Austin B Media

View Original

The 15th Annual Cinema Eye Honors Winners

This Monday, the Cinema Eye revealed their 15th Annual Cinema Eye Honors during their ceremony at the Museum of the Moving Image in Astoria, Queens. Unlike last year's ceremony, this year's Cinema Eye Honors was not broadcast virtually.

If you're not familiar with the Cinema Eye Honors, this is where the Cinema Eye, a team of filmmakers and programmers recognize feature and short-length films and series with a focus on nonfiction that was distributed through theaters, festival(s), broadcast(s), or on streaming. The Honor Awards Ceremony is the conclusion of Cinema Eye Weekend, a multi-day, multi-city celebration that celebrates the best in nonfiction film through screenings and events. The final days of the aforementioned weekend take place in New York City, where this year's filmmakers come together in a series of events.

So without further ado, here are the winners of the 15th Annual Cinema Eye Honors! As always, links to films or television shows I've reviewed will be included.

Outstanding Nonfiction Feature

Ascension

Faya Dayi

Flee

The Rescue

Summer of Soul

The Velvet Underground

Outstanding Direction

Ascension

Faya Dayi

Flee

In the Same Breath

Procession

Summer of Soul

Outstanding Editing

Homeroom

The Rescue

Roadrunner: A Film About Anthony Bourdain 

Summer of Soul

The Velvet Underground

Outstanding Cinematography

All Light, Everywhere

Ascension

Cusp

Faya Dayi

The Rescue

Outstanding Production

The First Wave

Flee

In the Same Breath

President

The Rescue

Outstanding Original Score

All Light, Everywhere

Ascension

Flee

Julia

maini - towards the ocean, towards the shore

Procession

Outstanding Sound Design

All Light, Everywhere

Faya Dayi

Flee

Summer of Soul

The Velvet Underground

Outstanding Graphic Design or Animation

Becoming Cousteau

Flee

Rebel Hearts

The Sparks Brothers

Wojnarowicz: F*ck You F*ggot F*cker

Outstanding Debut Feature

Ascension

A Cop Movie

Faya Dayi

Jacinta

Summer of Soul

Audience Choice Price

Becoming Cousteau

Billie Eilish - The World's A Little Blurry

Flee

Homeroom

Julia

Lily Topples the World

Listening to Kenny G

The Rescue

Rita Moreno: Just a Girl Who Decided to Go For It

Roadrunner: A Film About Anthony Bourdain

The Sparks Brothers

Summer of Soul

Try Harder!

The Velvet Underground

Writing With Fire

Outstanding Nonfiction Film for Broadcast

All In: The Fight for Democracy

David Byrne's American Utopia

Disclosure

In the Same Breath

Tina

Outstanding Nonfiction Series

City So Real

Philly D.A.

Last Chance U: Basketball

1971: The Year that Music Changed Everything

The Lady and the Dale

Exterminate All the Brutes

Outstanding Anthology Series

Earth at Night in Color

Pretend It's a City

High on the Hog: How African American Cuisine Transformed America

Taste the Nation with Padma Lakshmi

How to with John Wilson

Generation Hustle

Outstanding Broadcast Editing

Allen v. Farrow

City So Real

David Byrne's American Utopia

Exterminate All the Brutes

How to with John Wilson

Outstanding Broadcast Cinematography

Earth at Night in Color

City So Real

High on the Hog: How African American Cuisine Transformed America

100 Foot Wave

David Byrne's American Utopia

Spotlight Award

Fruits of Labor
The Neutral Ground
North by Current
Socks on Fire
Two Gods

Outstanding Nonfiction Short

Águilas

A Broken House

Don't Go Tellin' Your Momma

Terror Contagion

Three Songs for Benazir

Heterodox Award

Bo Burnham: Inside 

A Cop Movie

The Inheritance

El Planeta

The Souvenir Part II

The Unforgettables (Non-Competitive Honor)

Flee - Amin

Homeroom - Denilson Garibo

Introducing, Selma Blair - Selma Blair

Jacinta - Jacinta Hunt

Lily Topples the World - Lily Hevesh

Listening to Kenny G - Kenny G

Mr. Bachmann and His Class - Mr. Bachmann

My Name is Pauli Murray - Pauli Murray

Not Going Quietly - Ady Barkan

Procession - Joe Eldred, Mike Foreman, Ed Gavagan, Dan Laurine, Michael Sandridge, & Tom Viviano

The Rescue - Rick Stanton

Rita Moreno: Just a Girl Who Decided to Go For It - Rita Moreno

Roadrunner: A Film about Anthony Bourdain - Anthony Bourdain

The Sparks Brothers - Ron Mael and Russell Mael

Writing With Fire - Meera Nevi

Legacy Award

The Watermelon Woman

Written and directed by Cheryl Dunye
Produced by Alexandra Juhasz and Barry Swimar
Edited by Annie Taylor
Cinematography by Michelle Crenshaw
Original score by Paul Shapiro

What do you think of the winners list? What have you seen? What haven't you seen? What do you think got snubbed? Let me know in the comments below!

Until next time!

Thanks to Thomas Stoneham-Judge from Movies For Reel, Shane Conto, Joseph Davis, David Walters, Ambula Bula, and Matthew Simpson for supporting Austin B Media on Patreon!