The Nominations for the 2009 Cinema Eye Honors Announced

In Park City this afternoon, at the Queer Lounge on Main Street, the nominations were announced for the 2nd Annual Cinema Eye Honors for Nonfiction Filmmaking.  Video of the Nominations Announcement will be posted shortly.

Ari Folman’s acclaimed animated film, WALTZ WITH BASHIR, received a record-setting 7 nominations, including nods for Director, Producer, Editor, Music, Animation, International Film and the top prize, Outstanding Achievement in Nonfiction Feature Filmmaking.  In addition, Ari Folman leads all nominees with four individual nominations.

Guy Maddin’s MY WINNIPEG received six total nominations, while James Marsh’s MAN ON WIRE had five.  Margaret Brown’s THE ORDER OF MYTHS, which received four nominations, and Marina Zenovich’s ROMAN POLANSKI: WANTED AND DESIRED are also in contention for the top award.

Of the five films nominated for the top prize, only one – MAN ON WIRE – is on the Oscar shortlist for Best Feature Documentary.

Legendary filmmaker Werner Herzog, whose ENCOUNTERS AT THE END OF THE WORLD received four nominations, joins Margaret Brown, Ari Folman, Guy Maddin and James Marsh in the category of Outstanding Achievement in Direction.  Margaret Brown becomes the first woman to be nominated for the directing prize. 

Brown, Maddin, Marsh, UP THE YANGTZE’s director Yung Chang and MY WINNPEG’s producer/ cinematographer Jody Shapiro each received three individual nominations.

Among distributors, Magnolia Pictures, Sony Pictures Classics and Zeitgeist Films each earned 8 nominations for their films.  Discovery’s now-defunct theatrical film unit got 9 nominations for MAN ON WIRE and ENCOUNTERS, tops for a production company or television network.

Ceremonies for the 2009 Cinema Eye Honors for Nonfiction Filmmaking will be held in New York City on March 29, 2009.  Thom Powers, Documentary Programmer for the Toronto International Film Festival, and yours truly are co-chairs of the 2009 Cinema Eye Honors.  Indiepix is the primary sponsor and production partner for the awards.

Full nominations, including other titles nominated in each category, can be found in subsequent posts.

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