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Daily Variety
September 30, 1997

Docu Assn. Taps Noms
by Paul Karon

Judges for the International Documentary Association have nominated 25 documentaries ranging from feature-length films to short subjects for the IDA's 1997 Distinguished Achievement Awards. Five awards will be given.

Winners will be honored October 31st at the 13th annual IDA Awards Gala, to be held at the Ritz-Carlton Huntington Hotel in Pasadena.

Feature nominees include "Mandela," directed by Angus Gibson and Jo Menell and produced by Jonathan Demme and Menell; "Sick: The life and Death of Bob Flanagan, Supermasochist," produced and directed by Kirby Dick; "Waco: The Rules of Engagement," directed by William Gazecki and produced by Dan Gifford and Amy Sommer Gifford.

Nominated short features include "Other People's Wars," produced and directed by Michat Bukojemski; and "The Burning Barrel," produced and directed by Tim Schwab and Christina Craton.

Also nominated were: "Cadillac Desert" (PBS), directed by Jon Else and produced by Sandy Itkoff and Else; and "The Burger & the King" (BBCTV), directed by James Marsh and produced by Anthony Wall. In all, there were 400 entries.

Two Distinguished Achievement Awards winners will be selected from the feature-length category, one from the short category, one from the limited series area and one from the strand category. Kodak has been sole sponsor of the IDA achievement awards since their inception in 1984.

"Documentary filmmakers ...seldom get the recognition they deserve," Peggy Clark, television segment manager for Kodak's professional motion imaging unit, said in a statement. "These awards are important because they acknowledge the pursuit of excellence, and they are a source of inspiration for every documentary filmmaker."

Winning docus also will be screened the day after the awards ceremony at the IDA's DocuFest in the Bing Theater of the L.A. County Museum of Art.

In a separate award, Ross Hawkins and the team of Jill Shinefield and Gail Willumsen are the recipients of the 1997 IDA/Kodak Product Grant. the grants provided a total of $8,000 worth of film stock for the filmmakers. The IDA, a nonprofit organization based in Los Angeles, has approximately 1,700 members. For more information, call (310) 284-8422, ext. 3.

© 1997 Daily Variety