Oscars Watch: 17th Annual Cinema Eye Honors Nonfiction Film Awards

Outstanding Nonfiction Feature

“32 Sounds” (Abramorama)

Directed by Sam Green
Produced by Josh Penn and Thomas O. Kriegsmann

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“20 Days in Mariupol” (PBS Distribution)
“The Eternal Memory” (MTV Documentary Films)
“Four Daughters” (Kino Lorber)
“Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project” (HBO Documentary Films)
“Kokomo City” (Magnolia Pictures)
“Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie” (Apple Original Films)

Outstanding Direction (TIE)

Maite Alberdi | “The Eternal Memory”
(MTV Documentary Films)

Produced by Maite Alberdi, Juan de Dios Larraín, Pablo Larraín, and Rocío Jadue

Outstanding Direction (TIE)

Kaouther Ben Hania
“Four Daughters” (Kino Lorber)

Produced by Nadim Cheikhrouha

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Sam Green – “32 Sounds” (Abramorama)
Wim Wenders – “Anselm” (Sideshow + Janus Films)
D. Smith – “Kokomo City” (Magnolia Pictures)
Claire Simon – “Our Body” (Cinema Guild)

Outstanding Editing

“Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie”
(Apple Original Films)

Written by Michael Harte

Directed by Davis Guggenheim
Produced by Davis Guggenheim, Annetta Marion, Jonathan King

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“20 Days in Mariupol” – Michelle Mizner (PBS Distribution)
“32 Sounds” – Nels Bangerter (PBS Distribution)
“The Eternal Memory” – Carolina Siraqyan (MTV Documentary Films)
“Fantastic Machine” – Mikel Cee Karlsson, Maximilien Van Aertryck and Axel Danielson (Strand Releasing)
“Rewind & Play” – Alain Gomis (Grasshopper Film)

Outstanding Production

“20 Days in Mariupol” (PBS Distribution)

Production Design by Mstyslav Chernov, Michelle Mizner, Raney Aronson Rath and Derl McCrudden

Directed by Mstyslav Chernov
Produced by Raney Aronson, Mstyslav Chernov, Michelle Mizner, and Derl McCrudden

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“American Symphony” – Lauren Domino, Matthew Heineman and Joedan Okun (Netflix)
“Between the Rains” – Samuel Ekomol, Andrew H. Brown and Moses Thursnira (Journeyman Pictures)
“Beyond Utopia” – Jana Edelbaum, Rachel Cohen and Sue Mi Terry (Roadside Attractions)
“Bobi Wine: The People’s President” – Christopher Sharp and John Battsek (National Geographic)
“Songs of Earth” – Margreth Olin (Norsk Film)

Outstanding Cinematography

“Smoke Sauna Sisterhood”
(Greenwich Entertainment)

Cinematography by Ants Tammik

Directed by Anna Hints | Produced by Marianne Ostrat

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“Anselm” – Franz Lustig (Sideshow + Janus Films)
“De Humani Corporis Fabrica” – Verena Paravel and Lucien Castaing-Taylor (Grasshopper Film)
“King Coal” – Curren Sheldon (Drexler Films)
“Kokomo City” – D. Smith (Magnolia Pictures)
“Songs of Earth” – Lars Erlend Tubaas Øymo (Norsk Film)

Outstanding Score

“32 Sounds” (Abramorama)

Composed by JD Samson

Directed by Sam Green
Produced by Josh Penn and Thomas O. Kriegsmann

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“American Symphony” – Jon Batiste (Netflix)
“Anselm” – Leonard Küßner (Sideshow + Janus Films)
“Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project” – Samora Pinderhughes and Chris Pattishall (HBO Documentary Films)
“The Pigeon Tunnel” – Philip Glass and Paul Leonard-Morgan (Apple Original Films)
“Songs of Earth” – Rebekka Karijord (Norsk Film)

Outstanding Sound Design

“32 Sounds” (Abramorama)

Sound Design by Mark Mangini

Directed by Sam Green
Produced by Josh Penn and Thomas O. Kriegsmann

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“The Deepest Breath” – Adam Prescod, Greg Gettens and Will Chapman (Netflix)
“De Humani Corporis Fabrica” – Nicolas Becker (Grasshopper Film)
“Kokomo City” – Roni Pillischer (Magnolia Pictures)
“Smoke Sauna Sisterhood” – Huldar Freyr Arnarson and Edvard Egilsson (Greenwich Entertainment)
“The Tuba Thieves” – Arturo “Frosty” Salazar, María Alejandra Rojas and Alison O’Daniel (PBS Distribution)

