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The 11th annual Cinema Eye Honors, recognizing achievements in non-fiction film from 2017, were celebrated at the Museum of the Moving Image at a ceremony last evening. Earlier this week, the organization announced its Legacy Award winner, Leon Gast’s WHEN WE WERE KINGS; as well as THE FLORIDA PROJECT as the winner of the Heterodox Award, which annually goes to a fiction film that incorporates nonfiction strategies; and ICARUS as the winner of the Hell Yeah! Prize, celebrated work that has had a significant, demonstrable real-world impact.

Below is the full list of winners announced at last night’s ceremony, which was hosted for the third year in a row by the very funny documentarian Steve James. I was happy to once again serve on the Nominations Committee. Congratulations to all the winners, nominees, and the Cinema Eye organizers.

Outstanding Achievement in Nonfiction Feature Filmmaking
STRONG ISLAND

Audience Choice Prize
JANE

Outstanding Achievement in Direction
Yance Ford for STRONG ISLAND

Outstanding Achievement in Editing
Lindsay Utz for QUEST

Outstanding Achievement in Production
Kareem Abeed, Stefan Kloos, and Søren Steen Jespersen for LAST MEN IN ALEPPO

Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography
Andrew Ackerman and Jeff Orlowski for CHASING CORAL

Outstanding Acheivement in Nonfiction Films Made for Television
THE KEEPERS

Outstanding Achievement in a Debut Feature Film
STRONG ISLAND

Outstanding Achievement in an Original Music Score
Philip Glass for JANE

Outstanding Achievement in Graphic Design or Animation
Stefan Nadelman for LONG STRANGE TRIP

Spotlight Award
LOTS OF KIDS, A MONKEY AND A CASTLE

Outstanding Achievement in Nonfiction Short Filmmaking
THE RABBIT HUNT