37th International Documentary Association (IDA) Award Winners

Best Feature

Flee

Director: Jonas Poher Rasmussen

Producers: Monica Hellstrӧm, Signe Byrge Sørensen, Charlotte De La Gournerie

DENMARK, FRANCE, NORWAY, SWEDEN / NEON, PARTICIPANT

Best Short

A Broken House

Director/Producer: Jimmy Goldblum. Producer: Matt Weaver, former Representative Richard Gephardt, Harrison Nalevansky

USA, LEBANON / CONDÉ NAST ENTERTAINMENT, THE NEW YORKER, POV

Best Director

Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson (winner)

Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)

USA / HULU, SEARCHLIGHT PICTURES

   

Best Curated Series

Independent Lens

Executive Producers: Lois Vossen, Sally Jo Fifer

USA / INDEPENDENT LENS, PBS

Best Episodic Series

My Love: Six Stories of True Love (winner)

Executive Producers: Xan Aranda, Mo-young Jin, Andrew Fried, Dane Lillegard, Jordan Wynn

USA / NETFLIX

   

Best Multi-Part Documentary

Exterminate All the Brutes

Director/Executive Producer: Raoul Peck

Producers: Daniel Delume. Executive Producers: Rémi Grellety, Nancy Abraham, Lisa Heller, Jamie Morris, Jack Oliver, Poppy Dixon

USA, FRANCE / HBO, HBO MAX

Best Short Form Series

Viral Dreams 

Producers: Georg Tschurtschenthaler, Udi Nir, Sagi Bornstein. Executive Producer: Christian Beetz

GERMANY, ISRAEL / HOT8, SVT, DR, ZDF/ARTE

Best Multi-Part Audio Documentary or Series

Suave 

Reporters: Maggie Freleng, Julieta Martinelli. Producer/Executive Producer: Maria Hinojosa. Producers: Maggie Freleng, Julieta Martinelli, Marlon Bishop, Audrey Quinn, Stephanie Lebow

USA / FUTURO STUDIOS, PRX

Best Stand-Alone Audio Documentary

VICE News Reports: Monaea, A 2020 Diary 

Reporter: Monaea Upton. Reporter/Producer: Jen Kinney. Producers: Ashley Cleek, Adizah Eghan, Kyle Murdock, Adreanna Rodriguez. Executive Producer: Kate Osborn

USA / VICE NEWS, IHEARTRADIO

Best Music Documentary

Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) 

Director: Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson

Producers: Joseph Patel, Robert Fyvolent, David Dinerstein

USA / HULU, SEARCHLIGHT PICTURES

David L. Wolper Student Documentary Award

Seahorse (winner)

Director/Producer: Nele Dehnenkamp

Producer: Christine Duttlinger

GERMANY / FILM ACADEMY BADEN-WÜRTTEMBERG / POV SHORTS

Best Cinematography

Faya Dayi 

Cinematographer: Jessica Beshir

ETHIOPIA, USA, QATAR

Best Editing

Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) 

Editor: Joshua L. Pearson

USA / HULU, SEARCHLIGHT PICTURES

Best Music Score

Eyes on the Prize: Hallowed Ground

Composer: Roman GianArthur

USA / HBO MAX

Best Writing

North By Current 

Writer: Angelo Madsen Minax

USA / POV, PBS

ABC News VideoSource Award

Whirlybird (winner)

Director/Producer: Matt Yoka

Producer: Diane Becker

USA / GREENWICH ENTERTAINMENT, A&E INDIEFILMS

Pare Lorentz Award 

The First Wave 

Director: Matthew Heineman

Producers: Jenna Millman, Leslie Norville

USA / National Geographic