41St Annual INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY ASSOCIATION Awards
The Orpheum Theater, Los Angeles, California
Saturday, December 6, 2025

Apocalypse in the Tropics • Netflix
(United States)

Petra Costa | Director
Alessandra Orofino, Petra Costa | Producers

Life After • Multitude Films
(United States)

Reid Davenport | Director
Colleen Cassingham | Producer

Seeds • Interior Films
(United States)

Brittany Shyne | Director
Danielle Varga, Sabrina Schmidt Gordon, Brittany Shyne | Producers

Songs of Slow Burning Earth • EPF Media
(Ukraine, Sweden, Denmark)

Olha Zhurba | Director
Darya Bassel | Producer

THE TALE OF SILYAN • National Geographic
(Republic of North Macedonia, United States, United Kingdom)

Tamara Kotevska | Director
Tamara Kotevska, Jean Dakar, Anna Hashmi, Jordanco Petkovski | Producers

Correct Me If I’m Wrong
(Germany, United States)

Hao Zhou | Director
Tyler Hill | Producer

If a Walnut Falls
(China, Hong Kong)

Bohao Liu | Director/Producer

LOOKING FOR DONKEY
(Mexico, Venezuela)

Juan Vicente Manrique | Director
Juan Vicente Manrique, María Benítez | Producers

Mama Micra • interfilm Berlin
(Germany)

Rebecca Blöcher, Frédéric Schuld | Directors
Fabian Driehorst | Producer

Their Eyes • The New York Times Op-Docs
(France, United States)

Nicolas Gourault | Director
Yannick Beauquis, Quentin Brayer | Producers

Petra Costa
Apocalypse in the Tropics • Netflix
(United States)

Alessandra Orofino, Petra Costa | Producers

Reid Davenport
Life After • Multitude Films
(United States)

Colleen Cassingham | Producer

BRITTANY SHYNE
SEEDS • Interior Films
(United States)

Danielle Varga, Sabrina Schmidt Gordon, Brittany Shyne | Producers

Olha Zhurba
Songs of Slow Burning Earth • EPF Media
(Ukraine, Sweden, Denmark)

Darya Bassel | Producer

Tamara Kotevska
The Tale of Silyan • National Geographic
(Republic of North Macedonia, United States, United Kingdom)

Tamara Kotevska, Jean Dakar, Anna Hashmi, Jordanco Petkovski | Producers

Champions of the Golden Valley • Sturgefilm
(United States)
Ben Sturgulewski | Cinematographer

Ben Sturgulewski | Director
Katie Stjernholm, Baktash Ahadi | Producers

Redlight to Limelight • BBC Storyville
(India, Finland, Latvia)
Subhadeep Dey, Mrinmoy Mondal, Rupesh Chaturbedi | Cinematographers

Bipuljit Basu | Director
Bipuljit Basu, Nilotpal Majumdar, Max Tuula | Producers

The Tale of Silyan • National Geographic
(Republic of North Macedonia, United States, United Kingdom)
Jean Dakar | Cinematographer

Tamara Kotevska | Director
Tamara Kotevska, Jean Dakar, Anna Hashmi, Jordanco Petkovski | Producers

The Town That Drove Away • Polish National TV
(Polish)
Natalia Pietsch, Grzegorz Piekarski | Cinematographers

Grzegorz Piekarski, Natalia Pietsch | Directors
Katarzyna Kostecka | Producer

Yanuni • Submarine
(Austria, Brazil, United States)
Richard Ladkani | Cinematographer

Richard Ladkani | Director
Anita Ladkani, Richard Ladkani, Juma Xipaia, Leonardo DiCaprio, Jennifer Davisson, Phillip Watson | Producers

My Undesirable Friends: Part I – Last Air in Moscow • Argot
(United States)
Julia Loktev | Editor

Julia Loktev | Director/Producer

Natchez • ITVS
(United States)
Pablo Proenza | Editor

Suzannah Herbert | Director
Suzannah Herbert, Darcy McKinnon | Producers

Suburban Fury
(United States)
Jason Reid, Robinson Devor, Adam Sekuler, Matt Levinthal | Editors

Robinson Devor | Director
Zachariah Sebastian, Jason Reid | Producers

The White House Effect • Netflix
(United States)
Daniel Claridge, Pedro Kos, Sara Newens | Editors

Bonni Cohen, Pedro Kos, Jon Shenk| Directors
Bonni Cohen, Justine Nagan, Josh Penn, Jon Shenk, Noah Stahl | Producers

