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
—Q | 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