Eligible Films 

98 Nonfiction Feature Films were eligible for this year’s awards. View the full list here.

Meanwhile, some films are already beginning to qualify for the 2011 Cinema Eye Honors. Check out the list of titles that are already eligible here.

Sherman’s March

Sherman’s March

Nominated for 2010 Legacy Award

“In SHERMAN’S MARCH, Mr. McElwee more or less follows Sherman’s…

The Sound of Insects: Record of a Mummy

The Sound of Insects: Record of a Mummy

Nominated for Spotlight Award

A hunter in a remote and idyllic forest stumbles on…

Trimpin: The Sound of Invention

Trimpin: The Sound of Invention

Nominated for Spotlight Award

Eccentric artist/inventor/engineer/composer Trimpin (he only uses his surname) shuns the…

Episode 3: Enjoy Poverty

Episode 3: Enjoy Poverty

Nominated for Spotlight Award

Episode 3: Enjoy Poverty
Armed with a camera, a neon…

Beetle Queen Conquers Tokyo

Beetle Queen Conquers Tokyo

Nominated for Spotlight Award

Japan is obsessed with bugs. While people of many other…

Because We Were Born

Because We Were Born

Nominated for Spotlight Award

Because We Were Born
Fourteen-year-old Nego and fifteen-year-old Cocada meet…

Mugabe and the White African

Mugabe and the White African

Nominated for Outstanding Achievement in an International Feature Film

Since 2000, when Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe began his violent…

Rough Aunties

Rough Aunties

Nominated for Outstanding Achievement in an International Feature Film

At one point, an experienced rough auntie announces that the…

It Might Get Loud

It Might Get Loud

Nominated for Outstanding Achievement in Graphic Design and Animation

The electric guitar has dominated popular music for the last…

Blood Trail

Blood Trail

Nominated for Outstanding Achievement in Production

War photographer Robert King condenses the experience of the war…

Unmistaken Child

Unmistaken Child

Nominated for Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography

Ever wonder how reincarnations of deceased Buddhist masters are found…

The Way We Get By

The Way We Get By

Nominated for Outstanding Achievement in a Debut Feature Film

The SXSW Special Jury Award winning The Way We Get…

O’er the Land

O’er the Land

Nominated for Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography

With the excuse of freedom, we lose so many things….

Valentino The Last Emperor

Valentino The Last Emperor

Nominated for Audience Choice Prize

He stands vindicated as one of the great arbiters of…

Tyson

Tyson

Nominated for Audience Choice Prize

A gritty and intimate portrait of one of boxing’s most…

Good Hair

Good Hair

Nominated for Audience Choice Prize

When Chris Rock’s daughter, Lola, came up to him crying…

Every Little Step

Every Little Step

Nominated for Audience Choice Prize, Outstanding Achievement in Editing

In 1974, choreographer Michael Bennett recorded a series of conversations…

Capitalism: A Love Story

Capitalism: A Love Story

Nominated for

Michael Moore has a gift for maintaining two things that…

Those Who Remain

Those Who Remain

Nominated for Outstanding Achievement in an International Feature Film

Mexican immigration to the US is an issue as old…

Soul Power

Soul Power

Nominated for Outstanding Achievement in Editing

Don King promoted the 1974 Muhammad Ali-George Foreman title bout…

Old Partner

Old Partner

Nominated for Outstanding Achievement in an International Feature Film

Until one has loved an animal, a part of one’s…

We Live in Public

We Live in Public

Nominated for Outstanding Achievement in Editing, Outstanding Achievement in Original Music Score

If Al Gore invented the Internet, dot-com millionaire Josh Harris…

The Beaches of Agnes

The Beaches of Agnes

Nominated for Outstanding Achievement in Direction, Outstanding Achievement in Graphic Design and Animation

One of the leading lights of the Nouvelle Vague, director…

Of Time and the City
The September Issue

The September Issue

Nominated for Audience Choice Prize, Outstanding Achievement in Production

Anna Wintour, editor of Vogue for 20 years, is the…

RIP: A Remix Manifesto

RIP: A Remix Manifesto

Nominated for Outstanding Achievement in Graphic Design and Animation

In RiP: A remix manifesto, Web activist and filmmaker Brett…

Loot
45365

45365

Nominated for Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography, Outstanding Achievement in Editing, Outstanding Achievement in a Debut Feature Film

Brothers Bill and Turner Ross assembled four seasons’ worth of…

The Yes Men Fix the World

The Yes Men Fix the World

Nominated for Outstanding Achievement in Graphic Design and Animation

In December 2004, BBC World viewers tuned in to receive…

Food, Inc.
Big River Man
The Cove
October Country
Burma VJ
Anvil! The Story of Anvil

Anvil! The Story of Anvil

Nominated for Audience Choice Prize

More real than what it first seems, it’s hard to…

Cinema Eye Honors

The Cinema Eye Honors for Nonfiction Filmmaking recognize and honor exemplary craft and innovation in nonfiction film. Cinema Eye’s mission is to advocate for, recognize and promote the highest commitment to rigor and artistry in the nonfiction field.


Cinema Eye Honors Ceremony

Will be held January 15th 2010, at The Times Center, New York City.