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The ”’18th Cinema Eye Honors”’, destined to recognize outstanding artistry and craft in nonfiction filmmaking of 2024, will take place at the [[New York Academy of Medicine]] in [[East Harlem|East Harlem, New York]] on January 9, 2025.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2024/film/news/cinema-eye-honors-feature-film-nominees-1236210311/|title=Cinema Eye Honors Unveils Feature Film Nominees for 18th Annual Awards|website=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|first=Jack|last=Dunn|date=November 14, 2024|accessdate=November 15, 2024}}</ref>

The ”’18th Cinema Eye Honors”’, destined to recognize outstanding artistry and craft in nonfiction filmmaking of 2024, place at the [[New York Academy of Medicine]] in [[East Harlem|East Harlem, New York]] on January 9, 2025.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2024/film/news/cinema-eye-honors-feature-film-nominees-1236210311/|title=Cinema Eye Honors Unveils Feature Film Nominees for 18th Annual Awards|website=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|first=Jack|last=Dunn|date=November 14, 2024|accessdate=November 15, 2024}}</ref>

The broadcast categories as well as the Short Films shortlist, the Audience Choice Prize longlist and the recipients for The Unforgettables, were announced on October 24, 2024.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.indiewire.com/awards/results/cinema-eye-honors-2025-long-list-nominees-documentaries-1235059875/|title=Cinema Eye Honors Rolls Out First Batch of 2025 Documentary Nominees and Contenders|website=[[IndieWire]]|first=Marcus|last=Jones|date=October 24, 2024|accessdate=November 15, 2024}}</ref> Two programs led the broadcast nominations: [[Apple TV+]] film ”[[Girls State (film)|Girls State]]”, which follows a group of teenage girls during a leadership program named [[Boys State and Girls State|Girl State]], and [[HBO]] series ”[[Ren Faire]]”, which explores a [[succession crisis]] at the [[Texas Renaissance Festival]]. Both received three nominations.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2024/10/cinema-eye-honors-2024-nominations-list-1236157695/|title=Cinema Eye Honors: ‘Girls State’, ‘Ren Faire’ Lead Broadcast Nominees; Audience Choice Award Longlist Revealed|website=[[Deadline Hollywood|Deadline]]|first=Patrick|last=Hipes|date=October 24, 2024|accessdate=November 15, 2024}}</ref>

The broadcast categories as well as the Short Films shortlist, the Audience Choice Prize longlist and the recipients for The Unforgettables, were announced on October 24, 2024.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.indiewire.com/awards/results/cinema-eye-honors-2025-long-list-nominees-documentaries-1235059875/|title=Cinema Eye Honors Rolls Out First Batch of 2025 Documentary Nominees and Contenders|website=[[IndieWire]]|first=Marcus|last=Jones|date=October 24, 2024|accessdate=November 15, 2024}}</ref> Two programs led the broadcast nominations: [[Apple TV+]] film ”[[Girls State (film)|Girls State]]”, which follows a group of teenage girls during a leadership program named [[Boys State and Girls State|Girl State]], and [[HBO]] series ”[[Ren Faire]]”, which explores a [[succession crisis]] at the [[Texas Renaissance Festival]]. Both received three nominations.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2024/10/cinema-eye-honors-2024-nominations-list-1236157695/|title=Cinema Eye Honors: ‘Girls State’, ‘Ren Faire’ Lead Broadcast Nominees; Audience Choice Award Longlist Revealed|website=[[Deadline Hollywood|Deadline]]|first=Patrick|last=Hipes|date=October 24, 2024|accessdate=November 15, 2024}}</ref>

Award

The 18th Cinema Eye Honors, destined to recognize outstanding artistry and craft in nonfiction filmmaking of 2024, took place at the New York Academy of Medicine in East Harlem, New York on January 9, 2025.^[1]

The broadcast categories as well as the Short Films shortlist, the Audience Choice Prize longlist and the recipients for The Unforgettables, were announced on October 24, 2024.^[2] Two programs led the broadcast nominations: Apple TV+ film Girls State, which follows a group of teenage girls during a leadership program named Girl State, and HBO series Ren Faire, which explores a succession crisis at the Texas Renaissance Festival. Both received three nominations.^[3]

Later, on November 14, 2024, the film categories were announced.^[4] Sugarcane, which investigates the Canadian Indian residential school system, led the nominations with six. Following it, were two films with five nominations each: No Other Land, which shows the destruction of a Palestinian community in the occupied West Bank, which had been resisting forced displacement following the declaration of an Israeli “firing zone” on their land; and Eno, which explores the career of English musician Brian Eno.^[5] The Academy Award-winning 1974 documentary film Hearts and Minds, which covers the Vietnam War, was honored with the Legacy Award.^[6]

The winners are listed first and in bold.

