19th Cinema Eye Honors

19th Cinema Eye Honors January 8, 2026 New York Academy of Medicine, East Harlem, New York Come See Me in the Good Light (3) Film: Come See Me in the Good Light (6)Broadcast: Social Studies (3) https://cinemaeyehonors.com/ 2024 2026 Cinema Eye Honors The 19th Cinema Eye Honors, destined to recognize outstanding artistry and craft in nonfiction filmmaking of 2025, took place at the New York Academy of Medicine in East Harlem, New York on January 8, 2026.https://cinemaeyehonors.com/news/cinema-eye-honors-reveals-first-awards-announcements-for-2026/ Cinema Eye Honors Reveals First Awards Announcements For 2026 Cinema Eye Honors October 23, 2025 October 23, 2024 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 23, 2025.https://www.thewrap.com/cinema-eye-honors-nominations-cover-up-social-studies-deaf-president-now/ 'Cover-Up,' 'Social Studies' and 'Deaf President Now!' Nominated for Cinema Eye Honors The Wrap Steve Pond October 23, 2025 October 23, 2024 FX on Hulu series Social Studies, which follows a group of follows teenagers over the course of a school year in Los Angeles, led the nominations with three.https://www.indiewire.com/awards/results/cinema-eye-honors-2025-first-round-honorees-unforgettables-1235157211/ Cinema Eye Honors 2025 Unveils First Round of Honorees and Nominees for Year's Best Documentary Films and Series IndieWire Kate Erbland October 23, 2025 October 23, 2024 As per usual, the nominations for the film categories were announced later, on November 13, 2025. Come See Me in the Good Light, which follows poet and activist Andrea Gibson, led the nominations with six. 2000 Meters to Andriivka, Cover-Up and Seeds follow with five nods each.https://deadline.com/2025/11/cinema-eye-honors-2026-nominations-list-1236616764/ Cinema Eye Honors 2026 Nominations: 'Come See Me In The Good Light' Leads Field Deadline Erik Pedersen November 13, 2025 November 14, 2025https://www.indiewire.com/awards/results/2025-cinema-eye-honors-feature-film-nominations-full-list-1235160235/ 'Come See Me in the Good Light' Tops 2025 Cinema Eye Honors Feature Film Nominations — See Full List IndieWire Kate Erbland November 13, 2025 November 14, 2025 Nominees for the Heterodox Award as well as the recipients for the Legacy Award were announced in December 15. Four films were announced as recipients for the Legacy Award: Portrait of Jason by Shirley Clarke, which covers the life of nightclub performer Jason Holliday; Burden of Dreams by Les Blank, which chronicles the turbulent production of Werner Herzog's film Fitzcarraldo; Sans Soleil by Chris Marker, a meditational film on human memory; and Tongues Untied by Marlon T. Riggs, which explores the Black gay identity. Additionally, the Cinema Eye-Con Award for Career Achievement was introduced, with Danish editor Janus Billeskov Jansen being the inaugural recipient.https://www.indiewire.com/awards/results/cinema-eye-honors-2026-nominees-cinema-eye-con-award-1235167885/ Cinema Eye Honors Announce Last Batch of 2026 Nominees, Plus Four Legacy Award Films and New Lifetime Achievement Award IndieWire Kate Erbland December 15, 2025 December 15, 2025 Winners and nominees thumb|right|131px|Ryan White, Outstanding Non-Fiction Feature winner thumb|right|131px|Tig Notaro, Outstanding Non-Fiction Feature winner