The Colombian feature film Anhell69, the debut feature by Theo Montoya, was nominated for two International Documentary Association (IDA) Awards for Best Feature Documentary and Best Director. The Colombian film explores the dreams, doubts and fears of an annihilated generation, and the struggle to carry on making cinema. A funeral car cruises the streets of Medellín, while a young director tells the story of his past in this violent and conservative city. He remembers the pre- production of his first film, a B-movie with ghosts. The young queer scene of Medellín is casted for the film, but the main protagonist dies of a heroin overdose at the age of 21, just like many friends of the director.
Also nominated for Best Feature Documentary is Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project, co-directed by Afro-Latina director Michèle Stephenson and Joe Brewster; and Afro-Latina director Lisa Cortés received a nomination for Best Music Documentary for Little Richard: I Am Everything.
Chilean editor Carolina Siraqyan was nominated for Best Editing for her work in Maite Alberdi’s The Eternal Memory / La memoria infinita, and El Bastón by Colombian-American director Nemo Allen received a nomination in the David L. Wolper Student Documentary competition.
The winners of the 39th edition of the IDA Awards will be announced in a virtual ceremony set for December 12 at 8pm PT and stream on documentary.org and the IDA’s YouTube, Facebook and Instagram channels.
