Outstanding Nonfiction Feature Filmmaking
“20 Days In Mariupol”
Directed and Produced by Mstyslav Chernov
Produced by Michelle Mizner, Raney Aronson Rath and Derl McCrudden
PBS Distribution
“32 Sounds”
Directed by Sam Green
Produced by Josh Penn and Thomas O. Kriegsmann
Abramorama
“The Eternal Memory”
Directed and Produced by Maite Alberdi
Produced by Juan De Dios Larraín, Pablo Larraín, Rocío Jadue
MTV Documentary Films
“Four Daughters”
Directed by Kaouther Ben Hania
Produced by Nadim Cheikhrouha
Kino Lorber
“Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project”
Directed and Produced by Joe Brewster and Michèle Stephenson
Produced by Tommy Oliver
HBO Documentary Films
“Kokomo City”
Directed and Produced by D. Smith
Produced by Harris Doran and Bill Butler
Magnolia Pictures
“Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie”
Directed and Produced by Davis Guggenheim
Produced by Annetta Marion, Jonathan King and Will Cohen
Apple Original Films
Outstanding Direction
Maite Alberdi
“The Eternal Memory”
MTV Documentary Films
Sam Green
“32 Sounds”
Abramorama
Kaouther Ben Hania
“Four Daughters”
Kino Lorber
Claire Simon
“Our Body”
Cinema Guild
D. Smith
“Kokomo City”
Magnolia Pictures
Wim Wenders
“Anselm”
Sideshow / Janus Films
Outstanding Editing
“20 Days In Mariupol”
Michelle Mizner
PBS Distribution
“32 Sounds”
Nels Bangerter
Sam Green
Abramorama
“The Eternal Memory”
Carolina Siraqyan
MTV Documentary Films
“Fantastic Machine”
Mikel Cee Karlsson
Maximilien Van Aertryck
Axel Danielson
Strand Releasing
“Rewind & Play”
Alain Gomis
Grasshopper Film
“Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie”
Michael Harte
Apple Original Films
Outstanding Production
“20 Days In Mariupol”
Mstyslav Chernov
Michelle Mizner
Raney Aronson Rath
Derl McCrudden
PBS Distribution
“American Symphony”
Lauren Domino
Matthew Heineman
Joedan Okun
Netflix
“Between the Rains”
Samuel Ekomol
Andrew H. Brown
Moses Thuranira
Journeyman Pictures
“Beyond Utopia”
Jana Edelbaum
Rachel Cohen
Sue Mi Terry
Roadside Attractions
“Bobi Wine: The People’s President”
Christopher Sharp
John Battsek
National Geographic Documentary Films
“Songs of Earth”
Margreth Olin
Norsk Film
Outstanding Cinematography
“Anselm”
Franz Lustig
Sideshow / Janus Films
“De Humani Corporis Fabrica”
Verena Paravel
Lucien Castaing-Taylor
Grasshopper Film
“King Coal”
Curren Sheldon
Drexler Films
“Kokomo City”
D. Smith
Magnolia Pictures
“Smoke Sauna Sisterhood”
Ants Tammik
Greenwich Entertainment
“Songs of Earth”
Lars Erlend Tubaas Øymo
Norsk Film
Outstanding Score
“32 Sounds”
JD Samson
Abramorama
“American Symphony”
Jon Batiste
Netflix
“Anselm”
Leonard Küßner
Sideshow / Janus Films
“Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project”
Samora Pinderhughes
Chris Pattishall
HBO Documentary Films
“The Pigeon Tunnel”
Philip Glass
Paul Leonard-Morgan
Apple Original Films
“Songs of Earth”
Rebekka Karijord
Norsk Film
Outstanding Sound Design
“32 Sounds”
Mark Mangini
Abramorama
“The Deepest Breath”
Adam Prescod
Greg Gettens
Will Chapman
Netflix
“De Humani Corporis Fabrica”
Nicolas Becker
Grasshopper Film
“Kokomo City”
Roni Pillischer
Ric Schnupp
Kristin Catuogno
Magnolia Pictures
“Smoke Sauna Sisterhood”
Huldar Freyr Arnarson
Edvard Egilsson
Greenwich Entertainment
“The Tuba Thieves”
Arturo “Frosty” Salazar
María Alejandra Rojas
Alison O’Daniel
PBS Distribution
Outstanding Visual Design
“The Arc of Oblivion”
Melissa McClung
Sandbox Films
“Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project”
Thomas Curtis
Sean Pierce
HBO Documentary Films
“The Mission”
Jason Carpenter
Holly Stone
National Geographic Documentary Films
“Nam June Paik: Moon is the Oldest TV”
Hyung Cho
Helen Niu
Greenwich Entertainment
“They Shot the Piano Player”
Juan Carlos Concha Riveros
Carlos León Sancha
Marcello Quintanilha
Sony Pictures Classics
Unforgettables
“American Symphony”
Jon Batiste and Suleika Jaouad
Netflix
“Apolonia, Apolonia”
Apolonia Sokol
Camera Film
“Bobi Wine: The People’s President”
