As I delve into these captivating profiles of creative minds, it’s truly astounding to witness the diverse journeys that have led these individuals to their current positions of influence. The sheer breadth of experiences, from documentary filmmaking to broadcast editing, is a testament to the power of curiosity and the human spirit’s unquenchable thirst for knowledge.
The documentary titled “Sugarcane,” focusing on mistreatment and enforced divisions within a Canadian Indigenous community, received a remarkable six nominations from the Cinema Eye Honors, an organization that honors exceptional work in both large and small screen nonfiction productions, according to their announcement made on Thursday.
I’m thrilled to find my beloved documentary, Sugarcane, among the nominees for Best Nonfiction Feature. This esteemed category will see it go head-to-head with heavyweights like Mubi’s Dahomey, the self-distributed No Other Land from the U.S., MTV Docs’ Black Box Diaries, Netflix’s Daughters, A24’s Look Into My Eyes, and Kino Lorber’s Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat. What an honor it is to be in such esteemed company!
For the very first time, the list of nominees for the Best Nonfiction Feature category encompasses all the key creatives involved in each documentary – namely the directors, producers, editors, cameramen, music composers, sound designers, visual artists, and notable on-screen personalities who significantly contribute to the project.
As a passionate gamer, I’m excited to share that the Audience Choice Award could be going to one of these incredible documentaries: “Daughters”, “Sugarcane”, “Copa 71” by Greenwich, “Frida”, “Mountain Queen”, “Porcelain War”, “The Remarkable Life of Ibelin”, “Skywalkers: A Love Story”, “Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story”, or “Will & Harper”. This prestigious award is chosen by more than 30,000 nonfiction enthusiasts worldwide. Interestingly, the last six films that won the Best Documentary Feature Oscar were all previously nominated for this Audience Choice Award. So, let’s keep our fingers crossed and see which one takes the crown!
Steve James set a personal best by earning his 14th Cinema Eye nomination, this time in the best nonfiction series category for ESPN’s production titled “The Luckiest Guy in the World“.
On Thursday, January 9, 2025, the 18th anniversary Cinema Eye Honors award show is scheduled to happen at the New York Academy of Medicine located in East Harlem.
A full list of this year’s nominees follows.
Nonfiction Feature
Journals from Within the Black Box
The filmmakers Mati Diop, Eve Robin, Judith Lou Levy, Gabriel Gonzalez, Joséphine Drouin Viallard, and Nicholas Becker hail from the nation referred to as Dahomey.
Here are the individuals listed: Natalie Rae, Angela Patton, Lisa Mazzotta, Justin Benoliel, James Cunningham, Mindy Goldberg, Sam Bisbee, Kathryn Everett, Laura Choi Raycroft, Adrian Aurelius, Philip Nicolai Flindt, Michael Cambio Fernandez, and Kelsey Lu. In a more conversational manner, you could say:
Look Into My Eyes
Lana Wilson, Kyle Martin, Hannah Buck and Stephen Maing
The authors of this work are: Yuval Abraham, Basel Adra, Hamdan Ballal, Rachel Szor, Fabien Greenberg, Bård Kjøge Rønning, Julius Pollux Rothlaender, and Bård Harazi Farbu. (In a more conversational tone) These individuals are the team behind this piece.
Music Composing for a Successful Government Overthrow (by Johan Grimonpre, Daan Milius, Rémi Grellety, Jonathan Wannyn, Rik Chaubet, Ranko Pauković, and Alek Bunic Goosse)
Here are the names of the individuals involved: Julian Brave NoiseCat, Emily Kassie, Kellen Quinn, Christopher LaMarca, Nathan Punwar, Maya Daisy Hawke, Mali Obomsawin, Martin Czembor, Andrea Bella, Michael Feuser, and Ed Archie Noisecat. In simpler terms, these are the people you’re referring to.
