O.J.: MADE IN AMERICA WINS AT INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY ASSOCIATION AWARDS

O.J.: Made in America continues its winning streak of the documentary awards in the early part of awards season, taking the top prize from the International Documentary Association. IDA, which also announced winners across several TV categories, had only a few as-yet unannounced film awards; given that O.J. had won none of the previously-announced prizes, it was either a shoo-in for a mention or never even a contender - evidently the former. Check out the nominations here, and the award winners below.

Best Feature

O.J.: Made in America (Ezra Edelman, Deirdre Fenton, Libby Geist, Nina Krstic, Erin Leyden, Tamara Rosenberg, Connor Schell and Caroline Waterlow)

Best Writing

James Baldwin and Raoul Peck (I Am Not Your Negro)

Best Cinematography

Gianfranco Rosi (Fire at Sea)

Best Editing

Nels Bangerter (Cameraperson)

Best Music

Jacaszek (The Bad Kids)

Best Short

The White Helmets (Joanna Natasegara and Orlando von Einsiedel)

ABC News VideoSource Award

13th (Ava DuVernay)

Pare Lorentz Award

Starless Dreams (Mehrdad Oskouei)

David L. Wolper Student Documentary Award

4.1 Miles (Daphne Matziaraki)

Career Achievement Award

Stanley Nelson

Pioneer Award

Ally Derks

Amicus Award

Lyn Lear and Norman Lear

Emerging Documentary Filmmaker Award

Wang Nan Fu

DIVERSITY RULES IN 2016 IDA NOMINATIONS

No, nothing to do with anyone named 'Ida,' at least to my awareness, these are the International Documentary Association nominations for doc filmmaking in 2016, their 32nd annual slate of awards. A whole bunch of acclaimed titles here, which include several TV categories not included in this post. Some I've seen and enjoyed already, and others to which I'm highly looking forward. Among the nominees in top categories are some award winners already announced. Pleasingly, three of the seven directors with films up for the Best Feature award are POC, and three are women. Winners will be announced on the 9th of December. You can see all the film nominees below:

Best Feature
13th (Spencer Averick, Howard Barish and Ava DuVernay)
Cameraperson (Kirsten Johnson and Marilyn Ness)
Fire at Sea (Roberto Ciccutto, Paolo del Brocco, Camille Laemle, Serge Lalou, Donatella Palermo, Olivier Pere, Gianfranco Rosi and Martine Saada)
I Am Not Your Negro (Remi Grellety and Raoul Peck)
O. J.: Made in America (Ezra Edelman, Deirdre Fenton, Libby Geist, Nina Krstic, Erin Leyden, Tamara Rosenberg, Connor Schell and Caroline Waterlow)
Weiner (Josh Kriegman and Elyse Steinberg)

Best Writing
James Baldwin and Raoul Peck (I Am Not Your Negro)

Best Cinematography
Gianfranco Rosi (Fire at Sea)

Best Editing
Nels Bangerter (Cameraperson)

Best Music
Jacaszek (The Bad Kids)

Pare Lorentz Award
Starless Dreams (Mehrdad Oskouei)

Best Short
The Above (Kirsten Johnson and Marilyn Ness)
Clinica de Migrantes: Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness (Jenny Lim and Maxim Pozdorvkin)
Extremis (Dan Krauss)
Pickle (Amy Nicholson)
Red Lake (Fenton Bailey, Randy Barbato and Billy Luther)
The White Helmets (Joanna Natasegara and Orlando von Einsiedel)

AMERICAN SOCIETY OF CINEMATOGRAPHERS 2015 AWARD NOMINATIONS!

Last year's American Society of Cinematographers nominations missed the Academy's five by just one - they chose Best Picture contender The Imitation Game over the greater cinematographic achievement, Ida. I suspect that this year's nominees, listed below, will follow the same pattern: Bridge of Spies, the Best Picture contender, will make way for The Hateful Eight, the more notable cinematographic achievement. Otherwise, expect a pretty close match. These nominations will be resolved with the ASC's awards on the 14th of February.

Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography

Roger Deakins (Sicario)

Janusz Kaminski (Bridge of Spies)

Edward Lachman (Carol)

Emmanuel Lubezki (The Revenant)

John Seale (Mad Max: Fury Road)

Spotlight Award
Adam Arkapaw (Macbeth)
Erdely Matyas (Son of Saul)
Cary Fukunaga (Beasts of No Nation)

INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY ASSOCIATION NAMES THE LOOK OF SILENCE THE BEST DOC OF 2015

...and they're right. The Look of Silence is the best documentary of 2015, which is why it's a just recipient of the International Documentary Association's Best Feature award for 2015. It beats a fine selection of nominees, and joins a wide range of winners already announced, and a few other new additions to that list. Check out all the details below.

Best Feature

The Look of Silence (Signe Byrge Sorensen and Joshua Oppenheimer)

Best Writing

Peter Ettedgui and Stevan Riley (Listen to Me Marlon)

Best Cinematography

Artem Ryzhykov (The Russian Woodpecker)

Best Editing

Joe Beshenkovsky and Brett Morgen (Cobain: Montage of Heck)

Best Music

Jonathan Kirkscey (Best of Enemies)

ABC News VideoSource Award

Best of Enemies (Robert Gordon and Morgan Neville)

Career Achievement Award

Gordon Quinn

Pioneer Award

Ted Sarandos

Amicus Award

Tony Tabatznik and the Bertha Foundation

Emerging Filmmaker Award sponsored by the Archibald Family Foundation

Lyric R. Cabral and David Felix Sutcliffe

Courage Under Fire Award

Matthew Heineman

David L. Wolper Student Documentary Award

The Archipelago (Benjamin Huguet)

Best Short

Last Day of Freedom (Dee Hibbert-Jones and Nomi Talisman)

Pare Lorentz Award

How to Change the World (Jerry Rothwell)

NOMINEES AND FIRST WINNERS ANNOUNCED FOR 2015 INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY ASSOCIATION AWARDS

Creative recognition awards have been announced for the International Documentary Association's 2015 slate, alongside nominations for Best Feature and Best Short and a variety of other awards. Widely seen and acclaimed titles make up the Best Feature lineup, though the IDA voters have given a few mentions to some lesser-known docs. The ceremony will take place on the 5th of December, to be hosted by comedian Tig Notaro. All the nominations below.

Best Feature
Amy (James Gay-Rees and Asif Kapadia)
The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution (Laurens Grant and Stanley Nelson)
Listen to Me Marlon (John Battsek and Stevan Riley)
The Look of Silence (Signe Byrge Sorensen and Joshua Oppenheimer)
The Russian Woodpecker (Chad Gracia and Mike Lerner)
What Happened, Miss Simone? (Liz Garbus)

Best Writing
Peter Ettedgui and Stevan Riley (Listen to Me Marlon)

Best Cinematography
Artem Ryzhykov (The Russian Woodpecker)

Best Editing
Joe Beshenkovsky and Brett Morgen (Cobain: Montage of Heck)

Best Music
Jonathan Kirkscey (Best of Enemies)

ABC News VideoSource Award
(T)ERROR (Lyric R. Cabral and David Felix Sutcliffe)
Best of Enemies (Robert Gordon and Morgan Neville)
Don't Think I've Forgotten: Cambodia's Lost Rock and Roll (John Pirozzi)
Night Will Fall (Andre Singer)
What Happened, Miss Simone? (Liz Garbus)

Career Achievement Award
Gordon Quinn

Pioneer Award
Ted Sarandos

Amicus Award
Tony Tabatznik and the Bertha Foundation

Emerging Filmmaker Award sponsored by the Archibald Family Foundation
Lyric R. Cabral and David Felix Sutcliffe

Courage Under Fire Award
Matthew Heineman

David L. Wolper Student Documentary Award
The Archipelago (Benjamin Huguet)
The Blue Wall (Michael Milano)
El Cacao (Michelle Aguilar)
In Attla's Tracks (Catharine Axley)
Looking at the Stars (Alexandre Peralta)

Best Short
Body Team 12 (David Darg and Bryn Mooser)
Claude Lanzmann: Spectres of the Shoah (Adam Benzine)
The Face of Ukraine: Casting Oksana Baiul (Philippa Campey and Kitty Green)
Last Day of Freedom (Dee Hibbert-Jones and Nomi Talisman)
Object (Paulina Skibinska)

Pare Lorentz Award
How to Change the World (Jerry Rothwell)