18th Cinema Eye Honors

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18th Cinema Eye Honors
DateJanuary 9, 2025
Location New York Academy of Medicine, East Harlem, New York
Most nominationsFilm: Sugarcane (6)
Broadcast: Girls State and Ren Faire (3)
Website cinemaeyehonors.com
  2023  · Cinema Eye Honors · 2025 

The 18th Cinema Eye Honors, destined to recognize outstanding artistry and craft in nonfiction filmmaking of 2024, will take place at the New York Academy of Medicine in East Harlem, New York on January 9, 2025. [1]

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The broadcast categories as well as the Short Films shortlist, the Audience Choice Prize longlist and the recipients for The Unforgettables, were announced on October 24, 2024. [2] Two programs led the broadcast nominations: Apple TV+ film Girls State , which follows a group of teenage girls during a leadership program named Girl State, and HBO series Ren Faire , which explores a succession crisis at the Texas Renaissance Festival. Both received three nominations. [3]

Later, on November 14, 2024, the film categories were announced. [4] Sugarcane , which investigates the Canadian Indian residential school system, led the nominations with six. Following it, were two films with five nominations each: No Other Land , which follows a group of Palestine and Israeli activists during the ongoing conflict in Gaza; and Eno , which explores the career of English musician Brian Eno. [5]

Winners and nominees

The winners are listed first and in bold.

Feature film

Outstanding Non-Fiction Feature
Outstanding DirectionOutstanding Debut
Outstanding ProductionOutstanding Editing
Outstanding CinematographyOutstanding Original Score
Outstanding Sound DesignOutstanding Visual Design
Outstanding Non-Fiction Short
Spotlight AwardHeterodox Award
  • Black Snow – Directed by Alina Simone
  • Homegrown – Directed by Michael Premo
  • A New Kind of Wilderness – Directed by Silje Evensmo Jacobsen
  • A Photographic Memory – Directed by Rachel Elizabeth Seed
  • Two Strangers Trying Not to Kill Each Other – Directed by Jacob Perlmutter and Manon Ouimet
Audience Choice PrizeThe Unforgettables

Broadcast and Shorts

Outstanding Broadcast FilmOutstanding Nonfiction Series
Outstanding Anthology Series
Outstanding Broadcast EditingOutstanding Broadcast Cinematography
  • Girls State – Amy Foote (Apple TV+)
  • The Greatest Night in Pop – Nic Zimmerman, Will Znidaric and David Brodie (Netflix)
  • Ren Faire – Max Allman and Nicholas Nazmi (HBO)
  • The Saint of Second Chances – Alan Lowe, Jeff Malmberg and Miles Wilkerson (Netflix)
  • Telemarketers – Christopher Passig (HBO)
  • Time Bomb Y2K – Marley McDonald and Maya Mumma (HBO)
  • America's Sweethearts: Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders – Jonathan Nicholas (Netflix)
  • The Enfield Poltergeist – Ruben Woodin Deschamps, Carmen Pellon Brussosa and David Katznelson (Apple TV+)
  • Girls State – Martina Radwan, Daniel Carter, Laela Kilbourn, Erynn Patrick Lamont, Laura Hudock, Thorsten Thielow (Apple TV+)
  • Photographer – Michael Crommett, Rita Baghdadi, Peter Hutchens, Melissa Langer and Pauline Maroun (National Geographic)
  • Ren Faire – Nate Hurtsellers (HBO)
  • You Were My First Boyfriend – Brennan Vance and J. Bennett (HBO)

Legacy Award

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