Tonight was the second annual Cinema Eye Honors ceremony, held in New York City. The Cinema Eye Honors were created last year by AJ Schnack with the support of Thom Powers and Indiepix as a response to what they felt was an unfair eligibility policy for documentary films to be considered for the Academy Awards. It seems a bit strange, then, that three of the four films honoured tonight were contenders for Oscars this year (although Waltz with Bashir (review) was nominated in the Best Foreign Language Film category). That being said, I’m so glad that Yung Chang’s Up the Yangtze (review) got some deserved attention after being overlooked by the Academy.
Here is the full list of winners from tonight’s ceremony:
Outstanding Achievement in Nonfiction Filmmaking
Man on Wire (review) produced by James Marsh and Simon Chinn
Outstanding Achievement in Direction
Ari Folman, Waltz with Bashir
Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography
Peter Zeitlinger, Encounters at the End of the World
Outstanding Achievement in Editing
Jinx Godfrey, Man on Wire
Outstanding Achievement in Graphic Design and Animation
Yoni Goodman, Waltz with Bashir
Outstanding Achievement in Music Composition
Max Richter, Waltz with Bashir
Outstanding Achievement in International Feature
Waltz with Bashir, directed by Ari Folman and produced by Ari Folman, Serge Lalou, Gerhard Meixner, Yael Nahlieli and Roman Paul
Outstanding Achievement in Debut Feature
Yung Chang, Up the Yangtze
Audience Choice Prize
Up the Yangtze, Yung Chang
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