18th Cinema Eye Honors

18th Cinema Eye Honors
18th Cinema Eye Honors
Date	January 9, 2025
Location	New York Academy of Medicine, East Harlem, New York
Most nominations	Film: Sugarcane (6); Broadcast: Girls State and Ren Faire (3)
Website	cinemaeyehonors.com

The 18th Cinema Eye Honors, destined to recognize outstanding artistry and craft in nonfiction filmmaking of 2024, will take place at the New York Academy of Medicine in East Harlem, New York on January 9, 2025.^[1]

The broadcast categories as well as the Short Films shortlist, the Audience Choice Prize longlist and the recipients for The Unforgettables, were announced on October 24, 2024.^[2] Two programs led the broadcast nominations: Apple TV+ film Girls State, which follows a group of teenage girls during a leadership program named Girl State, and HBO series Ren Faire, which explores a succession crisis at the Texas Renaissance Festival. Both received three nominations.^[3]

Later, on November 14, 2024, the film categories were announced.^[4] Sugarcane, which investigates the Canadian Indian residential school system, led the nominations with six. Following it, were two films with five nominations each: No Other Land, which follows a group of Palestine and Israeli activists during the ongoing conflict in Gaza; and Eno, which explores the career of English musician Brian Eno.^[5]

Winners and nominees

The winners are listed first and in bold.

Feature film

Outstanding Non-Fiction Feature

Black Box Diaries – Shiori Itō, Eric Nyari, Hanna Aqvilin, Ema Ryan Yamazaki, Yuta Okamura, Yuichiro Otsuka, Mark Degli Antoni and Andrew Tracy
Dahomey – Mati Diop, Eve Robin, Judith Lou Levy, Gabriel Gonzalez, Joséphine Drouin Viallard and Nicolas Becker
Daughters – Natalie Rae, Angela Patton, Lisa Mazzotta, Justin Benoliel, James Cunningham, Mindy Goldberg, Sam Bisbee, Kathryn Everett, Laura Choi Raycroft, Adrian Aurelius, Philip Nicolai Flindt, Michael Cambio Fernandez and Kelsey Lu
Look Into My Eyes – Lana Wilson, Kyle Martin, Hannah Buck and Stephen Maing
No Other Land – Yuval Abraham, Basel Adra, Hamdan Ballal, Rachel Szor, Fabien Greenberg, Bård Kjøge Rønning, Julius Pollux Rothlaender and Bård Harazi Farbu
Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat – Johan Grimonprez, Daan Milius, Rémi Grellety, Jonathan Wannyn, Rik Chaubet, Ranko Pauković and Alek Bunic Goosse
Sugarcane – Julian Brave NoiseCat, Emily Kassie, Kellen Quinn, Christopher LaMarca, Nathan Punwar, Maya Daisy Hawke, Mali Obomsawin, Martin Czembor, Andrea Bella, Michael Feuser and Ed Archie Noisecat

Outstanding Direction

Outstanding Debut

Dahomey – Mati Diop
Eno – Gary Hustwit
Look Into My Eyes – Lana Wilson
Mistress Dispeller – Elizabeth Lo
No Other Land – Yuval Abraham, Basel Adra, Hamdan Ballal, and Rachel Szor
Sugarcane – Julian Brave NoiseCat and Emily Kassie
Union – Stephen Maing and Brett Story

Black Box Diaries – Directed by Shiori Itō
Daughters – Directed by Natalie Rae and Angela Patton
Frida – Directed by Carla Gutiérrez
Grand Theft Hamlet – Directed by Pinny Grylls and Sam Crane
Hollywoodgate – Directed by Ibrahim Nash’at
No Other Land – Directed by Yuval Abraham, Basel Adra, Hamdan Ballal, and Rachel Szor

Outstanding Production

Outstanding Editing

Hollywoodgate – Shane Boris, Odessa Rae and Talal Derki
Mistress Dispeller – Elizabeth Lo, Emma D. Miller, and Maggie Li
No Other Land – Fabien Greenberg and Bård Kjøge Rønning
Porcelain War – Paula DuPre' Pesmen, Aniela Sidorska, Camilla Mazzaferro and Olivia Ahnemann
Sugarcane – Emily Kassie and Kellen Quinn
Union – Mars Verrone and Samantha Curley

Eno – Maya Tippet and Marley McDonald
Ernest Cole: Lost and Found – Alexandra Strauss
Frida – Carla Gutiérrez
Intercepted – Charlotte Tourres
Look Into My Eyes – Hannah Buck
Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat – Rik Chaubet

Outstanding Cinematography

Outstanding Original Score

Dahomey – Joséphine Drouin Viallard
Mistress Dispeller – Elizabeth Lo
Nocturnes – Satya Rai Nagpual
Porcelain War – Andrey Stefanov
Sugarcane – Emily Kassie and Christopher LaMarca
Viktor – Olivier Sarbil