Direction
Mati Diop
Dahomey
Gary Hustwit
Eno
Lana Wilson
Look Into My Eyes
Elizabeth Lo
Mistress Dispeller
Basel Adra, Hamdan Ballal, Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor
No Other Land
Julian Brave NoiseCat and Emily Kassie
Sugarcane
Stephen Maing and Brett Story
Union
Production
Shane Boris, Odessa Rae and Talal Derki
Hollywoodgate
Emma D. Miller, Elizabeth Lo and Maggie Li
Mistress Dispeller
Fabien Greenberg and Bård Kjøge Rønning
No Other Land
Paula DuPre’ Pesmen, Aniela Sidorska, Camilla Mazzaferro and Olivia Ahnemann
Porcelain War
Emily Kassie and Kellen Quinn
Sugarcane
Mars Verrone and Samantha Curley
Union
Editing
Maya Tippet and Marley McDonald
Eno
Alexandra Strauss
Ernest Cole: Lost and Found
Carla Gutiérrez
Frida
Charlotte Tourres
Intercepted
Hannah Buck
Look Into My Eyes
Rik Chaubet
Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat
Cinematography
Joséphine Drouin Viallard
Dahomey
Elizabeth Lo
Mistress Dispeller
Satya Rai Nagpual
Nocturnes
Andrey Stefanov
Porcelain War
Christopher LaMarca
Sugarcane
Olivier Sarbil
Viktor
Original Score
Wally Badarou and Dean Blunt
Dahomey
Alexeï Aïgui
Ernest Cole: Lost and Found
Victor Hernández Stumpfhauser
Frida
Nainita Dasai
Nocturnes
Uno Helmersson
The Remarkable Life of Ibelin
Mali Obomsawin
Sugarcane
Sound Design
Nicolas Becker
Dahomey
Nas Parkash and Patrick Fripp
Eno
Alex Lane
Intercepted
Tom Paul, Shreyank Nanjappa and Sukanto Mazumder
Nocturnes
Ranko Pauković and Alek Bunic Goosse
Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat
Peter Albrechtsen, Nicolas Becker and Heikki Kossi
Viktor
Visual Design
Brendan Dawes
Eno
Sofía Inés Cázares and Renata Galindo
Frida
Howard Baker
Piece by Piece
Brendan Bellomo and BluBlu Studios
Porcelain War
Agniia Galdanova
Queendom
Rasmus Tukia and Ada Wikdahl
The Remarkable Life of Ibelin
Debut Feature
Black Box Diaries
Directed by Shiori Ito
Daughters
Directed by Natalie Rae and Angela Patton
Frida
Directed by Carla Gutiérrez
Grand Theft Hamlet
Directed by Pinny Grylls and Sam Crane
Hollywoodgate
Directed by Ibrahim Nash’at
No Other Land
Directed by Yuval Abraham, Basel Adra, Hamdan Ballal and Rachel Szor
Audience Choice Prize Nominees
Copa 71
Directed by James Erskine and Rachel Ramsay
Daughters
Directed by Natalie Rae and Angela Patton
Frida
Directed by Carla Gutiérrez
Mountain Queen: The Summits of Lhakpa Sherpa
Directed by Lucy Walker
Porcelain War
Directed by Brendan Bellomo and Slava Leontyev
The Remarkable Life of Ibelin
Directed by Benjamin Ree
Skywalkers: A Love Story
Directed by Jeff Zimbalist
Sugarcane
Directed by Julian Brave NoiseCat and Emily Kassie
Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story
Directed by Ian Bonhôte and Peter Ettedgui
Will and Harper
Directed by Josh Greenbaum
Shorts List Semifinalists (nominees to be announced in December)
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
Incident
Directed by Bill Morrison | New Yorker
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
Unforgettables Honorees
Shiori Ito
Black Box Diaries
Brian Eno
Eno
Lhakpa Sherpa
Mountain Queen: The Summits of Lhakpa Sherpa
Basel Adra and Yuval Abraham
No Other Land
Patrice Jetter
Patrice: The Movie
Jenna Marvin
Queendom
Chris Smalls
Union
Harper Steele
Will and Harper
Spotlight
Black Snow
Directed by Alina Simone
Homegrown
Directed by Michel Premo
A New Kind of Wilderness
Directed by Silje Evensmo Jacobsen
A Photographic Memory
Directed by Rachel Elizabeth Seed
Two Strangers Trying Not to Kill Each Other
Directed by Jacob Perlmutter and Manon Ouimet
Heterodox
Caught by the Tides
Directed by Jia Zhang-ke
Kneecap
Directed by Rich Peppiatt
My First Film
Directed by Zia Anger
Pavements
Directed by Alex Ross Perry
Sing Sing
Directed by Greg Kwedar
Songs from the Hole
Directed by Contessa Gayles
Broadcast Film
Bread & Roses
Directed by Sahra Mani | Apple TV+
Girls State
Directed by Amanda McBaine and Jesse Moss | Apple TV+
Unveiling Family Mysteries: A Journey Through Life’s Secrets (Directed by Amanda Mustard and Rachel Beth Anderson, HBO)
The Lady Bird Diaries
Directed by Dawn Porter | Hulu
Slave Play. Not a Movie. A Play.
