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AJ Schnack announced the nom­inees for the second annual Cinema Eye Honors yes­terday at Sundance. The awards cere­mony will be held in New York City on Sunday March 29, 2009.

Outstanding Achievement in Nonfiction Filmmaking

• Man on Wire, dir­ected by James Marsh and pro­duced by Simon Chinn (review)
• My Winnipeg, dir­ected by Guy Maddin and pro­duced by Jody Shapiro and Phyllis Laing
• The Order of Myths, dir­ected by Margaret Brown and pro­duced by Margaret Brown and Sara Alize Cross
• Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired, dir­ected by Marina Zenovich and pro­duced by Jeffrey Levy-Hinte, Lila Yacoub and Marina Zenovich
• Waltz with Bashir, dir­ected by Ari Folman and pro­duced by Ari Folman, Serge Lalou, Gerhard Meixner, Yael Nahlieli and Roman Paul (review)

Outstanding Achievement in Direction

• Werner Herzog, Encounters at the End of the World
• James Marsh, Man on Wire (review)
• Guy Maddin, My Winnipeg
• Margaret Brown, The Order of Myths
• Ari Folman, Waltz with Bashir (review)

Outstanding Achievement in Production

• Henry Kaiser, Encounters at the End of the World
• Simon Chinn, Man on Wire (review)
• Hilary Sandison and Marc Silvera, Stranded: I’ve Come from a Plane that Crashed on the Mountains
• Carl Deal and Tia Lessin, Trouble the Water (review)
• Ari Folman, Serge Lalou, Gerhard Meixner, Yael Nahlieli and Roman Paul, Waltz with Bashir (review)

Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography

• Ellen Kuras, The Betrayal (Nerakhoon)
• Peter Zeitlinger, Encounters at the End of the World
• Jody Shapiro, My Winnipeg
• Michael Simmonds, The Order of Myths
• Wang Shi Qing, Up the Yangtze (review)

Outstanding Achievement in Editing

• Igor Martinovich, Man on Wire (review)
• John Gurdebeke, My Winnipeg
• Michael Taylor, Margaret Brown and Geoffrey Richman, The Order of Myths
• Joe Bini, Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired
• Nilli Feller, Waltz with Bashir (review)

Outstanding Achievement in Graphic Design and Animation

• Adina Sales and the team at Blacklist, American Teen
• Brian Oakes, I.O.U.S.A.
• Andy Smetanka, My Winnipeg
• Lasse Jarvi, Surfwise
• Lewis Kofsky and the team at Curious Pictures, Where in the World is Osama Bin Laden?
• Yoni Goodman, Waltz with Bashir (review)

Outstanding Achievement in Music Composition

• Nick Cave and Warren Ellis, The English Surgeon
• Kelli Scarr, In a Dream
• Eric Liebman, Life. Support. Music.
• Danny Elfman, Standard Operating Procedure
• Bela Fleck, Throw Down Your Heart
• Max Richter, Waltz with Bashir (review)

Outstanding Achievement in International Feature

• The English Surgeon, dir­ected and pro­duced by Geoffrey Smith
• My Winnipeg, dir­ected by Guy Maddin and pro­duced by Jody Shapiro and Phyllis Laing
• Stranded: I’ve Come from a Plane that Crashed on the Mountains, dir­ected by Gonzalo Arijon and
  pro­duced by Hilary Sandison and Marc Silvera
• Up the Yangtze, dir­ected by Yung Chang and pro­duced by Mila Aung-Thwin and John Christou (review)
• Waltz with Bashir, dir­ected by Ari Folman and pro­duced by Ari Folman, Serge Lalou, Gerhard Meixner, Yael Nahlieli and Roman Paul (review)

Outstanding Achievement in Debut Feature

• Sascha Gervasi, Anvil! The Story of Anvil (review)
• Ellen Kuras and Thavisouk Phrasavath, The Betrayal (Nerakhoon)
• Christopher Bell, Bigger, Stronger, Faster*
• Jeremiah Zagar, In a Dream
• Yung Chang, Up the Yangtze (review)

Audience Choice Prize

• American Teen, dir­ected by Nanette Burstein
• Encounters at the End of the World, dir­ected by Werner Herzog
• Gonzo: The Life and Work of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson, dir­ected by Alex Gibney
• Man on Wire, dir­ected by James Marsh (review)
• Trouble the Water, dir­ected by Carl Deal and Tia Lessin (review)
• Up the Yangtze, dir­ected by Yung Chang (review)
• Young@Heart, dir­ected by Stephen Walker (review)

UPDATE: AJ has posted video of the nom­in­a­tions announce­ment.

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The Cinema Eye Honors, doc­u­mentary awards organ­ized by AJ Schnack and Indiepix for the first time last year, are returning this March and the short­list has just been announced. Here are the lucky films:

• American Teen
• The Betrayal (Nerakhoon)
• Encounters at the End of the World
• The English Surgeon
• Forbidden Lie$
• In a Dream
• Man on Wire (review)
• My Winnipeg
• The Order of Myths
• Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired
• Standard Operating Procedure
• Stranded: I’ve Come from a Plane that Crashed on the Mountains
• Trouble the Water (review)
• Up the Yangtze (review)
• Waltz with Bashir (review)

I was actu­ally strangely excited by the fact that I’d only seen five of the nom­in­ated films. It just shows how much great work is being pro­duced each year. I’m looking for­ward to seeing a few more of these soon, hope­fully before the awards are announced in New York City on March 29th.

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Here is the com­plete list of win­ners at the first annual Cinema Eye Honors, which were presented tonight in New York:

Outstanding Achievement in Nonfiction Filmmaking

Manda Bala (Director: Jason Kohn) (review)

Outstanding Achievement in an International Feature

The Monastery: Mr. Vig and the Nun (Director: Pernille Rose Grønkjær) (review)

Outstanding Achievement in a Debut Feature

Billy the Kid (Director: Jennifer Venditti) (review)

Outstanding Achievement in Direction

Taxi to the Dark Side (Director: Alex Gibney)

Outstanding Achievement in Production

Ghosts of Cité Soleil (Producers: George Hickenlooper, Wyclef Jean, Seth Kanegis, Jerry “Wonder” Duplessis)

Outstanding Achievement in Editing

Manda Bala (Editors: Doug Abel, Jenny Golden, Andy Grieve) (review)

Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography

Manda Bala (Cinematographer: Heloísa Passos) (review)

Outstanding Achievement in Graphics and Animation

Chicago 10 (Director of Animation: Joao Amorim)

Audience Choice Award

The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters (Director: Seth Gordon) (review)

Congratulations to all the win­ners and to the nom­inees as well. I know you’re all enjoying a well-deserved cel­eb­ra­tion of your achieve­ments tonight!

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