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 wins No Other Land (3)
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]

Contents

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 shows the destruction of a Palestinian community in the occupied West Bank, which had been resisting forced displacement following the declaration of an Israeli "firing zone" on their land; and Eno , which explores the career of English musician Brian Eno. [5] The Academy Award-winning 1974 documentary film Hearts and Minds , which covers the Vietnam War, was honored with the Legacy Award. [6]

Winners and nominees

Yuval Abraham, Outstanding Non-Fiction Feature co-winner Yuval Abraham (Dokumentarfilmpreis, Berlinale 2024) (cropped).jpg
Yuval Abraham, Outstanding Non-Fiction Feature co-winner
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Basel Adra, Outstanding Non-Fiction Feature co-winner
Mati Diop, Outstanding Direction winner Mati Diop with Golden Bear of Berlinale 2024-2.jpg
Mati Diop, Outstanding Direction winner
Brendan Bellomo, Audience Choice Prize co-winner Sundance Film Festival 2024 - Porcelain War - Brendan Bellomo-104A2016.jpg
Brendan Bellomo, Audience Choice Prize co-winner
Slava Leontyev, Audience Choice Prize co-winner Sundance Film Festival 2024 - Porcelain War - Slava Leontyev-104A2026.jpg
Slava Leontyev, Audience Choice Prize co-winner
Shiori Ito, The Unforgettables honoree Shiori Ito - 2024 - P064808-238413 (cropped).jpg
Shiori Itō, The Unforgettables honoree
Brian Eno, The Unforgettables honoree Brian Eno 2015.png
Brian Eno, The Unforgettables honoree
Chris Smalls, The Unforgettables honoree Chris Smalls April 2022 (cropped).jpg
Chris Smalls, The Unforgettables honoree
Harper Steele, The Unforgettables honoree Harper Steele at the 2024 Telluride Film Festival.jpg
Harper Steele, The Unforgettables honoree
Jeremy O. Harris, Outstanding Broadcast Film winner Jeremy O. Harris (2024) (cropped).jpg
Jeremy O. Harris, Outstanding Broadcast Film winner
Peter Davis, Legacy Award recipient Peter Davis, filmmaker, author, journalist (3x4 cropped).jpg
Peter Davis, Legacy Award recipient

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)
  • Ren Faire – Nate Hurtsellers (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)
    • You Were My First Boyfriend – Brennan Vance and J. Bennett (HBO)

Legacy Award

References

  1. Dunn, Jack (November 14, 2024). "Cinema Eye Honors Unveils Feature Film Nominees for 18th Annual Awards". Variety . Retrieved November 15, 2024.
  2. Jones, Marcus (October 24, 2024). "Cinema Eye Honors Rolls Out First Batch of 2025 Documentary Nominees and Contenders". IndieWire . Retrieved November 15, 2024.
  3. Hipes, Patrick (October 24, 2024). "Cinema Eye Honors: 'Girls State', 'Ren Faire' Lead Broadcast Nominees; Audience Choice Award Longlist Revealed". Deadline . Retrieved November 15, 2024.
  4. Feinberg, Scott (November 14, 2024). "Cinema Eye Honors 2025 Noms: 'Sugarcane' Leads All Docs With Six Nominations". The Hollywood Reporter . Retrieved November 15, 2024.
  5. Pedersen, Erik (November 14, 2024). "Cinema Eye Honors Film Nominations: 'Sugarcane' Leads With Six; Four Docs Tied With Five Apiece". Deadline . Retrieved November 15, 2024.
  6. Pond, Steve (December 10, 2024). "Classic Vietnam War Film 'Hearts and Minds' to Receive Cinema Eye Honors' Legacy Award". The Wrap . Retrieved September 2, 2025.