The 18th Cinema Eye Honors, destined to recognize outstanding artistry and craft in nonfiction filmmaking of 2024, will take place at the New York Academy of Medicine in East Harlem, New York on January 9, 2025.[1]
The broadcast categories as well as the Short Films shortlist, the Audience Choice Prize longlist and the recipients for The Unforgettables, were announced on October 24, 2024.[2] Two programs led the broadcast nominations: Apple TV+ film Girls State, which follows a group of teenage girls during a leadership program named Girl State, and HBO series Ren Faire, which explores a succession crisis at the Texas Renaissance Festival. Both received three nominations.[3]
Later, on November 14, 2024, the film categories were announced.[4] Sugarcane, which investigates the Canadian Indian residential school system, led the nominations with six. Following it, were two films with five nominations each: No Other Land, which shows the destruction of a Palestinian community in the occupied West Bank, which had been resisting forced displacement following the declaration of an Israeli "firing zone" on their land; and Eno, which explores the career of English musician Brian Eno.[5]
Winners and nominees
The winners are listed first and in bold.
Feature film
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- No Other Land – Yuval Abraham, Basel Adra, Hamdan Ballal, Rachel Szor, Fabien Greenberg, Bård Kjøge Rønning, Julius Pollux Rothlaender and Bård Harazi Farbuer
- Black Box Diaries – Shiori Itō, Eric Nyari, Hanna Aqvilin, Ema Ryan Yamazaki, Yuta Okamura, Yuichiro Otsuka, Mark Degli Antoni and Andrew Tracy
- Dahomey – Mati Diop, Eve Robin, Judith Lou Levy, Gabriel Gonzalez, Joséphine Drouin Viallard and Nicolas Becker
- Daughters – Natalie Rae, Angela Patton, Lisa Mazzotta, Justin Benoliel, James Cunningham, Mindy Goldberg, Sam Bisbee, Kathryn Everett, Laura Choi Raycroft, Adrian Aurelius, Philip Nicolai Flindt, Michael Cambio Fernandez and Kelsey Lu
- Look Into My Eyes – Lana Wilson, Kyle Martin, Hannah Buck and Stephen Maing
- Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat – Johan Grimonprez, Daan Milius, Rémi Grellety, Jonathan Wannyn, Rik Chaubet, Ranko Pauković and Alek Bunic Goosse
- Sugarcane – Julian Brave NoiseCat, Emily Kassie, Kellen Quinn, Christopher LaMarca, Nathan Punwar, Maya Daisy Hawke, Mali Obomsawin, Martin Czembor, Andrea Bella, Michael Feuser and Ed Archie Noisecat
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Outstanding Debut
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| Outstanding Production
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Outstanding Editing
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| Outstanding Cinematography
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Outstanding Original Score
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| Outstanding Sound Design
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Outstanding Visual Design
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| Outstanding Non-Fiction Short
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Shortlist
- Incident– Directed by Bill Morrison (New Yorker)
- Contractions – Directed by Lynne Sachs (NY Times Op-Docs)
- Eternal Father – Directed by Ömer Sami (New Yorker)
- I Am Ready, Warden – Directed by Smriti Mundhra (MTV Documentary Films)
- Instruments of a Beating Heart – Directed by Ema Ryan Yamazaki (NY Times Op-Docs)
- Love in the Time of Migration – Directed by Erin Semine Kökdil and Chelsea Abbas (LA Times)
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| Spotlight Award
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Heterodox Award
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- Black Snow – Directed by Alina Simone
- Homegrown – Directed by Michael Premo
- A New Kind of Wilderness – Directed by Silje Evensmo Jacobsen
- A Photographic Memory – Directed by Rachel Elizabeth Seed
- Two Strangers Trying Not to Kill Each Other – Directed by Jacob Perlmutter and Manon Ouimet
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The Unforgettables
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Broadcast and Shorts
| Outstanding Broadcast Film
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Outstanding Nonfiction Series
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| Outstanding Anthology Series
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- How To with John Wilson – John Wilson, Nathan Fielder, Michael Koman and Clark Reinking, executive producers (HBO)
- Conan O'Brien Must Go – Conan O'Brien and Jeff Ross, executive producers (HBO)
- De La Calle – Nick Barili, Jared Andrukanis, Picky Talarico, Lydia Tenaglia, Christopher Collins, Amanda Culkowski, Bruce Gillmer and Craig H. Shepherd, executive producers (Paramount+)
- God Save Texas – Lawrence Wright, Alex Gibney, Richard Linklater, Peter Berg, Michael Lombardo, Elizabeth Rogers, Stacey Offman, Richard Perello, Nancy Abraham and Lisa Heller, executive producers (HBO)
- High on the Hog – Roger Ross Williams, Geoff Martz, Craig Piligian, Sarba Das, Fabienne Toback, Karis Jagger, Jessica B. Harris, Stephen Satterfield and Michele Barnwell, executive producers (Netflix)
- Photographer – Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi, Jimmy Chin, Pagan Harleman, Betsy Forhan, Anna Barnes and Chris Kugelman, executive producers (National Geographic)
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| Outstanding Broadcast Editing
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Outstanding Broadcast Cinematography
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- Ren Faire – Nate Hurtsellers (HBO)
- America's Sweethearts: Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders – Jonathan Nicholas (Netflix)
- The Enfield Poltergeist – Ruben Woodin Deschamps, Carmen Pellon Brussosa and David Katznelson (Apple TV+)
- Girls State – Martina Radwan, Daniel Carter, Laela Kilbourn, Erynn Patrick Lamont, Laura Hudock, Thorsten Thielow (Apple TV+)
- Photographer – Michael Crommett, Rita Baghdadi, Peter Hutchens, Melissa Langer and Pauline Maroun (National Geographic)
- You Were My First Boyfriend – Brennan Vance and J. Bennett (HBO)
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Legacy Award
References
- ^ Dunn, Jack (November 14, 2024). "Cinema Eye Honors Unveils Feature Film Nominees for 18th Annual Awards". Variety. Retrieved November 15, 2024.
- ^ Jones, Marcus (October 24, 2024). "Cinema Eye Honors Rolls Out First Batch of 2025 Documentary Nominees and Contenders". IndieWire. Retrieved November 15, 2024.
- ^ Hipes, Patrick (October 24, 2024). "Cinema Eye Honors: 'Girls State', 'Ren Faire' Lead Broadcast Nominees; Audience Choice Award Longlist Revealed". Deadline. Retrieved November 15, 2024.
- ^ Feinberg, Scott (November 14, 2024). "Cinema Eye Honors 2025 Noms: 'Sugarcane' Leads All Docs With Six Nominations". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved November 15, 2024.
- ^ Pedersen, Erik (November 14, 2024). "Cinema Eye Honors Film Nominations: 'Sugarcane' Leads With Six; Four Docs Tied With Five Apiece". Deadline. Retrieved November 15, 2024.
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