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The Oscar for Best Documentary is likely going to Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson’s “Summer of Soul,” but the 2022 IDA Awards gave its main competitor a notable boost. Jonas Poher Rasmussen‘s “Flee,” which made history as the only film to earn Documentary, Animated, and International Oscar nominations, took Best Feature.

A number of films have been nominated for International Film (previously known as Foreign Film) and Documentary Feature, but none have earned nods in those categories and Animated Feature. That is until today when Jonas Poher Rasmussen pulled off that remarkable feet with “Flee.” Denmark’s submission to the Academy Awards is also the first documentary to earn an Animated Feature nomination in the 20 year history of the award.

After another year of being inside, the documentaries of 2021 have provided us with plenty of adventure. They have inspired a sense of looking all around you, or of going back into history to understand how we got to wherever the hell we are now.

We still haven’t reached the true halfway point of this year’s awards season, but the documentary race is becoming distinctly more clearer with each and every critics’ group announcement. Jonas Poher Rasmussen’s “Flee” and Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson’s “Summer of Soul” are in one of the closest races for the documentary Oscar in recent memory.

After taking six Critics Choice Documentary Awards over the weekend, Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson’s “Summer of Soul” was honored with four nominations from the 2021 IDA Documentary Awards. The 2021 Sundance Film Festival winner and expected Oscar Documentary frontrunner earned nominations in the Best Feature, Best Director, Best Music Documentary and Best Editing categories.

After taking six Critics Choice Documentary Awards over the weekend, Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson’s “Summer of Soul” was honored with four nominations from the 2021 IDA Documentary Awards. The 2021 Sundance Film Festival winner and expected Oscar Documentary frontrunner earned nominations in the Best Feature, Best Director, Best Music Documentary and Best Editing categories.

While they’re not all that common, we have seen a number of acclaimed animated features make huge debuts at film festivals over the years.

Amin Nawabi is an Afghan refugee living in Denmark. He has a successful career and a boyfriend.