Dahomey – Wally Badarou and Dean Blunt
Ernest Cole: Lost and Found – Alexeï Aïgui
Frida – Victor Hernández Stumpfhauser
Nocturnes – Nainita Desai
The Remarkable Life of Ibelin – Uno Helmersson
Sugarcane – Mali Obomsawin

Outstanding Sound Design

Outstanding Visual Design

Dahomey – Nicolas Becker
Eno – Nas Parkash and Patrick Fripp
Intercepted – Alex Lane
Nocturnes – Tom Paul, Shreyank Nanjappa and Sukanto Mazumder
Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat – Ranko Pauković and Alek Bunic Goosse
Viktor – Peter Albrechtsen, Nicolas Becker and Heikki Kossi

Eno – Brendan Dawes
Frida – Sofía Inés Cázares and Renata Galindo
Piece by Piece – Howard Baker
Porcelain War – Brendan Bellomo and BluBlu Studios
Queendom – Agniia Galdanova
The Remarkable Life of Ibelin – Rasmus Tukia and Ada Wikdahl

Outstanding Non-Fiction Short

Shortlist

Contractions – Directed by Lynne Sachs (NY Times Op-Docs)
Eternal Father – Directed by Ömer Sami (New Yorker)
I Am Ready, Warden – Directed by Smriti Mundhra (MTV Documentary Films)
Incident – Directed by Bill Morrison (New Yorker)
Instruments of a Beating Heart – Directed by Ema Ryan Yamazaki (NY Times Op-Docs)
Love in the Time of Migration – Directed by Erin Semine Kökdil and Chelsea Abbas (LA Times)

Makayla's Voice: A Letter to the World – Directed by Julio Palacio (Netflix)
The Medallion – Directed by Ruth Hunduma (New Yorker)
A Move – Directed by Elahe Esmaili (NY Times Op-Docs)
The Only Girl in the Orchestra – Directed by Molly O'Brien (Netflix)
A Swim Lesson – Directed by Rashida Jones and Will McCormack (POV)

Spotlight Award

Heterodox Award

Black Snow – Directed by Alina Simone
Homegrown – Directed by Michael Premo
A New Kind of Wilderness – Directed by Silje Evensmo Jacobsen
A Photographic Memory – Directed by Rachel Elizabeth Seed
Two Strangers Trying Not to Kill Each Other – Directed by Jacob Perlmutter and Manon Ouimet

Caught by the Tides – Directed by Jia Zhang-ke
Kneecap – Directed by Rich Peppiatt
My First Film – Directed by Zia Anger
Pavements – Directed by Alex Ross Perry
Sing Sing – Directed by Greg Kwedar
Songs from the Hole – Directed by Contessa Gayles

Audience Choice Prize

The Unforgettables

Copa 71 – Directed by James Erskine and Rachel Ramsay
Daughters – Directed by Natalie Rae and Angela Patton
Frida – Directed by Carla Gutiérrez
Mountain Queen: The Summits of Lhakpa Sherpa – Directed by Lucy Walker
Porcelain War – Directed by Brendan Bellomo and Slava Leontyev
The Remarkable Life of Ibelin – Directed by Benjamin Ree
Skywalkers: A Love Story – Directed by Jeff Zimbalist
Sugarcane – Directed by Julian Brave NoiseCat, Emily Kassie
Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story – Directed by Ian Bonhôte and Peter Ettedgui
Will & Harper – Directed by Josh Greenbaum

Black Box Diaries – Shiori Itō
Eno – Brian Eno
Mountain Queen: The Summits of Lhakpa Sherpa – Lhakpa Sherpa
No Other Land – Yuval Abraham and Basel Adra
Patrice: The Movie – Patrice Jetter
Queendom – Jenna Marvin
Union – Chris Smalls
Will & Harper – Harper Steele