thumb|right|131px|Geeta Gandbhir, Outstanding Direction winner thumb|right|131px|Andrew Jarecki, Outstanding Production winner thumb|right|131px|Blake Neely, Outstanding Original Music Score winner thumb|right|131px|Noam Shuster-Eliassi, The Unforgettables honoree thumb|right|131px|Andrea Gibson, The Unforgettables honoree thumb|right|131px|Seymour Hersh, The Unforgettables honoree thumb|right|131px|Jacinda Ardern, The Unforgettables honoree The winners are listed first and in bold. Feature Films {| class="wikitable" |- ! colspan="2" width="50%" | Outstanding Non-Fiction Feature |- | colspan="2" valign="top"| Come See Me in the Good Light – Ryan White, Jessica Hargrave, Tig Notaro, Stef Willen, Brandon Somerhalder, Berenice Chávez, Blake Neely, Dave Richards, Brent Kiser, Andrea Gibson, and Megan Falley 2000 Meters to Andriivka – Mstyslav Chernov, Michelle Mizner, Raney Aronson-Rath, Alex Babenko, and Sam Slater Afternoons of Solitude – Albert Serra, Montse Triola, Luis Ferrón, Pedro Palacios, Artur Tort, Marc Verdaguer, and Jordi Ribas Cover-Up – Laura Poitras, Mark Obenhaus, Yoni Golijov, Olivia Streisand, Mia Cioffi Henry, Amy Foote, Peter Bowman, Maya Shenfeld, and Seymour Hersh The Perfect Neighbor – Geeta Gandbhir, Alisa Payne, Nikon Kwantu, Sam Bisbee, Viridiana Lieberman, Laura Heinzinger, and Felipe Messeder Put Your Soul on Your Hand and Walk – Sepideh Farsi, Javad Djavahery, Fatma Hassona, Cinna Peyghamy, and Pierre Carrasco Seeds – Brittany Shyne, Danielle Varga, Sabrina Schmidt Gordon, Malika Zouhali-Worrall, Robert Aiki Aubrey Lowe, Daniel Timmons, Ben Kruse, and Willie Head Jr. |- ! width="50%" | Outstanding Direction ! width="50%" | Outstanding Debut |- |valign="top"| Geeta Gandbhir – The Perfect Neighbor Mstyslav Chernov – 2000 Meters to Andriivka Albert Serra – Afternoons of Solitude Ryan White – Come See Me in the Good Light Laura Poitras and Mark Obenhaus – Cover-Up David Osit – Predators Brittany Shyne – Seeds |valign="top"| ''Seeds – Directed By Brittany Shyne Marlee Matlin: Not Alone Anymore – Directed By Shoshannah Stern Monk in Pieces – Directed By Billy Shebar and David C. Roberts Remaining Native – Directed By Paige Bethmann The Shepherd and the Bear – Directed By Max Keegan Swamp Dogg Gets His Pool Painted – Directed By Isaac Gale and Ryan Olson |- ! width="50%" | Outstanding Production ! width="50%" | Outstanding Editing |- |valign="top"| The Alabama Solution – Andrew Jarecki and Charlotte Kaufman Apocalypse in the Tropics – Petra Costa and Alessandra Orofino 2000 Meters to Andriivka – Mstyslav Chernov, Michelle Mizner and Raney Aronson-Rath Antidote – James Jones Mr Nobody Against Putin – Helle Faber My Undesirable Friends: Part I — Last Air in Moscow – Julia Loktev |valign="top"| The Perfect Neighbor – Viridiana Lieberman 2000 Meters to Andriivka – Michelle Mizner Cover-Up – Amy Foote, Peter Bowman and Laura Poitras I'm Not Everything I Want to Be – Alexander Kashcheev My Undesirable Friends: Part I — Last Air in Moscow – Julia Loktev and Michael Taylor Orwell: 2+2=5 – Alexandra Strauss Riefenstahl – Stephan Krumbiegel, Olaf Voigtländer and Alfredo Castro |- ! width="50%" | Outstanding Cinematography ! width="50%" | Outstanding Original Music Score |- |valign="top"| Seeds – Brittany Shyne Afternoons of Solitude – Artur Tort