The 2009 Cinema Eye Nominations
The Cinema Eye Honors are now in their second year of honoring the best in documentary filmmaking, looking as much at craft as subject matter, unlike the lingering tendencies among, say, the Oscars. The 2009 nominees were announced here in Park City this afternoon, with filmmaker and award co-chair AJ Schnack joined by "My Country, My Country"'s Laura Poitras and Joe Berlinger, whose latest film, "Crude," premiered at the festival yesterday. There are some exciting tugs at the boundaries of what's considered nonfiction film in the list below -- most notably Guy Maddin's docu-fantasia "My Winnipeg," which isn't even in the same gene pool as your typical talking head doc. The awards will take place in New York on March 29. OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN NONFICTION FEATURE FILMMAKING MAN ON WIRE Directed by James Marsh Produced by Simon Chinn MY WINNIPEG Directed by Guy Maddin Produced by Jody Shapiro and Phyllis...
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