Cinema Eye Introduces Award for Nonfiction Films Made for Television
“It’s wonderful to be able to open up the awards to more documentaries,” said Charlotte Cook, the Chair of the Cinema Eye Nominations Committee and the Director of Programming at the Hot Docs Film Festival in Toronto. “Recognizing the huge role television plays, and has always played, in the ability for people to see this incredible work means we can continue to honor the best filmmakers working in this art form today.”
Cinema Eye Launches Voting for 2014 Audience Choice Prize
The Cinema Eye Honors for Nonfiction Filmmaking have opened voting for the 2014 Audience Choice Prize, the Cinema Eye award that is decided by the votes of the public. Ten films, including a number of the most talked-about and debated documentaries of the year, are amongst this year’s Audience Choice nominees.
Cinema Eye Names 11 Nonfiction Short Film Finalists for 2012 Awards
October 11, 2011 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE New York, NY – Eleven films from six countries have been named as finalists for the 2012 Cinema Eye Honors for Outstanding Achievement in Nonfiction Short Filmmaking. Five nominees, selected from the 11 finalists, will be named on October 26, 2011, when nominees for the 2012 Cinema Eye Honors […]
Cinema Eye Partners With Documentary Channel to Broadcast 2011 Event from New York’s Museum of the Moving Image
The Cinema Eye Honors, the New York City-based awards ceremony dedicated to the art and craft of nonfiction filmmaking, and Documentary Channel® (DOC)
Cinema Eye Partners with Filmmaker Magazine to Launch Heterodox Award
First Five Nominees Revealed January 4, 2011 – New York – The Cinema Eye Honors for Nonfiction Filmmaking announced today the five nominees for the first annual Cinema Eye Heterodox Award, sponsored by Filmmaker Magazine. The Cinema Eye Heterodox Award marks a new award category created to honor a narrative film that imaginatively incorporates nonfiction […]
Cinema Eye Statement on Laura Poitras
Cinema Eye, the film organization that hosts the Cinema Eye Honors and advocates for artistry and craft in nonfiction filmmaking, is releasing a statement today to vigorously protest the Department of Homeland Security’s treatment of our valued colleague, Laura Poitras.
Cinema Eye to Present 2012 Legacy Award to Frederick Wiseman’s Titicut Follies
The Cinema Eye Honors for Nonfiction Filmmaking today announced that the 2012 Legacy Award will be presented to the landmark 1967 documentary, Titicut Follies, a stark and graphic portrayal of the conditions that existed at the State Prison for the Criminally Insane at Bridgewater, Massachusetts.
Cinema Eye to Present 2014 Legacy Award to Barbara Kopple’s Harlan County, USA
The Cinema Eye Honors for Nonfiction Filmmaking today announced that the 2014 Legacy Award will be presented to the landmark 1976 documentary, Harlan County, USA, Barbara Kopple’s groundbreaking chronicle of a historic Kentucky coal miner strike. Kopple will accept the award on behalf of the film at the 7th annual Cinema Eye Honors ceremony on January 8, 2014, to be held at the Museum of the Moving Image in Astoria, New York.
Dates, Rules and Production Team Announced for #CEH16
Cinema Eye, the nonfiction filmmaking organization dedicated to recognizing outstanding achievement and craft in the documentary form, has announced key dates, rules and lead production team for the 2016 Cinema Eye Week and Honors Awards Ceremony. The 2016 Cinema Eye Honors Week will take place in New York City beginning Sunday, January 10 and concluding […]
Eligible Films for 2011 Cinema Eye Honors
109 films are currently eligible for the 2011 Cinema Eye Honors. We will continue to add titles as they become eligible leading up to the October 15 deadline. Nominations will be announced at Doc/Fest in Sheffield, UK on November 4, 2010. If you believe your film should be eligible, please check the FAQ under How […]