Bobi Wine
National Geographic Documentary Films
“Confessions of a Good Samaritan”
Penny Lane
Sandbox Films
“The Disappearance of Shere Hite”
Shere Hite
IFC Films
“The Eternal Memory”
Augusto Góngora & Paulina Urrutia
MTV Documentary Films
“Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project”
Nikki Giovanni
HBO Documentary Films
“Invisible Beauty”
Bethann Hardison
Magnolia Pictures
“Joan Baez I Am a Noise”
Joan Baez
Magnolia Pictures
“Kokomo City”
Daniella Carter, Koko Da Doll, Liyah Mitchell and Dominique Silver
Magnolia Pictures
“The Pigeon Tunnel”
David Cornwell aka John le Carré
Apple Original Films
“Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie”
Michael J. Fox
Apple Original Films
“A Still Small Voice”
Margaret “Mati” Engel
Abramorama
“Twice Colonized”
Aaju Peter
Film Movement
“While We Watched”
Ravish Kumar
Britdoc Films
Audience Choice Prize Nominees
“20 Days In Mariupol”
Directed by Mstyslav Chernov
PBS Distribution
“American Symphony”
Directed by Matthew Heineman
Netflix
“Beyond Utopia”
Directed by Madeleine Gavin
Roadside Attractions
“Bobi Wine: The People’s President”
Directed by Moses Bwayo and Christopher Sharp
National Geographic Documentary Films
“Confessions of a Good Samaritan”
Directed by Penny Lane
Sandbox Films
“The Deepest Breath”
Directed by Laura McGann
Netflix
“The Eternal Memory”
Directed by Maite Alberdi
MTV Documentary Films
“Invisible Beauty”
Directed by Bethann Hardison and Frédéric Tcheng
Magnolia Pictures
“Joan Baez I Am a Noise”
Directed by Karen O’Connor, Miri Navasky and Maeve O’Boyle
Magnolia Pictures
“Smoke Sauna Sisterhood”
Directed by Anna Hints
Greenwich Entertainment
Outstanding Debut
“20 Days In Mariupol”
Directed by Mstyslav Chernov
PBS Distribution
“Bobi Wine: The People’s President”
Directed by Moses Bwayo and Christopher Sharp
National Geographic Documentary Films
“Kokomo City”
Directed by D. Smith
Magnolia Pictures
“Orlando, My Political Biography”
Directed by Paul B. Preciado
Sideshow / Janus Films
“Smoke Sauna Sisterhood”
Directed by Anna Hints
Greenwich Entertainment
“The Tuba Thieves”
Directed by Alison O’Daniel
PBS Distribution
Spotlight
“Against The Tide”
Directed by Sarvnik Kaur
Snooker Films
“Anhell69”
Directed by Theo Montoya
Dublin Films
“Bad Press”
Directed by Rebecca Landsberry-Baker (Muscogee Creek) and Joe Peeler
Context Moves
“Cette Maison (This House)”
Directed by Miryam Charles
L’Embuscade Films
“Midwives”
Directed by Snow Hnin Ei Hlaing
PBS Distribution
“Q”
Directed by Jude Chehab
Chehab Films
Outstanding Short Film
“Away”
Directed by Ruslan Fedotow
The New York Times
“Between Earth & Sky”
Directed by Andrew Nadkami
PBS Distribution
“Black Girls Play: The Story of Hand Games”
Directed by Joe Brewster and Michèle Stephenson
Espn Films
“Neighbour Abdi”
Directed by Douwe Dijkstra
Square Eyes
“Oasis”
Directed by Justine Martin
Travelling Distribution
“Will You Look at Me”
Directed by Shuli Huang
Lights On
Heterodox
“The Buriti Flower”
Directed by João Salaviza and Renée Nader Messora
Films Boutique
“The Echo”
Directed by Tatiana Huezo
The Match Factory
“Four Daughters”
Directed by Kaouther Ben Hania
Kino Lorber
“Past Lives”
Directed by Celine Song
A24
“Reality”
Directed by Tina Satter
HBO | Max
“The Unknown Country”
Directed by Morrisa Maltz
Music Box Films
Outstanding Broadcast Film
“Being Mary Tyler Moore”
Directed by James Adolphus
HBO | Max
“Judy Blume Forever”
Directed by Davina Pardo and Leah Wolchok
Prime Video
“Lowndes County and the Road to Black Power”
Directed by Sam Pollard and Geeta Gandbhir
Greenwich Entertainment
“Nothing Lasts Forever”
Directed by Jason Kohn
Showtime
“Pretty Baby: Brooke Shields”
Directed by Lana Wilson
Hulu
“The Stroll”
Directed by Kristen Lovell and Zackary Drucker
HBO | Max
Outstanding Nonfiction Series
“Couples Therapy: Season Three”
Directed by Joshua Altman and Bennett Elliott
Showtime
“Dear Mama”
Directed by Allen Hughes
FX | Hulu
“Paul T. Goldman”
Directed by Jason Woliner
Peacock
“Pepsi, Where’s My Jet?”
