Inside the 2015 Ida Documentary Awards (Full Winners List)

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Emceed by Tig Notaro at the Paramount Theatre, Saturday night's 2015 Ida Documentary Awards in Los Angeles handed top honors to Joshua Oppenheimer's "The Look of Silence," which made the Oscar shortlist earlier this week. This PGA-nominated followup to "The Act of Killing" has a winning streak going back to Venice 2014, where Oppenheimer collected five awards including the Grand Special Jury Prize. "Act of Killing" was Ida-nominated in 2013 but lost to Netflix's "The Square." Read More: Oscar Documentary Shortlist of 15 Revealed Director Matthew Heineman accepted the Courage Under Fire Award from his executive producer Kathryn Bigelow for Sundance winner "Cartel Land," which is on the Oscar shortlist. Other Academy shortlisters that scored Ida Awards include "Listen to Me Marlon," whose director Stevan Riley hopes the film will restore Marlon Brando's reputation; short doc "Last Day of Freedom" and Vidal vs. »

- Anne Thompson

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