Cinema Eye Honors for Documentaries - 2014 Winners
The 7th annual Cinema Eye Honors ceremony was held on January 8, 2014, at the Museum of the Moving Image in Queens, NY.
Awards were presented in recognition of outstanding achievements in the various and distinct arts and crafts essential to the making of nonfiction films, including cinematography, music and editing, as well as direction and production.
Cinema Eye Founding Director AJ Schnack and Cinema Eye Chair Esther Robinson hosted the three-hour event. The evening's highlights included opening remarks by Michael Moore and a stirring rendition of Fever by singer Lisa Fischer who was featured in Neville Morgan's 20 Feet From Stardom, and was named one of the year's unforgettable documentary characters.
Top Cinema Eye Honors went to The Act of Killing, Stories We Tell and Cutie and the Boxer, the latter winning prizes in three categories.
The complete list of Cinema Eye Honors winners for 2014 is below. The complete list of nominees is here.
The Act of Killing - Directed by Joshua OppenheimerMore »
Sarah Polley for Stories We TellMore »
Zachary Heinzerling for Cutie and the BoxerMore »
Nels Bangerter for Let the Fire Burn
Sound City - Directed by Dave Grohl
This award is voted on by the viewing public. This year, more than 44,000 votes were cast for the award, a record total that far surpasses the previous high of just over 10,000 votes for the category.
Signe Byrge Sorensen - The Act of Killing
The Crash Reel - Directed by Lucy Walker
Presented for the first time this year, this award recognizes collaborations between filmmakers and broadcasters and honors the contributions of documentary broadcast programs such as HBO Documentaries, POV and ITVS. The Crash Reel was made for HBO.More »
A Story for the Modlins - Directed by Sergio Oksman
Lucian Castaing-Taylor and Verena Paravel - Leviathan
Post Tenebras Lux - Directed by Carlos Reygadas
The Heterodox Award recognizes outstanding achievement in fiction films that imaginatively incorporate nonfiction strategies, content and/or modes of production, and raise provocative questions regarding the assumptions we make about truth and storytelling in both documentary and fiction films.
Awards were presented in recognition of outstanding achievements in the various and distinct arts and crafts essential to the making of nonfiction films, including cinematography, music and editing, as well as direction and production.
Cinema Eye Founding Director AJ Schnack and Cinema Eye Chair Esther Robinson hosted the three-hour event. The evening's highlights included opening remarks by Michael Moore and a stirring rendition of Fever by singer Lisa Fischer who was featured in Neville Morgan's 20 Feet From Stardom, and was named one of the year's unforgettable documentary characters.
Top Cinema Eye Honors went to The Act of Killing, Stories We Tell and Cutie and the Boxer, the latter winning prizes in three categories.
The complete list of Cinema Eye Honors winners for 2014 is below. The complete list of nominees is here.
•Outstanding Achievement in Nonfiction Feature Filmmaking
The Act of Killing - Directed by Joshua OppenheimerMore »
•Outstanding Achievement in Direction
Sarah Polley for Stories We TellMore »
•Outstanding Achievement in a Debut Feature Film
Zachary Heinzerling for Cutie and the BoxerMore »
•Outstanding Achievement in Editing
Nels Bangerter for Let the Fire Burn
•Audience Choice Prize
Sound City - Directed by Dave Grohl
This award is voted on by the viewing public. This year, more than 44,000 votes were cast for the award, a record total that far surpasses the previous high of just over 10,000 votes for the category.
•Outstanding Achievement in Production
Signe Byrge Sorensen - The Act of Killing
•Outstanding Nonfiction Film for Television
The Crash Reel - Directed by Lucy Walker
Presented for the first time this year, this award recognizes collaborations between filmmakers and broadcasters and honors the contributions of documentary broadcast programs such as HBO Documentaries, POV and ITVS. The Crash Reel was made for HBO.More »
•Outstanding Achievement in Nonfiction Short Filmmaking
A Story for the Modlins - Directed by Sergio Oksman
•Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography
Lucian Castaing-Taylor and Verena Paravel - Leviathan
•Heterodox Award
Post Tenebras Lux - Directed by Carlos Reygadas
The Heterodox Award recognizes outstanding achievement in fiction films that imaginatively incorporate nonfiction strategies, content and/or modes of production, and raise provocative questions regarding the assumptions we make about truth and storytelling in both documentary and fiction films.
