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‘Anvil!’ owns the IDA Documentary Awards

Anvil! The Story of Anvil takes the Feature Documentary Award and the Music Documentary Award at the 2009 IDAs

IDA’s 2009 Doc Award nominees

IDA nominee Anvil! The Story of Anvil
indieWIRE has the IDA Documentary Award nominees with Afghan Star, Anvil! The Story of Anvil, Diary of a Times Square Thief, Food Inc. and Mugabe and the White African all vying for the top prize that will be awarded at the Directors Guild of America on December 4.
A notable [...]

‘Man on Wire’ and ‘Waltz with Bashir’ Split IDA Awards

The International Documentary Association honored Ari Folman’s animated Waltz with Bashir and James Marsh’s Man on Wire in a tie for the best documentaries of 2008 last night. The other nominees included Kassim the Dream, Stranded and Young@Heart.
Waltz with Bashir is a beautifully animated and haunting recount of the 1982 conflict between Israel and Lebanon. [...]

Release the Awards Hounds!

Awards season picked up a little steam today with a batch of nominations from the International Documentary Association and the British Independent Film Awards.
The 2008 IDA Documentary Award nominees are:

Kassim the Dream – the story of Ugandan child soldier turned World Champion boxer Kassim “The Dream” Ouima (Coming to AFI Fest).
Man on Wire – this [...]