What’s Up Doc? – Cinema Eye Honors

Many would say that at this year’s Academy Awards got the documentary film category “right”. The “right” doc film won and even the final nominees were worthy mentions. But all this doesn’t make the Cinema Eye Honors mission less “important”. Now in their second year and with eleven categories, a quirky film such as Guy Maddin‘s My Winnipeg receives a little bit more acknowledgement before disappearing on shelves, those who edit and photograph doc films have any evening reserved all to themselves and newbies to docu filmmaking world have a shot at getting some cred and mingle with the right crowd. The ceremonies take place on Sunday, we’ll be reporting on who the winners are from the categories below. Make sure to check out their newly designed website. 

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN PRODUCTION Henry Kaiser – Encounters At The End Of The World
Simon Chinn – Man On Wire
Hilary Sandison and Marc Silvera – Stranded, I’ve Come From A Plane That Crashed On The Mountains
Carl Deal and Tia Lessin – Trouble the Water
Ari Folman, Serge Lalou, Gerhard Meixner, Yael Nahlieli and Roman Paul – Waltz With Bashir

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN CINEMATOGRAPHY Ellen Kuras – The Betrayal (Nerakhoon)
Peter Zeitlinger – Encounters At The End Of The World
Jody Shapiro – My Winnipeg
Michael Simmonds – The Order of Myths
Wang Shi Qing – Up The Yangtze
OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN EDITING Igor Martinovich – Man On Wire
John Greece – My Winnipeg
Michael Taylor, Margaret Brown and Geoffrey Richman – The Order of Myths
Joe Bini – Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired
Nilli Feller – Waltz With Bashir
OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN GRAPHIC DESIGN AND ANIMATION Adina Sales and the team at Blacklist – American Teen
Brian Oakes – I.O.U.S.A.
Andy Smetanka – My Winnipeg
Lasse Jarvi – Surfwise
Lewis Kofsky and the team at Curious Pictures – Where In The World Is Osama Bin Laden?
Yoni Goodman – Waltz With Bashir
OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN MUSIC COMPOSITION Nick Cave and Warren Ellis – The English Surgeon
Kelli Scarr – In A Dream
Eric Liebman – Life. Support. Music.
Danny Elfman – Standard Operating Procedure
Bela Fleck – Throw Down Your Heart
Max Richter – Waltz With Bashir
OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN INTERNATIONAL FEATURE The English Surgeon – Directed and Produced by Geoffrey Smith
My Winnipeg – Directed by Guy Maddin, Produced by Jody Shapiro and Phyllis Laing
Stranded, I’ve Come From A Plane That Crashed On The Mountains – Directed by Gonzalo Arijon, Produced by Hilary Sandison and Marc Silvera
Up The Yangtze – Directed by Yung Chang, Produced by Mila Aung-Thwin and John Christou
Waltz With Bashir – Directed by Ari Folman, Produced by Ari Folman, Serge Lalou, Gerhard Meixner, Yael Nahlieli and Roman Paul
OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN DEBUT FEATURE Sascha Gervasi – Anvil! The Story Of Anvil
Ellen Kuras and Thavisouk Phrasavath – The Betrayal (Nerakhoon)
Christopher Bell – Bigger, Stronger, Faster
Jeremiah Zagar – In A Dream
Yung Chang – Up The Yangtze
AUDIENCE CHOICE PRIZE American Teen – Directed by Nanette Burstein
Encounters At The End Of The World – Directed by Werner Herzog
Gonzo: The Life and Work Of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson – Directed by Alex Gibney
Man On Wire – Directed by James Marsh
Trouble the Water – Directed by Carl Deal and Tia Lessin
Up The Yangtze – Directed by Yung Chang
Young@Heart – Directed by Stephen Walker