WTO/99 • Foghorn Features
(United States)
Alex Megaro, Ian Bell | Editors

Ian Bell | Director
Laura Tatham, Ian Bell, Alex Megaro | Producers

Divia
(Ukraine, Poland, Netherlands)
Sam Slater | Composer

Dmytro Hreshko | Director
Polina Herman, Glib Lukianets | Producers

Free Leonard Peltier
(United States)
Mato Wayuhi | Composer

David France, Jesse Short Bull | Directors
David France, Jhane Myers, Paul McGuire, N. Bird Runningwater | Producers

Shuffle
(United States)
Matthew Dougherty | Composer

Benjamin Flaherty | Director
Carra Greenberg, Harris Fishman, Benjamin Flaherty, Scott Paskoff | Producers

THE SORCERER: JULIO ZACHRISSON
(Panama)
Fréderic Filiartre | Composer

Felix Guardia | Director
Tomás Cortés | Producer

Writing Hawa
(France, Netherlands, Qatar)
Afshin Azizi | Composer

Najiba Noori, Rasul Noori | Directors
Najiba Noori, Afsaneh Salari, Ali Rasul Noori | Producers

The Alabama Solution • HBO Max
(United States)

Andrew Jarecki, Charlotte Kaufman | Director/Producers

APOCALYPSE IN THE TROPICS • Netflix
(United States)

Petra Costa | Director
Alessandra Orofino, Petra Costa | Producers

Cover-Up • Netflix
(United States)

Laura Poitras, Mark Obenhaus | Directors
Yoni Golijov, Olivia Streisand, Laura Poitras, Mark Obenhaus | Producers

Life After • Multitude Films
(United States)

Reid Davenport | Director
Colleen Cassingham | Producer

Seeds • Interior Films
(United States)

Brittany Shyne | Director
Danielle Varga, Sabrina Schmidt Gordon, Brittany Shyne | Producers

Always
(United States, France, Taiwan)
Yannick Dauby | Sound Design

Deming Chen | Director
Hansen Lin | Producer

Architecton • A24
(Germany, France, United States)
Alexander Dudarev | Sound Design

Victor Kossakovsky | Director
Heino Deckert | Producer

ONLY ON EARTH • DR / HBO / SVT
(Denmark, Spain)
Thomas Perez-Pape | Sound Design

Robin Petré | Director
Malene Flindt Pedersen, Signe Skov Thomsen, Carles Brugueras, Marieke van den Bersselaar | Producers

Song of Breath
(Switzerland, Italy)
Rico Andriolo, Manu Gerber | Sound Design

Simona Canonica | Director
Tiziana Soudani, Amel Soudani, Michela Pini, Nicola Bernasconi | Producers

The Silence of My Hands • AD Maiora
(Mexico)
Rubí J. Pérez | Sound Design

Manuel Acuña | Director
Monica Velasco | Producer

Apocalypse in the Tropics • Netflix
(United States)
Petra Costa, Alessandra Orofino, Nels Bangerter, David Barker | Writers

Petra Costa | Director
Alessandra Orofino, Petra Costa | Producers

Redlight to Limelight • BBC Storyville
(India, Finland, Latvia)
Bipuljit Basu | Writer

Bipuljit Basu | Director
Bipuljit Basu, Nilotpal Majumdar, Max Tuula | Producers

River of Grass
(United States)
Sasha Wortzel | Writer

Sasha Wortzel | Director
Danielle Varga, Sasha Wortzel | Producers

Sally • National Geographic
(United States)
Cristina Costantini, Tom Maroney | Writers

Cristina Costantini | Director
Dan Cogan, Lauren Cioffi | Producers

Suburban Fury
(United States)
Robinson Devor, Jason Reid, Bob Fink, Charles Mudede | Writers

Robinson Devor | Director
Zachariah Sebastian, Jason Reid | Producers

99 (France)

Jérôme Plan | Executive Producer

Independent Lens • PBS
(United States)

Lois Vossen, Carrie Lozano, Royd Chung | Executive Producers

POV Season 38 • PBS
(United States)

Erika Dilday, Chris White | Executive Producers

POV Shorts Season 8 • PBS
(United States)

Opal H. Bennett, Erika Dilday, Chris White | Executive Producers

The New York Times Op-Docs • The New York Times Op-Docs
(United States)

Kathleen Kingsbury, Adam B. Ellick, Alexandra Garcia | Executive Producers

CITIZEN NATION • PBS
(United States)

Bret Sigler, Singeli Agnew | Directors
Veronika Adaskova, Emily Orr, Wesley Harris, Cole Cahill, Victor Couto, Tom Brown | Producers

Earnhardt • Prime Video
(United States)

Joshua Altman | Director
Riel Roch-Decter, Tally Hair, Rebecca Russell | Producers

