The big winners tonight at the Cinema Eye doc awards were the brilliant Act of Killing, along with Sarah Polley for director. Too bad Blackfish did not win the audience award. Winners from HR:
Outstanding Achievement in Nonfiction Feature Filmmaking
The Act of Killing, Directed by Joshua Oppenheimer
Outstanding Achievement in Direction
Sarah Polley, Stories We Tell
Outstanding Achievement in Editing
Nels Bangerter
Let the Fire Burn
Presented by Thelma Schoonmaker
Audience Choice Prize
Sound City
Directed by Dave Grohl
Presented by John Flansburgh and Robin “Goldie” Goldwasser
Outstanding Achievement in Production
Signe Byrge Sørensen
The Act of Killing
Presented
by Jennifer Fox and Ross Kauffman
Outstanding Nonfiction Film for Television
The Crash Reel
Directed by Lucy Walker
Produced by Julian Cautherley and Lucy Walker
For HBO Documentary Films: Executive Producer Sheila Nevins and Supervising Producer Sara Bernstein
Outstanding Achievement in Nonfiction Short Filmmaking
A Story for the Modlins
Directed by Sergio Oksman
Presented by Kirsten Johnson and Darius Marder
Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography
Lucien Castaing-Taylor and Véréna Paravel
LeviathanPresented by Kirsten Johnson and Darius Marder
Heterodox Award
Post Tenebras Lux
Directed by Carlos Reygadas
Presented by Jeremy Saulnier and Angela Tucker
Outstanding Achievement in an Original Music Score
Yasuaki Shimizu
Cutie and the Boxer
Presented by Jeff Reichert and Farihah Zaman
Spotlight Award
The Last Station
Directed by Cristian Soto and Catalina Vergara
Presented by Jeff Reichert and Farihah Zaman
Outstanding Achievement in Graphic Design and Animation
Art Jail
Cutie and the Boxer
Presented by Chris Hegedus and Jehane Noujaim
Outstanding Achievement in a Debut Feature Film
Zachary Heinzerling
Cutie and the Boxer
Presented by Chris Hegedus and Jehane Noujaim
Legacy Award
Harlan County, USA
Directed and Produced by Barbara Kopple
Presented by Kristi Jacobson
Hell Yeah Prize
Josh Fox
Gasland and Gasland, Part 2
Presented by AJ Schnack
COMPUTER CHESS is right behind 12 YEARS A SLAVE as my favorite film of the year. Required viewing.
@Bryce, I highly recommend _Computer Chess_ as well. At the moment it’s actually in my top 5 for the year. Not a documentary, but (initially) crafted to look like one. Maybe the most original film I have seen all year. I think you can’t *but* call it great filmmaking in its own way. Kind of brilliant.
Thanks, Paddy. CUTIE AND THE BOXER looks terrific.
Patrick, I had only seen stills so I figured this must be non-fiction. Never read a synopsis or bothered to see the trailer which looks great.
@Bryce, Computer Chess is not a documentary; highly recommended viewing though.
At Berkeley is excellent, Bryce. My favourite doc of the year is definitely The Act of Killing, but Leviathan, Cutie and the Boxer, Stories We Tell and At Berkeley are also very good.
I really need to catch up on non-fiction. I’ve only seen THE ACT OF KILLING and STORIES WE TELL (and LEVIATHAN?). Can anyone vouch for AT BERKELEY and/or COMPUTER CHESS?
@alrobinson The Act of Killing. I was lucky enough to see this at TIFF way back in 2012. I haven’t rewatched it since, but it still rattles me just to think about it.
I really need to catch up on my documentary watching. I still haven’t even seen Searching for Sugar Man. Sheesh!
For anyone who’s seen a documentary from 2013, which is the best one to start with?