Outstanding Achievement in Nonfiction Feature Filmmaking 

Celebrating the highest dedication to excellence in nonfiction filmmaking across all fields of craft and artistry. Previous winners in this category are MANDA BALA (SEND A BULLET) (2008), MAN ON WIRE (2009), THE COVE (2010), EXIT THROUGH THE GIFT SHOP (2011) and THE INTERRUPTERS (2012).

Searching for Sugar Man

Searching for Sugar Man

Nominated for Audience Choice, Outstanding Achievement in a Debut Feature Film, Outstanding Achievement in Graphic Design and Animation, Outstanding Achievement in Nonfiction Feature Filmmaking, Outstanding Achievement in Production

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…

Only the Young

Only the Young

Nominated for Outstanding Achievement in a Debut Feature Film, Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography, Outstanding Achievement in Direction, Outstanding Achievement in Nonfiction Feature Filmmaking

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. Skye is strong-willed, beautiful and wise beyond her…

Marina Abramovic The Artist is Present

Marina Abramovic The Artist is Present

Nominated for Audience Choice, Outstanding Achievement in a Debut Feature Film, Outstanding Achievement in Nonfiction Feature Filmmaking

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,…

The Imposter

The Imposter

Nominated for Audience Choice, Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography, Outstanding Achievement in Nonfiction Feature Filmmaking, Outstanding Achievement in Original Music Score, Outstanding Achievement in Production

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…

Detropia

Detropia

Nominated for Outstanding Achievement in Direction, Outstanding Achievement in Editing, Outstanding Achievement in Nonfiction Feature Filmmaking, Outstanding Achievement in Original Music Score

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…

5 Broken Cameras

5 Broken Cameras

Nominated for Audience Choice, Outstanding Achievement in Editing, Outstanding Achievement in Nonfiction Feature Filmmaking

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…

Cinema Eye Honors

The Cinema Eye Honors for Nonfiction Filmmaking recognize and honor exemplary craft and innovation in nonfiction film. Cinema Eye’s mission is to advocate for, recognize and promote the highest commitment to rigor and artistry in the nonfiction field.

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2013 Ceremony

The 2013 Cinema Eye Honors will be held January 9, 2013 at New York City’s Museum of the Moving Image