40th Annual INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY ASSOCIATION Awards
Thursday, December 5, 2024
The Orpheum Theater, Los Angeles, California
Hosted by Adam Conover

Best Feature Documentary
Agent of Happiness • Film Movement
(Bhutan, Hungary)
Arun Bhattarai, Dorottya Zurbó | Directors
Noémi Veronika Szakonyi, Máté Artur Vincze, Arun Bhattarai | Producers
Black Box Diaries • MTV Documentary Films
(Japan, USA, UK)
Shiori Ito | Director
Eric Nyari, Hanna Aqvilin, Shiori Ito | Producers
Dahomey • MUBI
(France, Senegal, Benin)
Mati Diop | Director
Eve Robin, Judith Lou Lévy, Mati Diop | Producers
Ernest Cole: Lost and Found • Magnolia Pictures
(France, South Africa, USA)
Raoul Peck | Director
Tamara Rosenberg, Raoul Peck | Producers
No Other Land • Antipode Films
(Palestine, Norway, USA)
Basel Adra, Hamdan Ballal, Rachel Szor & Yuval Abraham | Directors
Fabien Greenberg & bård Kjøge Rønning | Producers
Queendom • Greenwich Entertainment
(USA, France)
Agniia Galdanova | Director
Igor Myakotin, Agniia Galdanova | Producers
The Remarkable Life of Ibelin • Netflix
(USA)
Benjamin Ree | Director
Ingvil Giske | Producer
Seeking Mavis Beacon • NEON
(USA)
Jazmin Renée Jones | Director
Guetty Felin | Producer
Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat • Kino Lorber
(Belgium, France, Netherlands)
Johan Grimonprez | Director
Daan Milius, Rémi Grellety | Producers
Sugarcane • National Geographic
(USA)
Emily Kassie, Julian Brave NoiseCat | Directors
Emily Kassie, Kellen Quinn | Producers

Best Short Documentary










Amma ki Katha
(India)
Nehal Vyas | Director
Nehal Vyas, Advik Beni | Producers
Enchukunoto (The Return)
(Kenya)
Laissa Malih | Director
Kavita Pillay, Adam Mazo, Tracy Rector, Taylor Hensel | Producers
Instruments of a Beating Heart • The New York Times Op-Docs
(Japan)
Ema Ryan Yamazaki | Director
Eric Nyari | Producer
The Medallion • The New Yorker, SUDU Connexion
(UK, Ethiopia, USA)
Ruth Hunduma | Director
Lily Usher, Tolu Stedford | Producers
Modern Goose • The New York Times Op-Docs
(Canada)
Karsten Wall | Director
Alicia Smith | Producer
A Move • The New York Times Op-Docs
(Iran, UK)
Elahe Esmaili | Director
Hossein Behboudi Rad | Producer
A Movement Against the Transparency of the Stars of the Seas • Criterion Channel
(USA, Philippines)
Esy Casey | Director
Esy Casey, Nur Jannah Kaalim | Producers
Nine Easy Dances • York University
(Canada)
Nora Rosenthal | Director & Producer
The Poem We Sang • MAD Solutions
(Canada, Palestine, Jordan)
Annie Sakkab | Director
Annie Sakkab, Paul Lee | Producers
Until He’s Back • PBS POV & Scripps News
(USA, Spain, Morocco)
Jacqueline Baylon | Director
Jacqueline Baylon, Hailey Gavin | Producers

Best Director





Agniia Galdanova
Queendom • Greenwich Entertainment
(USA, France)
Igor Myakotin, Agniia Galdanova | Producers
Basel Adra, Hamdan Ballal, Yuval Abraham & Rachel Szor
No Other Land • Antipode Films
(Palestine, Norway, USA)
Fabien Greenberg, Bård Kjøge Rønning | Producers
Johan Grimonprez
Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat • Kino Lorber
(Belgium, France, Netherlands)
Daan Milius, Rémi Grellety | Producers
Julian Brave NoiseCat and Emily Kassie
Sugarcane • National Geographic
(USA)
Emily Kassie, Kellen Quinn | Producers
Shiori Ito
Black Box Diaries • MTV Documentary Films
(Japan, USA, UK)
Eric Nyari, Hanna Aqvilin, Shiori Ito | Producers

