The Arbor, The Interrupter, Nostalgia for the Light, Position Among the Stars, Project Nim, and Senna Named in Top Category

The Cinema Eye Honors spread the love around this year, nominating six documentaries for its top award and handing four nominations each to a total of seven films. Clio Barnard’s The Arbor, Steve James’ The Interrupters, Patricio Guzmà¡n’s Nostalgia for the Light, Leonard Retel Helmrich’s Position Among the Stars, James Marsh’s Project Nim and Asif Kapadia’s Senna are all in contention for Outstanding Achievement in Nonfiction Feature Filmmaking. Of those nominees, just one of them, for The Arbor was given to a debut filmmaker.
The list of most-nominated films looks a little different:  The Arbor, Tristan Patterson’s Dragonslayer, Danfung Dennis’ Hell and Back Again, The Interrupters, Nostalgia for the Light, Position Among the Stars and Senna all scored four nominations each. Conspicuously absent from these lists are such widely distributed docs as Tabloid (which earned nods for its music score and graphic design) and Cave of Forgotten Dreams (which was cited for production and music. Both of those titles made it onto the 10-film shortlist for the more populist Audience Choice prize, which will be voted upon by the general public. That list also includes Justin Bieber: Never Say Never, officially the highest-grossing title ever to be nominated by Cinema Eye.

The winners will be announced on January 11 at a ceremony at the Museum of the Moving Image in New York City. The complete nominations follow.

Outstanding Achievement in Nonfiction Feature Filmmaking

The Arbor
Directed by Clio Barnard
Produced by Tracy O’Riordan

The Interrupters
Directed by Steve James
Produced by Alex Kotlowitz and Steve James

Nostalgia for the Light
Directed by Patricio Guzmà¡n
Produced by Renate Sachse

Position Among the Stars
Directed by Leonard Retel Helmrich
Produced by Hetty Naaijkens-Retel Helmrich

Project Nim
Directed by James Marsh
Produced by Simon Chinn

Senna
Directed by Asif Kapadia
Produced by James Gay-Rees, Tim Bevan and Eric Fellner

Outstanding Achievement in Direction

Clio Barnard
The Arbor

Danfung Dennis
Hell and Back Again

Steve James
The Interrupters

Patricio Guzmà¡n
Nostalgia for the Light

Leonard Retel Helmrich
Position Among the Stars

Outstanding Achievement in Production

Erik Nelson and Adrienne Ciuffo
Cave of Forgotten Dreams

Mike Lerner
Hell and Back Again

Steve James and Alex Kotlowitz
The Interrupters

Renate Sachse
Nostalgia for the Light

Gian-Piero Ringel and Wim Wenders
Pina

Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography

Alma Har’el
Bombay Beach

Eric Koretz
Dragonslayer

Danfung Dennis
Hell and Back Again

Katell Dijan
Nostalgia for the Light

Leonard Retel Helmrich and Ismail Fahmi Lubish
Position Among the Stars

Outstanding Achievement in Editing

Hanna Lejonqvist SFK and Gà¶ran Hugo Olsson
The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975

Jennifer Tiexiera and Lizzy Calhoun
Dragonslayer

Joe Walker
Life in a Day

Jasper Naaijkens
Position Among the Stars

Gregers Sall and Chris King
Senna

Audience Choice Prize

Bill Cunningham New York
Directed by Richard Press

The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975
Directed by Gà¶ran Hugo Olsson

Buck
Directed by Cindy Meehl

Cave of Forgotten Dreams
Directed by Werner Herzog

Give Up Tomorrow
Directed by Michael Collins

The Interrupters
Directed by Steve James

Justin Bieber: Never Say Never
Directed by Jon M. Chu

Project Nim
Directed by James Marsh

Senna
Directed by Asif Kapadia

Tabloid
Directed by Errol Morris

Outstanding Achievement in a Debut Feature Film

Clio Barnard
The Arbor

Michal Marczak
At the Edge of Russia

Alma Har’el
Bombay Beach

Tristan Patterson
Dragonslayer

Danfung Dennis
Hell and Back Again

Outstanding Achievement in an Original Music Score

Harry Escott and Molly Nyman
The Arbor

Ernst Reijseger
Cave of Forgotten Dreams

T. Griffin
Dragonslayer

Antonio Pinto
Senna

John Kusiak
Tabloid

Outstanding Achievement in Graphic Design and Animation

Justin Barber and Ryland Jones
!Women Art Revolution

Mike Nicholson and Allison Moore
Better This World

Brent Green
Gravity Was Everywhere Back Then

Kinda Akash
Project Nim

Raynor Pettge
Shut Up Little Man! An Audio Misadventure

Rob Feng and Jeremy Landman
Tabloid

Spotlight Award

Family Instinct
Directed by Andris Gauja

Last Days Here
Directed by Don Argott and Demien Fenton

The Pruitt-Igoe Myth
Directed by Chad Friedrichs

Scenes of a Crime
Directed by Blue Hadaegh and Grover Babcock

The Tiniest Place
Directed by Tatiana Huezo Sà¡nchez

Outstanding Achievement in Nonfiction Short Filmmaking

Il Capo
Directed by Yuri Ancarani

Diary
Directed by Tim Hetherington

Minka
Directed by Davina Pardo

Out of Reach
Directed by Jakub Stożek

This Chair Is Not Me
Directed by Andy Taylor Smth