Critical Content IDA Documentary Award Winners

The IDA Documentary Awards is the world's most prestigious event dedicated to the documentary genre, celebrating the best nonfiction films and programs of the year. It seeks to represent excellence in the documentary field from around the world, by emerging and established documentarians.

Flee, Summer of Soul, and FAYA DAYI — three films featured in Critical Content 2022 — have won awards in this year's IDA awards presentation. Flee (dir. Jonas Poher Rasumussen) won in the category of Best Feature; and FAYA DAYI (dir. Jessica Beshir) took home the award for Best Cinematography, a fitting prize for the stunning film. Summer of Soul (dir. Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson), Questlove's directorial debut, walked away with the most awards of any film recognized in the awards, winning Best Director, Best Music Documentary, and Best Editing.

This January, Nō Studios Founder and Oscar award-winning filmmaker, John Ridley spoke with the directors of the three films during our three-day virtual film event. All of the conversations can be found at the link below.