Cinema Eye has just announced its doc nominees for the 2010 season. The audience choices fit what we’re all thinking of as the hot docs of the year more than the rest of the nods — that’s where you’ll find the more familiar titles, like Inside Job and Catfish.
As follows:
NONFICTION FEATURE FILMMAKING
ARMADILLLO
Directed by Janus Metz
Produced by Sara Stockmann and Ronnie Fridthjof
EXIT THROUGH THE GIFT SHOP
Directed by Banksy
Produced by Jaimie D’Cruz
LAST TRAIN HOME
Directed by Lixin Fan
Produced by Mila Aung-Thwin and Daniel Cross
MARWENCOL
Directed by Jeff Malmberg
Produced by Jeff Malmberg, Tom Putnam, Matt Radecki, Chris Shellen and Kevin Walsh
THE OATH
Directed and Produced by Laura Poitras
DIRECTION
ARMADILLO
Janus Metz
LA DANSE: THE PARIS OPERA BALLET
Frederick Wiseman
LAST TRAIN HOME
Lixin Fan
MARWENCOL
Jeff Malmberg
THE OATH
Laura Poitras
PRODUCTION
ARMADILLO
Sara Stockmann and Ronnie Fridthjof
EXIT THROUGH THE GIFT SHOP
Jaimie D’Cruz
INSIDE JOB
Audrey Marrs and Charles Ferguson
LAST TRAIN HOME
Mila Aung-Thwin and Daniel Cross
THE OATH
Laura Poitras
RESTREPO
Produced by Sebastian Junger and Tim Hetherington
CINEMATOGRAPHY
ARMADILLO
Lars Skree
LA DANSE: THE PARIS OPERA BALLET
John Davey
INTO ETERNITY
Heikke Farm
OCEANS
Camera Luc Drion, Philippe Ros and Luciano Tovoli
LAST TRAIN HOME
Lixin Fan
THE SOUNDS OF INSECTS – RECORD OF A MUMMY
Peter Liechti and Matthias Kalin
SWEETGRASS
Lucien Castaing-Taylor
EDITING
ARMADILLO
Per K. Kirkegaard
EXIT THROUGH THE GIFT SHOP
Chris King and Tom Fulford
A FILM UNFINISHED
Joëlle Alexis
LAST TRAIN HOME
Lixin Fan, Mary Stephens
MARWENCOL
Jeff Malmberg
COMPOSING
12TH AND DELAWARE
David Darling
CIRCO
Joey Burns and John Convertino
THE OATH
Osvaldo Golijov
THE SOUND OF INSECTS – RECORD OF A MUMMY
Norbert Möslang
UTOPIA IN FOUR MOVEMENTS
Todd Griffin
GRAPHIC DESIGN
AMERICAN: THE BILL HICKS STORY
Paul Thomas and Matt Harlock
GASLAND
Juan Cardarelli and Eric Levy
INSIDE JOB
Josh Norton and Alex Krawitz
THE INVENTION OF DR. NAKAMATS
Rob Chiu
VIDEOCRACY
Martin Hultman
INTERNATIONAL
ARMADILLO
Directed by Janus Metz
Produced by Sara Stockmann and Ronnie Fridthjof
EXIT THROUGH THE GIFT SHOP
Directed by Banksy
Produced by Jaimie D’Cruz
INTO ETERNITY
Directed by Michael Madsen
Produced by Lise Lense-M√∏ller
LAST TRAIN HOME
Directed by Lixin Fan
Produced by Mila Aung-Thwin and Daniel Cross
THE RED CHAPEL
Directed by Mads Brügger
Produced by Peter Engel
DEBUT
CATFISH
Henry Joost and Ariel Schulman
EXIT THROUGH THE GIFT SHOP
Banksy
MARWENCOL
Jeff Malmberg
PRODIGAL SONS
Kimberly Reed
THE RED CHAPEL
Mads Brügger
SWEETGRASS
