\"Citizenfour,\" Laura Poitras' film about NSA document leaker Edward Snowden, won the International Documentary Assn.'s prize for best feature at the 2014 IDA Awards on Friday evening. <\/p>\n
Poitras' third documentary in a trilogy about post-9\/11 America, \"Citizenfour\" is a you-are-there account of Snowden's decision, with Poitras and journalist Glenn Greenwald, to expose the National Security Agency's massive surveillance operation collecting the personal data of ordinary citizens. <\/p>\n
\"Citizenfour\" debuted to a rare standing ovation at the New York Film Festival in October and made the Oscar shortlist for documentary features earlier this week; it also won the Gotham Award for best documentary. <\/p>\n
The IDA's award for best short went to Johnny Burke and Andrew Hinton's \"Tashi and the Monk,\" about a Buddhist monk running a community for orphaned and neglected children in India. The short also garnered the Pare Lorentz Award, which recognizes films focusing on environmental and social issues. <\/p>\n
Robert Redford received the IDA's Career Achievement Award, Fenton Bailey and Randy Barbato received the Pioneer Award, and Rithy Panh received the Preservation and Scholarship Award. <\/p>\n
Hosted by writer and comedienne Carol Leifer, the ceremony also included the debut of three new series awards: \"Our America With Lisa Ling\" won for best episodic series, \"Planet Money Makes a T-Shirt\" won for best short-form series, and \"Independent Lens\" won for best curated series. <\/p>\n
For a full list of winners, go to the IDA Awards website. <\/p>\n
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