2012 Cinema Eye Honors

In 2012, the 5th edition of Cinema Eye took place on January 11, with Steve James and Alex Kotlowitz’ The Interrupters receiving the top two awards, Outstanding Nonfiction Feature and Outstanding Direction. It was the first time in Cinema Eye history that one film had won both awards. Frederick Wiseman accepted the Legacy Award on behalf of his debut film, Titicut Follies, and Joe Berlinger and Bruce Sinofsky received the first ever Hell Yeah Prize for their Paradise Lost series of films, which inspired a groundswell of public outrage over the case of the West Memphis Three. Presenters at the 5th annual event included Michael Moore, Alex Gibney, Peter Davis, Andrea Meditch, Josh Fox, Nanette Burstein and Robert Krulwich.

Outstanding Achievement
in Nonfiction Feature Filmmaking

• The Arbor

  Directed by Directed by Clio Barnard
  Produced by Tracy O’Riordan

• Winner

  The Interrupters

  Directed by Steve James
  Produced by Alex Kotlowitz and Steve James

• Nostalgia for the Light

  Directed by Patricio Guzmán
  Produced by Renate Sachse

• Position Among the Stars

  Directed by Leonard Retel Helmrich
  Produced by Hetty Naaijkens-Retel Helmrich

• Project Nim

  Directed by James Marsh
  Produced by Simon Chinn

• Senna

  Directed by Asif Kapadia
  Produced by James Gay-Rees, Tim Bevan and Eric Fellner

Outstanding Achievement in Direction

• Clio Barnard

  For The Arbor

• Danfung Dennis

  For Hell and Back Again

• Winner

  Steve James

  For The Interrupters

• Patricio Guzmán

  For Nostalgia for the Light

• Leonard Retel Helmrich

  For Position Among the Stars

Outstanding Achievement in Editing

• Hanna Lejonqvist SFK and Göran Hugo Olsson

  For The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975

• Jennifer Tiexiera and Lizzy Calhoun

  For Dragonslayer

• Joe Walker

  For Life in a Day

• Jasper Naaijkens

  For Position Among the Stars

• Winner

  Gregers Sall and Chris King

  For Senna

Outstanding Achievement in Production

• Erik Nelson and Adrienne Ciuffo

  For Cave of Forgotten Dreams

• Mike Lerner

  For Hell and Back Again

• Steve James and Alex Kotlowitz

  For The Interrupters

• Renate Sachse

  For Nostalgia for the Light

• Winner

  Gian-Piero Ringel and Wim Wenders

  For Pina

Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography

• Alma Har’el

  For Bombay Beach

• Eric Koretz

  For Dragonslayer

• Winner

  Danfung Dennis

  For Hell and Back Again

• Katell Dijan

  For Nostalgia for the Light

• Leonard Retel Helmrich and Ismail Fahmi Lubish

  For Position Among the Stars

Audience Choice

• Bill Cunningham New York

  Directed by Richard Press

• The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975

  Directed by Göran Hugo Olsson

• Winner

  Buck

  Directed by Cindy Meehl

• Cave of Forgotten Dreams

  Directed by Werner Herzog

• Give Up Tomorrow

  Directed by Michael Collins

• The Interrupters

  Directed by Steve James

• Justin Bieber: Never Say Never

  Directed by Jon M. Chu

• Project Nim

  Directed by James Marsh

• Senna

  Directed by Asif Kapadia

• Tabloid

  Directed by Errol Morris

Outstanding Achievement in a Debut Feature Film

• Winner

  Clio Barnards

  For The Arbor

• Michal Marczak

  For At the Edge of Russia

• Alma Har’el

  For Bombay Beach

• Tristan Patterson

  For Dragonslayer

• Danfung Dennis

  For Hell and Back Again

Outstanding Achievement
in Original Music Score

• Harry Escott and Molly Nyman

  For The Arbor

• Ernst Reijseger

  For Cave of Forgotten Dreams

• T. Griffin

  For Dragonslayer

• Antonio Pinto

  For Senna

• Winner

  John Kusiak

  For Tabloid

Outstanding Achievement
in Graphic Design or Animation

• Justin Barber and Ryland Jones

  For Women Art Revolution

• Mike Nicholson and Allison Moore

  For Better This World

• Brent Green

  For Gravity Was Everywhere Back Then

• Kinda Akash

  For Project Nim

• Raynor Pettge

  For Shut Up Little Man! An Audio Misadventure

• Winner

  Rob Feng and Jeremy Landman

  For Tabloid

Spotlight Award

• Family Instinct

  Directed by Andris Gauja

• Last Days Here

  Directed by Don Argott and Demien Fenton

• The Pruitt-Igoe Myth

  Directed by Chad Friedrichs

• Scenes of a Crime

  Directed by Blue Hadaegh and Grover Babcock

• Winner

  The Tiniest Place

  Directed by Tatiana Huezo Sánchez

Outstanding Achievement
in Nonfiction Short Filmmaking

• Il Capo

  Directed by Yuri Ancarani

• Winner

  Diary

  Directed by Tim Hetherington

• Minka

  Directed by Davina Pardo

• Out of Reach

  Directed by Jakub Stozek

• This Chair Is Not Me

  Directed by Andy Taylor Smith

Heterodox Award

• Winner

  Beginners

  Directed by Mike Mills

• The Lips

  Directed by Ivan Fund and Santiago Loza

• The Mill and the Cross

  Directed by Lech Majewski

• My Joy

  Directed by Sergei Loznitsa

• Snow on Tha Bluff

  Directed by Damon Russell

Legacy Award

• Winner

  Titicut Follies

  Directed by Frederick Wiseman

Hell Yeah Prize

• Winner

  Paradise Lost Trilogy

  Directed by Joe Berlinger and Bruce Sinofsky