The annual Cinema Eye Honors unveiled its nominations, spotlighting the year's non-fiction work. Five films received nominations for the Cinema Eye Honors for Nonfiction Filmmaking including New Directors/New Films '13 documentaries The Act of Killing by Jeff Oppenheimer and Stories We Tell by Sarah Polley. Also vying for the top prize, the Outstanding Achievement in Nonfiction Feature Filmmaking award are Martha Shane and Lana Wilson's After Tiller, which ran as a first-run at Film Society of Lincoln Center as well as Zachary Heinzerling's Cutie and the Boxer and Lucien Castaing-Taylor and VĂŠrĂŠna Paravelâs Leviathan.
In all, Cutie and the Boxer led with six nominations, while The Act of Killing received five Wednesday afternoon when the nominations were unveiled at the Film Society's Elinor Bunin Munroe Film Center. Last year's top Cinema Eye prize went to 5 Broken Cameras by Emad Burnat and Guy Davidi.
Women filmmakers dominated the Director category Wednesday, marking the first time that more females received nominations than men. Shane and Wilson received a nomination for After Tiller, while Castaing-Taylor and Paravel did as well for Leviathan, Polley for Stories We Tell and Tinatin Gurchiani for The Machine Which Makes Everything Disappear. Also in the category are Oppenheimer for The Act of Killing and Alan Berliner for First Cousin Once Removed.
Cinema Eye unveiled its inaugural award for Nonfiction Films Made for Television, with HBO Documentary Films receiving four of six nominations in the category. This year's list includes: Lucy Walkerâs The Crash Reel, Dawn Porterâs Gideonâs Army, Alex Gibneyâs Mea Maxima Culpa: Silence in the House of God and Sebastian Jungerâs Which Way to the Front Line From Here: The Life and Times of Tim Hetherington. PBS nabbed the other two nominations, one for Susan Lacyâs Inventing David Geffen (American Masters) and Christine Turnerâs Homegoings (POV). HBO Documentary Films' Sheila Nevins received four nominations, while Sara Bernstein received three. The new television award “recognizes the key producers from the network,” organizers noted.
Ten contenders were named for Cinema Eyeâs Audience Choice Prize, which includes many of the most talked about and beloved documentaries of the year, including Morgan Nevilleâs 20 Feet From Stardom, Gabriela Cowperthwaiteâs Blackfish, Greg âFreddyâ Camalierâs Muscle Shoals, Mona Eldaeif and Jehane Noujaimâs Rafea: Solar Mama, Dave Grohlâs Sound City and Jehane Noujaimâs The Square. The double nomination for Noujaim in the category was another first – a director with two films nominated in the same category in the same year.
Winners of the 7th Annual Cinema Eye Honors will be announced at a ceremony in early January 2014 in New York City. Details about this yearâs ceremony, including date, venue and key sponsors, will be announced shortly.
The Cinema Eye Honors were founded in 2007 to recognize excellence in artistry and craft in nonfiction filmmaking. It was the first and 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.
7th Annual Cinema Eye Nominations listed by Category:
Outstanding Achievement in Nonfiction Feature Filmmaking
The Act of Killing
Directed by: Joshua Oppenheimer
Produced by: Signe Byrge Sørensen
After Tiller
Directed by: Martha Shane and Lana Wilson
Produced by: Martha Shane and Lana Wilson
Cutie and the Boxer
Directed by: Zachary Heinzerling
Produced by: Lydia Dean Pilcher, Mark Steele
Leviathan
Directed by: Lucien Castaing-Taylor & VĂŠrĂŠna Paravel
Produced by: Lucien Castaing-Taylor & VĂŠrĂŠna Paravel
Stories We Tell
Directed by: Sarah Polley
Produced by: Anita Lee
Outstanding Achievement in Direction
The Act of Killing, Directed by Joshua Oppenheimer
After Tiller, Directed by Martha Shane and Lana Wilson
First Cousin Once Removed, Directed by Alan Berliner
Leviathan, Directed by Lucien Castaing-Taylor & VĂŠrĂŠna Paravel
The Machine Which Makes Everything Disappear, Directed by Tinatin Gurchiani
Stories We Tell, Directed by Sarah Polley
Outstanding Achievement in Editing
The Act of Killing, Edited by Janus Billeskov Jansen
First Cousin Once Removed, Edited by Alan Berliner
Let the Fire Burn, Edited by Nels Bangerter
