The International Documentary Association (IDA) has announced the nominees for this year’s IDA Documentary Awards. Five of 10 titles competing for the night’s top honor, Best Feature, are directed or co-directed by women: Arami Ullón’s “Apenas el sol” (“Nothing but the Sun”); Jessica Beshir’s “Faya Dayi”; Nanfu Wang’s “In the Same Breath”; Jessica Earnshaw’s “Jacinta”; and Rintu Thomas and Sushmit Ghosh’s “Writing with Fire.”

“Apenas el sol” (“Nothing but the Sun”) follows a man’s efforts to preserve history in Paraguay, while “Faya Dayi” takes us to Ethiopia to explore khat, a leaf that’s been used for centuries by Muslims for the sake of religious meditations that’s become the country’s most lucrative cash crop. “In the Same Breath” revisits the early days of COVID-19 and the response to the crisis in China and the United States. Also set in the U.S., “Jacinta” explores intergenerational trauma and addiction through the lens of a mother and daughter’s relationship. “Writing with Fire” tells the story of India’s only women-led news outlet.

Beshir and Earnshaw are also in the running for Best Director. The former is among the nominees in the Best Cinematography category, as are “Ascension’s” Jessica Kingdon and Nathan Truesdell, and “Cusp’s” Isabel Bethencourt and Parker Hill.

The IDA Documentary Awards will take place February 5. Head over to Variety to check out all of the nominees, which include Beth B.’s “Lydia Lunch: The War Is Never Over” (Best Music Documentary) and Ry Russo-Young’s “Nuclear Family” (Best Multi-Part Documentary), among many others.