The International Documentary Association (IDA) and the Cinema Eye, two documentary organizations unveiled their 2011 nominees last week. Women filmmakers are very prevalent.
Here are the female nominees:
IDA (awards will be handed out December 2 in LA)
Best Feature Doc:
Better This World — Katie Galloway and Kelly Duane de la Vega
The Redemption of General Butt Naked — Daniele Anastasion and Eric Strauss
The Tiniest Place”(El Lugar Mas Pequeno) — Tatiana Huezo
Best Short:
Maya Deren’s Sink — Barbara Hammer
Minka — Davina Pardo
Poster Girl — Sara Nesson
The Warriors of Qiugang, — Ruby Yang and Thomas Lennon
Best Limited Series:
Boomtown — Executive Producer/Director: Rachel Libert
Michael Feinstein’s American Songbook — Director/Producer/Writer: Amber Edwards
The National Parks Project — Directors: Brenda Kovrig, Mike Downie, David New, Sarah Goodman, Jeff Thrasher, Sean Michael Turrell,Ryan J. Noth, Geoff Morrison
IDA Humanitas Award:
The Carrier — Maggie Betts
The Learning — Ramona Diaz
The Tiniest Place (El Lugar Mas Pequeno) — Tatiana Huezo
Cinema Eye Awards (awards will be handed out January 11 at the Museum of Moving Image in NYC)
Nonfiction Feature Filmmaking:
The Arbor — Directed by Clio Barnard
Outstanding Achievement in Direction:
Clio Barnard for The Arbor
Outstanding Achievement in Production:
Renate Sachse for Nostalgia for the Light
Erik Nelson and Adrienne Ciuffo for Cave of Forgotten Dreams
Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography:
Alma Har’el for Bombay Beach
Outstanding Achievement in Editing:
Jennifer Tiexiera and Lizzy Calhoun for Dragonslayer
Hanna Lejonqvist SFK & Göran Hugo Olsson for The Black Power Mix Tape 1967–1975
Outstanding Achievement in Graphic Design and Animation:
Kinda Akash for Project Nim
Mike Nicholson and Allison Moore for Better This World
Outstanding Achievement in Original Music Score:
Harry Escott and Molly Nyman for The Arbor
Outstanding Achievement in a Debut Feature Film:
The Arbor, Directed by Clio Barnard
Bombay Beach, Directed by Alma Har’el
Spotlight Award:
The Tiniest Place — Directed by Tatiana Huezo Sánchez
Scenes of a Crime — Directed by Blue Hadaegh and Grover Babcock
Audience Choice Prize:
Buck — Directed by Cindy Meehl
Outstanding Achievement in Nonfiction Short Filmmaking:
Minka — Directed by Davina Pardo
