The International Documentary Association has announced the nominees for the 2015 IDA Documentary Awards and four Dogwoof films have been named! Congratulations to all the filmmakers and fingers crossed for December 5th.
Best feature:
Two Dogwoof films are nominated in the best feature category: The Look of Silence and The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution.
www.TheLookofSilence.co.uk The Look Of Silence is showing in UK cinemas now. Through Joshua Oppenheimer's work filming perpetrators of the Indonesian genocide, a family of survivors discovers how their son was murdered and the identity of the men who killed him.
http://www.theblackpanthers.co.uk/ The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution is now available on DVD in the UK and Ireland. Change was coming to America and the fault lines could no longer be ignored - cities were burning, Vietnam was exploding, and disputes raged over equality and civil rights.
ABC News VideoSource Award:
Best of Enemies is nominated for the ABC News VideoSource Award.
http://www.bestofenemies.co.uk/ Best of Enemies is now showing in cinemas and available on demand. Best of Enemies is a behind-the-scenes account of the explosive televised debates between the liberal Gore Vidal and the conservative William F. Buckley Jr., during the 1968 Democratic and Republican national conventions.
Courage Under Fire Award:
Matthew Heineman is this year's recipient of the courage Under Fire Award for his work on the thrilling Cartel Land.
http://www.cartellandmovie.co.uk/ Cartel Land is now showing in cinemas and available on demand. With unprecedented access, CARTEL LAND is a riveting, on-the-ground look at the journeys of two modern-day vigilante groups and their shared enemy - the murderous Mexican drug cartels.
Best Music:
Best of Enemies makes a second appearance as the winner of the Best Music Award for the score by Jonathan Kirkscey.