2011 Cinema Eye Honors - nominees announced

Today at the Sheffield Doc/Fest in the United Kingdom, the nominees were announced for the 4th Cinema Eye Honors ro recognize "excellence in artistic achievements in nonfiction filmmaking." The outstanding look at Chinese migrant workers Last Train Home by Montrealer Lixin Fan led the way with 7 nominations (Outstanding Feature, Direction, Production, Cinematography, Editing, International Feature and Audience Choice), a record 6 for Fan himself. Armadillo (one of my top 10 films from TIFF) and Exit Through the Gift Shop followed closely behind with 6 nominations. The Oath and Marwencol each received 4 nominations.

109 films were eligible for the 2011 Cinema Eye Honors and 88 of those films received votes from at least one member of the nominating committee which consisted of top documentary programmers from international film festivals.  This year’s nominations committee was chaired by Sean Farnel, programmer for the Hot Docs Film Festival.  Committee members included Meira Blaustein (Woodstock), David Courier (Sundance), Heather Croall (Sheffield), Joanne Feinberg (Ashland), Tine Fischer (CPH:DOX), Elena Fortes (Morelia/Ambulante), Ben Fowlie (Camden), Tom Hall (Sarasota/Newport), Doug Jones (Los Angeles), David Kwok (Tribeca), Amir Labaki (It’s All True), Grit Lemke (Dok Leipzig), Arthur Libehart (Planete Doc Review), Veton Nurkollari (Dokufest Kosovo), Janet Pierson (SXSW), Rachel Rosen (San Francisco), Charlotte Selb (RIDM), Sky Sitney (Silverdocs), Sadie Tillery (Full Frame), David Wilson (True/False) and Brit Withey (Denver).

The 2011 Cinema Eye Honors for Nonfiction Filmmaking will be held on January 18, 2011 at the newly re-opened Museum of the Moving Image in Astoria, Queens, New York City, and will be broadcast on television for the first time, on the Documentary Channel.

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Complete list of nominations for the 4th Annual Cinema Eye Honors for Nonfiction Filmmaking:

Nonfiction Feature Filmmaking

Armadilllo Directed By Janus Metz Produced By Sara Stockmann And Ronnie Fridthjof

Exit Through The Gift Shop
Directed By Banksy Produced By Jaimie D’cruz

Last Train Home Directed By Lixin Fan Produced By Mila Aung-Thwin And Daniel Cross

Marwencol
Directed By Jeff Malmberg Produced By Jeff Malmberg, Tom Putnam, Matt Radecki, Chris Shellen And Kevin Walsh

The Oath
Directed And Produced By Laura Poitras

Direction

Armadilllo
Janus Metz

La Danse: The Paris Opera Ballet
Frederick Wiseman

Last Train Home
Lixin Fan

Marwencol
Jeff Malmberg

The Oath
Laura Poitras

Production

Armadillo
Sara Stockmann And Ronnie Fridthjof

Exit Through The Gift Shop
Jaimie D’cruz

Inside Job
Audrey Marrs And Charles Ferguson

Last Train Home
Mila Aung-Thwin And Daniel Cross

The Oath
Laura Poitras

Restrepo
Produced By Sebastian Junger And Tim Hetherington

Cinematography

Armadillo
Lars Skree

La Danse: The Paris Opera Ballet
John Davey

Into Eternity
Heikke Farm

Oceans
Camera Luc Drion, Philippe Ros And Luciano Tovoli

Last Train Home
Lixin Fan

The Sounds Of Insects - Record Of A Mummy
Peter Liechti And Matthias Kalin

Sweetgrass
Lucien Castaing-Taylor

Editing

Armadillo
Per K. Kirkegaard

Exit Through The Gift Shop
Chris King And Tom Fulford

A Film Unfinished
Joelle Alexis

Last Train Home
Lixin Fan, Mary Stephens

Marwencol
Jeff Malmberg

Composing

12th And Delaware
David Darling

Circo
Joey Burns And John Convertino

The Oath
Osvaldo Golijov

The Sound Of Insects - Record Of A Mummy
Norbert Moeslang

Utopia In Four Movements
Todd Griffin

Graphic Design

American: The Bill Hicks Story
Paul Thomas And Matt Harlock

Gasland
Juan Cardarelli And Eric Levy

Inside Job
Josh Norton And Alex Krawitz

The Invention Of Dr. Nakamats
Rob Chiu

Videocracy
Martin Hultman

International

Armadillo
Directed By Janus Metz Produced By Sara Stockmann And Ronnie Fridthjof

Exit Through The Gift Shop
Directed By Banksy Produced By Jaimie D’cruz

Into Eternity
Directed By Michael Madsen Produced By Lise Lense-Moller

Last Train Home
Directed By Lixin Fan Produced By Mila Aung-Thwin And Daniel Cross

The Red Chapel
Directed By Mads Bruegger Produced By Peter Engel

Debut

Catfish
Henry Joost And Ariel Schulman

Exit Through The Gift Shop
Banksy

Marwencol
Jeff Malmberg

Prodigal Sons
Kimberly Reed

The Red Chapel
Mads Bruegger

Sweetgrass
Ilisa Barbash And Lucien Castaing-Taylor

Spotlight

The Arbor
Directed By Clio Barnard

The Autobiography Of Nicolae Ceausescu
Directed By Andrei Ujic

La Bocca Del Lupo
Directed By Vincenzo Motta

Nostalgia For The Light
Directed By Patricio Guzman

Steam Of Life
Directed By Joonas Berghaell And Mika Hotakainen

Audience Choice

Catfish
Directed By Henry Joost And Ariel Schulman

La Danse: The Paris Opera Ballet
Directed By Frederick Wiseman

Exit Through The Gift Shop
Directed By Banksy

A Film Unfinished
Directed By Yael Hersonski

Inside Job
Directed By Charles Ferguson

Joan Rivers: A Piece Of Work
Directed By Ricki Stern And Annie Sundberg

Last Train Home
Directed By Lixin Fan

Restrepo
Directed By Tim Hetherington And Sebastian Junger

The Tillman Story
Directed By Amir Bar-Lev

Waiting For “Superman”
Directed By Davis Guggenheim

Nonfiction Short Film

Albert’s Winter
Directed By Andreas Koefoed

Arsy-Versy
Directed By Miro Remo

Dock Ellis And The Lsd No-No
Directed By James Blagden

The Poodle Trainer
Directed By Vance Malone

Quadrangle
Directed By Amy Grappell