Outstanding Visual Design

“Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project”
(HBO Documentary Films)

Visual Design by Thomas Curtis and Sean Pierce

Directed by Joe Brewster and Michele Stephenson
Produced by Joe Brewster, Michele Stephenson, and Tommy Oliver

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“The Arc of Oblivion” – Melissa McClung (Sandbox Films)
“The Mission” – Jason Carpenter and Holly Stone (National Geographic)
“Nam June Paik: Moon is the Oldest TV” – Hyung Cho and Helen Niu (Greenwich Entertainment)
“They Shot the Piano Player” – Juan Carlos Concha Riveros, Carlos León Sancha and Marcello Quintanilha (Sony Pictures Classics)

Outstanding Debut

“Kokomo City” (Magnolia Pictures)

Directed by D. Smith
Produced by D. Smith, Harris Doran, and Bill Butler

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“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)
“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)

Outstanding Short Film

“Black Girls Play: The Story of Hand Games”
(ESPN Films)

Directed by Joe Brewster and Michèle Stephenson

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“Away” | Directed by Ruslan Fedotow (The New York Times)
“Between Earth & Sky” | Directed by Andrew Nadkami (PBS Distribution)
“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)

Audience Choice Prize

“Bobi Wine: The People’s President”
(National Geographic)

Directed by Moses Bwayo and Christopher Sharp
Produced by Christopher Sharp and John Battsek

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“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)
“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)

Spotlight

“Q“ (Chehab Films)

Directed and Produced by Jude Chehab

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“Against the Tide” | Directed by Sarvnik Kaur (Snooker Films)
“Anhell69” | Directed by Theo Montoya (Dublin Films)
“Bad Press” | Directed by Rebecca Landsberry-Baker 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)

Heterodox

“The Buriti Flower” (Films Boutique)

Directed by João Salaviza and Renée Nader Messora
Produced by Ricardo Alves Jr. and Julia Alves, João Salaviza

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“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)
“The Unknown Country” | Directed by Morrisa Maltz (Music Box Films)

Outstanding Broadcast Film

“The Stroll” (HBO + Max)

Directed by Kristen Lovell and Zackary Drucker
Produced by Matt Wolf

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“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 (Peacock)
“Nothing Lasts Forever” – directed by Jason Kohn (Showtime)
“Pretty Baby: Brooke Shields” – directed by Lana Wilson (Hulu)

Outstanding Nonfiction Series

“Paul T. Goldman” (Peacock)

Directed by Jason Woliner

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“Couples Therapy — Season Three” – directed by Joshua Altman and Bennett Elliott (Showtime)
“Dear Mama” – directed by Allen Hughes (FX)
“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” (Hulu)

Executive Producers: Nikole Hannah-Jones, Roger Ross Williams, Shoshana Guy, Caitlin Roper,
Kathleen Lingo, Helen Verno and Oprah Winfrey

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“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 (National Geographic)
“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)
“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

“Pretty Baby: Brooke Shields” (Hulu)

Edited by Sara Newens, Anne Yao and David Teague

Directed by Lana Wilson

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“The 1619 Project” – Editors: Ephraim Kirkwood, Adriana Pacheco, Stefanie Maridueña and Ed Barteski (Hulu)
“Dear Mama” – Editor: Lasse Järvi (FX)
“Nothing Lasts Forever” – Editors: Paul Marchand and Jack Price (Showtime)
“Paul T. Goldman” – Editors: Mike Giambra, Hank Friedmann, Jody McVeigh-Schultz and Danny Scharar (Peacock)

Outstanding Broadcast Cinematography

“Nothing Lasts Forever” (Showtime)

Cinematography by Heloisa Passos

Directed by Jason Kohn
Produced by Amanda Branson Gill, Jared Goldman, and Jason Kohn

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“The 1619 Project” – Cinematographer: Jerry Henry (Hulu)
“The Cave of Adullam” – Cinematographers: Greg Harriott and Mike Doyle (ESPN)
“Edge of the Unknown with Jimmy Chin” – Cinematographers: Ross McDonnell, Alfredo de Juan, Cam Riley, and Nick Kraus (National Geographic)
“Our Planet II” – Cinematographers: Kyle McBurnie, John Shier, Matt Aeberhard, Sophie Darlington, Jesse Wilkinson, John Haskew and John Brown (Netflix)
“Restaurants at the End of the World” – Cinematographer: Petr Cikhart (National Geographic)