Documentary about Palestinian occupation wins Outstanding Feature; Heidi Ewing & Rachel Grady receive Outstanding Direction for Detropia; Only the Young top Debut; The Imposter wins for Production; How to Survive a Plague for Editing; Chasing Ice for Cinematography and Bully takes Audience Choice
Chris Hegedus & D A Pennebaker’s The War Room to be honored
Cinema Eye today announced the five nominees for its third annual Cinema Eye Heterodox Award, sponsored by Filmmaker Magazine. The Cinema Eye Heterodox Award honors a narrative film that imaginatively incorporates nonfiction strategies, content and/or modes of production.
The Imposter and Searching for Sugar Man Receive Five Nominations Each
Major Change Announced In How Nominees For Outstanding Feature Are Determined
Cinema Eye Honors Names 10 Finalists for 2013 Outstanding Short Film Award
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.
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.
Five broken cameras—and each one has a powerful tale to tell. Embedded in the bullet-ridden remains of digital technology is the story of Emad Burnat, a farmer from the Palestinian village of Bil’in, which famously chose nonviolent resistance when the Israeli army encroached upon its land to make room for Jewish colonists..
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Once a place symbolic of the American Dream, Detroit has been hard hit by the economic downturn. Detroit natives would say “downturn” is an understatement; they’re facing all-out depression. The Academy Award-nominated duo Heidi Ewing and Rachel Grady create an indelible postmodern portrait of a city disappearing..
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It’s 1994: a 13-year-old boy disappears from his home in San Antonio, Texas. Three and a half years later, he is found alive, thousands of miles away, in Spain. Disoriented and quivering with fear, he divulges his shocking story of kidnap and torture. His family is overjoyed to bring him home. But all is not what it seems. Sure, he has the same tattoos, but he looks..
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For anyone who has doubted the validity of performance art, this is the film that will change your mind. The self-described “grandmother of performance art,” Abramovic has spent forty fearless years on the edge crafting art of the most visceral, soulful, and unforgettable sort She once trekked halfway across..
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Garrison and Kevin live in a small desert town with nothing to do. In foreclosed homes and deserted underpasses they create their own fun and avoid the realities of being an adult. An incredibly intimate, candid and instantly relatable portrait of a moment in life we’ve all shared, this is a film that will be close to people’s hearts..
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The son of Mexican immigrants, singer-songwriter Sixto Diaz Rodriguez recorded two politically conscious albums in 1969 and 1970. Set against swirling string arrangements, they flopped at home. But in apartheid-era South Africa, Sugar Man’s subversive music was passed around like a magic talisman elebrated as the equal of the Beatles and Neil Young..
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The 2013 Cinema Eye Honors will be held January 9, 2013 at New York City’s Museum of the Moving Image
