AWARDS WATCH ‘08 | “Wire,” “Waltz” Tie For Top IDA Honor

A scene from Ari Folman's "Waltz With Bashir." Image courtesy of Sony Pictures Classics.

James Marsh‘s “Man on Wire” and Ari Folman‘s “Waltz With Bashir” shared top honors at tonight’s IDA Documentary Awards.  Both films tied for the Distinguished Feature award, as announced at a ceremony in Los Angeles hosted by Morgan Spurlock.  Other major honors included a centerpiece tribute to Werner Herzog, short film honors to Amanda Micheli and Isabel Vega‘s “La Corona, and an audience award to Chris Taylor‘s “Food Fight.”

The inaugural Avid Excellence in Editing Award was given to veteran filmmaker Sam Pollard came with both $2500 worth of editing software and a $5,000 charitable contribution made by Avid to the organization of the winner’s choice.  Pollard, currently in postproduction on HBO’s highly anticipated Barack Obama documentary, revealed that he is donating the money to Wide Horizons for Children, in Waltham, MA.  Wide Horizons facilitates domestic and international adoption.

Winning films from tonight’s event will be screened tomorrow, December 6th at DocuFest, from 9:30 AM to 1:00 AM at the Eastman Kodak Screening Room in Los Angeles.  Most filmmakers will be in attendance for Q&A’s following these films. 

The winners of 2008 International Documentary Association Awards:

DISTINGUISHED FEATURE - WINNER (TIE)
“Man on Wire ”
Director: James Marsh
Producer: Simon Chinn
Red Box Films, Wall to Wall, Discovery Films, BBC, UK Film Council, Magnolia Pictures

”Waltz with Bashir”
Director/Producer: Ari Folman
Producers: Yael Nahlieli, Serge Lalou, Gerhard Meixner, Roman Paul
Bridgit Folman Film Gang, Les Films d’Ici, Razor Film, ARTE France, ITVS International, Sony Pictures Classics

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DISTINGUISHED SHORT - WINNER “La Corona” Directors/Producers: Amanda Micheli, Isabel Vega Runaway Films, Vega Films, HBO Documentary Films CAREER ACHIEVEMENT AWARD Werner Herzog PIONEER AWARD Rob Epstein PRESERVATION & SCHOLARSHIP AWARD Marina Goldovskaya AVID EXCELLENCE IN EDITING AWARD Sam Pollard JACQUELINE DONNET EMERGING FILMMAKER AWARD Stefan Forbes CONTINUING SERIES - WINNER “This American Life” Created By Ira Glass/Chicago Public Radio Chris Wilcha, director, co-executive producer LIMTED SERIES - WINNER “Sin City Law” Denis Poncet, Jean-Xavier de Lestrade, Remy Burkel Maha Productions, Arte, Sundance Channel IDA/ALAN ETT MUSIC DOCUMENTARY AWARD - WINNER “Young @ Heart” Stephen Walker, Sally George Walker George Films, Channel 4 Television Corporation, Fox Searchlight Pictures IDA/PARE LORENTZ AWARD - WINNER “Burning The Future: Coal In America” David Novack, Alexis Zoullas FireFly Pix, Sundance Channel IDA/PARE LORENTZ AWARD - HONORABLE MENTION “Garbage Warrior” Oliver Hodge, Rachel Wexler, Patrick Wilson Open Eye Media, Sundance Channel, Documentary Channel, ITVS International IDA/ABCNEWS VIDEOSOURCE AWARD - WINNER “War Child” C. Karim Chrobog, Afshin Molava 18th Street Films, Independent Producers Alliance, Interfact Media Group, Porchlight Entertainment IDA/DAVID L. WOLPER STUDENT DOCUMENTARY AWARD “As We Forgive” Laura Waters Hinson American University AUDIENCE AWARD “Food Fight” Chris Taylor Login to recommend this article » posted on December 5, 2008 Films to Snag Comments 1 tolo87 says on April 25, 2009 at 3:30pm I would like to congratulate the winners. Mike Login to Leave a Comment »