Cinema Eye has announced the films on this year’s Shorts List, the organization’s annual list of semi-finalists for its Nonfiction Short Film Honor. Due to a tie in the voting, 11 films are on this year’s list, which includes many of the most acclaimed short documentaries of the year. Among the filmmakers on this year’s Shorts List are returning nominees Maximilien Van Aertryck and Alex Danielson, nominated for the Short Film award in 2018 for Ten Meter Tower, and 4-time Cinema Eye winner (for The Oath and Citizenfour) Laura Poitras.
Shorts List
Águilas
Directed by Kristy Guevara-Flanagan and Maite Zubiaurre.
A Broken House
Directed by Jimmy Goldblum
Don’t Go Tellin’ Your Momma
Directed by Topaz Jones and Rubberband
Elena
Directed by Michèle Stephenson
Jobs for all!
Directed by Axel Danielson and Maximillien Van Aertryck
The Last Cruise
Directed by Hannah Olson
Takeover
Directed by Emma Francis-Snyder
Terror Contagion
Directed by Laura Poitras
Three Songs for Benazir
Directed by Elizabeth Mirzaei and Gulistan Mirzaei
We Were There to Be There
Directed by Mike Plante and Jason Willis
Your Street
Directed by Güzin Kar