Directed by Jeremy O. Harris | HBO
Spermworld
Directed by Lance Oppenheim | FX
Nonfiction Series
Titled “Dallas Cowboys’ Adored Ladies: The Cheerleaders,” this production is directed by Greg Whiteley and Chelsea Yarnell, and it streams on Netflix.
Deadlocked: How America Shaped the Supreme Court
Directed by Dawn Porter | Showtime
The Enfield Poltergeist
Directed by Jerry Rothwell | Apple TV+
The Luckiest Guy in the World
Directed by Steve James | ESPN
Ren Faire
Directed by Lance Oppenheim | HBO
Telemarketers
Directed by Adam Bhala Lough and Sam Lipman-Stern | HBO
Anthology Series
Conan O’Brien Must Go
Executive Producers Conan O’Brien and Jeff Ross | HBO
Produced under the supervision of Nick Barili, Jared Andrukanis, Picky Talarico, Lydia Tenaglia, Christopher Collins, Amanda Culkowski, Bruce Gillmer, and Craig H. Shepherd for Paramount+
Pray for the Lone Star State: A Production by Lawrence Wright, Alex Gibney, Richard Linklater, Peter Berg, Michael Lombardo, Elizabeth Rogers, Stacey Offman, Richard Perello, Nancy Abraham, and Lisa Heller | HBO
As a devoted fan, I’m thrilled to share that I can’t wait for the second season of “High on the Hog”! This captivating series, skillfully produced by Roger Ross Williams, Geoff Martz, Craig Piligian, Sarba Das, Fabienne Toback, Karis Jagger, Jessica B. Harris, Stephen Satterfield, and Michele Barnwell, is set to premiere on Netflix. I can hardly contain my excitement for another journey into the rich tapestry of African American food culture!
John Wilson’s How To Season 3
Image Creator (Photographer) – Elizabeth Chai Vasarhely, Jimmy Chin, Pagan Harleman, Betsy Forhan, Anna Barnes and Chris Kugelman as Lead Producers | National Geographic
Broadcast Editing
Girls State
Edited by Amy Foote | Apple TV+
The Greatest Night in Pop
Edited by Nic Zimmerman, Will Znidaric and David Brodie | Netflix
Ren Faire
Edited by Max Allman and Nicholas Nazmi | HBO
The Saint of Second Chances
Edited by Alan Lowe, Jeff Malmberg and Miles Wilkerson | Netflix
Telemarketers
Edited by Christopher Passig | HBO
Time Bomb Y2K
Edited by Marley McDonald and Maya Mumma | HBO
Broadcast Cinematography
Netflix’s Production: The Alluring Ladies of Dallas Cowboys Squad (Dallas Cowboy Cheerleaders)
Director of Cinematography: Jonathan Nicholas
The Paranormal Incident at Enfield (title)
Directors of Cinematography for the series “Girls State” are: Martina Radwan, Daniel Carter, Laela Kilbourn, Erynn Patrick Lamont, Laura Hudock, and Thorsten Thielow, streaming on Apple TV+.
The photographers leading the project at National Geographic are Michael Crommett, Rita Baghdadi, Peter Hutchens, Melissa Langer, and Pauline Maroun.
Ren Faire
Director of Photography Nate Hurtsellers | HBO
You Were My First Boyfriend
Director of Photography Brennan Vance and J. Bennett | HBO
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