Related Research Articles
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.
The 17th Cinema Eye Honors, destined to recognize outstanding artistry and craft in nonfiction filmmaking of 2023, took place at the New York Academy of Medicine in East Harlem, New York on January 12, 2024.
Kneecap is a 2024 comedy-drama film. Written and directed by Rich Peppiatt, the film depicts the rise of Kneecap, an Irish hip-hop trio from Belfast, Northern Ireland. The film stars the band members as themselves, with Josie Walker, Fionnuala Flaherty, Jessica Reynolds, Adam Best, Simone Kirby, and Michael Fassbender in supporting roles.
Sugarcane is a 2024 documentary film, directed by Julian Brave NoiseCat and Emily Kassie and produced by Emily Kassie and Kellen Quinn. It follows an investigation into the Canadian Indian residential school system, igniting a reckoning in the lives of survivors and descendants.
Girls State is a 2024 American documentary film, directed and produced by Jesse Moss and Amanda McBaine. It follows teenage girls from Missouri navigating a week-long immersive democratic experiment Girls State, learning how to build a government from the ground up. It serves as a companion film to Boys State (2020).
Will & Harper is a 2024 American documentary film directed by Josh Greenbaum and following Will Ferrell and Harper Steele as the duo made a 17-day road trip across the United States, the latter having recently completed a gender transition. It was produced by Jessica Elbaum, Ferrell, Greenbaum, Christopher Leggett, and Rafael Marmor.
Porcelain War is a 2024 documentary film directed by Brendan Bellomo and Slava Leontyev. It won the 2024 Sundance Festival Grand Jury Prize and follows the experience of Ukrainian artists as they face the current Russian occupation in Ukraine.
The Remarkable Life of Ibelin is a 2024 Norwegian documentary film directed by Benjamin Ree.
Black Box Diaries is a 2024 documentary film produced and directed by Shiori Itō, documenting her sexual assault investigation and case in Japan. The film premiered at the 2024 Sundance Film Festival. It was released in the United States and United Kingdom on October 25, 2024, by MTV Documentary Films and Dogwoof, respectively. It received critical acclaim and was named one of the top 5 documentary films of 2024 by the National Board of Review and nominated for best Documentary Feature Film in the 97th Academy Awards.
Dahomey is a 2024 documentary film directed by Mati Diop. It is a dramatised account of 26 royal treasures from the Kingdom of Dahomey, which were held in a museum in France. The film explores how the artifacts were returned from France to Benin, and the reactions of Beninese people. The film was an international co-production between companies in France, Senegal, and Benin.
The Greatest Night in Pop is a 2024 documentary film directed by Bao Nguyen. The film is about the creation of the renowned pop song "We Are the World" and its recording in 1985. The film features new interviews with various people involved in the song, including Lionel Richie, Michael Jackson, Stevie Wonder, Bruce Springsteen, Huey Lewis, Dionne Warwick, and Cyndi Lauper.
Daughters is a 2024 American documentary film directed by Natalie Rae and Angela Patton. It follows a group of incarcerated men and their daughters. It premiered at the 2024 Sundance Film Festival on January 22, 2024, where it won the Audience Award: U.S. Documentary.
Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat is a 2024 documentary film directed by Johan Grimonprez about the Cold War episode that led American musicians Abbey Lincoln and Max Roach to crash the UN Security Council in protest against the murder of Congolese leader Patrice Lumumba. It features excerpts from My Country, Africa by Andrée Blouin; Congo Inc. by In Koli Jean Bofane; To Katanga and Back by Conor Cruise O'Brien; and audio memoirs by Nikita Khrushchev.
No Other Land is a 2024 documentary film directed by Basel Adra, Hamdan Ballal, Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor in their directorial debut. The film was made by a Palestinian-Israeli collective of four activists in what they describe as an act of resistance on the path to justice during the ongoing conflict in the region.
The 78th British Academy Film Awards, more commonly known as the BAFTAs, is an upcoming ceremony to be held on 16 February 2025, honouring the best national and foreign films of 2024, at the Royal Festival Hall within London's Southbank Centre. Presented by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts, accolades will be handed out for the best feature-length film and documentaries of any nationality that were screened at British cinemas in 2024.
Queendom is a 2023 documentary film, directed and co-written by Agniia Galdanova. It portrays the Russian performance artist Gena Marvin, who attracts the attention of the public and the government of her country with her provocative works, in which she transforms her own body into gigantic, menacing silhouettes.
A Swim Lesson is a 2024 American short documentary film directed by Rashida Jones and Will McCormack. The film documents the career of William Marsh, a swim instructor from Los Angeles with decades of experience teaching children how to swim. It had its world premiere on September 1, 2024, at the 51st Telluride Film Festival in Main Program Short Films. It was available for streaming live on November 26 on POV Shorts and L.A. Times Studios.
I Am Ready, Warden is a 2024 American short documentary film produced and directed by Smriti Mundhra. The film documents the final days before his execution of Texas death row inmate John Henry Ramirez. It had its world premiere at the Big Sky Documentary Film Festival on February 21, 2024. On January 23, 2025, it was nominated for the Best Documentary Short Film at the 97th Academy Awards.
The Only Girl in the Orchestra is a 2023 American musical short documentary film directed by Molly O'Brien. It had its world premiere on November 9, 2023, at the DOC NYC in SHORTS: SHE STORIES. It is available for streaming from December 4, 2024 on Netflix.
Instruments of a Beating Heart is a 2024 short Japanese documentary film directed by Ema Ryan Yamazaki. The film adapted from a larger 2023 film of the director Yamazaki The Making of a Japanese, documents the challenge presented to the first graders in a Tokyo public elementary school of performing "Ode to Joy" at the ceremony for the new incoming first graders, as their assignment for the final semester.
References
- ↑ Dunn, Jack (November 14, 2024). "Cinema Eye Honors Unveils Feature Film Nominees for 18th Annual Awards". Variety . Retrieved November 15, 2024.
- ↑ Jones, Marcus (October 24, 2024). "Cinema Eye Honors Rolls Out First Batch of 2025 Documentary Nominees and Contenders". IndieWire . Retrieved November 15, 2024.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Feinberg, Scott (November 14, 2024). "Cinema Eye Honors 2025 Noms: 'Sugarcane' Leads All Docs With Six Nominations". The Hollywood Reporter . Retrieved November 15, 2024.
- ↑ 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.