Cinema Eye doc nominations
Friday, December 11, 2020 at 7:00PM
NATHANIEL R in Best Documentary Feature, Boys State, Collective, Dick Johnson is Dead, Gunda, Notturno, Time, Welcome to Chechnya, documentaries, precursor awards

by Nathaniel R

"Time" keeps racking up the honors

The Cinema Eye Honors are now in their 14th year and considered an influential prize for documentary films. Prison sentence justice movie Time leads the nominations with six but two competitors for the top prize, Romania's political corruption doc Collective (Romania's Oscar submission) and Norway's farm doc Gunda aren't far behind with four nominations. 

Outstanding Nonfiction Feature
Boys State
Collective
Dick Johnson is Dead
“Gunda”
Time

The full list of nominations and links to our reviews are after the jump...

Outstanding Direction
Collective”- Alexander Nanau
Dick Johnson is Dead” - Kirsten Johnson
“Gunda” - Victor Kossakovsky
Notturno” - Gianfranco Rosi
Time” - Garrett Bradley

Outstanding Editing
Boys State
City Hall
Collective
“Gunda”
“MLK/FBI”
Time

Outstanding Production
“76 Days”
Collective
“The Dissident”
Notturno
A Thousand Cuts
Welcome to Chechnya

Outstanding Cinematography
“Gunda”
“My Octopus Teacher”
Notturno
“Stray”
“The Truffle Hunters”

Outstanding Original Score
Bloody Nose, Empty Pockets
“Bulletproof”
“The Mole Agent”
“The Reason I Jump” - which was just nominated at the BIFAs too
Time
“The Truffle Hunters”

Outstanding Graphic Design or Animation
“Coded Bias”
“Feels Good Man”
“My Psychedelic Love Story”
Slay the Dragon
“The Social Dilemma”

Outstanding Debut
“Feels Good Man” - Arthur Jones
“Mr Soul!” - Melissa Haizlip
“Softie” - Sam Soko
“Some Kind of Heaven” - Lance Oppenheim
“Stray” - Elizabeth Lo
Time” - Garrett Bradley

Outstanding Nonfiction Short
“Huntsville Station”
“John Was Trying to Contact Aliens”
“A Love Song for Latasha”
“See You Next Time”
“Then Comes The Evening”

Audience Choice Prize
Boys State
Crip Camp
Dick Johnson is Dead
“I Am Greta”
“John Lewis: Good Trouble”
“The Mole Agent”
“My Octopus Teacher”
“The Social Dilemma”
Time
“The Truffle Hunters”

Spotlight
“Acasa, My Home”
“The Earth is Blue as an Orange”
“Jacinta”
“Landfall”
Mayor
“Through the Night”

Heterodox
(This annual category is for films that blur the line between narrative filmmaking and documentary filmmaking)
Bloody Nose, Empty Pockets
“I Carry You With Me”
“Never Rarely Sometimes Always”
Nomadland
“Ridge” (Säsong)

The Unforgettables (Non-Competitive Honor)
Boys State
Collective
Crip Camp
Dick Johnson is Dead
“Gunda”
“I Am Greta”
“John Lewis: Good Trouble”
Mayor
“The Mole Agent”
Mucho Mucho Amor
“Softie”
A Thousand Cuts
“Through the Night”
Time
Welcome to Chechnya

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