International Documentary Association (IDA), founded in 1982, is a non-profit organization

Non-profit organization

Nonprofit organization is neither a legal nor technical definition but generally refers to an organization that uses surplus revenues to achieve its goals, rather than distributing them as profit or dividends...

 promoting documentary film

Documentary film

Documentary films constitute a broad category of nonfictional motion pictures intended to document some aspect of reality, primarily for the purposes of instruction or maintaining a historical record...

, video and new media

New media

New media is a broad term in media studies that emerged in the latter part of the 20th century. For example, new media holds out a possibility of on-demand access to content any time, anywhere, on any digital device, as well as interactive user feedback, creative participation and community...

, to support the efforts of documentary filmmaking

Filmmaking

Filmmaking is the process of making a film, from an initial story, idea, or commission, through scriptwriting, casting, shooting, directing, editing, and screening the finished product before an audience that may result in a theatrical release or television program...

 and video production

Video production

Video production is videography, the process of capturing moving images on electronic media even streaming media. The term includes methods of production and post-production...

 makers around the world and to increase public appreciation and demand for the art of the documentary.

Based in Los Angeles

Los Ángeles

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, the IDA has approximately 2,800 members in 53 countries, providing a forum for supporters and suppliers of documentary film making.

Activities

The organization publishes a magazine, Documentary.

It presents the annual IDA Awards in the following categories: Distinguished Documentary Achievement, Career Achievement, Preservation and Scholarship Award, ABC News

ABC News

ABC News is the news gathering and broadcasting division of American broadcast television network ABC, a subsidiary of The Walt Disney Company...

 VideoSource Award, Donnet Emerging Documentary Filmmaker Award, Alan Ett Music Award, and the Pare Lorentz Award.

The IDA also hosts such events as DocuFest, DocuWeek, DocuDay, and its Oscar Gala for Academy Award Documentary nominees.

Ira Glass

Ira Glass

Ira Glass is an American public radio personality, and host and producer of the radio and television show This American Life.- Early life :...

hosted the 2009 IDA Awards Show.

External links

• International Documentary Association. Official website.