Overview
- The 41st IDA Documentary Awards convened the nonfiction community over a brunch ceremony at the Los Angeles Athletic Club after three days of industry events.
- Brittany Shyne won Best Director for Seeds and also received the Emerging Filmmaker honor.
- Producer Julie Goldman accepted the Career Achievement Award, and Impact Partners received the Pioneer Award.
- Other winners included Apocalypse in the Tropics for Writing and Production, WTO/99 for Editing, One to One: John & Yoko as Best Music Documentary, 99 as Best Curated Series, and Citizen Nation as Best Episodic Series.
- The IDA laurels have a mixed record as an Oscar bellwether, aligning last year and in a 2012–2016 stretch but not consistently.