Directed by Andrew Renzi
Netflix
“Stolen Youth: Inside the Cult at Sarah Lawrence”
Directed by Zach Heinzerling
Hulu
Outstanding Anthology Series
“The 1619 Project”
Executive Producers: Nikole Hannah-Jones, Roger Ross Williams, Shoshana Guy, Caitlin Roper, Kathleen Lingo, Helen Verno and Oprah Winfrey
Hulu
“Chef’s Table: Pizza”
Executive Producers: Andrew Fried, David Gelb and Brian McGinn
Netflix
“Edge of the Unknown with Jimmy Chin”
Executive Producers: Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi, Jimmy Chin, Pagan Harleman, Anna Barnes and Chris Kugelman
Disney+
“Leguizamo Does America”
Executive Producers: Carolina Saavedra, John Leguizamo, Ben DeJesus, Elizabeth Fischer, Andy Berg, Liz Cole, Noah Oppenheim, Rashida Jones and Amanda Spain
MSNBC Films
“Our Planet II”
Executive Producers: Huw Cordey, Alastair Fothergirll and Keith Scholey
Netflix
“Untold”
Executive Producers: Chapman Way, Maclain Way, Ben Silverman, Howard T. Owens, Isabel San Vargas, Ryan Duffy, Miguel Tamayo and Jaymee Messler
Netflix
Outstanding Broadcast Editing
“The 1619 Project”
Ephraim Kirkwood, Adriana Pacheco, Stefanie Maridueña and Ed Barteski
Hulu
“Dear Mama”
Lasse Järvi
FX | Hulu
“Nothing Lasts Forever”
Paul Marchand and Jack Price
Showtime
“Paul T. Goldman”
Mike Giambra, Hank Friedmann, Jody McVeigh-Schultz and Danny Scharar
Peacock
“Pretty Baby: Brooke Shields”
Sara Newens, Anne Yao and David Teague
Hulu
Outstanding Broadcast Cinematography
“The 1619 Project”
Jerry Henry
Hulu
“The Cave of Adullam”
Greg Harriott and Mike Doyle
ESPN Films
“Edge of the Unknown with Jimmy Chin”
Ross McDonnell, Alfredo de Juan, Cam Riley and Nick Kraus
Disney+
“Nothing Lasts Forever”
Heloisa Passos
Showtime
“Our Planet II”
Kyle McBurnie, John Shier, Matt Aeberhard, Sophie Darlington, Jesse Wilkinson, John Haskew and John Brown
Netflix
“Restaurants at the End of the World”
Petr Cikhart
Disney+
Audience Choice Long List
“32 Sounds”
Directed by Sam Green
Abramorama
“The Compassionate Spy”
Directed by Steve James
Magnolia Pictures
“Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project”
Directed by Joe Brewster and Michèle Stephenson
HBO Documentary Films
“Kokomo City”
Directed by D. Smith
Magnolia Pictures
“Little Richard: I Am Everything”
Directed by Lisa Cortés
Magnolia Pictures
“The Mission”
Directed by Amanda McBaine and Jesse Moss
National Geographic Documentary Films
“The Pigeon Tunnel”
Directed by Errol Morris
Apple Original Films
“Stamped From the Beginning”
Directed by Roger Ross Williams
Netflix
“Stephen Curry: Underrated”
Directed by Peter Nicks
Apple Original Films
“Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie”
Directed by Davis Guggenheim
Apple Original Films
Shorts List
“Deciding Vote”
Directed by Jeremy Workman and Rob Lyons
Wheelhouse Creative
“Into the Blue”
Directed by Omer Sami
National Filmschool of Denmark
“The Last Repair Shop”
Directed by Ben Proudfoot and Kris Bowers
Searchlight Pictures
“Margie Soudek’s Salt and Pepper Shakers”
Directed by Meredith Moore
Memory
About the Cinema Eye Honors
Cinema Eye was founded in 2007 on three ideals: creating events to support and build a sense of community amongst those who make documentary films; recognizing the entire creative team of craftspersons that create these films; and recognizing excellence, innovation and boldness in the artistry of nonfiction filmmaking.
Cinema Eye was the first and remains the only international nonfiction award to recognize the whole creative team, presenting annual craft awards in directing, editing, producing, cinematography, original score and graphic design/animation. Cinema Eye presents and produces the annual Cinema Eye Weekend and Honors Awards Ceremony.
The Cinema Eye Honors recognize feature and short-length films and series with an emphasis on nonfiction work that is designed for public distribution, whether primarily theatrical, festival, broadcast or streaming. Cinema Eye seeks to encourage audiences to engage with nonfiction work that crosses all genres, whether observational, journalistic, activist, essayistic, light-hearted or provocative as well as those exciting works that blur the lines between nonfiction and fiction. Since its founding, Cinema Eye has sought to change the conversation that film critics, festivals and awards bodies have surrounding documentary film, shifting the emphasis from importance of topic to artistic craft.
The Honors Awards Ceremony is the culmination of Cinema Eye Weekend, a multi-day, multi-city celebration that acknowledges the best work in nonfiction film through screenings and events. The final days of Cinema Eye Weekend take place in New York City, where a series of events bring together many of the year’s most accomplished filmmakers.
Cinema Eye is led by a core team of filmmakers and programmers who are committed to the organization’s mission.
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