Nostalgia For The Light Takes IDAs Feature Documentary Award

Nostalgia for the Light from Chilean filmmaker Patricio Guzman was named best feature Friday night at The International Documentary Association’s 2011 Awards at the DGA Theatre in West Hollywood. Event was hosted byavant-garde impresarioJosh Fox, Sundance veteran/Webby Awards founder Tiffany Shlainand IDA Board President Eddie Schmidt. Documentary filmmakerLucy Walker lenther DJ skills spinning live during the show. Les Blank was recognized for Career Achievement for a body of work encompassing the lives and music of people at the periphery of American society. Iraq and Afghanistan war photographer/correspondent Danfung Dennis received the Jacqueline Donnet Emerging Documentary Filmmaker Award. List of winners and nominees in each category follows. BEST FEATURE AWARD NOSTALGIA FOR THE LIGHT (Winner) Director/Writer: Patricio Guzmn Producer: Renate Sachse Atacama Productions (France), Blinker Filmproduction GmbH and WDR (Germany), and Cronomedia Ltda. (Chile), Icarus Films BETTER THIS WORLD Directors/Producers/Writers: Katie Galloway & Kelly Duane de la Vega Producer: Mike Nicholson Executive Producers: Julie Goldman, John Battsek, Nicole Stott, Chana Ben-Dov, Sally Jo Fifer (ITVS), Simon Kilmurry (American Documentary|POV) Loteria Films, Bullfrog Films, Cat & Docs HOW TO DIE IN OREGON Director/Producer: Peter D. Richardson Executive Producers: Melody Korenbrot, Sheila Nevins (HBO) Supervising Producer: Jacqueline Glover (HBO) Associate Producers: Sophie Harris, Jordan Curnes Clearcut Productions in association with HBO Documentary Films THE REDEMPTION OF GENERAL BUTT NAKED Directors/Producers: Eric Strauss & Daniele Anastasion Executive Producers: Gregory Henry, David Shadrack Smith Part2 Pictures THE TINIEST PLACE (EL LUGAR MS PEQUEO) Director: Tatiana Huezo Executive Producer: Liliana Pardo, Henner Hoffman Producer: Nicols Celis Centro de Capacitacin Cinematogrfica/Foprocine BEST SHORT AWARD POSTER GIRL (Winner) Director/Producer: Sara Nesson Executive Producer: Sheila Nevins (HBO) Producer: Mitchell Block Supervising Producer: Sara Bernstein (HBO) Consulting Producer: Ross Kauffman Portrayal Films, Inc. in association with HBO Documentary Films BROKEN DOORS Director/Producer: Goro Toshima MAYA DERENS SINK Director/Producer/Writer: Barbara Hammer Barbara Hammer Productions MINKA Director/Producer: Davina Pardo Producer: Andrew Blum Birdling Films THE WARRIORS OF QIUGANG Director/Producer: Ruby Yang Executive Producer: Walter & Shirley Wang Producer: Thomas Lennon Thomas Lennon Films, Smiley Film Distribution & World Sales, Cinema Guild BEST LIMITED SERIES AWARD BOOMTOWN (Winner) Executive Producer/Director: Rachel Libert Executive Producers: Josh Braun, Ken Druckerman, Susannah Ludwig, Banks Tarver Co-Executive Producer: Matthew Galkin Producer: Kevin Vargas Left/Right Inc., Discovery Channel- Planet Green IF GOD IS WILLING AND DA CREEK DONT RISE Director/Producer: Spike Lee Executive Producer: Shelia Nevins (HBO) Producer: Sam Pollard Supervising Producer: Jacqueline Glover (HBO) Line Producer: Butch Robinson 40 Acres and a Mule Filmworks for HBO Documentary Films MICHAEL FEINSTEINS AMERICAN SONGBOOK Director/Producer/Writer: Amber Edwards Executive Producer: Ken Bloom Co-Producer: Dave Davidson Hudson West Productions, PBS THE NATIONAL PARKS PROJECT Directors: Brenda Kovrig, Mike Downie, David New, Sarah Goodman, Jeff Thrasher, Sean Michael Turrell, Ryan J. Noth, Geoff Morrison Executive Producer: Michael McMahon Producers: Joel McConvey, Kristina McLaughlin, Kevin McMahon, Michael McMahon, Geoff Morrison, Ryan J. Noth Writer: Joel McConvey Primitive Entertainment Inc., FilmCAN, FilmOption International Inc. ON SERIES Directors: Tom Barbor-Might, Jon Brooks, Neil Edson Executive Producers: James DuBern, James Baker Producers: Tom Barbor-Might, Toby Lichtig Current TV BEST CONTINUING SERIES AWARD POV (Winner) Executive Producer: Simon Kilmurry Co-Executive Producer: Cynthia Lpez VP of Programming and Production: Chris White Series Producer: Yance Ford Coordinating Producer: Andrew Catauro American Documentary | POV 30 FOR 30 Executive Producers: Keith Clinkscales, John Dahl, Joan Lynch, Connor Schell, Bill Simmons, John Skipper, John Walsh ESPN Films AMERICAN EXPERIENCE Executive Producer: Mark Samels Senior Producer: Sharon Grimberg PBS THE PASSIONATE EYE Executive Producer: Catherine Olsen Producers: Andrew Johnson, Carissa Neekon, Rosa Kim, Julia Nunes CBC News Network VANGUARD Executive Producers: Jim Fraenkel, Adam Yamaguchi Producers: Christof Putzel, Adam Yamaguchi, Mariana van Zeller, Darren Foster, Cerissa Tanner, Jeff Plunkett, Alex Simmons, Joanne