Retrospective · 1st Annual Cinema Eye Honors

2008

Honoring the year’s outstanding nonfiction filmmaking. Ceremony held March 17, 2008 at IFC Center.

2008 Honorees

The 2008 Honors

9 categories

Honoree · Nonfiction Feature

Manda Bala (Send a Bullet)

Directed by Jason Kohn

Category honors

Direction

For Taxi to the Dark Side

Debut Feature

Jennifer Venditti

For Billy the Kid

Audience Choice Prize

The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters

International Feature

Pernille Rose Grønkjær & Sigrid Dyekjær

For The Monastery: Mr. Vig and the Nun

Cinematography

For Manda Bala (Send a Bullet)

Editing

Doug Abel, Jenny Golden & Andy Grieve

For Manda Bala (Send a Bullet)

Production

Seth Kanegis, Tomas Radoor & Mikael Rieks

For Ghosts of Cité Soleil

Visual Design

Lewis Kofsky & Richard Winkler

All Nominees

Nominees

Nonfiction Feature history →

Nominees

Philip GröningFor Into Great Silence
Tony KayeFor Lake of Fire
Jason KohnFor Manda Bala (Send a Bullet)
Robinson DevorFor Zoo

Direction history →

Nominees

Jason KohnFor Manda Bala (Send a Bullet)
Pernille Rose GrønkjærFor The Monastery: Mr. Vig and the Nun
Charles FergusonFor No End in Sight
Esther B. RobinsonFor A Walk Into the Sea: Danny Williams and the Warhol Factory

Debut Feature history →

Nominees

Louise Osmond & Jerry RothwellFor Deep Water
David SingtonFor In the Shadow of the Moon
Philip GröningFor Into Great Silence
Julien TempleFor Joe Strummer: The Future Is Unwritten
Jennifer BaichwalFor Manufactured Landscapes
Charles FergusonFor No End in Sight
Michael MooreFor Sicko

Audience Choice Prize history →

Nominees

Asger Leth, Seth Kanegis, Tomas Radoor & Mikael RieksFor Ghosts of Cité Soleil
Philip Gröning, Elda Guidinetti, Andres Pfaffli & Michael WeberFor Into Great Silence
Jennifer Baichwal, Daniel Iron & Nicholas de PencierFor Manufactured Landscapes
Weijun Chen & Don EdkinsFor Please Vote for Me

International Feature history →

Nominees

Philip GröningFor Into Great Silence
Tony KayeFor Lake of Fire
Peter MettlerFor Manufactured Landscapes
Sean KirbyFor Zoo

Cinematography history →

Nominees

David ZieffFor Crazy Love
Niels Pagh AndersenFor Flying: Confessions of a Free Woman
Adam NielsenFor Ghosts of Cité Soleil
Peter GoddardFor Lake of Fire
Chad Beck & Cindy LeeFor No End in Sight

Editing history →

Nominees

Sybil Robson OrrFor Blindsight
Brett Morgen & Graydon CarterFor Chicago 10
Philip Gröning, Elda Guidinetti, Andres Pfaffli & Michael WeberFor Into Great Silence
Tony KayeFor Lake of Fire
Joey Frank, Jared Ian Goldman & Jason KohnFor Manda Bala (Send a Bullet)

Production history →

Nominees

Trollbäck + CompanyFor Helvetica
Petra EpperleinFor The Prisoner or: How I Planned to Kill Tony Blair
David QuesnelleFor Super Amigos
Jef SewellFor The Unforeseen

Visual Design history →