Amy Berg's Deliver Us From Evil, which examines the sexual abuse scandal in the Catholic church, and James Longley's Iraq in Fragments, in which Iraqis recount life during wartime, are among the films nominated for the International Documentary Assn.'s 22nd annual IDA Distinguished Documentary Achievement Awards.
The five nominated feature documentaries, announced Wednesday, are: Frank Popper's Can Mr. Smith Get to Washington Anymore? from PBS' Independent Lens; Deliver Us From Evil, a Lionsgate release; Iraq in Fragments from Typecast Releasing and HBO Documentary Films; Dori Berinstein's Showbusiness: A Season to Remember, from Regent Entertainment; and Zach Niles and Banker White's Sierra Leone's Refugee All Stars, from PBS' P.O.V./American Documentary.
The short documentaries nominated are: The Blood of Yingzhou District, The Diary of Immaculee, Angel's Fire (Fuego de Angel), The Short History of Sweet Potato Pie & How it Became a Flying Saucer, and The Wild Sheep, and the Fox and Love.
"The purpose of the IDA awards is to recognize these filmmakers' successful quests for excellence. They deserve to be in the limelight," IDA president Diane Estelle Vicari said.
The winners will be announced live for the first time during the IDA Awards Benefit Gala on Dec. 8 at the DGA Theatre in Hollywood.
The five nominated feature documentaries, announced Wednesday, are: Frank Popper's Can Mr. Smith Get to Washington Anymore? from PBS' Independent Lens; Deliver Us From Evil, a Lionsgate release; Iraq in Fragments from Typecast Releasing and HBO Documentary Films; Dori Berinstein's Showbusiness: A Season to Remember, from Regent Entertainment; and Zach Niles and Banker White's Sierra Leone's Refugee All Stars, from PBS' P.O.V./American Documentary.
The short documentaries nominated are: The Blood of Yingzhou District, The Diary of Immaculee, Angel's Fire (Fuego de Angel), The Short History of Sweet Potato Pie & How it Became a Flying Saucer, and The Wild Sheep, and the Fox and Love.
"The purpose of the IDA awards is to recognize these filmmakers' successful quests for excellence. They deserve to be in the limelight," IDA president Diane Estelle Vicari said.
The winners will be announced live for the first time during the IDA Awards Benefit Gala on Dec. 8 at the DGA Theatre in Hollywood.
- 11/2/2006
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Social problems, medical challenges and the power of music are among the subjects covered by the eight short documentaries that the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has shortlisted for consideration for its best documentary short subject award. Three to five of the films will be chosen as nominees, which will be announced Jan. 23. On the social front, Ruby Yang's The Blood of Yingzhou District looks at children in China who have been orphaned because of AIDS. The Diary of Immaculee by Peter LeDonne tells the story of a woman who survived the Rwandan genocide. Leslie Iwerks' Recycled Life is an account of people living and working around a toxic landfill in Guatemala City.
- 10/12/2006
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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