Oscars Watch: 13th Annual Cinema Eye Award Nominees

Outstanding Achievement in Nonfiction Feature Filmmaking

• Winners will be announced at the 2020 Awards Ceremony, to be held on Monday, January 6, 2020 at the Museum of the Moving Image in Astoria, Queens.
• “American Factory” and “Apollo 11” share the most nominations with 5 each.

Outstanding Achievement in Direction

• “American Factory” — Steven Bognar and Julia Reichert
• “The Cave” — Feras Fayyad
• “Cold Case Hammarskjöld” — Mads Brügger
• “Honeyland” — Ljubomir Stefanov and Tamara Kotevska
• “The Hottest August” — Brett Story
• “One Child Nation” — Nanfu Wang and Jialing Zhang

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Outstanding Achievement in Production

• “Aquarela” — Aimara Reques, Sigrid Dyekjær and Heino Deckert
• “Apollo 11” — Todd Douglas Miller, Thomas Petersen and Evan Krauss
• “The Cave” — Kirstine Barfod and Sigrid Dyekjær
• “For Sama” — Waad Al-Kateab
• “Midnight Family” — Luke Lorentzen and Kellen Quinn
• “Midnight Traveler” — Emelie Mahdavian and Su Kim

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Outstanding Achievement in Editing

• “17 Blocks” — Jennifer Tiexiera
• “American Factory” — Lindsay Utz
• “Apollo 11” — Todd Douglas Miller
• “Letter To The Editor” — Alan Berliner
• “Mike Wallace Is Here” — Billy McMillin

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Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography

• “Aquarela” — Victor Kossokovsky
• “Anthropocene: The Human Epoch” — Nicholas De Pencier
• “Honeyland” — Fejmi Daut and Samir Ljuma
• “Midnight Family” — Luke Lorentzen
• “What You Gonna Do When The World’s On Fire?” — Diego Romero

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Outstanding Achievement in Original Music Score

• “American Factory” — Chad Cannon
• “Anthropocene: The Human Epoch” — Rose Bolton and Norah Lorway
• “Apollo 11” — Matt Morton
• “Aquarela” — Eicca Toppinen
• “Black Mother” — 4th Disciple
• “Symphony Of The Ursus Factory” — Dominik Strycharski

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Outstanding Achievement in Graphic Design or Animation

• “The Great Hack” — Ash Thorp, Matthew Hornick and Patrick Cederberg
• “The Inventor: Out For Blood In Silicon Valley” — Hazel Baird
• “Moonlight Sonata: Deafness In Three Movements” — Brian Kinkley and Ben Luce
• “Our Time Machine” — Ryan Wehner

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Outstanding Achievement in a Debut Feature Film

• “The Disappearance Of My Mother” — Directed by Beniamino Barrese
• “Jawline” — Directed by Liza Mandelup
• “Scheme Birds” — Directed by Ellen Fiske and Ellinor Hallin
• “Searching Eva” — Directed by Pia Hellenthal
• “Swarm Season” — Directed by Sarah Christman
• “Symphony Of The Ursus Factory” — Directed by Jasmina Wójcik

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Outstanding Achievement in Nonfiction Short Filmmaking

• “Crannog” — Directed by Isa Roa
• “Fast Horse” — Directed by Alex Lazarowich
• “Ghosts of Sugar Land” — Directed by Bassam Tariq
• “Lowland Kids” — Directed by Sandra Winther
• “Stay Close” — Directed by Luther Clement and Shuhan Fan
• “Subject To Review” — Directed by Theo Anthony

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Spotlight Award

• “Always In Season” — Directed by Jacqueline Olive
• “Bellingcat: Truth In A Post-Truth World” — Directed by Hans Pool
• “Dark Suns” — Directed by Julien Elie
• “Present.Perfect” — Directed by Shengze Zhu
• “The Raft” — Directed by Marcus Lindeen

The following categories were previously announced on October 25:

