‘Fragments’ tops Documentary Achievement Awards

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Iraq In Fragments

An Inconvenient Truth

God Grew Tired of Us

The International Documentary Assn (a nonprofit membership organization dedicated to supporting the efforts of nonfiction film and video makers throughout the United States and the world, and who also publish a monthly mag) choose James Longley’s Iraq In Fragments as the best feature-length documentary of the year. The other final noms in the same category were Can Mr. Smith Get to Washington
Anymore?
, Deliver Us From Evil, Showbusiness: A Season to Remember and Sierra Leone’s Refugee All Stars.

Other winners were:

Best short documentary: Marcelo Bukin – Angel’s Fire (Fuego de Angel)

Pare Lorentz Award (recognizing a documentary filmmaker who represents both an activist spirit and a lyrical vision): Davis Guggenheim’s An Inconvenient Truth

Courage Under Fire Award: Andrew Berends – The Blood of
My Brother

The Jacqueline Donnet Emerging Documentary Filmmaker Award: Christopher Quinn – God Grew Tired of Us

David L. Wolper Student Documentary Achievement Award: Carrie Lozano Reporter Zero

Scholar and critic Dr. Patricia Aufderheide was honored with the IDA Preservation & Scholarship Award.

IDA Award for a
Continuing Series: PBS’ “American Experience”

IDA Award for a Limited Series: “Off to War”

The ABC News Video Source Award: Stanley Nelson for Jonestown: The Life and Death of the Peoples Temple

Eric Lavallée
Eric Lavalléehttps://www.ericlavallee.com
Eric Lavallée is the founder, CEO, editor-in-chief, film journalist, and critic at IONCINEMA.com, established in 2000. A regular at Sundance, Cannes, and Venice, Eric holds a BFA in film studies from the Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema. In 2013, he served on the narrative competition jury at the SXSW Film Festival. He was an associate producer on Mark Jackson’s "This Teacher" (2018 LA Film Festival, 2018 BFI London). In 2022, he was a New Flesh Juror for Best First Feature at the Fantasia International Film Festival. His top films for 2023 include The Zone of Interest (Glazer), Inside the Yellow Cocoon Shell (Pham Thien An), Totem (Lila Avilés), La Chimera (Alice Rohrwacher), All Dirt Roads Taste of Salt (Raven Jackson). He is a Golden Globes Voter.

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