Flee leads this year’s nominations from the Cinema Eye Honors. The animated documentary directed by Jonas Poher Rasmussen scored eight mentions from Cinema Eye. The doc competes for honours including Outstanding Achievement in Non-Fiction Feature Filmmaking, Direction, and a mention in the non-competitive “Unforgettables” category for the doc’s chief subject, Amin. The film shares Amin’s story of fleeing his home in Afghanistan and internalising the feeling of flight while concealing his identity as a gay man. Flee is a triple-threat Oscar contender in the categories for documentary, animation, and Best International Feature where it is Denmark’s submission. (Subscribe to read more about Flee in our next issue.)
Coming up next in the Cinema Eye Honors nominations is The Rescue with six mentions. The Thai cave rescue doc by E. Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin scored in numerous technical categories and Outstanding Achievement in Non-Fiction Feature Filmmaking. Surprisingly, the Oscar-winning duo missed in the directing category. Summer of Soul … (Or When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) also scored six nominations for Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson’s doc debut about the 1969 Harlem Cultural Festival. Soul also competes with Flee and The Rescue in the CinemaEye Honors’ Audience Award race, which has fifteen nominees.
Also vying for the top prize are Ascension, Faya Dayi, and The Velvet Underground. Each doc scored five nominations. Winners will be announced on January 13, 2022.
The 2022 Cinema Eye Honors nominees are as follows:
Outstanding Achievement in Non-Fiction Feature Filmmaking
Ascension
Faya Dayi
Flee
The Rescue
Summer of Soul
The Velvet Underground
Outstanding Achievement in Direction
Jessica Kingdom – Ascension
Jessica Behir – Faya Dayi
Jonas Poher Rasmussen – Flee
Nanfu Wang – In the Same Breath
Robert Greene – Procession
Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson – Summer of Soul
Outstanding Achievement in Production
The First Wave
Flee
In the Same Breath
The Rescue
Outstanding Achievement in Editing
The Rescue
Roadrunner: A Film About Anthony Bourdain
Summer of Soul
The Velvet Underground
Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography
Ascension
Faya Dayi
The Rescue
Outstanding Achievement in Original Score
All Light, Everywhere
Ascension
Flee
malni: towards the ocean, towards the shore
Procession
Outstanding Achievement in Graphic Design/Animation
Flee
Rebel Hearts
Wojnarowicz: F*ck You F*ggot F*cker
Outstanding Achievement in Sound Design
All Light, Everywhere
Faya Dayi
Flee
Summer of Soul
The Velvet Underground
Outstanding Achievement in a Debut Feature
Ascension
A Cop Movie
Faya Dayi
Jacinta
Summer of Soul
Outstanding Achievement in Non-Fiction Short Filmmaking
Águilas
Broken House
Terror Contagion
Three Songs for Benazir
Spotlight Award
Fruits of Labor
The Neutral Ground
North By Current
Socks on Fire
Heterodox Award
Bo Burnham, Inside
A Cop Movie
The Inheritance
El Planeta
The Souvenir, Part II
Audience Choice
Becoming Cousteau
Billie Eilish – The World’s a Little Blurry
Flee
Homeroom
Julia
Lily Topples the World
The Rescue
Rita Moreno: Just a Girl Who Decided to Go For It
Roadrunner: A Film about Anthony Bourdain
The Sparks Brothers
Summer of Soul (…Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
Try Harder!
The Velvet Underground
Writing with Fire
The 2022 Unforgettables
Flee | Amin
Homeroom | Denilson Garibo
Introducing, Selma Blair | Selma Blair
Jacinta | Jacinta
Lily Topples the World | Lily Hevesh
Listening to Kenny G | Kenny G
Mr. Bachmann and His Class | Mr. Bachmann
My Name is Pauli Murray | Pauli Murray
Not Going Quietly | Ady Barkan
Procession | Joe Eldred, Mike Foreman, Ed Gavagan, Dan Laurine, Michael Sandridge and Tom Viviano
The Rescue | Rick Stanton
Rita Moreno: Just a Girl Who Decided to Go For It | Rita Moreno
Roadrunner: A Film about Anthony Bourdain | Anthony Bourdain
The Sparks Brothers | Ron Mael and Russell Mael
Writing with Fire | Meera
Legacy Award
The Watermelon Woman – Cheryl Dunye (director), Alexandra Juhasz (producer), Barry Swimar (producer)
