32 Sounds Wins Top Prize at Cinema Eye Honors

Sam Green’s 32 Sounds has taken out the top prize for Outstanding Nonfiction Feature at the 17th Annual Cinema Eye Honors. The film also picked up wins for Outstanding Original Score and Outstanding Sound Design. Elsewhere, there was a tie for Outstanding Direction with the prize being awarded to both Maite Alberdi for The Eternal Memory and Kaouther Ben Hania for Four Daughters.

Winners in bold below.

Outstanding Nonfiction Feature

20 Days in Mariupol
Directed by Mstyslav Chernov
Produced by Mstyslav Chernov, Michelle Mizner, Raney Aronson Rath and Derl McCrudden

32 Sounds
Directed by Sam Green
Produced by Josh Penn and Thomas O. Kriegsman

The Eternal Memory
Directed by Maite Alberdi
Produced by Maite Alberdi, Juan De Dios Larraín, Pablo Larraín and Rocío Jadue

Four Daughters
Directed by Kaouther Ben Hania
Produced by Nadim Cheikhrouha

Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project
Directed by Joe Brewster and Michèle Stephenson
Produced by Joe Brewster, Michèle Stephenson and Tommy Oliver

Kokomo City
Directed by D. Smith
Produced by D. Smith, Harris Doran and Bill Butler

Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie
Directed by Davis Guggenheim
Produced by Davis Guggenheim, Annetta Marion, Jonathan King and Will Cohen

Outstanding Direction (tie)

—Sam Green | 32 Sounds
—Wim Wenders | Anselm
—Maite Alberdi | The Eternal Memory
—Kaouther Ben Hania | Four Daughters
—D. Smith | Kokomo City
—Claire Simon | Our Body

Outstanding Editing

—Michelle Mizner | 20 Days in Mariupol
—Nels Bangerter | 32 Sounds
—Carolina Siraqyan | The Eternal Memory
—Mikel Cee Karlsson, Maximilien Van Aertryck and Axel Danielson | Fantastic Machine
—Alain Gomis | Rewind & Play
—Michael Harte | Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie

Outstanding Production

—Mstyslav Chernov, Michelle Mizner, Raney Aronson Rath and Derl McCrudden | 20 Days in Mariupol
—Lauren Domino, Matthew Heineman and Joedan Okun | American Symphony
—Samuel Ekomol, Andrew H. Brown and Moses Thursnira | Between the Rains
—Jana Edelbaum, Rachel Cohen and Sue Mi Terry | Beyond Utopia
—Christopher Sharp and John Battsek | Bobi Wine: The People’s President
—Margreth Olin | Songs of Earth

Outstanding Cinematography

—Franz Lustig | Anselm
—Verena Paravel and Lucien Castaing-Taylor | De Humani Corporis Fabrica
—Curren Sheldon | King Coal
—D. Smith | Kokomo City
—Ants Tammik | Smoke Sauna Sisterhood
—Lars Erlend Tubaas Øymo | Songs of Earth

Outstanding Original Score

—JD Samson | 32 Sounds
—Jon Batiste | American Symphony
—Leonard Küßner | Anselm
—Samora Pinderhughes and Chris Pattishall | Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project
—Philip Glass and Paul Leonard-Morgan | The Pigeon Tunnel
—Rebekka Karijord | Songs of Earth

Outstanding Sound Design

—Mark Mangini | 32 Sounds
—Adam Prescod, Greg Gettens and Will Chapman | The Deepest Breath
—Nicolas Becker | De Humani Corporis Fabrica
—Roni Pillischer | Kokomo City
—Huldar Freyr Arnarson and Edvard Egilsson | Smoke Sauna Sisterhood
—Arturo “Frosty” Salazar, María Alejandra Rojas and Alison O’Daniel | The Tuba Thieves

Outstanding Visual Design

—Melissa McClung | The Arc of Oblivion
—Thomas Curtis and Sean Pierce | Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project
—Jason Carpenter and Holly Stone | The Mission
—Hyung Cho and Helen Niu | Nam June Paik: Moon is the Oldest TV
—Juan Carlos Concha Riveros, Carlos León Sancha and Marcello Quintanilha | They Shot the Piano Player

Outstanding Debut

20 Days in Mariupol | Directed by Mstyslav Chernov
Bobi Wine: The People’s President | Directed by Moses Bwayo and Christopher Sharp 
Kokomo City | Directed by D. Smith
Orlando, My Political Biography | Directed by Paul B. Preciado
Smoke Sauna Sisterhood | Directed by Anna Hints
The Tuba Thieves | Directed by Alison O’Daniel

Outstanding Nonfiction Short

Away | Directed by Ruslan Fedotow
Between Earth & Sky | Directed by Andrew Nadkami
Black Girls Play: The Story of Hand Games | Directed by Joe Brewster and Michèle Stephenson
Neighbour Abdi | Directed by Douwe Dijkstra
Oasis | Directed by Justine Martin
Will You Look at Me | Directed by Shuli Huang

Audience Choice Prize

20 Days in Mariupol | Directed by Mstyslav Chernov
American Symphony | Directed by Matthew Heineman
Beyond Utopia | Directed by Madeleine Gavin
Bobi Wine: The People’s President | Directed by Moses Bwayo and Christopher Sharp 
Confessions of a Good Samaritan | Directed by Penny Lane
The Deepest Breath | Directed by Laura McGann
The Eternal Memory | Directed by Maite Alberdi
Invisible Beauty | Directed by Bethann Hardison and Frédéric Tcheng
Joan Baez I Am a Noise | Directed by Karen O’Connor, Miri Navasky and Maeve O’Boyle
Smoke Sauna Sisterhood | Directed by Anna Hints

Spotlight

Against the Tide | Directed by Sarvnik Kaur
Anhell69 | Directed by Theo Montoya
Bad Press | Directed by Rebecca Landsberry-Baker and Joe Peeler
Cette Maison (This House) | Directed by Miryam Charles
Midwives | Directed by Snow Hnin Ei Hlaing
| Directed by Jude Chehab

Heterodox

The Buriti Flower | Directed by João Salaviza and Renée Nader Messora
The Echo | Directed by Tatiana Huezo
Four Daughters | Directed by Kaouther Ben Hania
Past Lives | Directed by Celine Song
Reality | Directed by Tina Satter
The Unknown Country | Directed by Morrisa Maltz

The Unforgettables (Non-Competitive Honor)

American Symphony | Jon Batiste and Suleika Jaouad
Apolonia, Apolonia | Apolonia Sokol
Bobi Wine: The People’s President | Bobi Wine
Confessions of a Good Samaritan | Penny Lane
The Disappearance of Shere Hite | Shere Hite
The Eternal Memory | Augusto Góngora & Paulina Urrutia
Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project | Nikki Giovanni
Invisible Beauty | Bethann Hardison
Joan Baez I Am a Noise | Joan Baez
Kokomo City | Daniella Carter, Koko Da Doll, Liyah Mitchell and Dominique Silver
The Pigeon Tunnel | David Cornwell aka John le Carré
Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie | Michael J. Fox
A Still Small Voice | Margaret “Mati” Engel
Twice Colonized | Aaju Peter
While We Watched | Ravish Kumar

Author: Doug Jamieson

From musicals to horror and everything in between, Doug has an eclectic taste in films. Both a champion of independent cinema and a defender of more mainstream fare, he prefers to find an equal balance between two worlds often at odds with each other. A film critic by trade but a film fan at heart, Doug also writes for his own website The Jam Report, and Australia’s the AU review.