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
