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- ↑ Cinema Eye Honors [@cinemaeyehonors] (February 3, 2022). "The 15th Annual Cinema Eye Honors Awards Ceremony will take place on Tuesday, March 1, 2022 at @MovingImageNYC! We are excited to celebrate this incredible year of nonfiction artistry with our nominees in Astoria next month" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- ↑ Lindahl, Chris (December 29, 2021). "Palm Springs Calls Off 2022 Festival: Other Cancellations as Hollywood Braces for Omicron". IndieWire. Retrieved January 13, 2022.
The Cinema Eye Honors ceremony, planned for January 13 in Queens, has been postponed. Organizers of the celebration of nonfiction filmmaking announced they will assess their options in the first week of January with the hope of rescheduling the event for later in January or February.
- ↑ Thompson, Anne (October 20, 2021). "Cinema Eye Honors Nominees: 'American Utopia' and 'City So Real' Top Broadcast Categories". IndieWire . Retrieved November 11, 2021.
- ↑ Grobar, Matt (November 10, 2021). "'Flee' & 'Summer Of Soul' Lead Cinema Eye Honors Nominations". Deadline . Retrieved November 11, 2021.