Cinema Eye Nominations

Cinema Eye, alongside the IDA, honor the best in documentary features.  The Act of Killing and Stories We Tell appear at this juncture to be two of the most acclaimed of the year.  Musings and Stuff heartily approves of Sarah Polley's wonderful intimate portrait.

BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
The Act of Killing
After Tiller
Cutie & the Boxer
Leviathan
Stories We Tell

BEST DIRECTOR
Joshua Oppenheimer, The Act of Killing
Martha Shane & Lana Wilson, After Tiller
Lucien Castaing-Taylor & Véréna Paravel, Leviathan
Tinatin Gurchiani, The Machine Which Makes Everything Disappear
Sarah Polley, Stories We Tell 

BEST DIRECTOR
Janus Billeskov Jansen, The Act of Killing
Alain Berliner, First Cousin Once Removed
Nels Bangerter, Let the Fire Burn
Lucien Castaing-Taylor and Véréna Paravel, Leviathan
Francisco Bello, Our Nixon

BEST ACHIEVEMENT IN PRODUCTION
Signe Byrge Sorensen, The Act of Killing
Martha Shane & Lana Wilson, After Tiller
Anthony Arnove, Brenda Coughlin & Jeremy Scahill, Dirty Wars
Michael Haslund-Christensen, Expedition to the End of the World
Karim Amer, The Square

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Zachary Heinzerling, Cutie & the Boxer
Richard Rowley, Dirty Wars
Janice D'Avila, Will Etchebehere & Miguel Vassy, Elena
Martin Much, Expedition to the End of the World
Luciean Castaing-Taylor & Véréna Paravel, Leviathan
Lotfy Nathan, 12 O'Clock Boys

BEST MAD-FOR-TELEVISION DOCUMENTARY
The Crash Reel
Gideon's Army
Homegoings
Inventing David Geffen
Mea Maxima Culpa: Silence in the House of God
Which Way Is the Front Line Form Here? The Life and Times of Tim Hetherington

AUDIENCE CHOICE AWARD
20 Feet From Stardom
The Act of Killing
Blackfish
The Crash Reel
Cutie & the Boxer
Muscle Shoals
Rafea: Solar Mama
Sound City
The Square
Stories We Tell  

BEST DEBUT FEATURE
Martha Shane & Lana Wilson, After Tiller
Zachary Heinzerling, Cutie & the Boxer
Jason Osder, Let the Fire Burn
Tinatin Gurchiani, The Machine Which Makes Everything Disappear
Ilian Metev, Sofia's Last Ambulance
Lotfy Nathan, 12 O'Clock Boys

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
A Band Called Death- Sam Retzer & Tim Boland
Blackfish- Jeff Beale
Cutie & the Boxer- Yasuaki Shimizu
Expedition to the End of the World- Mads Heldtberg
Narco Cultura- Jeremy Turner
Teenage Score- Bradford Cox

BEST ACHIEVEMENT IN GRAPHIC DESIGN OR ANIMATION
Cutie & the Boxer- Art Jail
Far Out Isn't Far Enough- Rick Cikowski & Brandon Dumlao
The Fruit Hunters- Brandon Blommaert & Fred Casia
Inequality for All- Brian Oakes
Maidentrip- Margot Tsakiri-Scanatovits & Daniel Chester
We Steal Secrets: The Story of WikiLeaks- Maryanne Butler & Marc Smith

SPOTLIGHT AWARD
Bending Steel
Fuck for Forest
Harry Dean Stanton: Partly Fiction
The Last Station
The Search for Emak Bakia
Valentine Road

BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT
Da Vinci
Death of a Prisoner
Outlawed in Pakistan
Reindeer Director
SLOMO
A Story for the Modlins