For the first time, there are six nominees for the top prize of Outstanding Achievement in Nonfiction Filmmaking. They are Clio Barnard’s The Arbor, Steve James’ The Interrupters, Patricio Guzmán’s Nostalgia for the Light, Leonard Retel Helmrich’ Position Among the Stars, James Marsh’s Project Nim and Asif Kapadia’s Senna.
Seven films tied for the most nominations with four: The Arbor, Tristan Patterson’s Dragonslayer, Danfung Dennis’ Hell and Back Again, The Interrupters, Nostalgia for the Light, Position Among the Stars and Senna. Steve James leads the individual nominees with four as a candidate for each of The Interrupters' nominations.
Winners of the 5th Annual Cinema Eye Honors will be announced at a ceremony on January 11, 2012 in New York City’s Museum of the Moving Image in Astoria, Queens.
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Complete list of nominations for the 5th Cinema Eye Honors for Nonfiction Filmmaking
Nonfiction Feature Filmmaking
The Arbor, Clio Barnard
The Interrupters, Steve James
Nostalgia for the Light, Patricio Guzmán
Position Among the Stars, Leonard Retel Helmrich
Project Nim, James Marsh
Senna, Asif Kapadia
Direction
Clio Barnard, The Arbor
Leonard Retel Helmrich, Position Among the Stars
Patricio Guzmán, Nostalgia for the Light
Steve James, The Interrupters
Danfung Dennis, Hell and Back Again
Production
Pina
Nostalgia for the Light
The Interrupters
Hell and Back Again
Cave of Forgotten Dreams
Cinematography
Position Among the Stars
Nostalgia for the Light
Hell and Back Again
Dragonslayer
Bombay Beach
Editing
Senna
Position Among the Stars
Life in a Day
Dragonslayer
The Black Power Mix Tape
Graphic Design and Animation
!Women Art Revolution
Better This World
Gravity Was Everywhere Back Then
Project Nim
Shut Up Little Man
Tabloid
Original Music Score
The Arbor
Tabloid
Senna
Dragonslayer
Cave of Forgotten Dreams
Debut Feature Film
Clio Barnard, The Arbor
Danfung Dennis, Hell and Back Again
Tristan Patterson, Dragonslayer
Alma Har'el, Bombay Beach
Michal Marczak, At the Edge of Russia
Spotlight Award
The Tiniest Place
Scenes of a Crime
The Pruitt-Igoe Myth
Last Days Here
Family Instinct
Audience Choice Prize
Tabloid
Senna
Project Nim
Justin Bieber: Never Say Never
The Interrupters
Give Up Tomorrow
Cave of Forgotten Dreams
Buck
The Black Power Mix Tape
Bill Cunningham New York
Short Film
Diary directed by Tim Hetherington (United Kingdom)
Il Capo (The Chief) directed by Yuri Ancarani (Italy)
Minka directed by Davina Pardo (USA)
Poza zasięgiem (Out of Reach) directed by Jakub Stozek (Poland)
This Chair is Not Me directed by Andy Taylor Smith (United Kingdom)
About the Cinema Eye Honors and the 2012 Awards
The Cinema Eye Honors were founded in 2007 to recognize excellence in artistry and craft in nonfiction filmmaking. It remains the only international nonfiction award to recognize the whole creative team, presenting annual craft awards in directing, producing, cinematography, editing, composing and graphic design/animation.
Cinema Eye is headed by a core team that includes Co-Chairs Esther Robinson (director, A Walk Into the Sea: Danny Williams and the Warhol Factory; Cinema Eye nominee for Outstanding Debut, 2008) and AJ Schnack (director, Kurt Cobain About A Son and founder of Cinema Eye), Producer Nathan Truesdell (producer, Convention), Nominations Committee Chair Sean Farnel (Former Head of Programming, Hot Docs Film Festival), Advisory Board Chair Andrea Meditch (executive producer, Buck and Man on Wire) and Filmmaker Advisory Board Chair Laura Poitras (director, The Oath; Cinema Eye winner for Outstanding Direction, 2011).
Nominees for the Cinema Eye Honors feature awards are determined in voting by the top documentary programmers from throughout the world. This year’s nominations committee included Meira Blaustein (Woodstock Film Festival), Heather Croall (Sheffield Doc/Fest), Sean Farnel (Hot Docs Film Festival), Joanne Feinberg (Ashland Film Festival), Tine Fischer (CPH:DOX), Elena Fortes (Ambulante), Ben Fowlie (Camden International Film Festival), Tom Hall (Sarasota Film Festival), Doug Jones (Los Angeles Film Festival), Amir Labaki (It’s All True, Brazil), Grit Lemke (DOK Liepzig), Caroline Libresco (Sundance Film Festival), Artur Liebhart (Planete Doc Review), David Nugent (Hamptons Film Festival), Veton Nurkollari (DokuFest Kosovo), Janet Pierson (SXSW), Thom Powers (Toronto International Film Festival, DOC NYC), Rachel Rosen (San Francisco), Charlotte Selb (RIDM Montreal), Sky Sitney (Silverdocs), Sadie Tillery (Full Frame), David Wilson (True/False) and Brit Withey (Denver).
Finalists for the Cinema Eye Honors short film awards were selected by a nominations committee that included Hussain Currimbhoy (Sheffield Doc/Fest), Sarafina DiFelice (Hot Docs Film Festival), Ben Fowlie (Camden International Film Festival), Ted Mott (Full Frame), Veton Nurkollari (DokuFest Kosovo), Sky Sitney (Silverdocs) and Kim Yutani (Sundance). Nominees were chosen from a list of 11 finalists by a jury that was composed of Peter Debruge (senior film critic, Variety), Audrey Marrs (producer, No End in Sight and Inside Job; Cinema Eye nominee for Outstanding Feature, 2008 and Outstanding Production, 2011), Christine O’Malley (producer, Wordplay and I.O.U.S.A.), Chris Shellen (producer, Marwencol; Cinema Eye nominee for Outstanding Feature, 2011) and Peter Van Steemburg, Director of Acquisitions, Magnolia Pictures.
The members of the Cinema Eye Filmmaker Advisory Board include Mila Aung-Thwin (producer, Last Train Home, Cinema Eye winner for Outstanding Production, 2011), RJ Cutler (director, The September Issue, Cinema Eye winner for Audience Choice, 2010), Sam Green (director, The Weather Underground), Audrey Marrs (producer, Inside Job; Cinema Eye nominee for Outstanding Production, 2011), James Marsh (director, Man on Wire; Cinema Eye winner for Outstanding Feature, 2009) and Morgan Spurlock (director, POM Wonderful Presents The Greatest Movie Ever Sold).
The members of the Cinema Eye Industry Advisory Board include Sara Bernstein (HBO Documentary Films), Heather Croall (Sheffield Doc/Fest), Matt Dentler (Cinetic Media), Ben Fowlie (Camden International Film Festival), Ryan Harrington (Tribeca Film Institute), Molly Thompson (A&E IndieFilms) and Debra Zimmerman (Women Make Movies).
Key Partners of Cinema Eye are the Museum of the Moving Image, HBO Documentary Films, A&E IndieFilms, Sheffield Doc/Fest and Hot Docs. Supporting sponsors include POV, the Camden International Film Festival, the Hudson Hotel, Frontline Club and Abel CineTech.
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