Cinema Eye Awards
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Cinema Eye Honors, the organization that recognizes documentaries, nonfiction films and series, announced its nominees Thursday in five broadcast categories, as well as its annual list of short films, films from the People’s Choice Award longlist and Unforgettable Award winners.
Hulu Project 1619executive producer Oprah Winfrey and Showtime Nothing is eternalbroadcast announcements of films and TV series with three nominations each. In total, Hulu won eight awards, Netflix won five, and Showtime won four. Sweet Baby: Brooke Shields, Edge of Unknown with Jimmy Chin, Mommie Dearest And Paul T. Goodman also received several nominations.
The People’s Choice Award longlist includes 20 of the year’s most notable documentaries. Every year, tens of thousands of fans choose the final ten nominees, as well as the winner. Previous nominees have included RBG, Summer of Soul, Navalny, My Octopus Teacher And Free solo. This year’s list includes Eternal Memory, American Symphony, Still: Michael J. Fox Film, Printed from the Beginning, 32 Sounds, Compassionate Spy, Confessions of a Good Samaritan, The Mission, Dove Tunnel And Stephen Curry: Underrated.
Cinema Eye’s “Unforgettable” is a category that celebrates “the collaboration between filmmakers and participants in front of the camera.”
The 2024 awards ceremony will take place on January 12 at the New York Academy of Medicine in East Harlem. Selected shorts from this year’s Shorts List will screen in both Los Angeles and New York: on Vidiots in Los Angeles on October 21st and on DCTV in New York on November 19th.
“After more than a decade of bringing our celebration to Queens with our friends at the Museum of the Moving Image, we are excited to return to Manhattan for our 17th edition and reimagine our annual awards show at this historic venue in Harlem,” AJ Schnack said in a statement. , Founding Director of Cinema Eye Honors.
See the full list of this year’s nominees below.
Long list of People’s Choice Awards
20 days in Mariupoldirector Mstislav Chernov
32 soundsdirector Sam Green
American Symphonydirector Matthew Heineman
Beyond Utopiadirected by Madeleine Gavin
Bobi Wine: The People’s Presidentdirected by Christopher Sharp and Moses Bwayo
Compassionate Spydirector Steve James
Confession of a Good Samaritandirector Penny Lane
The deepest breathdirector Laura McGann
Everlasting memorydirected by Maite Alberdi
A Trip to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project, Directed by Joe Brewster and Michelle Stevenson
Little Richard: I am everythingdirector Lisa Cortez
Invisible beautydirectors Bethann Hardison and Frederick Cheng
Joan Baez: I am the noiseDirected by Karen O’Connor, Miri Nawaski and Maeve O’Boyle
Kokomo Citydirector D. Smith
Missiondirected by Amanda McBain and Jesse Moss
Pigeon Tunneldirected by Errol Morris
Black Sauna Sisterhooddirector Anna Hints
Stamped from the startdirected by Roger Ross Williams
Stephen Curry: underrated director Peter Nix
Frame: film by Michael J. Foxdirected by Davis Guggenheim
Laureates of the “Unforgettable” competition
American SymphonyJon Baptiste and Souleika Jaouad
Apolonia, ApoloniaApolonia Falcon
Bobi Wine: The People’s President Bobi Wine
Confession of a Good SamaritanPenny Lane
The disappearance of Shere HiteShere Hite
Everlasting memoryAugusto Gongora and Paulina Urrutia
A trip to Mars: Nikki Giovanni’s projectNikki Giovanni
Invisible beautyBethann Hardison
Joan Baez: I am the noiseJoan Baez
Kokomo CityDanielle Carter, Coco Da Doll, Leah Mitchell and Dominic Silver
Pigeon TunnelDavid Cornwell aka John Le Carré
Frame: film by Michael J. FoxMichael J. Fox
A still small voiceMargaret “Mati” Engel
Twice colonizedAayu Peter
While we were watchingRavish Kumar
Broadcast Film Nominees
Be Mary Tyler Moore, directed by James Adolphus, HBO | Max
Judy Blume foreverdirectors Davina Pardo and Leah Volchok, Prime Video
Lowndes County and the Road to Black Powerdirectors Sam Pollard and Geeta Gandbhir, Peacock-Nothing is eternaldirector Jason Cohn, Showtime—Sweet Baby: Brooke Shieldsdirected by Lana Wilson, Hulu
Walk, directed by Kristen Lovell and Zachary Drucker, HBO | Max
Documentary Series Nominees
Couples Therapy – Season Threedirected by Joshua Altman and Bennett Elliott, Showtime
Dear Mom Directed by Allen Hughes, FX
Paul T. Goldmandirector Jason Woliner, Peacock
Pepsi, where is my plane?directed by Andrew Renzi, Netflix
Stolen Youth: Inside the Cult of Sarah Lawrencedirected by Zach Heinzerling, Hulu
Anthology Series Nominees
Project 1619
Executive Producers: Nikole Hannah-Jones, Roger Ross Williams, Shoshana Guy, Caitlin Roper, Kathleen Lingo, Helen Verno and Oprah Winfrey, Hulu
Chef’s Table: Pizza
Executive Producers: Andrew Freed, David Gelb and Brian McGinn, Netflix
Edge of the Unknown with Jimmy Chin
Executive Producers: Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi, Jimmy Chin, Pagan Harleman and Anna Barnes, National Geographic
Leguizamo makes America
Executive Producers: Carolina Saavedra, John Leguizamo, Ben DeJesus, Elizabeth Fisher, Andy Berg, Rashida Jones and Amanda Spain, MSNBC
Our Planet II
Executive Producers: Alastair Fathergirl and Keith Shawley, Netflix
Inexpressible
Executive Producers: Ben Silverman, Howard T. Owens, Isabel San Vargas, Ryan Duffy, Miguel Tamayo, Jamie Messler and Chrissy Teigen, Netflix
Nominees for Broadcast Editing
Project 1619
Editors: Ephraim Kirkwood, Adriana Pacheco, Stephanie Maridueña and Ed Bartesky, Hulu
Dear Mom
Editor: Lasse Jarvi, FX
Paul T. Goldman
Editors: Mike Giambra, Hank Friedman, Jodi McVay-Schultz and Danny Sharar, Peacock
Sweet Baby: Brooke Shields
Editors: Sarah Newens, Anne Yao and David Teague, Hulu
Nothing is eternal
Editors: Paul Marchand and Jack Price, Showtime
Nominees for Broadcast Cinematography
Project 1619
Cinematographer: Jerry Henry, Hulu
Adollam Cave
Cinematographers: Greg Herriot and Mike Doyle, ESPN.
Edge of the Unknown with Jimmy Chin
Cinematographers: Ross McDonnell, Alfredo de Juan, Cam Riley, Nick Kraus, Brian Smith, David Pearson and Pablo Durana, National Geographic
Nothing is eternal
Cinematographer: Heloise Passos, Showtime.
Our Planet II
Nominees to be announced, Netflix
Restaurants at the end of the world
Cinematographer: Petr Zichart, National Geographic.
List of short film semi-finalists
Awaydirector Ruslan Fedotov
Between Earth and Skydirected by Andrew Nadkami
Black Girls Play: A History of Hand Gamesdirected by Jo Brewster and Michelle Stevenson
Decisive vote directed by Jeremy Workman and Rob Lyons
In bluedirected by Omer Sami
Last repair shopdirected by Ben Proudfoot and Kris Bowers
Salt and Pepper Shakers by Margie Sudekdirector Meredith Moore –Abdi’s neighbordirected by Douwe Dijkstra
Oasisdirector Justine Martin
Will you look at me?directed by Shuli Huang