Broadcast and Shorts

Outstanding Broadcast Film	Outstanding Nonfiction Series
Bread & Roses – Directed by Sahra Mani (Apple TV+) Girls State – Directed by Amanda McBaine and Jesse Moss (Apple TV+) Great Photo, Lovely Life: Facing a Family's Secrets – Directed by Amanda Mustard and Rachel Beth Anderson (HBO) The Lady Bird Diaries – Directed by Dawn Porter (Hulu) Slave Play. Not a Movie. A Play. – Directed by Jeremy O. Harris (HBO) Spermworld – Directed by Lance Oppenheim (FX)	America's Sweethearts: Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders – Directed by Greg Whiteley and Chelsea Yarnell (Netflix) Deadlocked: How America Shaped the Supreme Court – Directed by Dawn Porter (Showtime) The Enfield Poltergeist – Directed by Jerry Rothwell (Apple TV+) The Luckiest Guy in the World – Directed by Steve James (ESPN) Ren Faire – Directed by Lance Oppenheim (HBO) Telemarketers – Directed by Adam Bhala Lough and Sam Lipman-Stern (HBO)
Outstanding Anthology Series
Conan O'Brien Must Go – Conan O'Brien and Jeff Ross, executive producers (HBO) De La Calle – Nick Barili, Jared Andrukanis, Picky Talarico, Lydia Tenaglia, Christopher Collins, Amanda Culkowski, Bruce Gillmer and Craig H. Shepherd, executive producers (Paramount+) God Save Texas – Lawrence Wright, Alex Gibney, Richard Linklater, Peter Berg, Michael Lombardo, Elizabeth Rogers, Stacey Offman, Richard Perello, Nancy Abraham and Lisa Heller, executive producers (HBO) High on the Hog – Roger Ross Williams, Geoff Martz, Craig Piligian, Sarba Das, Fabienne Toback, Karis Jagger, Jessica B. Harris, Stephen Satterfield and Michele Barnwell, executive producers (Netflix) How To with John Wilson – John Wilson, Nathan Fielder, Michael Koman and Clark Reinking, executive producers (HBO) Photographer – Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi, Jimmy Chin, Pagan Harleman, Betsy Forhan, Anna Barnes and Chris Kugelman, executive producers (National Geographic)
Outstanding Broadcast Editing	Outstanding Broadcast Cinematography
Girls State – Amy Foote (Apple TV+) The Greatest Night in Pop – Nic Zimmerman, Will Znidaric and David Brodie (Netflix) Ren Faire – Max Allman and Nicholas Nazmi (HBO) The Saint of Second Chances – Alan Lowe, Jeff Malmberg and Miles Wilkerson (Netflix) Telemarketers – Christopher Passig (HBO) Time Bomb Y2K – Marley McDonald and Maya Mumma (HBO)	America's Sweethearts: Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders – Jonathan Nicholas (Netflix) The Enfield Poltergeist – Ruben Woodin Deschamps, Carmen Pellon Brussosa and David Katznelson (Apple TV+) Girls State – Martina Radwan, Daniel Carter, Laela Kilbourn, Erynn Patrick Lamont, Laura Hudock, Thorsten Thielow (Apple TV+) Photographer – Michael Crommett, Rita Baghdadi, Peter Hutchens, Melissa Langer and Pauline Maroun (National Geographic) Ren Faire – Nate Hurtsellers (HBO) You Were My First Boyfriend – Brennan Vance and J. Bennett (HBO)

Legacy Award

To be announced

References

^ Dunn, Jack (November 14, 2024). "Cinema Eye Honors Unveils Feature Film Nominees for 18th Annual Awards". Variety. Retrieved November 15, 2024.
^ Jones, Marcus (October 24, 2024). "Cinema Eye Honors Rolls Out First Batch of 2025 Documentary Nominees and Contenders". IndieWire. Retrieved November 15, 2024.
^ Hipes, Patrick (October 24, 2024). "Cinema Eye Honors: 'Girls State', 'Ren Faire' Lead Broadcast Nominees; Audience Choice Award Longlist Revealed". Deadline. Retrieved November 15, 2024.
^ Feinberg, Scott (November 14, 2024). "Cinema Eye Honors 2025 Noms: 'Sugarcane' Leads All Docs With Six Nominations". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved November 15, 2024.
^ Pedersen, Erik (November 14, 2024). "Cinema Eye Honors Film Nominations: 'Sugarcane' Leads With Six; Four Docs Tied With Five Apiece". Deadline. Retrieved November 15, 2024.

External links

Official website

[1] Dunn, Jack (November 14, 2024). "Cinema Eye Honors Unveils Feature Film Nominees for 18th Annual Awards". Variety. Retrieved November 15, 2024.

[2] Jones, Marcus (October 24, 2024). "Cinema Eye Honors Rolls Out First Batch of 2025 Documentary Nominees and Contenders". IndieWire. Retrieved November 15, 2024.

[3] Hipes, Patrick (October 24, 2024). "Cinema Eye Honors: 'Girls State', 'Ren Faire' Lead Broadcast Nominees; Audience Choice Award Longlist Revealed". Deadline. Retrieved November 15, 2024.

[4] Feinberg, Scott (November 14, 2024). "Cinema Eye Honors 2025 Noms: 'Sugarcane' Leads All Docs With Six Nominations". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved November 15, 2024.

[5] Pedersen, Erik (November 14, 2024). "Cinema Eye Honors Film Nominations: 'Sugarcane' Leads With Six; Four Docs Tied With Five Apiece". Deadline. Retrieved November 15, 2024.

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