The Cinema Eye Honors Award (CEHA) nominations have been announced representing the best in documentary filmmaking for 2024. Cinema Eye will return to the historic New York Academy of Medicine in East Harlem for its 18th Annual Awards Ceremony, to be held on Thursday, January 9th, 2025. Cinema Eye Week, which includes a number of events and activities for Cinema Eye nominees and honorees, kicks off on Monday, January 6th.
Here are this year’s nominees…
Feature
2000 Meters to Andriivka – Mstyslav Chernov, Michelle Mizner, Raney Aronson-Rath, Alex Babenko and Sam Slater
Afternoons of Solitude – Albert Serra, Montse Triola, Luis Ferrón, Pedro Palacios, Artur Tort, Mac Verdaguer and Jordi Ribas
Come See Me in the Good Light – Ryan White, Jessica Hargrave, Tig Notaro, Stef Willen, Brandon Somerhalder, Berenice Chávez, Blake Neely, Dave Richards, Brent Kiser, Andrea Gibson and Megan Falley
Cover-Up – Laura Poitras, Mark Obenhaus, Yoni Golijov, Olivia Streisand, Mia Cioffi Henry, Amy Foote, Peter Bowman, Maya Shenfeld and Seymour Hersh
The Perfect Neighbor – Geeta Gandbhir, Alisa Payne, Nikon Kwantu, Sam Bisbee, Viridiana Lieberman, Laura Heinzinger and Felipe Messeder
Put Your Soul on Your Hand and Walk – Sepideh Farsi, Javad Djavahery, Fatma Hassona, Cinna Peyghamy and Pierre Carrasco
Seeds – Brittany Shyne, Danielle Varga, Sabrina Schmidt Gordon, Malika Zouhali-Worrall, Robert Aiki Aubrey Lowe, Daniel Timmons, Ben Kruse and Willie Head Jr.
Direction
Mstyslav Chernov – 2000 Meters to Andriivka
Albert Serra – Afternoons of Solitude
Ryan White – Come See Me in the Good Light
Laura Poitras and Mark Obenhaus – Cover-Up
Geeta Gandbhir – The Perfect Neighbor
David Osit – Predators
Brittany Shyne – Seeds
Editing
Michelle Mizner – 2000 Meters to Andriivka
Amy Foote, Peter Bowman and Laura Poitras – Cover-Up
Alexander Kashcheev – I Am Not Everything I Want to Be
Julia Loktev and Michael Taylor – My Undesirable Friends: Part 1 – Last Air in Moscow
Alexandra Strauss – Orwell: 2+2=5
Viridiana Lieberman – The Perfect Neighbor
Stephan Krumbiegel, Olaf Voigtländer and Alfredo Castro – Riefenstahl
Production
Mstyslav Chernov, Michelle Mizner and Raney Aronson-Rath – 2000 Meters to Andriivka
Andrew Jarecki and Charlotte Kaufman – The Alabama Solution
James Jones – Antidote
Petra Costa and Alessandra Orofino – Apocalypse in the Tropics
Helle Faber – Mr. Nobody Against Putin
Julia Loktev – My Undesirable Friends: Part 1 – Last Air in Moscow
Cinematography
Artur Tort – Afternoons of Solitude
Ben Bernhard – Architecton
Brandon Somerhalder – Come See Me in the Good Light
Lars Erlend Tubaas Øymo and Tor Edvin Eliassen – Folktales
Brittany Shyne – Seeds
Jean Dakar – The Tale of Silyan
Original Music Score
Sam Slater – 2000 Meters to Andriivka
Blake Neely – Come See Me in the Good Light
Maya Shenfeld – Cover-Up
Kris Bowers – The Eyes of Ghana
Todd Griffin – Folktales
Alexeï Aïgui – Orwell: 2+2=5
Sound Design
Alexander Dudarev – Architecton
James LeBrecht, Greg Francis and Nina Hartstone – Deaf President Now!
Andreas Lindberg Svensson – Folktales
Bonnie Wild – Marlee Matlin: Not Alone Anymore
Sean Ono Lennon, Sam Gannon and Simon Hilton – One to One: John and Yoko
Daniel Timmons and Ben Kruse – Seeds
Visual Design
Nominees To Be Determined – Ghost Boy
Nominees To Be Determined – In Waves and War
Sara Gunnarsdóttir and Josh Shaffner – It’s Never Over, Jeff Buckley
Norn Jordan – The New Yorker at 100
Joseph Midthun – Swamp Dogg Gets His Pool Painted
Nominees To Be Determined – Zodiac Killer Project
Debut
Marlee Matlin: Not Alone Anymore – Directed By Shoshannah Stern
Monk in Pieces – Directed By Billy Shebar and David C. Roberts
Remaining Native – Directed By Paige Bethmann
Seeds – Directed By Brittany Shyne
The Shepherd and the Bear – Directed By Max Keegan
Swamp Dogg Gets His Pool Painted – Directed By Isaac Gale and Ryan Olson
Spotlight Award
Always – Directed By Deming Chen
The Encampments – Directed By Michael T Workman and Kei Pritsker
Flophouse America – Directed By Monica Strømdahl
Sanatorium – Directed By Gar O’Rourke
To the West, in Zapata – Directed By David Bim
Audience Choice Prize
Apocalypse in the Tropics – Directed By Petra Costa
Coexistence, My Ass! – Directed By Amber Fares
Come See Me in the Good Light – Directed By Ryan White
The Eyes of Ghana – Directed By Ben Proudfoot
It’s Never Over, Jeff Buckley – Directed By Amy Berg
The Librarians – Directed By Kim A. Snyder
Marlee Matlin: Not Alone Anymore – Directed By Shoshannah Stern
Mr. Nobody Against Putin – Directed By David Borenstein
Prime Minister – Directed By Michelle Walsh and Lindsay Utz
The Tale of Silyan – Directed By Tamara Kotevska
Audience Choice Prize Longlist
Cover-Up – Directed By Laura Poitras and Mark Obenhaus
Cutting Through Rocks – Directed By Sara Khaki and Mohammadreza Eyni
Deaf President Now! – Directed By Nyle DiMarco and Davis Guggenheim
Folktales – Directed By Heidi Ewing and Rachel Grady
Orwell: 2+2=5 – Directed By Raoul Peck
The Perfect Neighbor – Directed By Geeta Gandbhir
Unforgettables Honorees
Noam Shuster-Eliassi – Coexistence, My Ass!
