Sugarcane leads the International Documentary Association’s 2024 IDA Documentary Awards candidates.
The movie about the violent tradition of Catholic-run Native American missionary schools racked up 5 nods, consistingof for finest function.
Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat scored 4 nods and 3 titles — Queendom, Black Box Diaries and My Sweet Land — landed 3 elections each.
Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat, Queendom and Black Box Diaries are up for finest function alongwith Dahomey and double candidates Agent of Happiness, Ernest Cole: Lost and Found, No Other Land, Seeking Mavis Beacon and The Remarkable Life of Ibelin.
And the directors of Sugarcane, Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat, Queendom, Black Box Diaries and No Other Land are all up for finest director.
This year’s IDA Documentary Awards candidates were chose from more than 700 entries from 77 nations, both up from last year, and, in the function and shortlist classifications, were picked from shortlists revealed on Oct.24 Entries were evaluated by blue-ribbon jurors that consistedof 300 documentary specialists from more than 40 nations.
IDA members can view and vote on movies in the function and brief documentary classifications from Nov. 19 to Dec. 1.
In addition to the competitive awards, the IDA awards will honor Dawn Porter with the Career Achievement Award, Black Box Diaries‘ Shiori Ito with the Emerging Filmmaker Award and the 4 directors of No Other Land (Basel Adra, Hamdan Ballal, Rachel Szor, Yuval Abraham) will be honored with the Courage Under Fire Award.
The 40th IDA Documentary Awards will be hosted by Adam Conover and take location on Dec. 5 at Los Angeles’ Orpheum Theater, with the ceremony also streaming live on documentary.org and IDA’s YouTube, Facebook and Instagram accounts.
A total list of the 2024 IDA Documentary Awards elections follows.
Best Feature Documentary Nominees
Agent of Happiness (Bhutan, Hungary | Film Movement | Director: Arun Bhattarai, Dorottya Zurbó | Producer: Noémi Veronika Szakonyi, Máté Artur Vincze, Arun Bhattarai)
Black Box Diaries (Japan, USA, UK | MTV Documentary Films | Director: Shiori Ito | Producer: Eric Nyari, Hanna Aqvilin, Shiori Ito)
Dahomey (France, Senegal, Benin | MUBI | Director: Mati Diop | Producer: Eve Robin, Judith Lou Lévy, Mati Diop)
Ernest Cole: Lost and Found (France, South Africa, USA | Magnolia Pictures | Director: Raoul Peck | Producer: Tamara Rosenberg, Raoul Peck)
No Other Land (Palestine, Norway, USA | Director: Basel Adra, Hamdan Ballal, Rachel Szor & Yuval Abraham | Producer: Fabien Greenberg & bård Kjøge Rønning)
Queendom (USA, France | Greenwich Entertainment | Director: Agniia Galdanova | Producer: Igor Myakotin, Agniia Galdanova)
Seeking Mavis Beacon (USA | NEON | Director: Jazmin Renée Jones | Producer: Guetty Felin)
Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat (Belgium, France, Netherlands | Kino Lorber | Director: Johan Grimonprez | Producer: Daan Milius, Rémi Grellety)
Sugarcane (USA | National Geographic | Director: Julian Brave NoiseCat, Emily Kassie | Producer: Emily Kassie, Kellen Quinn)
The Remarkable Life of Ibelin (USA | Netflix | Director: Benjamin Ree | Producer: Ingvil Giske)
Best Short Documentary Nominees
A Move (Iran, UK | The New York Times Op-Docs | Director: Elahe Esmaili | Producer: Hossein Behboudi Rad)
A Movement Against the Transparency of the Stars of the Seas (USA, Philippines | Criterion Channel | Director: Esy Casey | Producer: Esy Casey, Nur Jannah Kaalim)
Amma ki Katha (India | Director: Nehal Vyas | Producer: Nehal Vyas, Advik Beni)
Enchunkunoto (The Return) (Kenya | Director: Laissa Malih | Producer: Kavita Pillay, Adam Mazo, Tracy Rector, Taylor Hensel)
Instruments of a Beating Heart (Japan | The New York Times Op-Docs | Director: Ema Ryan Yamazaki | Producer: Eric Nyari)
Modern Goose (Canada | The New York Times Op-Docs | Director: Karsten Wall | Producer: Alicia Smith)
Nine Easy Dances (Canada | York University | Director/Producer: Nora Rosenthal)
The Medallion (UK, Ethiopia, USA | The New Yorker, SUDU Connexion | Director: Ruth Hunduma | Producer: Lily Usher, Tolu Stedford)
The Poem We Sang (Canada, Palestine, Jordan | MAD Solutions | Director: Annie Sakkab | Producer: Annie Sakkab, Paul Lee)
Until He’s Back (USA, Spain, Morocco | PBS POV & Scripps News | Director: Jacqueline Baylon | Producer: Jacqueline Baylon, Hailey Gavin)
Best Director
Agniia Galdanova, Queendom (Greenwich Entertainment | USA, France)
Basel Adra, Hamdan Ballal, Rachel Szor & Yuval Abraham, No Other Land (Palestine, Norway, USA)
Johan Grimonprez, Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat (Kino Lorber | Belgium, France, Netherlands)
Julian Brave NoiseCat, Emily Kassie, Sugarcane (National Geographic | USA)
Shiori Ito, Black Box Diaries (MTV Documentary Films | Japan, USA, UK)
Best Cinematography
Arun Bhattarai, Agent of Happiness (Film Movement | Bhutan, Hungary)
Alix Blair, Helen and the Bear (N/A | USA)
Sareen Hairabedian, My Sweet Land (ITVS – PBS / ARTE France / RTS | Jordan, France)
Ruslan Fedotov, Queendom (Greenwich Entertainment | USA, France)
Christopher LaMarca, Emily Kassie, Sugarcane (National Geographic | USA)