16th Cinema Eye Honors

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16th Cinema Eye Honors
DateJanuary 12, 2023
Location Museum of the Moving Image, Astoria, New York
Most awards Fire of Love (4)
Most nominationsFilm: Fire of Love and The Territory (7)
TV: Four Hours at the Capitol (3)
Website cinemaeyehonors.com
  2021  · Cinema Eye Honors ·  2023  

The 16th Cinema Eye Honors recognized outstanding artistry and craft in nonfiction filmmaking of 2022 and took place at the Museum of the Moving Image in Astoria, New York on January 12, 2023. [1]

Contents

The broadcasts category nominees as well as the recipient for the Legacy Award, given to the 1995 film Crumb , were announced on October 20, 2022. [2] The Unforgettables and the Audience Choice Prize longlist were presented on October 25, 2022, while the nominations for the feature film categories were announced on November 10, 2022. [1]

National Geographic films Fire of Love and The Territory led the nominations with seven each, becoming the films with the most nominations in a year in the history of the awards. [3] In the broadcast nominations, HBO film Four Hours at the Capitol led with three.

All That Breathes received the Outstanding Non-Fiction Feature while Fire of Love received the most awards with four wins, including three competitive awards plus The Unforgettables Award. [4]

Winners and nominees

The winners are listed first and in bold. [4]

Feature film

Outstanding Non-Fiction FeatureOutstanding Direction
Outstanding EditingOutstanding Production
Outstanding CinematographyOutstanding Original Score
Outstanding Sound DesignOutstanding Visual Design
Outstanding DebutOutstanding Non-Fiction Short
  • Nuisance Bear – Directed by Jack Weisman and Gabriela Osio Vanden
    • In Flow of Words – Directed by Eliane Esther Bots
    • Last Days of August – Directed by Rodrigo Ojeda-Beck and Robert Machoian
    • Long Line of Ladies – Directed by Rayka Zehtabchi and Shaandiin Tome
    • The Martha Mitchell Effect – Directed by Anne Alvergue and Debra McClutchy
    • Shut Up and Paint – Directed by Alex Mallis and Titus Kaphar
Spotlight AwardHeterodox Award
  • Master of Light – Directed by Rosa Ruth Boesten
    • After Sherman – Directed by Jon-Sesrie Goff
    • Brotherhood – Directed by Francesco Montagner
    • Hidden Letters – Directed by Violet Du Feng and Zhao Qing
    • Into the Ice – Directed by Lars Henrik Ostenfeld
Audience Choice PrizeThe Unforgettables

Broadcast

Outstanding Broadcast FilmOutstanding Nonfiction Series
Outstanding Anthology SeriesShorts List (Cinema Eye's Annual List of the Year's Top Short Documentaries)
  • Anastasia – Directed by Sarah McCarthy
  • The Dreamlife of Georgie Stone – Directed by Maya Newell
  • The Joys and Sorrows of Young Yuguo – Directed by Ilinca Călugăreanu
  • Keys to the City – Directed by Ian Moubayed
  • In Flow of Words – Directed by Eliane Esther Bots
  • Last Days of August – Directed by Robert Machoian and Rodrigo Ojeda-Beck
  • Long Line of Ladies – Directed by Rayka Zehtabchi and Shaandiin Tome
  • The Martha Mitchell Effect – Directed by Anne Alvergue and Debra McClutchy
  • Nuisance Bear – Directed by Jack Weisman and Gabriela Osio Vanden
  • Shut Up and Paint – Directed by Alex Mallis and Titus Kaphar
Outstanding Broadcast EditingOutstanding Broadcast Cinematography

Legacy Awards

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