Casting Jonbenet
A film that examines both our collective memory and the performative nature of nonfiction filmmaking, CASTING JONBENET is a gripping, stylized exploration of the world’s most sensational child-murder case, the still unsolved death of six-year-old American beauty queen, JonBenet Ramsey. Created over the course of 15 months, filmmaker Kitty Green traveled to the Ramsey’s Colorado […]
The Cave
Oscar nominee Feras Fayyad (“Last Men in Aleppo”) delivers an unflinching story of the Syrian war with his powerful new documentary, The Cave. For besieged civilians, hope and safety lie underground inside the subterranean hospital known as the Cave, where pediatrician and managing physician Dr. Amani Ballour and her colleagues Samaher and Dr. Alaa have […]
Ceremony will be held at the Times Center in New York City on January 15, 2010.
The Cinema Eye Honors for Nonfiction Filmmaking will be held at the Times Center in New York City on January 15, 2010. Indiepix, the online distributor of independent film, returns for a third year as Founding Sponsor and Co-Producer of Cinema Eye. New sponsors for 2010 include Presenting Sponsor – HBO Documentary Films and Contributing […]
The Challenge
Falconry has a history that stretches back over 40 centuries. In the West it was a prevailing passion of the medieval aristocracy, but its prestige continues undiminished in contemporary Arab culture. Three years of observing this form of hunting in the field have made it possible to capture the spirit of a tradition that today […]
Chasing Coral
Coral reefs are the nursery for all life in the oceans, a remarkable ecosystem that sustains us. Yet with carbon emissions warming the seas, a phenomenon called “coral bleaching”—a sign of mass coral death—has been accelerating around the world, and the public has no idea of the scale or implication of the catastrophe silently raging […]
Cinema Eye Announces “The Unforgettables” – List of Year’s Notable and Significant Documentary Film Subjects
The focus of 15 films, these seventeen people (and one bull orca) were selected by votes from more than 80 of this year’s eligible filmmakers as well as Cinema Eye’s nominations committee, which is comprised of 25 of the world’s top documentary film programmers and curators.
Cinema Eye Announces 2014 Shorts List: 15 Nonfiction Short Film Finalists
Fifteen documentary short films from around the world have been named as finalists for the 2014 Cinema Eye Honors. This year’s finalists includes a previous Cinema Eye winner and two filmmakers who were named to previous Shorts Lists.
Cinema Eye Announces 2016 Heterodox Nominees
Cinema Eye today announced the five nominees for its annual Heterodox Award. The Heterodox Award honors a narrative fiction film that imaginatively incorporates nonfiction strategies, content and/or modes of production. The five films nominated this year for the Cinema Eye Heterodox Award are: Arabian Nights: Volume One (The Restless One) directed by Miguel Gomes God […]
Cinema Eye Announces Joe Berlinger and Bruce Sinofsky as First Recipients of the Hell Yeah Prize for their Paradise Lost Trilogy
The Cinema Eye Honors for Nonfiction Filmmaking today announced a new, periodic award called the Hell Yeah Prize, to be given to filmmakers who have created works of incredible craft and artistry that also have significant, real-world impact.
Cinema Eye Announces New Award for Short Film & Names 11 Finalists
The 2011 Cinema Eye Honors will feature a new award for Outstanding Achievement in Nonfiction Short Filmmaking. Five nominees, selected from 11 finalists, will be named on November 4, 2010 at the Cinema Eye Nominations Announcement at Sheffield Doc/Fest in the United Kingdom along with feature film nominees in 11 categories. Finalists for the Short […]