Architecton – Ben Bernhard Come See Me in the Good Light – Brandon Somerhalder Folktales – Lars Erlend Tubaas Øymo and Tor Edvin Eliassen The Tale of Silyan – Jean Dakar |valign="top"| Come See Me in the Good Light – Blake Neely 2000 Meters to Andriivka – Sam Slater Cover-Up – Maya Shenfeld The Eyes of Ghana – Kris Bowers Folktales – Todd Griffin Orwell: 2+2=5 – Alexeï Aïgui |- ! width="50%" | Outstanding Sound Design ! width="50%" | Outstanding Visual Design |- |valign="top"| Deaf President Now! – James LeBrecht, Greg Francis and Nina Hartstone Architecton – Alexander Dudarev Folktales – Andreas Lindberg Svensson Marlee Matlin: Not Alone Anymore – Bonnie Wild One to One: John & Yoko – Sean Ono Lennon, Sam Gannon and Simon Hilton Seeds – Daniel Timmons and Ben Kruse |valign="top"| It's Never Over, Jeff Buckley – Sara Gunnarsdóttir and Josh Shaffner Ghost Boy – Nominees to be determined In Waves and War – Nominees to be determined The New Yorker at 100 – Norn Jordan Swamp Dogg Gets His Pool Painted – Joseph Midthun Zodiac Killer Project – Nominees to be determined |- ! width="50%" | Spotlight Award ! width="50%" | Heterodox Award |- |valign="top"| To the West, in Zapata – Directed By David Bim Always – Directed By Deming Chen The Encampments – Directed By Michael T Workman and Kei Pritsker Flophouse America – Directed By Monica Strømdahl Sanatorium – Directed By Gar O'Rourke |valign="top"| The Voice of Hind Rajab – Kaouther Ben Hania BLKNWS: Terms & Conditions – Kahlil Joseph East of Wall – Kate Beecroft Peter Hujar's Day – Ira Sachs To a Land Unknown – Mahdi Fleifel The Rehearsal – Nathan Fielder |- ! width="50%" | Audience Choice Prize ! width="50%" | The Unforgettables |- |valign="top"| The Tale of Silyan – Directed by Tamara Kotevska Apocalypse in the Tropics – Directed by Petra Costa Coexistence, My Ass! – Directed by Amber Fares Come See Me in the Good Light – Directed by Ryan White Cover-Up – Directed by Laura Poitras and Mark Obenhaus Cutting Through Rocks – Directed by Sara Khaki and Mohammadreza Eyni Deaf President Now! – Directed by Nyle DiMarco and Davis Guggenheim The Eyes of Ghana – Directed by Ben Proudfoot Folktales – Directed by Heidi Ewing and Rachel Grady It's Never Over, Jeff Buckley – Directed by Amy Berg The Librarians – Directed by Kim A. Snyder Marlee Matlin: Not Alone Anymore – Directed by Shoshannah Stern Mr Nobody Against Putin – Directed by David Borenstein Orwell: 2+2=5 – Directed by Raoul Peck The Perfect Neighbor – Directed by Geeta Gandbhir Prime Minister – Directed by Michelle Walsh and Lindsay Utz |valign="top"| Coexistence, My Ass! – Noam Shuster-Eliassi Come See Me in the Good Light – Andrea Gibson and Megan Falley Cover-Up – Seymour Hersh Cutting Through Rocks – Sara Shahverdi Mr Nobody Against Putin – Pasha Talankin Prime Minister – Jacinda Ardern Put Your Soul on Your Hand and Walk – Fatma Hassouna|- |} Shorts {| class="wikitable" |- ! colspan="2" width="50%" | Outstanding Non-Fiction Shortlist |- | colspan="2" valign="top"| All the Empty Rooms – Directed by Joshua Seftel Armed only with a Camera: The Life and Death of Brent Renaud – Directed by Brent Renaud and Craig Renaud The Devil Is Busy – Directed by Geeta Gandbhir and Christalyn Hampton Mama Micra – Directed by Rebecca Blöcher Perfectly a Strangeness – Directed by Alison