Ilisa Barbash and Lucien Castaing-Taylor
SPOTLIGHT
THE ARBOR
Directed by Clio Barnard
THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF NICOLAE CEAUSESCU
Directed by Andrei Ujică
LA BOCCA DEL LUPO
Directed by Vincenzo Motta
NOSTALGIA FOR THE LIGHT
Directed by Patricio Guzman
STEAM OF LIFE
Directed by Joonas Berghäll and Mika Hotakainen
AUDIENCE CHOICE
CATFISH
Directed by Henry Joost and Ariel Schulman
LA DANSE: THE PARIS OPERA BALLET
Directed by Frederick Wiseman
EXIT THROUGH THE GIFT SHOP
Directed by Banksy
A FILM UNFINISHED
Directed by Yael Hersonski
INSIDE JOB
Directed by Charles Ferguson
JOAN RIVERS: A PIECE OF WORK
Directed by Ricki Stern and Annie Sundberg
LAST TRAIN HOME
Directed by Lixin Fan
RESTREPO
Directed by Tim Hetherington and Sebastian Junger
THE TILLMAN STORY
Directed by Amir Bar-Lev
WAITING FOR “SUPERMAN”
Directed by Davis Guggenheim
NONFICTION SHORT FILM
ALBERT’S WINTER
Directed by Andreas Koefoed
ARSY-VERSY
Directed by Miro Remo
DOCK ELLIS AND THE LSD NO-NO
Directed by James Blagden
THE POODLE TRAINER
Directed by Vance Malone
QUADRANGLE
Directed by Amy Grappell
BY VOTE TOTAL
7
LAST TRAIN HOME
6
ARMADILLO
EXIT THROUGH THE GIFT SHOP
5
THE OATH
4
MARWENCOL
3
LA DANSE – THE PARIS OPERA BALLET
INSIDE JOB
2
CATFISH
A FILM UNFINISHED
INTO ETERNITY
THE RED CHAPEL
RESTREPO
THE SOUND OF INSECTS – SECRET OF A MUMMY
SWEETGRASS
1
12TH AND DELAWARE
AMERICAN: THE BILL HICKS STORY
THE ARBOR
THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF NICOLAE CEAUSESCU
LA BOCCA DEL LUPO
CIRCO
GASLAND
THE INVENTION OF DR. NAKAMATS
JOAN RIVERS: A PIECE OF WORK
NOSTALGIA FOR THE LIGHT
OCEANS
PRODIGAL SONS
STEAM OF LIFE
THE TILLMAN STORY
UTOPIA IN FOUR MOVEMENTS
VIDEOCRACY
WAITING FOR “SUPERMAN”
WE DON’T CARE ABOUT MUSIC ANYWAY
Individual Nominations
6
Lixin Fan – LAST TRAIN HOME (Most Ever)
4
Banksy – EXIT THROUGH THE GIFT SHOP
Jeff Malmberg – MARWENCOL
3
Mila Aung-Thwin – LAST TRAIN HOME
Daniel Cross – LAST TRAIN HOME
Jaimie D’Cruz РEXIT THROUGH THE GIFT SHOP
Ronnie Fridthjof – ARMADILLO
Janus Metz – ARMADILLO
Laura Poitras – THE OATH
Sara Stockmann – ARMADILLO
2
Mads Brügger РTHE RED CHAPEL
Lucien Castaing-Taylor – SWEETGRASS
Charles Ferguson – INSIDE JOB
Tim Hetherington – RESTREPO
Henry Joost – CATFISH
Sebastian Junger – RESTREPO
Peter Liechti – THE SOUND OF INSECTS – RECORD OF A MUMMY
Ariel Schulman – CATFISH
Frederick Wiseman – LA DANSE – THE PARIS OPERA BALLET
Previous Winner Nominated this Year
Lise Lense-M√∏ller – BURMA VJ (2010)
Nominated Previously for Other Films
Charles Ferguson and Audrey Marrs – NO END IN SIGHT (2008)
Mila Aung-Thwin – UP THE YANGTZE (2009)
