When non-fiction and narrative film collide, how do we distinguish between the two? The Cinema Eye Honors’ answer to this is that they do….and they don’t. Easily my favorite award category of all the year-end shenanigans, the Heterodox Award is designed for the brazen filmmakers who allow docu-form to enhance the narrative experience — essentially service narrative form who boldly incorporate a docu aesthetic and this year’s batch of five noms do this serviceably in their own fashion. Announced by Filmmaker Magazine, here are the five films.
Boyhood directed by Richard Linklater
Heaven Knows What directed by Josh and Benny Safdie
A Spell to Ward off the Darkness directed by Ben Rivers and Ben Russell
Stop the Pounding Heart directed by Roberto Minervini
Under the Skin directed by Jonathan Glazer