Best Cinematography





Agent of Happiness • Film Movement
CINEMATOGRAPHY BY Arun Bhattarai
(Bhutan, Hungary)
Arun Bhattarai, Dorottya Zurbó | Directors
Noémi Veronika Szakonyi, Máté Artur Vincze, Arun Bhattarai | Producers
Helen and the Bear • Maailma Productions
CINEMATOGRAPHY BY Alix Blair
(USA)
Alix Blair | Director
Lauren Kushner, Jenny Slattery, Rebekah Fergusson | Producers
My Sweet Land • ITVS-PBS | ARTE France | RTS-Jordan
CINEMATOGRAPHY BY Sareen Hairabedian
(France, USA, Ireland)
Sareen Hairabedian | Director
Sareen Hairabedian, Azza Hourani | Producers
Queendom • Greenwich Entertainment
CINEMATOGRAPHY BY Ruslan Fedotov
(USA, France)
Agniia Galdanova | Director
Igor Myakotin, Agniia Galdanova | Producers
Sugarcane • National Geographic
CINEMATOGRAPHY BY Christopher LaMarca
(USA)
Emily Kassie, Julian Brave NoiseCat | Directors
Emily Kassie, Kellen Quinn | Producers

Best Editing





Black Box Diaries • MTV Documentary Films
EDITED BY Ema Ryan Yamazaki
(Japan, USA, UK)
Shiori Ito | Director
Eric Nyari, Hanna Aqvilin, Shiori Ito | Producers
Helen and the Bear • Maailma Productions
EDITED BY Katrina Taylor
(USA)
Alix Blair | Director
Lauren Kushner, Jenny Slattery, Rebekah Fergusson | Producers
My Sweet Land • ITVS-PBS | ARTE France | RTS-Jordan
EDITED BY Raphaelle Martin-Holger & Sareen Hairabedian
(France, USA, Ireland)
Sareen Hairabedian | Director
Sareen Hairabedian, Azza Hourani | Producers
Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat • Kino Lorber
EDITED BY Rik Chaubet
(Belgium, France, Netherlands)
Johan Grimonprez | Director
Daan Milius, Rémi Grellety | Producers
Sugarcane • National Geographic
EDITED BY Nathan Punwar & Maya Daisy Hawke
(USA)
Emily Kassie, Julian Brave NoiseCat | Directors
Emily Kassie, Kellen Quinn | Producers

Best Original Music Score
Frida • Amazon MGM Studios
COMPOSED BY Víctor Hernández Stumpfhauser
(USA)
Carla Gutierrez | Director
Sara Bernstein, Katia Maguire, Justin Wilkes, Loren Hammonds, Alexandra Johnes | Producers
Life and Other Problems • DR Sales
COMPOSED BY Maxwell Sterling
(Denmark, UK, Sweden)
Max Kestner | Director
Vibeke Vogel | Producer
My Sweet Land • ITVS-PBS | ARTE France | RTS-Jordan
COMPOSED BY Tigran Hamasyan
(France, USA, Ireland)
Sareen Hairabedian | Director
Sareen Hairabedian, Azza Hourani | Producers
The Remarkable Life of Ibelin • Netflix
COMPOSED BY Uno Helmersson
(USA)
Benjamin Ree | Director
Ingvil Giske | Producer
Sugarcane • National Geographic
COMPOSED BY Mali Obomsawin
(USA)
Emily Kassie, Julian Brave NoiseCat | Directors
Emily Kassie, Kellen Quinn | Producers

Best Writing
Ernest Cole: Lost and Found • Magnolia Pictures
WRITTEN BY Raoul Peck & Ernest Cole
(France, South Africa, USA)
Raoul Peck | Director
Raoul Peck, Tamara Rosenberg | Producers
Mediha • Together Films
WRITTEN BY Hasan Oswald
(USA)
Hasan Oswald | Director
Hasan Oswald, Annelise Mecca, Fahrinisa Campana, Alexander Spiess, Stephen Nemeth | Producers
Piece by Piece • Focus Features
WRITTEN BY Morgan Neville, Jason Zeldes, Aaron Wickenden, & Oscar Vasquez
Morgan Neville | Director
Pharrell Williams, Mimi Valdés, Caitrin Rogers, Morgan Neville | Producers
Seeking Mavis Beacon • NEON
WRITTEN BY Jazmin Jones
(USA)
Jazmin Renée Jones | Director
Guetty Felin | Producer
Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat • Kino Lorber
WRITTEN BY Johan Grimonprez
(Belgium, France, Netherlands)
Johan Grimonprez | Director
Daan Milius, Rémi Grellety | Producers