Outstanding Non-Fiction Feature
No Other Land – Yuval Abraham, Basel Adra, Hamdan Ballal, Rachel Szor, Fabien Greenberg, Bård Kjøge Rønning, Julius Pollux Rothlaender and Bård Harazi Farbuer Black Box Diaries – Shiori Itō, Eric Nyari, Hanna Aqvilin, Ema Ryan Yamazaki, Yuta Okamura, Yuichiro Otsuka, Mark Degli Antoni and Andrew Tracy Dahomey – Mati Diop, Eve Robin, Judith Lou Levy, Gabriel Gonzalez, Joséphine Drouin Viallard and Nicolas Becker Daughters – Natalie Rae, Angela Patton, Lisa Mazzotta, Justin Benoliel, James Cunningham, Mindy Goldberg, Sam Bisbee, Kathryn Everett, Laura Choi Raycroft, Adrian Aurelius, Philip Nicolai Flindt, Michael Cambio Fernandez and Kelsey Lu Look Into My Eyes – Lana Wilson, Kyle Martin, Hannah Buck and Stephen Maing Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat – Johan Grimonprez, Daan Milius, Rémi Grellety, Jonathan Wannyn, Rik Chaubet, Ranko Pauković and Alek Bunic Goosse Sugarcane – Julian Brave NoiseCat, Emily Kassie, Kellen Quinn, Christopher LaMarca, Nathan Punwar, Maya Daisy Hawke, Mali Obomsawin, Martin Czembor, Andrea Bella, Michael Feuser and Ed Archie Noisecat
Outstanding Direction	Outstanding Debut
Outstanding Production	Outstanding Editing
Union – Mars Verrone and Samantha Curley
Outstanding Cinematography	Outstanding Original Score
Outstanding Sound Design	Outstanding Visual Design
Outstanding Non-Fiction Short
Shortlist Incident– Directed by Bill Morrison (New Yorker) Contractions – Directed by Lynne Sachs (NY Times Op-Docs) Eternal Father – Directed by Ömer Sami (New Yorker) I Am Ready, Warden – Directed by Smriti Mundhra (MTV Documentary Films) Instruments of a Beating Heart – Directed by Ema Ryan Yamazaki (NY Times Op-Docs) Love in the Time of Migration – Directed by Erin Semine Kökdil and Chelsea Abbas (LA Times)
Spotlight Award	Heterodox Award
Black Snow – Directed by Alina Simone Homegrown – Directed by Michael Premo A New Kind of Wilderness – Directed by Silje Evensmo Jacobsen A Photographic Memory – Directed by Rachel Elizabeth Seed Two Strangers Trying Not to Kill Each Other – Directed by Jacob Perlmutter and Manon Ouimet	Songs from the Hole – Directed by Contessa Gayles
Audience Choice Prize	The Unforgettables

Outstanding Broadcast Film	Outstanding Nonfiction Series
Outstanding Anthology Series
How To with John Wilson – John Wilson, Nathan Fielder, Michael Koman and Clark Reinking, executive producers (HBO) Conan O’Brien Must Go – Conan O’Brien and Jeff Ross, executive producers (HBO) De La Calle – Nick Barili, Jared Andrukanis, Picky Talarico, Lydia Tenaglia, Christopher Collins, Amanda Culkowski, Bruce Gillmer and Craig H. Shepherd, executive producers (Paramount+) God Save Texas – Lawrence Wright, Alex Gibney, Richard Linklater, Peter Berg, Michael Lombardo, Elizabeth Rogers, Stacey Offman, Richard Perello, Nancy Abraham and Lisa Heller, executive producers (HBO) High on the Hog – Roger Ross Williams, Geoff Martz, Craig Piligian, Sarba Das, Fabienne Toback, Karis Jagger, Jessica B. Harris, Stephen Satterfield and Michele Barnwell, executive producers (Netflix) Photographer – Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi, Jimmy Chin, Pagan Harleman, Betsy Forhan, Anna Barnes and Chris Kugelman, executive producers (National Geographic)
Outstanding Broadcast Editing	Outstanding Broadcast Cinematography
Girls State – Amy Foote (Apple TV+) The Greatest Night in Pop – Nic Zimmerman, Will Znidaric and David Brodie (Netflix) Ren Faire – Max Allman and Nicholas Nazmi (HBO) The Saint of Second Chances – Alan Lowe, Jeff Malmberg and Miles Wilkerson (Netflix) Telemarketers – Christopher Passig (HBO) Time Bomb Y2K – Marley McDonald and Maya Mumma (HBO)	Ren Faire – Nate Hurtsellers (HBO) America’s Sweethearts: Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders – Jonathan Nicholas (Netflix) The Enfield Poltergeist – Ruben Woodin Deschamps, Carmen Pellon Brussosa and David Katznelson (Apple TV+) Girls State – Martina Radwan, Daniel Carter, Laela Kilbourn, Erynn Patrick Lamont, Laura Hudock, Thorsten Thielow (Apple TV+) Photographer – Michael Crommett, Rita Baghdadi, Peter Hutchens, Melissa Langer and Pauline Maroun (National Geographic) You Were My First Boyfriend – Brennan Vance and J. Bennett (HBO)