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Banksy, Brazilian garbage pickers and Scandinavian saunas are the subjects of this year's IDA nominees.
Best documentary at the Oscars is, like best foreign language film, the type of category that seems invented to be grumbled over, with selections and winners rarely reflecting the films everyone else in the world finds most worthy of praise. So it’s much less frustrating to look to organizations like the International Documentary Association for better indicators of the docs that are the cream of 2010′s crop.
The nominees for the 2010 IDA Documentary Awards were announced today, and the contenders for the top prize include Banksy’s “Exit Through The Gift Shop,” a personal favorite; Laura Poitras’ Al-Qaeda saga “The Oath”; Joonas Berghaell and Mika Hotakainen’s look at Finnish sauna culture “Steam of Life”; Ilisa Barbash and Lucien Castaing-Taylor’s trailing of Montana sheepherders “Sweetgrass”; and Lucy Walker’s tale of making art of trash “Waste Land,” opening in New York on Friday. The awards will take place in L.A. on December 3rd.
Distinguished Feature Documentary Nominees
“Exit Through The Gift Shop”
Director: Banksy
“The Oath”
Director: Laura Poitras
“Steam Of Life”
Directors: Joonas Berghaell, Mika Hotakainen
“Sweetgrass”
Directors: Ilisa Barbash, Lucien Castaing-Taylor
“Waste Land”
Director/Writer: Lucy Walker
Distinguished Short Documentary Nominees
“Keep Dancing”
Director: Greg Vanderveer
“The Last Campaign Of Governor Booth Gardner”
Director: Daniel Junge
“Woman Rebel”
Director/Producer: Kiran Deol
“The Fence”
Director/Producer: Rory Kennedy
“The Last Truck”
Directors/Writers/Producers: Steven Bognar, Julia Reichert
Continuing Series Award Nominees
“30 For 30″
ESPN
“American Experience”
WGBH, PBS
“Art In The Twenty-First Century”
PBS
“Brick City”
Sundance Channel
“Wide Angle”
PBS
Limited Series Award Nominees
“Affliction Series: Culture And Mental Illness In Indonesia”
“Have You Heard From Johannesburg”
“Latin Music USA”
“Masterclass”
“This Emotional Life”
IDA/David L. Wolper Student Documentary Award Nominees
“Little Mom”
Director/Producer: Maria Fortiz-Morse
“Perry County”
Directors/Producers: Matt Durning, N’jeri Eaton
“The Stinking Ship”
Director/Producer: Bagassi Koura
“Waiting For A Train: The Toshio Hirano Story”
Director/Producer: Oscar Buchar
“Whales Of Gold”
Director/Producer: Lucia Duncan
IDA Music Documentary Award Nominees
“For Once In My Life”
Directors: Mark Moormann, Jim Bigham
“Genius Within: The Inner Life Of Glenn Gould”
Directors/Producers: Michele Hozer, Peter Raymont
“The Topp Twins: Untouchable Girls”
Director: Leanne Pooley
“Thunder Soul”
Director/Producer: Mark Landsman
“When I Rise”
Director: Mat Hames
