The Cinema Eye Honors are awards recognizing excellence in nonfiction or documentary filmmaking and include awards for the disciplines of directing, producing, cinematography and editing. The awards are presented each January in New York and have been held since 2011 at the Museum of the Moving Image in Astoria, Queens.[1] Cinema Eye was created to celebrate artistic craft in nonfiction filmmaking, addressing a perceived imbalance in the field where awards were given for social impact or importance of topic rather than artistic excellence.

Cinema Eye Honors
Current: 17th Cinema Eye Honors
Awarded forNon-fiction Films
LocationNew York City
CountryUnited States
First awarded2008
Last awarded2024
Websitehttp://www.cinemaeyehonors.com/

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Nominations for the awards are determined by voting of top film festival documentary programmers and winners are voted on by an invited membership of more than 800 documentary film experts. Cinema Eye also presents an Audience Choice Prize where voting is open to the public and the Heterodox Award.[2][3]

The first Cinema Eye Honors were presented at the IFC Center in New York City on March 18, 2008.[4]

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  1. ^ Bennett, Anita (January 6, 2020). "Cinema Eye Honors: 'American Factory', 'Leaving Neverland' Lead Winners". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved August 11, 2021.
  2. ^ Pond, Steve (March 9, 2021). "'Collective' Named Top Documentary at Cinema Eye Honors". TheWrap. Retrieved August 11, 2021.
  3. ^ Macaulay, Scott (January 6, 2015). "Boyhood Wins Heterodox Award, Paris is Burning Honored with Legacy Award at Cinema Eye Honor's Inaugural Honors Lunch". Filmmaker. Retrieved August 11, 2021.
  4. ^ "Cinema Eye Honors Announces Inaugural Nominees". IndieWire. January 21, 2008. Retrieved August 11, 2021.

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