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