78 Nonfiction Features Eligible for 2010 Cinema Eye Honors

Gearing up slowly but surely for next year's Cinema Eye Honors.  There's gonna be a bunch of news in the next couple months about next year's awards, but first things first.  Already, 77* 78 films have qualified for Cinema Eye 2010, including nearly all of the major festival winners from the past year (including BURMA VJ, WE LIVE IN PUBLIC, 45365, RACING DREAMS, OCTOBER COUNTRY, MUGABE AND THE WHITE AFRICAN and THOSE WHO REMAIN) as well as the top theatrical docs (FOOD, INC., VALENTINO, EVERY LITTLE STEP).  More films will become eligible as we move into the fall with theatrical releases and the announcement of IDFA's lineup, but for now, take a gander at 77* 78 of the top nonfiction titles of 2009, after the jump.

For eligility criteria, see the Cinema Eye website.

(We will continue to update this list as other films become eligible.  If you think that we've missed a title, email us.)

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45365

AFGHAN STAR
AMERICAN SWING
ART & COPY
THE ART STAR AND THE SUDANESE TWINS

BALLERINA
BEST WORST MOVIE
BIG RIVER MAN
BLOOD TRAIL
THE BOYS: THE SHERMAN BROTHERS STORY
BROTHERS AT WAR
BURMA VJ

CARMEN MEETS BORAT
THE COVE
CRIPS & BLOODS: MADE IN AMERICA
THE CROSS: THE ARTHUR BLESSIT STORY
CRUDE

DEFAMATION

EARTH
EVERY LITTLE STEP
EXAMINED LIFE

FIXER: THE TAKING OF AJMAL NAQSHBANDI
FOOD, INC.
FORGETTING DAD

GUEST OF CINDY SHERMAN

HAIR INDIA
HERB AND DOROTHY
THE HORSE BOY (OVER THE HILLS AND FAR AWAY)

INTANGIBLE ASSET NUMBER 82
IT MIGHT GET LOUD

JONAS BROTHERS: THE 3D CONCERT EXPERIENCE

LET'S MAKE MONEY
LOOT
LOVE ON DELIVERY

MUGABE AND THE WHITE AFRICAN

NECROBUSINESS
NO IMPACT MAN
NURSERY UNIVERSITY

OBJECTIFIED
OCTOBER COUNTRY
O'ER THE LAND
OF TIME AND THE CITY
OUR CITY DREAMS
OUTRAGE

LES PLAGES D'AGNES (THE BEACHES OF AGNES)
PRESSURE COOKER

THE QUEEN AND I

RACHEL
RACING DREAMS
RENE
REPORTER
RIP - A REMIX MANIFESTO
RISEUP
ROUGH AUNTIES

SACRED PLACES
SEA POINT DAYS
SERGIO
SHAKESPEARE AND VICTOR HUGO'S INTIMACIES
SOUL POWER
SOUNDS LIKE TEEN SPIRIT
SWEETHEARTS OF THE PRISON RODEO

THOSE WHO REMAIN
TYSON

UNDER OUR SKIN
UNMISTAKEN CHILD

VALENTINO: THE LAST EMPEROR
VOICES FROM EL-SAYED

THE WAY WE GET BY
WE LIVE IN PUBLIC
WHEN YOU'RE STRANGE
WHICH WAY HOME
THE WINDMILL MOVIE
A WINK AND A SMILE
WINNEBAGO MAN

THE YES MEN FIX THE WORLD
YOO-HOO, MRS. GOLDBERG
YOUSSOU NDOUR: I BRING WHAT I LOVE

Comments

[TS Apetore]

Thanks for posting this...Lots of good stuff here, though four of my top ten documentaries of the year didn't qualify (two would count if you included Venice, another if you didn't disqualify yourself).

Question: What is Crude Oil? The Wang Bing video installation?

[TS Apetore]

And missing COOKING HISTORY, I think?

[Pamela]

And PRODIGAL SONS.

[ryan]

P-STAR RISING

[TS Apetore]

Oh, hold up, THREE of the festivals, not two...I think that rules out both Cooking History (and P-Star Rising, right?). Apologies!