Shen, Noreen Moustafa, Yasu Tsuji Current TV DAVID L. WOLPER STUDENT DOCUMENTARY AWARD This award recognizes exceptional achievement in non-fiction film and video production at the university level and brings greater public and industry awareness to the work of students in the documentary field. GUAAPE SUR (Winner) Director/Executive Producer/Writer: Jnos Richter Executive Producers: Heidi Gronauer, Lorenzo Paccagnella Producer: Georg Zeller ZeLIG- School for Documentary, Andanafilms, Icarus Films HEART-QUAKE Director/Writer: Mark Olexa Executive Producers: Heidi Gronauer, Lorenzo Paccagnella Producers: Georg Zeller, Nadia Caruso ZeLIG – School for Documentary RIVER OF VICTORY Director/Producer: Trevor Wright Executive Producer: Jack Emery Producers: A. Todd Smith, Jordan Augustine Full Mountain Pictures, Brigham Young University SMOKE SONGS Director/Producer/Writer: Briar March On the Level Productions, Standford University TRANSIT Director/Writer: Regina Tan Producers: Haley Quartarone, Juvia Chua, Emily Manheim Writer: Eysham Md Ali Chapman University Singapore, Chapman University HUMANITAS DOCUMENTARY AWARD The HUMANITAS Documentary Award is given to a documentarian whose film strives to unify the human family by exploring the stories of human beings who are different in culture, race, lifestyle, political loyalties and religious beliefs. POSITION AMONG THE STARS (STAND VAN DE STERREN) (Winner) Director/Writer: Leonard Retel Helmrich Producer/Writer: Hetty Naaijkens – Retel Helmrich Scarabee Films and HUMAN Broadcasting in association with HBO Documentary Films THE CARRIER Director/Producer/Writer: Maggie Betts Executive Producer: Roland Betts Producers: Ben Selkow, Joedan Okun, Benjamin Prager Tent Full of Birds Productions HOW TO DIE IN OREGON Director/Producer: Peter D. Richardson Executive Producers: Melody Korenbrot, Sheila Nevins (HBO) Supervising Producer: Jacqueline Glover (HBO) Associate Producers: Sophie Harris, Jordan Curnes Clearcut Productions in association with HBO Documentary Films THE LEARNING Director/Producer/Writer: Ramona S. Diaz Executive Producers: Tony Gloria for Unitel, Sally Jo Fifer (ITVS), Simon Kilmurry (American Documentary|POV) CineDiaz, POV, Women Make Movies THE TINIEST PLACE (EL LUGAR MS PEQUEO) Director: Tatiana Huezo Executive Producer: Liliana Pardo, Henner Hoffman Producer: Nicols Celis Centro de Capacitacin Cinematogrfica/Foprocine ABCNEWS VIDEOSOURCE AWARD This award is given each year for the best use of news footage as an integral component in a documentary. THE PRUITT-IGOE MYTH (Winner) Director/Producer/Writer: Chad Freidrichs Producers: Jaime Freidrichs, Paul Fehler, Brian Woodman Unicorn Stencil Documentary Films THE GREEN WAVE Director/Writer: Ali Samadi Ahadi Producers: Jan Krueger, Oliver Stoltz Dreamer Joint Venture Filmproduktion, Red Flag Releasing MICHAEL FEINSTEINS AMERICAN SONGBOOK- EP. 2 BEST BAND IN THE LAND Director/Producer/Writer: Amber Edwards Executive Producer: Ken Bloom Producer: Dave Davidson Hudson West Productions, PBS POV- THE MOST DANGEROUS MAN IN AMERICA: DANIEL ELLSBERG AND THE PENTAGON PAPERS Directors/Producers/Writers: Judith Ehrlich and Rick Goldsmith Executive Producer: Jodie Evans, Sally Jo Fifer (ITVS) Simon Kilmurry (POV) Co-Executive Producer: Cynthia Lpez (POV) VP of Programming and Production: Chris White (POV) Series Producer: Yance Ford (POV) Coordinating Producer: Andrew Catauro (POV) ITVS, American Documentary | POV REAGAN Director/Producer/Writer: Eugene Jarecki Executive Producers: Nick Fraser, Sheila Nevins (HBO) Co-Executive Producer: Roy Ackerman Senior Producer: Lisa Heller Producer: Kathleen Fournier Co-Producers: Melinda Shopsin, Christopher St. John Associate Producers: Daniel DiMauro, Shirel Kozak Consulting Producer: Alexander Johnes Charlotte Street Films in association with HBO Documentary Films PARE LORENTZ AWARD The Pare Lorentz Award recognizes films that demonstrates exemplary filmmaking while focusing on the appropriate use of the natural environment, justive for all and the illumination of pressing social problems. THE LAST MOUNTAIN (Winner) Director/Producer/Writer: Bill Haney Executive Producers: Tim Disney, Sarah Johnson Redlich, Tim Rockwood Producers: Clara Bingham, Eric Grunebaum Writer: Peter Rhodes Uncommon Productions, Dada Films, New Video Creative Recognition Awards BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY IL CASTELLO (Winner) Cinematography: Massimo D’Anolfi Directors: Massimo D’Anolfi & Martina Parenti BEST EDITING SENNA (Winner) Editors: Chris King & Gregers Sall Director: Asif Kapadia BEST MUSIC BETTER THIS WORLD (Winner) Composer: Paul Brill Directors: Katie Galloway and Kelly Duane de la Vega