Documentary Association Announces Awards Nominations

LOS ANGELES - Issues and politics mostly ruled, as the International Documentary Association on Tuesday announced its nominees for its annual documentary awards. In the feature film category, nominations went to “The Act of Killing,” about Indonesian genocide; “Blackfish,” about orca whales in captivity; “Let the Fire Burn,” about a 1985 standoff between police and activists in Philadelphia; and “The Square,” about Egyptians struggling for social change. Those were joined by one very personal story, Sarah Polley's “Stories We Tell,” about her discovery of a family secret that surrounded her own birth. The association also announced nominees for short films, television documentaries, and entries in other categories. The awards are to be presented at a ceremony in Los Angeles on Dec. 6.