Best TV Feature or Mini-Series





The Apartheid Killer • BBC World Service
(UK, South Africa)
Charlie Northcott, Isa Jacobson | Directors
Isa Jacobson, Charlie Northcott | Producers
Madu • Disney+
(USA, UK, Nigeria)
Matthew Ogens, Joel ‘Kachi Benson | Directors
Jamie Patricof, Katie McNeill, Rachel Halilej | Producers
Night Is Not Eternal • HBO Max
(USA)
Nanfu Wang | Director
Nanfu Wang, Lori Cheatle | Producers
Stolen Gold • ESPN
(UK, USA, Spain)
Suemay Oram | Director
Santi Aguado, Gentry Kirby | Producers
Two American Families: 1991-2024 • PBS
(USA)
Tom Casciato, Kathleen Hughes | Directors
Tom Casciato, Kathleen Hughes, Frank Koughan, Nina Chaudry | Producers

Best Curated Series





30 for 30 • ESPN Films
(USA)
Heather Anderson, Marsha Cooke, Brian Lockhart, Burke Magnus | Executive Producers
99 – We all share 99% of the same DNA
(France)
Jérôme Plan | Executive Producer
Independent Lens • PBS
(USA)
Lois Vossen, Carrie Lozano | Executive Producers
The New York Times Op-Docs
(USA)
Adam Ellick | Executive Producer
POV • PBS
(USA)
Erika Dilday, Chris White | Executive Producers

Best Episodic Series





Couples Therapy • Paramount+
(USA)
Kim Roberts | Director
Sophie Kissinger, Matt Parker | Producers
Eli Despres, Josh Kriegman, Elyse Steinberg | Executive Producers
The Negotiators • CNA, Mediacorp Pte Ltd
(Singapore)
Alyx Ayn Arumpac, Georgie Yukiko Donovan, Indra Nienhaus | Directors & Producers
Aditya Thayi | Executive Producers
Queens • National Geographic
(USA)
Rachael Kinley, Ilaira Mallalieu, Victoria Bromley, Jess Tombs, Faith Musembi | Directors
Rachael Kinley, Ilaira Mallalieu, Victoria Bromley, Jess Tombs, Faith Musembi; Chloë Sarosh | Producers
Vanessa Berlowitz, Angela Bassett, Pamela Caragol | Executive Producers
A Real Bug’s Life • National Geographic
(USA, UK)
Alex Ranken, John Capener, Alex Hemingway, Nathan Small, Nat Sharman | Directors
Helen Williamson, Bill Markham, Alex Ranken, John Capener, Alex Hemingway, Nathan Small, Nat Sharman | Producers
Tom Hugh-Jones, Martha Holmes, Grant Mansfield, Justine Schmidt, Pamela Caragol | Executive Producers
We’re Here • HBO Max
(USA)
Peter LoGreco | Director
Erin Haglund, Kimberly Greenhut | Producers
Eli Holzman, Aaron Saidman, Johnnie Ingram, Stephen Warren, Peter LoGreco, Erin Gamble | Executive Producers

Best Limited Series





choIr • Disney+
(USA)
Rudy Valdez | Director
Jason Blum, Brian Grazer, Ron Howard, Justin Wilkes, Sara Bernstein, Michael Seitzman, Chris McCumber, Jeremy Gold, Gretchen Palek, Ryan Miller, Rudy Valdez, Ross Dinerstein | Executive Producers
Hitler and the Nazis: Evil on Trial • Netflix
(USA)
Joe Berlinger | Director
Joe Berlinger, Tim Pastore, Patrick Milling-Smith, Matt Renner, Yoshi Stone | Executive Producers
Murder in Boston: Roots, Rampage & Reckoning • HBO Max
(USA)
Jason Hehir | Director
Jason Hehir, Jacob Rogal, Nicholas Eisenberg, Jilllian Moosmamm | Producers
Joie Jacoby, Linda Pizzuti Henry, Dan Krockmalnic, Nancy Abraham, Lisa Heller, Sara Rodriguez | Executive Producers
STAX: Soulsville U.S.A. • HBO Max
(USA)
Jamila Wignot | Director
Jamila Wignot, Kara Elverson | Producers
Ezra Edelman, Caroline Waterlow, Nigel Sinclair, Nicholas Ferrall, Scott Pascucci, Sophia Dilley, Michele Smith, Jody Gerson, David Blackman, Charlie Cohen, Ron Broitman, Nancy Abraham, Lisa Heller, Tina Nguyen | Executive Producers
A Town Called Victoria • PBS
(USA)
Li Lu | Director
Li Lu, Anthony Pedone | Producers
Deniese Davis, Hunter Arnold, Lois Vossen, Rachel Raney, Royd Chung, Donald Young, Stephen Gong, Li Lu | Executive Producers

