O.J.: Made in America directed by Ezra Edelman was named Best Documentary Feature of 2016 by the International Documentary Association at the annual IDA awards held Friday night in Los Angeles. The film beat out 13th directed by Ava DuVernay, Fire at Sea directed by Gianfranco Rosi, Cameraperson directed by Kirsten Johnson, I Am Not Your Negro directed by Raoul Peck, and Weiner directed by Josh Kriegman and Elyse Steinberg.
2016 International Documentary Association IDA Awards
Best Feature Award
O.J.: Made in America
Director: Ezra Edelman
Producers: Deirdre Fenton, Libby Geist, Nina Krstic, Erin Leyden, Tamara Rosenberg, Connor Schell and Caroline Waterlow
ESPN
Best Short Award
The White Helmets
Director: Orlando von Einsiedel
Producer: Joanna Natasegara
NETFLIX
Best Curated Series Award
DR2 Dokumania
Executive Producer: Mette Hoffmann Meyer
DR TV
Best Limited Series Award
Making a Murderer
Executive Producers: Moira Demos and Laura Ricciardi
NETFLIX
Best Episodic Series Award
Last Chance U
Executive Producers: Joe LaBracio, Dawn Ostroff, Lucas Smith, James Stern and Greg Whiteley
NETFLIX
Best Short Form Series Award
Field Of Vision
Executive Producers: Charlotte Cook, Laura Poitras and AJ Schnack
FIELD OF VISION
David L. Wolper Student Documentary Award
THIS AWARD RECOGNIZES EXCEPTIONAL ACHIEVEMENT IN NON-FICTION FILM AND VIDEO PRODUCTION AT THE UNIVERSITY LEVEL AND BRINGS GREATER PUBLIC AND INDUSTRY AWARENESS TO THE WORK OF STUDENTS IN THE DOCUMENTARY FIELD.
4.1 Miles
Director: Daphne Matziaraki
UC BERKELEY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF JOURNALISM
ABC News VideoSource Award
THIS AWARD IS GIVEN EACH YEAR FOR THE BEST USE OF NEWS FOOTAGE AS AN INTEGRAL COMPONENT IN A DOCUMENTARY.
13th
Director: Ava DuVernay
NETFLIX
Pare Lorentz Award Winner
THE PARE LORENTZ AWARD RECOGNIZES FILMS THAT DEMONSTRATE EXEMPLARY FILMMAKING WHILE FOCUSING ON THE APPROPRIATE USE OF THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT, JUSTICE FOR ALL AND THE ILLUMINATION OF PRESSING SOCIAL PROBLEMS.
Starless Dreams
Director: Mehrdad Oskouei
THE CINEMA GUILD
Creative Recognition Award Winners
THE CREATIVE RECOGNITION CATEGORY RECOGNIZES SPECIAL ACHIEVEMENT IN CINEMATOGRAPHY, EDITING, MUSIC AND WRITING IN FILMS ENTERED IN THE FEATURE CATEGORY.
Best Cinematography
Fire at Sea
Cinematography by: Gianfranco Rosi
KINO LORBER
Best Editing
Cameraperson
Edited by: Nels Bangerter
JANUS FILMS
Best Writing
I Am Not Your Negro
James Baldwin material compiled and edited by Raoul Peck
MAGNOLIA PICTURES, INDEPENDENT LENS
Best Music
The Bad Kids
Original Score by: Jacaszek
FILMRISE, ITVS
Honorees
Stanley Nelson
Career Achievement Award
Ally Derks
Pioneer Award
Lyn and Norman Lear
Amicus Award
Nanfu Wang
Emerging Documentary Filmmaker Award