Andrea Gibson and Megan Falley – Come See Me in the Good Light
Seymour Hersh – Cover-Up
Sara Shahverdi – Cutting Through Rocks
Pavel Talankin – Mr. Nobody Against Putin
Jacinda Ardern – Prime Minister
Fatma Hassona – Put Your Soul on Your Hand and Walk
Shorts List
All The Empty Rooms – Directed by Joshua Seftel
Am I the skinniest person you’ve ever seen? – Directed by Eisha Marjara
Armed Only With a Camera: The Life and Death of Brent Renaud – Directed by Brent Renaud and Craig Renaud
Crying Glacier – Directed by Lutz Stautner
The Devil is Busy – Directed by Geeta Gandbhir and Christalyn Hampton
The Long Valley – Directed by Rodrigo Ojeda-Beck and Robert Machoian
Mama Micra – Directed by Rebecca Blöcher
perfectly a strangeness – Directed by Alison McAlpine
We Were The Scenery – Directed by Christopher Radcliff
Who Loves The Sun – Directed by Arshia Shakiba
Broadcast Film
Deaf President Now! – Directed by Nyle DiMarco and Davis Guggenheim (Apple TV+)
Democracy Noir – Directed by Connie Field (SWR / ARTE / DR)
Enigma – Directed by Zackary Drucker (HBO | Max)
My Mom Jayne – Directed by Mariska Hargitay (HBO | Max)
Pee-wee as Himself – Directed by Matt Wolf (HBO | Max)
Sly Lives! (aka The Burden of Black Genius) – Directed by Ahmir ‘Questlove’ Thompson (Hulu, Onyx Collective)
Nonfiction Series
Chimp Crazy – Directed by Eric Goode (HBO | Max)
Couples Therapy – Directed by Pax Wassermann and Bennett Elliott (Paramount+)
Dallas, 2019 – Directed by Darius Clark Monroe (PBS/Independent Lens)
The Sing Sing Chronicles – Directed by Dawn Porter (MSNBC)
Social Studies – Directed by Lauren Greenfield (FX on Hulu)
The Stanford Prison Experiment: Unlocking the Truth – Directed by Juliette Eisner (National Geographic)
Anthology Series
Conan O’Brien Must Go – Executive Producers Conan O’Brien and Jeff Ross (HBO | Max)
Harlem Ice – Executive Producers Sara Bernstein, Justin Wilkes, Robin Roberts, Geeta Gandbhir, Meredith Kaulfers and Alisa Payne (Disney+)
Omnivore – Executive Producers René Redzepi, Ben Liebmann, Chris Rice, Matt Goulding, Collin Orcutt and Mateo Willis (Apple TV+)
Our Oceans – Executive Producers Jonathan Smith and James Honeyborne (Netflix)
SNL50: Beyond Saturday Night – Executive Producers Morgan Neville, Caitrin Rogers and Juaquin Cambron (Peacock)
Tucci In Italy – Executive Producers Stanley Tucci, Lottie Birmingham, Amanda Lyon and Simon Raikes (National Geographic)
Broadcast Editing
Deaf President Now! – Edited by Michael Harte (Apple TV+)
My Mom Jayne – Edited by JD Marlow (HBO | Max)
Pee-wee as Himself – Edited by Damian Rodriguez (HBO | Max)
Sly Lives! (aka The Burden of Black Genius) – Edited by Joshua L. Pearson (Hulu)
Social Studies – Edited by Alyse Ardell Spiegel, Helen Kearns, Catherine Bull and Charles Little II (FX on Hulu)
Wise Guy: David Chase and The Sopranos – Edited by Andy Grieve (HBO | Max)
Broadcast Cinematography
Chef’s Table: Legends – Director of Photography Will Basanta (Netflix)
Dallas, 2019 – Director of Photography Christine Ng (PBS/Independent Lens)
No Taste Like Home with Antoni Porowski – Director of Photography Steve Lidgerwood (National Geographic)
Omnivore – Director of Photography Tom Elliott, Sy Turnbull and Jurgen Lisse (Apple TV+)
Our Oceans – Director of Photography Roger Munns, Roger Horrocks, Justin Maguire, Ryan Tidman and Jamie McPherson (Netflix)
Social Studies – Director of Photography Bryan Donnell, Jenna Rosher and Jerry Risius (FX on Hulu)
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