Eyes on the Prize III: We Who Believe in Freedom Cannot Rest 1977-2015 • HBO Max
(United States)

Geeta Gandbhir, Samantha Knowles, Muta’Ali, Rudy Valdez, Smriti Mundhra, Asako Gladsjo | Directors
Asako Gladsjo, Nimco Sheikhaden, Jevon Frank, Leah Smith, Clare Smith Marash, Niema Jordan | Producers

The Sing Sing Chronicles • PNBC News Studios in association with Trilogy Films, MSNBC Films
(United States)

Dawn Porter | Director
Lauren Capps, Sadie Bass, Nick McElroy | Producers

Turning Point: The Vietnam War • Netflix
(United States)

Brian Knappenberger | Director
Doan Hoang Curtis, Bo Kovitz, Keven McAlester, Tommy Nguyen | Producers

El Canto de las Manos • Feel Sales
(Spain, United States)

María Valverde | Director
María Valverde, Martí Font Isern, Cristina Oliva, Gustavo Dudamel | Producers

Move Ya Body: The Birth of House
(United States)

Elegance Bratton | Director
Chester Algernal Gordon | Producer

ONE TO ONE: JOHN AND YOKO • Magnolia Pictures / HBO Documentary Films
(United Kingdom)

Kevin Macdonald, Sam Rice-Edwards | Directors
Peter Worsley, Kevin Macdonald, Alice Webb | Producers

Selena y Los Dinos • Netflix
(United States)

Isabel Castro | Director
Julie Goldman, Christopher Clements, J. Daniel Torres, Simran Singh, David Blackman | Producers

Sly Lives! (aka The Burden of Black Genius) • Hulu
(United States)

Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson | Director
Joseph Patel, Derik Murray | Producers

Beyond Eden • National Film and Television School, UK
(United Kingdom)

Al Johnstone | Director/Producer

Dancing in Tomorrowland • UCLA
(United States)

Jakob Roston | Director
Grace Vincent, Nazanin Nemetollahi | Producers

Two Days on the Interstate • National Film and Television School, UK
(United Kingdom)

Tatiana Stark | Director/Producer

Two Travelling Aunties • National Film and Television School, UK
(United Kingdom)

Christine Seow | Director/Producer

WHAT A DAY, WHAT A LIFE • National Film and Television School, UK
(United Kingdom)

Maylana Colchete | Director
Luiza Amelio de Carvalho, Maylana Colchete | Producers

COME SEE ME IN THE GOOD LIGHT • Apple Original Films
(United States)

Ryan White | Director
Jessica Hargrave, Ryan White, Tig Notaro, Stef Willen | Producers

Cover-Up • Netflix
(United States)

Laura Poitras, Mark Obenhaus | Directors
Yoni Golijov, Olivia Streisand, Laura Poitras, Mark Obenhaus | Producers

Deaf President Now! • Apple TV
(United States)

Nyle DiMarco, Davis Guggenheim | Directors
Amanda Rohlke, Davis Guggenheim, Jonathan King, Nyle DiMarco, Michael Harte, Wayne Betts Jr. | Producers

Mothers of Chibok • Hunting Lane Films
(United States, Nigeria)

Joel ‘Kachi Benson | Director
Jamie Patricof, Katie McNeill, Rachel Halilej, Joel ‘Kachi Benson, Samira Mohammed, Adeyinka Oduniyi | Producers

Orwell: 2+2=5 • NEON
(United States)

Raoul Peck | Director
Alex Gibney, Raoul Peck, George Chignell, Nick Shumaker | Producers

Yanuni • Submarine
(Austria, Brazil, United States)

Richard Ladkani | Director
Anita Ladkani, Richard Ladkani, Juma Xipaia, Leonardo DiCaprio, Jennifer Davisson, Phillip Watson | Producers

All The Empty Rooms • Netflix
(United States)

Joshua Seftel | Director
Joshua Seftel, Conall Jones, James Costa, Trevor Burgess | Producers

The Candy Factory • The New Yorker
(United States)

Cory Jacobs, Jason Schmidt | Directors/Producers

Landscapes of Longing
(India, United States)

Alisha Tejpal, Mireya Martinez, Anoushka Mirchandani | Directors
Alisha Tejpal, Mireya Martinez | Producers

perfectly a strangeness • Premium Films
(Canda, Chile)

Alison McAlpine | Director/Producer

Please Step Aside! • Raha Films
(Germany)

Raha Faridi | Director/Producer

Voices From The Abyss • EPF Media
(Mexico)

Irving Serrano, Víctor Rejón | Directors
Ramón Llaven Zavala | 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.