Nationwide Geographic’s The Story of Silyan received Finest Characteristic Documentary on the 41st Annual IDA Documentary Awards in Los Angeles right now, considerably boosting its already promising bid for Oscar recognition.
The movie directed by Oscar nominee Tamara Kotevska (Honeyland) bested fellow nominees Apocalypse within the Tropics, Life After, Seeds, and Songs of Gradual Burning Earth. Final 12 months, No Different Land received Finest Characteristic Documentary on the IDA Awards, en path to its win on the Academy Awards.
Jean Dakar, who shot The Story of Silyan and in addition produced the movie together with Kotevska and Anna Hashmi, earned the IDA Award for Finest Cinematography. The movie unspools in Kotevska’s native North Macedonia, telling the story of a farmer named Nikola who nurses an injured white stork again to well being. Dakar captured gorgeous photographs of the magnificent birds in flight, tending their monumental nests atop buildings and chimneys, in addition to the titular chook, Silyan, because the chook was cared for by Nikola.
‘Apocalypse within the Tropics’
Netflix
Petra Costa’s Apocalypse within the Tropics, the Netflix documentary that examines the rise of Christian nationalism in Brazil, claimed two huge prizes on the IDA Awards right now: Finest Manufacturing in addition to Finest Writing. Costa shared the latter prize with Alessandra Orofino, Nels Bangerter, David Barker, and Tina Baz.
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Prize winners for Finest Characteristic Documentary and Finest Quick Documentary have been decided by a vote of IDA members. Winners in different classes have been decided by committees of documentary professionals from around the globe.
‘Seeds’
Strolling Productions
The IDA Awards unfold the love, awarding Brittany Shyne the Finest Director prize for her movie Seeds, the story of Black farmers within the American South who’ve tilled their land for generations. Shyne additionally received the beforehand introduced Rising Filmmaker Award.
Along with the Rising Filmmaker Award, the IDA introduced two different honorary awards: the Profession Achievement Award to two-tine Oscar-nominated producer Julie Goldman (Abacus: Small Sufficient to Jail; Life, Animated), and the Pioneer Award to Influence Companions, a significant backer of documentary movies.
Searching for a Donkey, directed by Juan Vicente Manrique, received the IDA Award for Finest Quick Documentary. It prevailed over Right Me If I’m Improper, If a Walnut Falls, Mama Micra, and Their Eyes.
Ian Bell’s documentary WTO/99, which examines the protests in Seattle in 1999 over the World Commerce Group assembly, received Finest Enhancing for Bell and Alex Megaro who minimize the movie.
John Lennon and Yoko Ono in New York within the early ’70s
Magnolia Footage
Finest Music Documentary went to One to One: John & Yoko, directed by Oscar winner Kevin Macdonald. His movie seems on the two-year stretch John Lennon and Yoko Ono spent dwelling in New York’s Greenwich Village after they left the UK. It confronted stiff competitors from El Canto de las Manos, Transfer Ya Physique: The Start of Home, Selena y Los Dinos, and Sly Lives! (aka The Burden of Black Genius).
The IDA Awards presentation got here simply earlier than the beginning of Oscar shortlist voting, which begins on Monday and extends till Friday. The shortlists in 10 classes for the Academy Awards shall be revealed on December 16. Within the function documentary class, a file 201 movies have certified for consideration.
These are the winners of the 41st Annual IDA Documentary Awards:
Finest Characteristic Documentary Nominees
Winner: The Story of Silyan (Republic of North Macedonia, United States, United Kingdom | Nationwide Geographic | Director: Tamara Kotevska | Producers: Tamara Kotevska, Jean Dakar, Anna Hashmi, Jordanco Petkovski)
Nominees:
Apocalypse within the Tropics (United States | Netflix | Director: Petra Costa | Producers: Alessandra Orofino, Petra Costa)
Life After (United States | Multitude Movies | Director: Reid Davenport | Producer: Colleen Cassingham)
Seeds (United States | Director: Brittany Shyne | Producers: Danielle Varga, Sabrina Schmidt Gordon, Brittany Shyne)
