Short Film News (SFN)- Anvil! The Story of Anvil won two film awards, including best documentary, from the International Documentary Association (IDA).

The International Documentary Association, a Los Angeles group that promotes and supports nonfiction film, late Friday awarded its top prize to Anvil! The Story of Anvil by Sacha Gervasi for his story about the metal band that for more than three decades has tried, and failed, to score one major hit record.

The IDA also gave Anvil! The Story of Anvil its music documentary award.

In other honors, the IDA gave its short documentary award to Salt by Michael Angus and Murray Fredericks, in which audiences journey to the featureless landscape of Lake Eyre, South Australia.

Other honors were:

Pioneer Award: Nicolas Noxon

Amicus Award: Michael Donaldson

IDA/Humanitas Award:Garbage Dreams

IDA/Pare Lorentz Award:The Final Inch

IDA/ABC News Videosource Award: Wounded Knee
IDA/David L. Wolper Student Documentary Achievement Award:
The First Kid to Learn English from Mexico

Veteran documentary maker and Oscar winner Errol Morris was given the 2009 Career Achievement Award.

Long-running PBS television series POV was given the continuing series honor, and the Sundance Channel's six-part "Architecture School" was named best limited series on TV.