Audience Choice Prize

• “17 Blocks” — Directed by Davy Rothbart
• “The Amazing Johnathan Documentary” — Directed by Ben Berman
• “American Factory” — Directed by Steven Bognar and Julia Reichert
• “Apollo 11” — Directed by Todd Douglas Miller
• “Ask Dr. Ruth” — Directed by Ryan White
• “The Biggest LIttle Farm” — Directed by John Chester
• “The Cave” — Directed by Feras Fayyad
• “For Sama” — Directed by Waad Al-Kateab and Edward Watts
• “Knock Down The House” — Directed by Rachel Lears
• “Maiden” — Directed by Alex Holmes

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2020 Shorts List Films

• “All on a Mardi Gras Day” — Directed by Michal Pietrzyk
• “In the Absence” — Directed by Seung Jun-Yi
• “Life Overtakes Me” — Directed by John Haptas and Kristine Samuelson
• “St. Louis Superman” — Directed by Smriti Mundhra and Sami Khan

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Outstanding Achievement in a Nonfiction Film for Broadcast

• “Apollo: Missions to the Moon” — Directed by Tom Jennings | National Geographic
• “At the Heart of Gold: Inside the USA Gymnastics Scandal” — Directed by Erin Lee Carr | HBO
• “Breslin and Hamill: Deadline Artists” — Directed by John Block, Jonathan Alter and Steve McCarthy | HBO
• “Homecoming” — Directed by Beyoncé Knowles-Carter | Netflix
• “Leaving Neverland” — Directed by Dan Reed | HBO
• “The Sentence” — Directed by Rudy Valdez | HBO

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Outstanding Achievement in a Nonfiction Series for Broadcast

• “The Case Against Adnan Syed” — Directed by Amy Berg | HBO
• “The Family” — Directed by Jesse Moss | Netflix
• “Jonestown: Terror in the Jungle” — Directed by Shan Nicholson and Richard Lopez | SundanceTV
• “Last Chance U: Season 4” — Directed by Greg Whiteley | Netflix
• “Salt Fat Acid Heat” — Directed by Caroline Suh | Netflix
• “Tricky Dick” — Directed by Mary Robertson | CNN

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Outstanding Achievement in Nonfiction Broadcast Editing

• “Apollo: Mission to the Moon” — David Tillman | National Geographic
• “Homecoming” — Alexander Hammer, Andrew Morrow, Nia Imani and Julian Klincewicz | Netflix
• “Leaving Neverland” — Jules Cornell | HBO
• “Tricky Dick” — Benji Kast, David Mehlman, Diana DiCilio and Seth Skundrick | CNN

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Outstanding Achievement in Nonfiction Broadcast Cinematography

• “Homecoming” — Mark Ritchie, Julian Klincewicz, Dikayl Rimmasch and Irie Calkins | Netflix
• “Into the Okavango” — Neil Gelinas | National Geographic
• “Salt Fat Acid Heat” — Luke McCoubrey | Netflix
• “Tigerland” — Matt Porwoll and Ross Kauffman| Discovery

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Heterodox Award

• “Atlantics” — Directed by Mati Diop
• “Honey Boy” — Directed by Alma Har’el
• “The Infiltrators” — Directed by Alex Rivera and Cristina Ibarra
• “The Souvenir” — Directed by Joanna Hogg
• “Vitalina Varela” — Directed by Pedro Costa

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Unforgettables
(Non-Competitive Honor)

• “Advocate” — Lea Tsemel
• “The Amazing Johnathan Documentary” — The Amazing Johnathan
• “Ask Dr. Ruth” — Dr. Ruth Westheimer
• “The Cave” — Dr. Amani Ballour
• “The Disappearance Of My Mother” — Benedetta Barzini
• “For Sama” — Waad and Hamza al-Kataeb
• “Hail Satan?” — Lucien Greaves
• “Honeyland” — Hatidze Muratova
• “Knock Down The House” — Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
• “Maiden” — Tracy Edwards
• “Midnight Family” — Juan Ochoa
• “Midnight Traveler” — Fatima Hussaini and Hassan Fazili
• “Seahorse” — Freddy
• “What You Gonna Do When The World’s On Fire?” — Judy Hill
• “XY Chelsea” — Chelsea Manning

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Legacy Award

“Koyaanisqatsi”
Directed and Produced by Godfrey Reggio
Cinematography Ron Fricke
Editing Ron Fricke and Alton Walpole
Original Score Philip Glass

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