The Cinema Eye Honors have announced the nominees for their 9th annual nonfiction film awards, the winners of which will be named on January 9, 2016. Here they are:
Outstanding Achievement in Nonfiction Feature Filmmaking
Amy
Directed by Asif Kapadia
Produced by James Gay-Rees
Cartel Land
Directed by Matthew Heineman
Produced by Tom Yellin
Democrats
Directed by Camilla Nielsson
Produced by Henrik Veileborg
Listen to Me Marlon
Directed by Stevan Riley
Produced by John Battsek, George Chignell and R.J. Cutler
The Look of Silence
Directed by Joshua Oppenheimer
Produced by Signe Byrge Sørensen
The Wolfpack
Directed by Crystal Moselle
Produced by Crystal Moselle and Izabella Tzenkova
Outstanding Achievement in Direction
Matthew Heineman
Cartel Land
Kim Longinotto
Dreamcatcher
Laurie Anderson
Heart of a Dog
Frederick Wiseman
In Jackson Heights
Albert Maysles, Lynn True, Nelson Walker, David Usui and Ben Wu
In Transit
Joshua Oppenheimer
The Look of Silence
Outstanding Achievement in Editing
Chris King
Amy
Aaron Wickenden and Eileen Meyer
Best of Enemies
James Scott
How to Change the World
Brett Morgen and Joe Neshenkovsky
Kurt Cobain: Montage of Heck
Stevan Riley
Listen to Me Marlon
Outstanding Achievement in Production
Tom Yellin
Cartel Land
Henrik Veileborg
Democrats
Alex Gibney, Lawrence Wright and Kristen Vaurio
Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief
Signe Byrge Sørensen
The Look of Silence
Jimmy Chin, Chai Vasarhelyi and Shannon Etheridge
Meru
Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography
Matthew Heineman and Matt Porwoll
Cartel Land
Lars Skree
The Look of Silence
Renan Ozturk
Meru
Ewan McNicol
Uncertain
Bill Ross and Turner Ross
Western
Outstanding Achievement in Nonfiction Films Made for Television
Deep Web
Directed by Alex Winter
Produced by Marc Schiller, Alex Winter and Glen Zipper
For EPIX: Executive Producers Jill Burkhart and Ross Bernard
Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief
Directed by Alex Gibney
Produced by Alex Gibney, Kristen Vaurio and Lawrence Wright
For HBO Documentary Films: Supervising Producer Sara Bernstein and Executive Producer Sheila Nevins
Outbreak
Directed by Dan Edge
Produced by Dan Edge and Sasha Joelle Achilli
For Frontline/PBS: Coordinating Producer Carla Borras and Executive Producers Raney Aronson-Rath and David Fanning
Private Violence
Directed and Produced by Cynthia Hill
For HBO Documentary Films: Senior Producer Nancy Abraham and Executive Producer Sheila Nevins
Whitey: The United States of America vs. James J. Bulger
Directed by Joe Berlinger
Produced by Joe Berlinger and Caroline Suh
For CNN Films: Supervising Producer Courtney Sexton and Executive Producers Vinnie Malhotra and Amy Entelis
Audience Choice Prize
Amy
Directed by Asif Kapadia
Best of Enemies
Directed by Morgan Neville and Robert Gordon
Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief
Directed by Alex Gibney
The Hunting Ground
Directed by Kirby Dick
Iris
Directed by Albert Maysles
Kurt Cobain: Montage of Heck
Directed by Brett Morgen
Meru
Directed by Jimmy Chin and Chai Vasarhelyi
What Happened, Miss Simone?
