Laura Poitras’ acclaimed documentary has prevailed in the International Documentary Association’s 2014 IDA Documentary Awards.
Citizenfour was named best feature and centres on NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden.
Johnny Burke and Andrew Hinton’s Tashi And The Monk won best short and the Pare Lorentz Award, presented to films that demonstrate “exemplary filmmaking while focusing on environmental and social issues.”
Robert Redford received the IDA’s Career Achievement Award.
Full list of winners:
CAREER ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Robert Redford
PIONEER AWARD
Fenton Bailey and Randy Barbato
PRESERVATION AND SCHOLARSHIP AWARD
Rithy Panh
EMERGING DOCUMENTARY FILMMAKER AWARD Sponsored by Red Fire Films and Modern VideoFilm
Darius Clark Monroe
BEST FEATURE AWARD
Citizenfour
BEST SHORT AWARD
Tashi And The Monk
BEST CURATED SERIES AWARD
Independent Lens
Executive producer: Sally Jo Fifer
Deputy executive producer: Lois Vossen
BEST LIMITED SERIES AWARD
Time Of Death
Executive Producers: Cynthia Childs, Dan Cutforth, Casey Kriley, Jane Lipsitz, Alexandra Lipsitz
Co-Executive Producer: Miggi Hood, Sandy Shapiro
BEST EPISODIC SERIES AWARD
Our America With Lisa Ling
Executive producers: Amy Bucher, Gregory Henry, Lisa Ling, David Shadrack Smith
BEST SHORT FORM SERIES AWARD
Planet Money Makes A T-shirt
Executive producer: Alex Blumberg
DAVID L WOLPER STUDENT DOCUMENTARY AWARD
My Dad’s A Rocker
Director: Zuxin Hou
University Of Southern California
HUMANITAS DOCUMENTARY AWARD
Limited Partnership
Director: Thomas G Miller
PARE LORENTZ AWARD
Tashi And The Monk
ABCNEWS VIDEOSOURCE AWARD
1971
Director: Johanna Hamilton
CREATIVE RECOGNITION AWARD WINNERS
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY presented by Canon
Elevator
Cinematography: Hatuey Viveros Lavielle
BEST EDITING
Last Days In Vietnam
Editing: Don Kleszy
BEST MUSIC
Alfred And Jakobine
Music: Nick Urata
BEST WRITING
Finding Vivian Maier
John Maloof and Charlie Siskel
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