McAlpine We Were the Scenery – Directed by Christopher Radcliff Shortlisted Am I the Skinniest Person You've Ever Seen? – Directed by Eisha Marjara Crying Glacier – Directed by Lutz Stautner The Long Valley – Directed by Rodrigo Ojeda-Beck and Robert Machoian Who Loves the Sun – Directed by Arshia Shakiba |- |} Broadcast {| class="wikitable" |- ! width="50%" | Outstanding Broadcast Film ! width="50%" | Outstanding Nonfiction Series |- |valign="top"| Pee-wee as Himself – Directed by Matt Wolf (HBO / Max) Deaf President Now! – Directed by Nyle DiMarco and Davis Guggenheim (Apple TV+) Democracy Noir – Directed by Connie Field (SWR / ARTE / DR) Enigma – Directed by Zackary Drucker (HBO / Max) My Mom Jayne – Directed by Mariska Hargitay (HBO / Max) Sly Lives! (aka The Burden of Black Genius) – Directed by Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson (Hulu) |valign="top"| Social Studies – Directed by Lauren Greenfield (FX on Hulu) Chimp Crazy – Directed by Eric Goode (HBO / Max) Couples Therapy – Directed by Pax Wassermann (Paramount+) Dallas, 2019 – Directed by Darius Clark Monroe (PBS / Independent Lens) The Sing Sing Chronicles – Directed by Dawn Porter (MSNBC) The Stanford Prison Experiment: Unlocking the Truth – Directed by Juliette Eisner (National Geographic) |- ! colspan="2" width="50%" | Outstanding Anthology Series |- | colspan="2" valign="top"| Conan O'Brien Must Go – Conan O'Brien and Jeff Ross, executive producers (HBO / Max) Harlem Ice – Brian Grazer, Ron Howard, Sara Bernstein, Justin Wilkes, Robin Roberts, and Geeta Gandbhir, executive producers (Disney+) Omnivore – René Redzepi, Ben Liebmann, Chris Rice, Matt Goulding, Collin Orcutt, and Mateo Willis, executive producers (Apple TV+) Our Oceans – Jonathan Smith and James Honeyborne, executive producers (Netflix) SNL50: Beyond Saturday Night – Morgan Neville, Caitrin Rogers, and Juaquin Cambron, executive producers (Peacock) Tucci in Italy – Stanley Tucci, Lottie Birmingham, Amanda Lyon, and Simon Raikes, executive producers (National Geographic) |- ! width="50%" | Outstanding Broadcast Editing ! width="50%" | Outstanding Broadcast Cinematography |- |valign="top"| Social Studies – Alyse Ardell Spiegel, Helen Kearns, Catherine Bull, and Charles Little II (FX on Hulu) Deaf President Now! – Michael Harte (Apple TV+) My Mom Jayne – JD Marlow (HBO / Max) Pee-wee as Himself – Damian Rodriguez (HBO / Max) Sly Lives! (aka The Burden of Black Genius) – Joshua L. Pearson (Hulu) Wise Guy: David Chase and the Sopranos – Andy Grieve (HBO / Max) |valign="top"| Omnivore – Tom Elliott, Sy Turnbull, and Jurgen Lisse (Apple TV+) Chef's Table: Legends – Will Basanta (Netflix) Dallas, 2019 – Christine Ng (PBS / Independent Lens) No Taste Like Home with Antoni Porowski – Steve Lidgerwood (National Geographic) Our Oceans – Roger Munns, Roger Horrocks, Justin Maguire, Ryan Tidman, and Jamie McPherson (Netflix) Social Studies – Bryan Donnell, Jenna Rosher, and Jerry Risius (FX on Hulu) |- |} Legacy Award Portrait of Jason by Shirley Clarke Burden of Dreams by Les Blank Sans Soleil by Chris Marker Tongues Untied'' by Marlon T. Riggs Cinema Eye-Con Award for Career Achievement Janus Billeskov Jansen References 2 External links Official website Cinema Eye Category:Cinema Eye Honors Category:2025 television awards