Directed by Liz Garbus
Where to Invade Next
Directed by Michael Moore
The Wolfpack
Directed by Crystal Moselle
Outstanding Achievement in a Debut Feature Film
Kings of Nowhere
Directed by Betzabé Garcia
Peace Officer
Directed by Brad Barber and Scott Christopherson
Pervert Park
Directed by Frida Barkfors and Lasse Barkfors
The Russian Woodpecker
Directed by Chad Gracia
Uncertain
Directed by Ewan McNicol and Anna Sandilands
The Wolfpack
Directed by Crystal Moselle
Outstanding Achievement in Original Music Score
Jackson Greenberg and Scott Salinas
Cartel Land
Laurie Anderson
Heart of a Dog
J. Ralph
Meru
Jonathan Snipes
The Nightmare
Casey McAllister
Western
Outstanding Achievement in Graphic Design or Animation
Nominees TBD
Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead: The Story of the National Lampoon
Laurie Anderson
Heart of a Dog
Stefan Nadelman and Hisko Hulsin
Kurt Cobain: Montage of Heck
Syd Garon
The Nightmare
Ryan Green and Josh Larson
Thank You for Playing
Spotlight Award
The Spotlight Award intends to honor films that have not yet received proper attention and highlights filmmakers who are early in their career and from whom we’d like to see much more.
Almost There
Directed by Dan Rybicky and Aaron Wickenden
Barge
Directed by Ben Powell
Field Niggas
Directed by Khalik Allah
Frame by Frame
Directed by Alexandria Bombach and Mo Scarpelli
(T)error
Directed by Lyric R. Cabral and David Felix Sutcliffe
Toto and His Sisters
Directed by Alexandre Nanău
Outstanding Achievement in Nonfiction Short Filmmaking
The Breath
Directed by Fabian Kaiser
Buffalo Juggalos
Directed by Scott Cummings
Claude Lanzmann: Spectres of the Shoah
Directed by Adam Benzine
The Face of Ukraine: Casting Oksana Baiul
Directed by Kitty Green
Hotel 22
Directed by Elizabeth Lo
The Unforgettables
The year’s most notable and significant nonfiction film subjects (previously announced)
Peter Anton
Almost There
Amy Winehouse
Amy
Lizzie Velásquez
A Brave Heart: The Lizzie Velasquez Story
Jose Manuel Mireles
Cartel Land
Paul Mangwana
Democrats
Brenda Myers-Powell
Dreamcatcher
Shannon Whisnant
Finders Keepers
Iris Apfel
Iris
Adi Rukun
The Look of Silence
William “Dub” Lawrence
Peace Officer
Fedor Alexandrovich
The Russian Woodpecker
Seymour Bernstein
Seymour: An Introduction
Yula
Something Better to Come
Saeed “Shariff” Torres
(T)error
The Angulo Brothers
The Wolfpack
The Influentials
The 25 classic nonfiction films that most influenced this year’s eligible filmmakers as they were making their films (previously announced).
American Movie / Chris Smith (1999)
Bowling for Columbine / Michael Moore (2002)
Burden of Dreams / Les Blank (1982)
Crumb / Terry Zwigoff (1994)
Don’t Look Back / D A Pennebaker (1967)
F for Fake / Orson Welles (1973)
Fog of War / Errol Morris (2003)
Gates of Heaven / Errol Morris (1978)
Gimme Shelter / Albert Maysles, David Maysles and Charlotte Zwerin (1970)
The Gleaners and I / Agnès Varda (2000)
Grey Gardens / Albert Maysles, David Maysles, Ellen Hovde and Muffie Meyer (1975)
Grizzly Man / Werner Herzog (2005)
Harlan County, USA / Barbara Kopple (1976)
Hearts and Minds / Perer Davis (1974)
Hoop Dreams / Steve James (1994)
Paris is Burning / Jennie Livingston (1991)
Salesman / Albert Maysles, David Maysles and Charlotte Zwerin (1968)
Sherman’s March / Ross McElwee (1985)
Six O’Clock News / Ross McElwee (1996)
Stevie / Steve James (2002)
The Thin Blue Line / Errol Morris (1988)
Titicut Follies / Frederick Wiseman (1967)
Tongues Untied / Marlon Riggs (1989)
Welfare / Frederick Wiseman (1975)
When We Were Kings / Leon Gast (1996)