Songs of Gradual Burning Earth (Ukraine, Sweden, Denmark | EPF Media | Director: Olha Zhurba | Producer: Darya Bassel)
The Story of Silyan (Republic of North Macedonia, United States, United Kingdom | Nationwide Geographic | Director: Tamara Kotevska | Producers: Tamara Kotevska, Jean Dakar, Anna Hashmi, Jordanco Petkovski)
Finest Quick Documentary Nominees
Winner: Searching for a Donkey (Mexico, Venezuela | Director: Juan Vicente Manrique | Producers: Juan Vicente Manrique, María Benítez)
Nominees:
Right Me If I’m Improper (Germany, United States | Director: Hao Zhou | Producer: Tyler Hill)
If a Walnut Falls (China, Hong Kong | Director: Bohao Liu | Producer: Bohao Liu)
Searching for a Donkey (Mexico, Venezuela | Director: Juan Vicente Manrique | Producers: Juan Vicente Manrique, María Benítez)
Mama Micra (Germany | interfilm Berlin | Director: Rebecca Blöcher | Co-director: Frédéric Schuld | Producer: Fabian Driehorst)
Their Eyes (France, United States | The New York Occasions Op-Docs | Director: Nicolas Gourault | Producers: Yannick Beauquis and Quentin Brayer)
Finest Director
Winner: Brittany Shyne, Seeds (United States)
Nominees:
Petra Costa, Apocalypse within the Tropics (United States | Netflix)
Reid Davenport, Life After (United States | Multitude Movies)
Brittany Shyne, Seeds (United States)
Olha Zhurba, Songs of Gradual Burning Earth (Ukraine, Sweden, Denmark | EPF Media)
Tamara Kotevska, The Story of Silyan (Republic of North Macedonia, United States, United Kingdom | Nationwide Geographic)
Finest Cinematography
Winner: Jean Dakar, The Story of Silyan (Republic of North Macedonia, United States, United Kingdom | Nationwide Geographic)
Nominees:
Ben Sturgulewski, Champions of the Golden Valley (United States)
Subhadeep Dey, Mrinmoy Mondal, Rupesh Chaturbedi, Redlight to Limelight (India, Finland, Latvia | BBC Storyville)
Jean Dakar, The Story of Silyan (Republic of North Macedonia, United States, United Kingdom | Nationwide Geographic)
Natalia Pietsch, Grzegorz Piekarski, The City That Drove Away (Poland | Polish Nationwide TV)
Richard Ladkani, YANUNI (Austria, Brazil, United States)
Finest Enhancing
Winner: Alex Megaro, Ian Bell | WTO/99 (United States)
Nominees:
Julia Loktev, My Undesirable Mates: Half I — Final Air in Moscow (United States | Argot)
Pablo Proenza, Natchez (United States | ITVS)
Jason Reid, Robinson Devor, Adam Sekuler, Matt Levinthal, Suburban Fury (United States)
Daniel Claridge, Pedro Kos, Sara Newens, The White Home Impact (United States | Netflix)
Alex Megaro, Ian Bell, WTO/99 (United States)
Finest Authentic Music Rating
Winner: Frédéric Filiatre, The Sorcerer: Julio Zachrisson
Nominees:
Sam Slater, Divia (Ukraine, Poland, Netherlands)
Mato Wayuhi, Free Leonard Peltier (United States)
Matthew Dougherty, Shuffle (United States)
Fréderic Filiartre, The Sorcerer: Julio Zachrisson (Panama)
Afshin Azizi, Writing Hawa (France, Netherlands, Qatar | First Hand FIlms, Icarus Movies)
Finest Manufacturing
Winner: Alessandra Orofino, Petra Costa, Apocalypse within the Tropics (United States | Netflix)
Nominees:
Alessandra Orofino, Petra Costa, Apocalypse within the Tropics (United States | Netflix)
Yoni Golijov, Olivia Streisand, Laura Poitras, Mark Obenhaus, Cowl-Up (United States | Netflix)
Colleen Cassingham, Life After (United States | Multitude Movies)
Danielle Varga, Sabrina Schmidt Gordon, Brittany Shyne, Seeds (United States)
Andrew Jarecki, Charlotte Kaufman, The Alabama Answer (United States | HBO Max)
Finest Sound Design
Winner: Thomas Perez-Pape, Solely on Earth (Denmark, Spain | DR, HBO, SVT)
Nominees:
Yannick Dauby, At all times (United States, France, Taiwan)
Alexander Dudarev, Architecton (Germany, France, United States | A24)
Thomas Perez-Pape, Solely on Earth (Denmark, Spain | DR, HBO, SVT)
Rico Andriolo, Manu Gerber, Music of Breath (Switzerland, Italy)
Rubí J. Pérez, The Silence of My Fingers (Mexico | AD Maiora)
Finest Writing
Winner: Petra Costa, Alessandra Orofino, Nels Bangerter, David Barker, Tina Baz, Apocalypse in the Tropics
Nominees:
Petra Costa, Alessandra Orofino, Nels Bangerter, David Barker,Apocalypse within the Tropics (United States | Netflix)
Bipuljit Basu, Redlight to Limelight (India, Finland, Latvia | BBC Storyville)
