Nikola feeds Silyan fish in his palm as he tries to nurse him back to health Courtesy of Ciconia Film/Jean Dakar Share on Facebook Share on X Google Preferred Share to Flipboard Show additional share options Share on LinkedIn Share on Pinterest Share on Reddit Share on Tumblr Share on Whats App Send an Email Print the Article Post a Comment The Tale of Silyan clinched the top prize at Saturday's International Documentary Association Awards ceremony. The National Geographic title, which follows a North Macedonian immigrant who forms a relationship with an injured white stork as he adjusts to life in a new country, received the best feature documentary award. The film also won the best cinematography prize for Jean Dakar, who has previously worked on the feature The Walk and the television series Radius. The film, directed by Oscar-nominated Honeyland director Tamara Kotevska, previously won the Cinema and Arts award at the Venice Film Festival. North Macedonia has selected the title as its best international feature Oscar submission. Related Stories Movies "I Wanted to Dismantle Their Victimhood": 'THR Presents' Q&A With 'Homebound' Director Neeraj Ghaywan and Stars Ishaan Khatter & Vishal Jethwa Movies This Was Sound Engineer Tod Maitland's Biggest Challenge Mixing 'Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere' Other winners at Saturday's ceremony included Brittany Shyne, who won the best director prize for her portrait of Black farmers, Seeds. Apocalypse in the Tropics, an examination of the role that evangelism has played in Brazilian politics, received two prizes, for best production and best writing. Other winners included Looking for a Donkey (best short documentary), WTO/99 (best editing), The Sorcerer: Julio Zachrisson (best original score) and Only on Earth (best sound design). 99 won best curated series, Citizen Nation was awarded best episodic series and One to One: John & Yoko won best music documentary. What a day, what a life out of the U.K.'s National Film and Television School, earned the best student documentary prize. Deaf President Now! won the ABC News Videosource Award and River of Grass was awarded the Pare Lorentz Award. The 2025 IDA Awards took place over three days but concluded with the ceremony on early Saturday at the Los Angeles Athletic Club in downtown L.A. The ceremony was hosted by former Sundance Film Festival director Tabitha Jackson. See the full list of winners below. BEST FEATURE DOCUMENTARY The Tale of Silyan (Republic of North Macedonia, United States, United Kingdom) BEST SHORT DOCUMENTARY Looking for a Donkey (Mexico, Venezuela) BEST DIRECTOR Brittany Shyne, Seeds (United States) BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY Jean Dakar, The Tale of Silyan (Republic of North Macedonia, United States, United Kingdom) BEST EDITING Alex Megaro, Ian Bell, WTO/99 (United States) BEST ORIGINAL MUSIC SCORE Frédéric Filiatre, The Sorcerer: Julio Zachrisson (Panama) BEST PRODUCTION Alessandra Orofino, Petra Costa, Apocalypse in the Tropics (United States) BEST SOUND DESIGN Thomas Perez-Pape, Only on Earth (Denmark, Spain) BEST WRITING Petra Costa, Alessandra Orofino, Nels Bangerter, David Barker, Tina Baz, Apocalypse in the Tropics (United States) BEST CURATED SERIES 99 (France) BEST EPISODIC SERIES Citizen Nation (United States) BEST MUSIC DOCUMENTARY One to One: John & Yoko (United Kingdom) DAVID L. WOLPER STUDENT DOCUMENTARY What a day, what a life (United Kingdom) ABC NEWS VIDEOSOURCE AWARD Deaf President Now! (United States) PARE LORENTZ AWARD River of Grass (United States) THR Newsletters Sign up for THR news straight to your inbox every day Subscribe Sign Up Timothée Chalamet Timothée Chalamet Dances to "Crank That," Wears Fan-Made Flag of His Face in High-Energy Brazil Visit Robert De Niro Hollywood Flashback: When Robert De Niro's Creature Captivated the Academy Sorry Baby 'Sorry, Baby' Filmmaker and Star Eva Victor Kept a Box of Agnes' Clothes After Filming Wrapped Saudi Arabia Red Sea's Fionnuala Halligan on Nurturing Saudi Film Culture With Respectful and "Strange" Programming THR Presents "I Wanted to Dismantle Their Victimhood": 'THR Presents' Q&A With 'Homebound' Director Neeraj Ghaywan and Stars Ishaan Khatter & Vishal Jethwa Heat Vision Box Office: 'Five Nights at Freddy's 2' Opening to Historic $57M, Scares Off Post-Thanksgiving Slump Timothée Chalamet Timothée Chalamet Dances to "Crank That," Wears Fan-Made Flag of His Face in High-Energy Brazil Visit Robert De Niro Hollywood Flashback: When Robert De Niro's Creature Captivated the Academy Sorry Baby 'Sorry, Baby' Filmmaker and Star Eva Victor Kept a Box of Agnes' Clothes After Filming Wrapped Saudi Arabia Red Sea's Fionnuala Halligan on Nurturing Saudi Film Culture With Respectful and "Strange" Programming THR Presents "I Wanted to Dismantle Their Victimhood": 'THR Presents' Q&A With 'Homebound' Director Neeraj Ghaywan and Stars Ishaan Khatter & Vishal Jethwa Heat Vision Box Office: 'Five Nights at Freddy's 2' Opening to Historic $57M, Scar