18th Annual Cinema Eye Honors Awards
Thursday, January 9, 2025
New York Academy of Medicine, East Harlem, New York


Outstanding Nonfiction Feature Filmmaking
“No Other Land” • mTuckman Media
Directed by Yuval Abraham, Basel Adra, Hamdan Ballal, Rachel Szor
Produced by Fabien Greenberg, Bård Kjøge Rønning
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“Black Box Diaries” • MTV Documentary Films | Paramount+
“Dahomey” • MUBI
“Daughters” • Netflix
“Look Into My Eyes” • A24
“Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat” • Kino Lorber
“Sugarcane” • National Geographic


Outstanding Direction
Mati Diop
“Dahomey” • MUBI
Produced by Eve Robin, Judith Lou Lévy, Mati Diop
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Gary Hustwit – “Eno” | Film First Co.
Lana Wilson – “Look Into My Eyes” | A24
Elizabeth Lo – “Mistress Dispeller” | Marcona Media
Basel Adra, Hamdan Ballal, Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor – “No Other Land” | mTuckman Media
Julian Brave NoiseCat and Emily Kassie – “Sugarcane” | National Geographic
Stephen Maing and Brett Story – “Union” | Level Ground Productions


Outstanding Editing
“Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat” • Kino Lorber
Editing by Rik Chaubet
Directed by Johan Grimonprez
Produced by Daan Milius, Rémi Grellety
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“Eno” – Edited by Maya Tippet and Marley McDonald | Film First Co
“Ernest Cole: Lost and Found” – Edited by Alexandra Strauss | Magnolia Pictures
“Frida” – Edited by Carla Gutiérrez | Amazon MGM Studios
“Intercepted” – Edited by Charlotte Tourres | Grasshopper Film
“Look Into My Eyes” – Edited by Hannah Buck | A24


Outstanding Production
“Union” • Level Ground Productions
Production by Mars Verrone & Samantha Curley
Directed by Stephen Maing, Brett Story
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“Hollywoodgate” – Production by Shane Boris, Odessa Rae and Talal Derki | Fourth Act Film
“Mistress Dispeller” – Production by Emma D. Miller, Elizabeth Lo and Maggie Li | Marcona Media
“No Other Land” – Production by Fabien Greenberg and Bård Kjøge Rønning | mTuckman Media
“Porcelain War” – Production by Paula DuPre’ Pesmen, Aniela Sidorska, Camilla Mazzaferro, & Olivia Ahnemann | Picturehouse
“Sugarcane” – Production by Emily Kassie and Kellen Quinn | National Geographic


Outstanding Cinematography
“Sugarcane” • National Geographic
Cinematography by Christopher LaMarca & Emily Kassie
Directed by Emily Kassie, Julian Brave NoiseCat
Produced by Emily Kassie, Kellen Quinn
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“Dahomey” – Cinematography by Joséphine Drouin Viallard | MUBI
“Mistress Dispeller” – Cinematography by Elizabeth Lo | Marcona Media
“Nocturnes” – Cinematography by Satya Rai Nagpual | Grasshopper Film
“Porcelain War” – Cinematography by Andrey Stefanov | Picturehouse
“Viktor” – Cinematography by Olivier Sarbil | Protozoa Pictures


Outstanding Original Score
“The Remarkable Life of Ibelin” • Netflix
Composed by Uno Helmersson
Directed by Benjamin Ree
Produced by Ingvil Giske
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“Ernest Cole: Lost and Found” – Composed by Alexeï Aïgui | Magnolia Pictures
“Frida” – Composed by Victor Hernández Stumpfhauser | Amazon MGM Studios
“Nocturnes” – Composed by Nainita Dasai | Grasshopper Film
“Sugarcane” – Composed by Mali Obomsawin | National Geographic


Outstanding Sound Design
“Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat” • Kino Lorber
Sound Design by Ranko Pauković & Alek Bunic Goosse
Directed by Johan Grimonprez
Produced by Daan Milius, Rémi Grellety
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“Dahomey” – Sound Design by Nicolas Becker | MUBI
“Eno” – Sound Design by Nas Parkash and Patrick Fripp | Film First Co
“Intercepted” – Sound Design by Alex Lane | Grasshopper Film
“Nocturnes” – Sound Design by Tom Paul, Shreyank Nanjappa and Sukanto Mazumder | Grasshopper Film
“Viktor” – Sound Design by Peter Albrechtsen, Nicolas Becker and Heikki Kossi | Protozoa Pictures


Outstanding Visual Design
“ENO” • Film First Co
Visual Design by Brendan Dawes
Directed by Gary Hustwit
Produced by Jessica Edwards, Gary Hustwit
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“Frida” – Visual Design by Sofía Inés Cázares and Renata Galindo | Amazon MGM Studios
“Piece by Piece” – Visual Design by Howard Baker | Focus Features
“Porcelain War” – Visual Design by Brendan Bellomo and BluBlu Studios | Picturehouse
“Queendom” – Visual Design by Agniia Galdanova | Greenwich Entertainment
“The Remarkable Life of Ibelin” – Visual Design by Rasmus Tukia and Ada Wikdahl | Netflix


Outstanding Debut
“No Other Land” • mTuckman Media
Directed by Yuval Abraham, Basel Adra, Hamdan Ballal, Rachel Szor
Produced by Fabien Greenberg, Bård Kjøge Rønning
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“Black Box Diaries” – Directed by Shiori Ito | MTV Documentary Films | Paramount+
“Daughters” – Directed by Natalie Rae and Angela Patton | Netflix
“Frida” – Directed by Carla Gutiérrez | Amazon MGM Studios
“Grand Theft Hamlet” – Directed by Pinny Grylls and Sam Crane | Project 1961
“Hollywoodgate” – Directed by Ibrahim Nash’at | Fourth Act Film


Audience Choice Prize
“Porcelain War” • Picturehouse
Directed by Brendan Bellomo, Slava Leontyev
Produced by Paula DuPre’ Pesmen, Aniela Sidorska, Camilla Mazzaferro and Olivia Ahnemann
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“Copa 71” – Directed by James Erskine and Rachel Ramsay | New Black Films
“Daughters” – Directed by Natalie Rae and Angela Patton | Netflix
“Frida” – Directed by Carla Gutiérrez | Amazon MGM Studios
“Mountain Queen: The Summits of Lhakpa Sherpa” – Directed by Lucy Walker | Netflix
“The Remarkable Life of Ibelin” – Directed by Benjamin Ree | Netflix
“Skywalkers: A Love Story” – Directed by Jeff Zimbalist | Netflix
“Sugarcane” – Directed by Julian Brave NoiseCat & Emily Kassie | National Geographic
“Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story” – Directed by Ian Bonhôte & Peter Ettedgui | Warner Bros Pictures
“Will and Harper” – Directed by Josh Greenbaum | Netflix


BEST Nonfiction Short
“Incident” • New Yorker
Directed by Bill Morrison
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“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
“Makayla’s Voice: A Letter to the World” – Directed by Julio Palacio | Netflix
“The Medallion” – Directed by Ruth Hunduma | New Yorker
“A Move” – Directed by Elahe Esmaili | NY Times Op-Docs
“The Only Girl in the Orchestra” – Directed by Molly O’Brien | Netflix
“A Swim Lesson” – Directed by Rashida Jones and Will McCormack | POV


