Cinema Eye Honors 2010: The Cove Flooded with 7 Noms

The Cinema Eye Honors, my favorite awards ceremony after the Indie Spirits, has released the nominations in eleven categories with Louie Psihoyos’ The Cove racking up a total of seven nominations while 2nd place with four nominations each, we find Robert Kenner’s overrated Food, Inc., Anders Ostergaard’s miraculous Burma VJ and a pair of films that I’m sure many in the general public know nothing about in Darius Marder’s Loot and Michael Palmieri and Donal Mosher’s October Country. Winners will be announced on the 15th of January.

Loot (which got a “money back guarantee” from Hammer to Nail’s Michael Tully) follows two WWII veterans and their guide across the globe in search of their buried wartime treasures, while October Country is pegged as a haunting multi-generational story of a working-class family coping with poverty, teen pregnancy, foster care and the ineffable horrors of child molestation and war. 

Proving that Sundance is the most important showcase for doc features, we also have the likes of Big River Man and We Live in Public mixing it up, grabbing the spotlight with three noms each. Bill Ross and Turner Ross’ 45365 (which I saw online thanks to Snagfilms) also received a trio of nods.

Now in their third year, the Cinema Eye folks launched a new category this year titled the “Spotlight Award” for docs that merit a little bit more attention. Also worth mentioning are those who came up with the noms. Chaired by Thom Powers (programmer for TIFF), the committee members include Meira Blaustein (Woodstock Film Festival), Heather Croall (Sheffield), Sean Farnel (Hot Docs), Ben Fowlie (Camden), Tom Hall (Sarasota/Newport), Doug Jones (Los Angeles), David Kwok (Tribeca), Caroline Libresco (Sundance), Janet Pierson (SXSW), Powers, Rosen, Sky Sitney (Silverdocs), Sadie Tillery (Full Frame) and David Wilson (True/False).

A noteworthy detour: check out the spanking brand new, Wes Anderson-ish official site.

The complete list of Cinema Eye Honors nominees:

Outstanding Achievement In Nonfiction Feature Filmmaking
Burma VJ 
Directed By Anders Ostergaard 
Produced By Lise-Lense Moller
The Cove 
Directed By Louie Psihoyos 
Produced By Paula Dupre Pesman And Fisher Stevens
Food, Inc. 
Directed By Robert Kenner 
Produced By Robert Kenner and Elise Pearlstein
Loot 
Directed and Produced By Darius Marder
October Country 
Directed and Produced By Michael Palmieri And Donal Mosher

Outstanding Achievement In Direction
Agnes Varda
The Beaches Of Agnes
John Maringouin
Big River Man
Anders Ostergaard
Burma Vj
Darius Marder
Loot
Michael Palmieri and Donal Mosher
October Country
Terence Davies
Of Time And The City

Outstanding Achievement In Production
Maria Florio, Molly Hassell and Molly Lynch 
Big River Man
Richard Parry and Vaughan Smith 
Blood Trail
Lise-Lense Moller 
Burma Vj
Paula Dupre Pesman and Fisher Stevens 
The Cove
RJ Cutler, Eliza Hindmarch and Sadia Shepard 
The September Issue

Outstanding Achievement In Cinematography
Bill Ross and Turner Ross 
45365
Brook Aitken 
The Cove
Michael Palmieri 
October Country
Deborah Stratman 
O’er The Land
Yaron Orbach 
Unmistaken Child

Outstanding Achievement In Editing
Bill Ross 
45365
Janus Billeskov-Jansen and Thomas Papapetros 
Burma Vj
Geoff Richman 
The Cove
Brad Fuller and Fernando Villena 
Every Little Step
David Smith 
Soul Power
Josh Altman and Ondi Timoner 
We Live In Public

Outstanding Achievement In Graphic Design And Animation
Christophe Vallaux 
The Beaches Of Agnes
The Team At Bigstar 
Food, Inc.
Kate Anderson 
It Might Get Loud
Nominees Tbd 
Rip – A Remix Manifesto
Patrick Lichty 
The Yes Men Fix The World

Outstanding Achievement In Original Music Score
Rich Ragsdale 
Big River Man
Joshua Ralph 
The Cove
Mark Adler 
Food, Inc.
Danny Grody, Donal Mosher, Michael Palmieri and Kenric Taylor 
October Country
Joel Goodman 
Valentino: The Last Emperor
Ben Decter and Marco D’ambrosio 
We Live In Public

Outstanding Achievement In An International Feature Film
Burma VJ
Directed By Anders Ostergaard Produced By Lise-Lense Moller
Mugabe And The White African 
Directed By Lucy Bailey and Andrew Thompson Produced By Elizabeth Morgan Hemlock and David Pearson
Of Time And The City 
Directed By Terence Davies Produced By Roy Boulter And Sol Papadopoulos
Old Partner 
Directed By Chung-Ryoul Lee Produced By Young-Jae Goh
Rough Aunties 
Directed By Kim Longinotto Produced By Teddy Liefer And Paul Taylor
Those Who Remain 
Directed By Carlos Hagerman And Juan Carlos Rulfo Produced By Carlos Hagerman, Juan Carlos Rulfo And Nicolas Vale

Outstanding Achievement In A Debut Feature Film
45365 
Directed By Bill Ross And Turner Ross
The Cove 
Directed By Louie Psihoyos
Loot 
Directed By Darius Marder
October Country 
Directed By Michael Palmieri And Donal Mosher
The Way We Get By 
Directed By Aron Gaudet

Spotlight Award
Because We Were Born 
Directed By Jean-Pierre Duret And Andrea Santana
Beetle Queen Conquers Tokyo 
Directed By Jessica Oreck
Episode 3: Enjoy Poverty
Directed By Renzo Martens
The Sound Of Insects: Record Of A Mummy 
Directed By Peter Liechti
Trimpin: The Sound Of Invention 
Directed By Peter Esmonde

Audience Choice Prize
Anvil! The Story Of Anvil 
Directed By Sascha Gervasi
The Cove 
Directed By Louie Psihoyos
Every Little Step 
Directed By Adam Del Deo and James D. Stern
Food, Inc. 
Directed By Robert Kenner
Good Hair 
Directed By Jeff Stilson 
The September Issue 
Directed By RJ Cutler
Tyson 
Directed By James Toback
Valentino: The Last Emperor 
Directed By Matt Tyrnauer