Award season continues as another Critics Group has unveiled their winners. The International Documentary Association (IDA) has announced their winners for the 39th IDA Documentary Awards representing the best in documentary film for 2023. Here is the full list of their film winners.

Best Feature Documentary: Bobi Wine: The People’s President (Uganda | National Geographic Documentary Films | Directors: Moses Bwayo, Christopher Sharp | Producers: Christopher Sharp, John Battsek)
Best Short Documentary: Incident (United States | Hypnotic Pictures | Director: Bill Morrison | Producers: Bill Morrison, Jamie Kalven)
Best Director: The Mother Of All Lies – Asmae El Moudir (Arizona Distribution | Morocco)
Best Music Documentary: Max Roach: The Drum Also Waltzes (PBS, American Masters | USA | Directors/Producers: Ben Shapiro, Sam Pollard)
Best Cinematography: Smoke Sauna Sisterhood – Ants Tammik (Greenwich Entertainment | Estonia, France, Iceland)
Best Editing: The Eternal Memory – Carolina Siraqyan (MTV Documentary Films | Chile, USA)
Best Music Score: Anselm – Leonard Küssner (Sideshow Pictures | Germany)
Best Writing: Four Daughters – Kaouther Ben Hania (Kino Lorber | France, Tunisia, Germany)