Cinema Eye Honors 2011
The documentary Exit Through the Gift Shop received the top honor in nonfiction feature filmmaking last night at the Cinema Eye Honors awards show held in New York. The Cinema Eye Honors, now in their fourth year, recognize and honor exemplary craft and innovation in nonfiction film. The taped awards show will air on the Documentary Channel January 30th.
The awards had local tie this year as Columbia artist Ben Chlapek did various illustrations to represent each nominated movie. You can check out his illustrations on the Cinema Eye Honors website or on Chlapek’s website.
Here’s a list of all the awards that were given, along with links to the items that we currently own in our library catalog:
OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN NONFICTION FEATURE FILMMAKING
OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN DIRECTION
OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN PRODUCTION
OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN EDITING
OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN CINEMATOGRAPHY
OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN ORIGINAL MUSIC SCORE
The Sound of Insects: Record of a Mummy
OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN GRAPHIC DESIGN AND ANIMATION
OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN AN INTERNATIONAL FEATURE
OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN A DEBUT FEATURE FILM
OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN NONFICTION SHORT FILMMAKING sponsored by The Economist
The Poodle Trainer
AUDIENCE CHOICE PRIZE
LEGACY AWARD
SPOTLIGHT AWARD
The Autobiography of Nicolae Ceaucascu
HETERODOX AWARD sponsored by Filmmaker Magazine
Putty Hill
(updated 01/22/11)
