«Citizenfour»By Laura Poitras, this year's Oscar favorite, has won the IDA Award for Best Documentary.
Although it is frankly difficult, some suggest that this film documentary it has a chance of sneaking into the best picture category at the Hollywood Academy Awards.
Another of the documentaries that are among the 15 shortlisted for this category of the Oscar has also been awarded, it is about «Finding Vivian Maier»Which gets the award for best script in these awards granted by the International Documentary Association.
Two other great Oscar contenders, such as «The Salt of the Earth«, Which was competing for the award for best documentary and«Life Itself»Who was not even among the nominees for this year's IDA Awards.
Honors of the IDA Awards 2014:
Best Documentary: "Citizenfour"
Best Documentary Short Film: "Tashi and the Monk"
Best Conserved Series: "Independent Lens"
Best Limited Series: "Time of Death"
Best episodic series: "Our America with Lisa Ling"
Best Short Series: "Planet Monkey Makes a Shirt"
Humanitarian Award: "Limited Partnership"
David L. Wolper Award to Students: "My Dad's a Rocker"
ABC News Award for Informative Works: "1971"
Best Cinematography: "Elevator"
Best Editing: "Last Days in Vietnam"
Best music; "Alfred and Jakobine"
Best Screenplay: "Finding Vivian Maier"
Pare Lorentz Award: «Tashi and the Monk»
Lifetime Achievement Award: Robert Redford
More information - Nominations for the IDA Awards 2014 and first laureates