Sasha Wortzel, River of Grass (United States)
Cristina Costantini, Tom Maroney, Sally (United States | Nationwide Geographic)
Robinson Devor, Jason Reid, Bob Fink, Charles Mudede, Suburban Fury (United States)
Finest Curated Collection
Winner: 99 (France | EP: Jérôme Plan)
Nominees:
99 (France | EP: Jérôme Plan)
Unbiased Lens (United States | PBS | EPs: Lois Vossen, Carrie Lozano, Royd Chung)
POV Season 38 (United States | PBS | EPs: Erika Dilday, Chris White)
POV Shorts Season 8 (United States | PBS | EPs: Opal H. Bennett, Erika Dilday, Chris White)
The New York Occasions Op-Docs (United States | The New York Occasions Op-Docs | EPs: Kathleen Kingsbury, Adam B. Ellick, Alexandra Garcia)
Finest Episodic Collection
Winner: Citizen Nation (United States | PBS | Administrators: Bret Sigler, Singeli Agnew | Producers: Veronika Adaskova, Emily Orr, Wesley Harris, Cole Cahill, Victor Couto, Tom Brown)
Nominees:
Citizen Nation (United States | PBS | Administrators: Bret Sigler, Singeli Agnew | Producers: Veronika Adaskova, Emily Orr, Wesley Harris, Cole Cahill, Victor Couto, Tom Brown)
Earnhardt (United States | Prime Video | Director: Joshua Altman | Producers: Riel Roch-Decter, Tally Hair, Rebecca Russell)
Eyes on the Prize III: We Who Imagine in Freedom Can’t Relaxation 1977-2015 (United States | HBO Max | Administrators: Geeta Gandbhir, Samantha Knowles, Muta’Ali, Rudy Valdez, Smriti Mundhra, Asako Gladsjo | Producers: Asako Gladsjo, Nimco Sheikhaden, Jevon Frank, Leah Smith, Clare Smith Marash, Niema Jordan)
The Sing Sing Chronicles (United States | PNBC Information Studios in affiliation with Trilogy Movies, MSNBC Movies | Director: Daybreak Porter | Producers: Lauren Capps, Sadie Bass, Nick McElroy)
Turning Level: The Vietnam Struggle (United States | Netflix | Director: Brian Knappenberger | Producers: Doan Hoang Curtis, Bo Kovitz, Keven McAlester, Tommy Nguyen)
Finest Music Documentary
Winner: One to One: John & Yoko (United Kingdom | Magnolia Footage, HBO Documentary Movies | Director: Kevin Macdonald | Co-director: Sam Rice-Edwards | Producers: Peter Worsley, Kevin Macdonald, Alice Webb)
Nominees:
El Canto de las Manos (Spain, United States | Really feel Gross sales | Director: María Valverde | Producers: María Valverde, Martí Font Isern, Cristina Oliva, Gustavo Dudamel)
Transfer Ya Physique: The Start of Home (United States | Director: Magnificence Bratton | Producer: Chester Algernal Gordon)
One to One: John & Yoko (United Kingdom | Magnolia Footage, HBO Documentary Movies | Director: Kevin Macdonald | Co-director: Sam Rice-Edwards | Producers: Peter Worsley, Kevin Macdonald, Alice Webb)
Selena y Los Dinos (United States | Netflix | Director: Isabel Castro | Producers: Julie Goldman, Christopher Clements, J. Daniel Torres, Simran Singh, David Blackman)
Sly Lives! (aka The Burden of Black Genius) (United States | Hulu | Director: Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson | Producers: Joseph Patel and Derik Murray)
David L. Wolper Pupil Documentary
Winner: What a day, what a life (United Kingdom | Nationwide Movie and Tv College, UK | Director: Maylana Colchete | Producers: Luiza Amelio de Carvalho, Maylana Colchete)
Nominees:
Past Eden (United Kingdom | Nationwide Movie and Tv College, UK | Director: Al Johnstone | Producer: Al Johnstone)
Dancing in Tomorrowland (United States | UCLA | Director: Jakob Roston | Producers: Grace Vincent, Nazanin Nemetollahi)
Two Days on the Interstate (United Kingdom | Nationwide Movie and Tv College, UK | Director: Tatiana Stark | Producer: Tatiana Stark)
Two Travelling Aunties (United Kingdom | Nationwide Movie and Tv College, UK | Director: Christine Seow | Producer: Christine Seow)
What a day, what a life (United Kingdom | Nationwide Movie and Tv College, UK | Director: Maylana Colchete | Producers: Luiza Amelio de Carvalho, Maylana Colchete)
ABC Information VideoSource Award
Winner: Deaf President Now! (United States | Apple | Administrators: Nyle DiMarco, Davis Guggenheim | Producers: Amanda Rohlke, Davis Guggenheim, Jonathan King, Nyle DiMarco, Michael Harte, Wayne Betts Jr.)
Pare Lorentz Award
Winner: River of Grass (United States | Director: Sasha Wortzel | Producers: Danielle Varga, Sasha Wortzel)