Leviathan, Edited by Lucien Castaing-Taylor & VĂŠrĂŠna Paravel
Our Nixon, Edited by Francisco Bello
Outstanding Achievement in Production
The Act of Killing, Signe Byrge Sørensen
After Tiller, Martha Shane and Lana Wilson
Dirty Wars, Anthony Arnove, Brenda Coughlin and Jeremy Scahill
Expedition to the End of the World, Michael Haslund-Christensen
The Square, Karim Amer
Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography
12 OâClock Boys, Cinematography by Lotfy Nathan
Cutie and the Boxer, Cinematography by Zachary Heinzerling
Dirty Wars, Cinematography by Richard Rowley
Elena, Cinematography by Janice Dâavila, Will Etchebehere and Miguel Vassy
Expedition to the End of the World, Cinematography by Martin Munch
Leviathan, Cinematography by Lucien Castaing-Taylor & VĂŠrĂŠna Paravel
Outstanding Achievement in Nonfiction Films Made for Television
The Crash Reel
Directed by Lucy Walkerâ¨
Produced by Julian Cautherley and Lucy Walkerâ¨
For HBO Documentary Films: Executive Producer Sheila Nevins; Supervising Producer Sara Bernstein
Gideonâs Army
Directed by Dawn Porterâ¨
Produced by Dawn Porter and Julie Goldmanâ¨
For HBO Documentary Films: Executive Producer Sheila Nevins; Senior Producer Nancy Abraham
Homegoings
Directed by Christine Turnerâ¨
Produced by Christine Turnerâ¨
For PBS/POV: Executive Producer Simon Kilmurry
Inventing David Geffen
Directed by Susan Lacyâ¨
Produced by Susan Lacy and Jessica Levinâ¨
For PBS/American Masters: Executive Producer Susan Lacy
Mea Maxima Culpa: Silence in the House of God
Directed by Alex Gibneyâ¨
Produced by Alex Gibney, Alexandra Johnes, Jedd Wider, Todd Wider and Kristen Vaurio
â¨For HBO Documentary Films: Executive Producer Sheila Nevins; Supervising Producer Sara Bernstein
Which Way Is the Front Line From Here? The Life and Time of Tim Hetherington
Directed by Sebastian Junger
â¨Produced by Nick Quested and James Brabazonâ¨
For HBO Documentary Films: Executive Producer Sheila Nevins; Supervising Producer Sara Bernstein
Audience Choice Prize
20 Feet From Stardom, Directed by Morgan Neville
The Act of Killing, Directed by Joshua Oppenheimer
Blackfish, Directed by Gabriela Cowperthwaite
The Crash Reel, Directed by Lucy Walker
Cutie and the Boxer, Directed by Zachary Heinzerling
Muscle Shoals, Directed by Greg âFreddyâ Camalier
Rafea: Solar Mama, Directed by Mona Eldaief & Jehane Noujaim
Sound City, Directed by Dave Grohl
The Square, Directed by Jehane Noujaim
Stories We Tell, Directed by Sarah Polley
Outstanding Achievement in a Debut Feature Film
12 OâClock Boys, Directed by Lotfy Nathan
After Tiller, Directed by Martha Shane and Lana Wilson
Cutie and the Boxer, Directed by Zachary Heinzerling
Let the Fire Burn, Directed by Jason Osder
The Machine Which Makes Everything Disappear, Directed by Tinatin Gurchiani
Sofiaâs Last Ambulance, Directed by Ilian Metev
Outstanding Achievement in Original Music Score
A Band Called Death, Score by Sam Retzer & Tim Boland
Blackfish, Score by Jeff Beal
Cutie and the Boxer, Score by Yasuaki Shimizu
Expedition to the End of the World, Score by Mads Heldtberg
Narco Cultura, Score by Jeremy Turner
Teenage, Score by Bradford Cox
Outstanding Achievement in Graphic Design or Animation
Cutie and the Boxer, Graphics by Art Jail
Far Out Isnât Far Enough, Graphics by Rick Cikowski & Brandon Dumlao
The Fruit Hunters, Graphics by Brandon Blommaert & Fred Casia
Inequality for All, Graphics by Brian Oakes
Maidentrip, Graphics by Margot Tsakiri-Scanatovits & Daniel Chester
We Steal Secrets: The Story of WikiLeaks, Graphics by Maryanne Butler & Marc Smith
Spotlight Award
Bending Steel, Directed by Dave Carroll
Fuck for Forest, Directed by Michal Marczak
Harry Dean Stanton: Partly Fiction, Directed by Sophie Huber
The Last Station, Directed by Cristian Soto and Catalina Vergara
The Search for Emak Bakia, Directed by Oskar Algeria
Valentine Road, Directed by Marta Cunningham
Outstanding Achievement in Nonfiction Short Filmmaking
Da Vinci, Director: Yuri Ancarani
Death of a Prisoner. Director: Laura Poitras
Outlawed in Pakistan, Director: Habiba Nosheen, Hilke Schellmann
Reindeer, Director: Eva Weber
SLOMO, Director: Josh Izenberg
A Story for the Modlins, Director: Sergio Oksman