Best Music Documentary





Any Other Way: The Jackie Shane Story • National Film Board of Canada, Banger Films
(Canada)
Michael Mabbott, Lucah Rosenberg-Lee | Directors
Michael Mabbott, Amanda Burt, Justine Pimlott, Sam Dunn, Scot McFadyen | Producers
Beatles 64 • Disney+
(USA)
David Tedeschi | Director
Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, Olivia Harrison, Sean Ono Lennon, Martin Scorsese, Margaret Bodde, Jonathan Clyde, Mikaela Beardsley | Producers
Maestra • BRKLY
(USA)
Maggie Contreras | Director
Maggie Contreras, Neil Berkeley, Emma West, Melanie Miller, Lauren Lexton | Producers
Omar & Cedric: If This Ever Gets Weird • Oscilloscope Laboratories
(USA)
Nicolas Jack Davies | Director
Johann Scheerer | Producer
Songs from the Hole
Contessa Gayles | Director
Contessa Gayles, richie reseda, David Felix Sutcliffe | Producers

Best Audio Documentary
“What’s Up, Michael Freeman?” • Ear Hustle and Radiotopia from PRX
(USA)
Earlonne Woods, Nigel Poor | Hosts
Earlonne Woods, Fernando Arruda, Harry Culhane | Engineers
Amy Standen, Bruce Wallace, Rahsaan Thomas | Producers
Long Shadow: In Guns We Trust • PRX
(USA)
Garrett M. Graff, Jennifer Mascia | Hosts
Claire Mullen, Yi-Wen Lai-Tremewan | Engineers
John Patrick Pullen, Emily Martinez. Matthew Shaer, Aleah Papes | Producers
Pack One Bag • Lemonada
(USA)
David Modigliani | Host
Willa Kaufman | Engineer
David Modigliani, Willa Kaufman, Nicki Stein, Eric Spiegelman, Whitney Donaldson, Stanley Tucci, Jessica Cordova Kramer, Stephanie Wittels Wachs | Producers
Shadowball: Rise of the Black Athlete • Audible
(USA)
Jemele Hill | Host
Neil Cabana | Engineer
Joy Road Entertainment, PG Cuschieri, Jim Young, Matthew Hatchette, Neil Cabana, Carey Williams, Jemele Hil | Producers
The Sunday Story: A Song for Grief in China • NPR
(USA, China)
John Ruwitch, Aowen Cao | Hosts
Josh Newel | Engineer
Justine Yan, Jenny Schmidt | Producers

David L. Wolper Student Documentary
Her Name Was Zehava • NYU’s Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute
(USA, Israel)
Tamar Baruch | Director & Producer
Jerhy • University of California, Santa Cruz
(Costa Rica, USA)
John Ortiz | Directors & Producers
MILK • National Film and Television School
(UK)
Miranda Stern | Director
Ashionye Ogene | Producer
The Anarchist and The Fridge • School of Visual Arts MFA Social Documentary Film
(USA)
Yunchang Zhang | Director & Producer
The Waiter, the Scientist and Jenny • National Film and Television School
(UK)
Joe Snelling | Director & Producer

About the International Documentary Association
The International Documentary Association (IDA) supports the vital work of documentary storytellers and champions a thriving and inclusive documentary culture.
They are dedicated to the vision of a world where documentary creators flourish. Through their work, they connect audiences with the best of the form, provide resources, create community, and defend the rights and freedoms of documentary artists, activists and journalists around the globe. They do this work because they believe that documentaries enrich and deepen our culture, fostering a more informed and connected world.















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