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2012 CINEMA EYE HONORS NOMINEES ANNOUNCED
In a ceremony last night at the Sheffield Doc/Fest in London the nominees were announced for the 5th annual Cinema Eye Honors. Complete list of nominees are below.
Recognizing the best in nonfiction work, this year marks the first time six films will be vying for the top prize.
33 films from 12 countries are among this year’s nominees, including four nominations for seven films (The Arbor, Dragonslayer, Hell and Back Again, The Interrupters, Nostalgia for the Light, Position Among the Stars and Senna) and four individual nominations for The Interrupters‘ director Steve James.
Winners will be announced on January 11, 2012 as Cinema Eye returns for a second year to New York City’s Museum of the Moving Image in Astoria, Queens.
Learn more at cinemaeyehonors.com.
2012 Cinema Eye Honors Nominees
Outstanding Achievement in Nonfiction Feature Filmmaking
The Arbor
Directed by Clio Barnard
Produced by Tracy O’Riordan
The Interrupters
Directed by Steve James
Produced by Alex Kotlowitz and Steve James
Nostalgia for the Light
Directed by Patricio Guzmán
Produced by Renate Sachse
Position Among the Stars
Directed by Leonard Retel Helmrich
Produced by Hetty Naaijkens-Retel Helmrich
Project Nim
Directed by James Marsh
Produced by Simon Chinn
Senna
Directed by Asif Kapadia
Produced by James Gay-Rees, Tim Bevan and Eric Fellner
Outstanding Achievement in Direction
Clio Barnard
The Arbor
Danfung Dennis
Hell and Back Again
Steve James
The Interrupters
Patricio Guzmán
Nostalgia for the Light
Leonard Retel Helmrich
Position Among the Stars
Outstanding Achievement in Production
Erik Nelson and Adrienne Ciuffo
Cave of Forgotten Dreams
Mike Lerner
Hell and Back Again
Steve James and Alex Kotlowitz
The Interrupters
Renate Sachse
Nostalgia for the Light
Gian-Piero Ringel and Wim Wenders
Pina
Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography
Alma Har’el
Bombay Beach
Eric Koretz
Dragonslayer
Danfung Dennis
Hell and Back Again
Katell Dijan
Nostalgia for the Light
Leonard Retel Helmrich and Ismail Fahmi Lubish
Position Among the Stars
Outstanding Achievement in Editing
Hanna Lejonqvist SFK & Göran Hugo Olsson
The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975
Jennifer Tiexiera and Lizzy Calhoun
Dragonslayer
Joe Walker
Life in a Day
Jasper Naaijkens
Position Among the Stars
Gregers Sall and Chris King
Senna
Audience Choice Prize
Bill Cunningham New York
Directed by Richard Press
The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975
Directed by Göran Hugo Olsson
Buck
Directed by Cindy Meehl
Cave of Forgotten Dreams
Directed by Werner Herzog
Give Up Tomorrow
Directed by Michael Collins
The Interrupters
Directed by Steve James
Justin Bieber: Never Say Never
Directed by Jon M. Chu
Project Nim
Directed by James Marsh
Senna
Directed by Asif Kapadia
Tabloid
Directed by Errol Morris
Outstanding Achievement in a Debut Feature Film
Clio Barnard
The Arbor
Michal Marczak
At the Edge of Russia
Alma Har’el
Bombay Beach
Tristan Patterson
Dragonslayer
Danfung Dennis
Hell and Back Again
Outstanding Achievement in an Original Music Score
Harry Escott and Molly Nyman
The Arbor
Ernst Reijseger
Cave of Forgotten Dreams
T. Griffin
Dragonslayer
Antonio Pinto
Senna
John Kusiak
Tabloid
Outstanding Achievement in Graphic Design and Animation
Justin Barber and Ryland Jones
Women Art Revolution
Mike Nicholson and Allison Moore
Better This World
Brent Green
Gravity Was Everywhere Back Then
Kinda Akash
Project Nim
Raynor Pettge
Shut Up Little Man! An Audio Misadventure
Rob Feng and Jeremy Landman
Tabloid
Spotlight Award
Family Instinct
Directed by Andris Gauja
Last Days Here
Directed by Don Argott and Demien Fenton
The Pruitt-Igoe Myth
Directed by Chad Friedrichs
Scenes of a Crime
Directed by Blue Hadaegh and Grover Babcock
The Tiniest Place
Directed by Tatiana Huezo Sánchez
Outstanding Achievement in Nonfiction Short Filmmaking
Il Capo
Directed by Yuri Ancarani
Diary
Directed by Tim Hetherington
Minka
Directed by Davina Pardo
Out of Reach
Directed by Jakub Stozek
This Chair Is Not Me
Directed by Andy Taylor Smith
