IDA Editorial Staff
- International Documentary Association
This is a tough awards season! Lots of great movies to see, so little time! I'm catching up like crazy before we vote for the Critics' Choice Movie Awards for the Broadcast Film Critics Association. So I apologize if I haven't updated you with the latest on the awards season 2013-2014! And there were many award-giving bodies announcing nominations.
We already told you about the Rome Film Festival and the Film Independent Spirit Awards, now let's talk about the 2013 Gotham Awards, the Ida Documentary Awards, the Cinema Eye, and the Producers Guild announcing its best documentary choices.
First stop, we have the 2013 Gotham Awards where Steve McQueen's "12 Years a Slave" topped the nominations with three nods including best feature, best actor for Chiwetel Ejiofor and breakthrough actor for Lupita Nyong'o.
Winners will be announced on Dec. 2nd where Richard Linklater, Forest Whitaker, and Katherine Oliver (head of the NYC...
We already told you about the Rome Film Festival and the Film Independent Spirit Awards, now let's talk about the 2013 Gotham Awards, the Ida Documentary Awards, the Cinema Eye, and the Producers Guild announcing its best documentary choices.
First stop, we have the 2013 Gotham Awards where Steve McQueen's "12 Years a Slave" topped the nominations with three nods including best feature, best actor for Chiwetel Ejiofor and breakthrough actor for Lupita Nyong'o.
Winners will be announced on Dec. 2nd where Richard Linklater, Forest Whitaker, and Katherine Oliver (head of the NYC...
- 12/2/2013
- by Manny
- Manny the Movie Guy
The International Documentary Association (Ida) aren’t necessarily the most indicative of where the Academy’s documentary branch will go, but they’re important and prestigious so it’s always good to see where their members go. This year’s selection of nominees is quite a highbrow collection with a heavy slant towards politics and activism with three very high profile contenders battling it out against a pair of smaller-scale, yet mightily intimidating, documentaries about prejudice some 30 years apart.
Best Documentary Feature
The Act of Killing
Blackfish
Let the Fire Burn
The Square (Nyff review)
Stories We Tell
I am a big fan of Jehane Noujaim’s up-to-the-minute look at the Egyptian democracy crisis, The Square, Gabriela Cowperthwaite’s disturbing look at SeaWorld’s animal cruelty, Blackfish, and Sarah Polley’s fragmented family tree, Stories We Tell, but the other two – sadly, two I have not yet had the chance...
Best Documentary Feature
The Act of Killing
Blackfish
Let the Fire Burn
The Square (Nyff review)
Stories We Tell
I am a big fan of Jehane Noujaim’s up-to-the-minute look at the Egyptian democracy crisis, The Square, Gabriela Cowperthwaite’s disturbing look at SeaWorld’s animal cruelty, Blackfish, and Sarah Polley’s fragmented family tree, Stories We Tell, but the other two – sadly, two I have not yet had the chance...
- 10/29/2013
- by Glenn Dunks
- FilmExperience
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences' documentary branch has selected a short list of eight documentary short films that will compete for the 86th Academy Awards. The docs cover a wide array of subject matter, with many of them focusing on inspirational stories. Malcolm Clarke's The Lady in Number 6: Music Saved My Life is a portrait of 109 year-old holocaust survivor Alice Herz Sommer, who offers her views on how to live a long and happy life, while Joshua Izenberg's Slomo follows Dr. John Kitchin, a neurologist who abandons his career to take up rollerblading along the Pacific
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- 10/10/2013
- by Gregg Kilday
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
This year’s festival, which ran June 19-23, hosted more than 19,000 attendees with 53 films screened representing 30 countries.
AFI Docs presented by Audi (formerly Silverdocs) has unveiled its Audience Award winners for 2013.
Yoruba Richen’s The New Black [pictured] scooped the Audience Award for Best Feature. The film examines how African-American voters have become divided on the issue of gay marriage and focuses on the fight for marriage equality in Maryland.
The Audience Award for Best Short went to Joshua Izenberg’s Slomo which follows John Kitchin, a doctor who traded his medical practice for rollerblades, and explores the neurological and spiritual joys of slow acceleration.
Festival director Sky Sitney commented: “While this was a transformational year for the Festival with an expanded footprint into the heart of Washington, DC, at our core remains a commitment to celebrating the best in the documentary form.
“The tremendous enthusiasm and response to the film program and its related panels surpassed even our...
AFI Docs presented by Audi (formerly Silverdocs) has unveiled its Audience Award winners for 2013.
Yoruba Richen’s The New Black [pictured] scooped the Audience Award for Best Feature. The film examines how African-American voters have become divided on the issue of gay marriage and focuses on the fight for marriage equality in Maryland.
The Audience Award for Best Short went to Joshua Izenberg’s Slomo which follows John Kitchin, a doctor who traded his medical practice for rollerblades, and explores the neurological and spiritual joys of slow acceleration.
Festival director Sky Sitney commented: “While this was a transformational year for the Festival with an expanded footprint into the heart of Washington, DC, at our core remains a commitment to celebrating the best in the documentary form.
“The tremendous enthusiasm and response to the film program and its related panels surpassed even our...
- 6/25/2013
- by ian.sandwell@screendaily.com (Ian Sandwell)
- ScreenDaily
AFI Docs has announced the winners of their audience awards, with Yoruba Richen's Lgbt rights take "The New Black" winning best feature and Joshua Izenberg's "Slomo" winning best short. Read our take on "The New Black" here, as well as our picks for the 5 best new films from the festival. Full press release and winners below. Washington, DC, June 25, 2013 – AFI Docs presented by Audi (formerly Silverdocs) announced today its distinguished Audience Award winners, culminating a five day festival including the screening of 53 films representing 30 countries in iconic DC locations on the National Mall and Penn Quarter area as well as at the historic AFI Silver Theatre in Silver Spring, MD. The Festival hosted over 19,000 attendees, including 845 filmmakers, film subjects, journalists, industry, esteemed panelists and special guests, including Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer, Letters To Jackie director Bill Couturié,...
- 6/25/2013
- by Peter Knegt
- Indiewire
Director Josh Izenberg earned a degree in screenwriting from the University of Michigan and then went on to work as a copywriter, a cab driver and a carpenter before finding his way to film. "Slomo" is his first documentary short. Read More: Rooftop Films Reveals Full Feature Lineup For Annual Summer Series, Including SXSW Grand Jury Winner 'Short Term 12' What it's about: Depressed and frustrated with his life, Dr. John Kitchin abandons his career as a neurologist and moves to Pacific Beach. There, he undergoes a radical transformation into Slomo, trading his lab coat for a pair of rollerblades and his Ira for a taste of divinity. On the challenges: There were a lot of challenges. In production, simply figuring out how to shoot smooth shots of someone one rollerblades proved to be a bit complicated and we had to try a few things out before we...
- 5/10/2013
- by Indiewire
- Indiewire
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