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The Cinema Eye Honors, which recognize excellence in artistic achievement in nonfiction filmmaking, announced the nominees for the 2010 event.

At the top of the list was Louie Psihoyos’ The Cove with seven nominations, followed by Danish film Burma VJ, by director Anders Østergaard, and Michael Palmieri and Donal Mosher’s debut feature October Country. The latter two films each received five nominations. 

The Cinema Eye Honors for Nonfiction Filmmaking will be held at the Times Center in New York City on January 15, 2010. 

Here's the full list of nominees in each category:

Outstanding Achievement in Nonfiction Feature Filmmaking

BURMA VJ
Directed by Anders Østergaard
Produced by Lise-Lense Møller
 
THE COVE
Directed by Louie Psihoyos
Produced by Paula DuPre Pesman and Fisher Stevens
 
FOOD, INC.
Directed by Robert Kenner
Produced by Robert Kenner and Elise Pearlstein
 
LOOT
Directed and Produced by Darius Marder
 
OCTOBER COUNTRY
Directed and Produced by Michael Palmieri and Donal Mosher
 
 
Outstanding Achievement in Direction
 
Agnès Varda
THE BEACHES OF AGNES
 
John Maringouin
BIG RIVER MAN
 
Anders Østergaard
BURMA VJ
 
Darius Marder
LOOT
 
Michael Palmieri and Donal
Mosher
OCTOBER COUNTRY
 
Terence Davies
OF TIME AND THE CITY
 

Outstanding Achievement in Production
 
Maria Florio, Molly Hassell and Molly Lynch
BIG RIVER MAN
 
Richard Parry and Vaughan Smith
BLOOD TRAIL
 
Lise-Lense Møller
BURMA VJ
 
Paula DuPre Pesman and Fisher Stevens
THE COVE
 
RJ Cutler, Eliza Hindmarch and Sadia Shepard
THE SEPTEMBER ISSUE

Bill Ross and Turner Ross
45365
 
Brook Aitken
THE COVE
 
Michael Palmieri
OCTOBER COUNTRY
 
Deborah Stratman
O’ER THE LAND
 
Yaron Orbach
UNMISTAKEN CHILD
 

Outstanding Achievement in Editing
 
Bill Ross
45365
 
Janus Billeskov-Jansen and Thomas Papapetros
BURMA VJ
 
Geoff Richman
THE COVE
 
Brad Fuller and Fernando Villena
EVERY LITTLE STEP
 
David Smith
SOUL POWER
 
Josh Altman and Ondi Timoner
WE LIVE IN PUBLIC
 

Outstanding Achievement in Graphic Design and Animation
 
Christophe Vallaux
THE BEACHES OF AGNES
 
The Team at Bigstar
FOOD, INC.
 
Kate Anderson
IT MIGHT GET LOUD
 
Nominees TBD
RIP – A REMIX MANIFESTO
 
Patrick Lichty
THE YES MEN FIX THE WORLD
 

Outstanding Achievement in Original Music Score
 
Rich Ragsdale
BIG RIVER MAN
 
Joshua Ralph
THE COVE
 
Mark Adler
FOOD, INC.
 
Danny Grody, Donal Mosher, Michael Palmieri and Kenric Taylor
OCTOBER COUNTRY

Joel Goodman
VALENTINO: THE LAST EMPEROR

Ben Decter and Marco d'Ambrosio
WE LIVE IN PUBLIC


Outstanding Achievement in an International Feature Film
 
BURMA VJ
Directed by Anders Østergaard
Produced by Lise-Lense Møller
 
MUGABE AND THE WHITE
AFRICAN
Directed by Lucy Bailey and Andrew Thompson
Produced by Elizabeth Morgan Hemlock and David Pearson
 
OF TIME AND THE CITY
Directed by Terence Davies
Produced by Roy Boulter and Sol Papadopoulos
 
OLD PARTNER
Directed by Chung-ryoul Lee
Produced by Young-jae Goh
 
ROUGH AUNTIES
Directed by Kim Longinotto
Produced by Teddy Liefer and
Paul Taylor
 
THOSE WHO REMAIN
Directed by Carlos Hagerman and Juan Carlos Rulfo
Produced by Carlos Hagerman, Juan Carlos Rulfo and Nicolas Vale
 

Outstanding Achievement in a Debut Feature Film
 
45365
Directed by Bill Ross and Turner Ross

THE COVE
Directed by Louie Psihoyos

LOOT
Directed by Darius Marder
 
OCTOBER COUNTRY
Directed by Michael Palmieri and Donal Mosher
 
THE WAY WE GET BY
Directed by Aron Gaudet


Spotlight Award
 
BECAUSE WE WERE BORN
Directed by Jean-Pierre Duret and Andrea Santana
 
BEETLE QUEEN CONQUERS TOKYO
Directed by Jessica Oreck
 
EPISODE 3: ENJOY POVERTY
Directed by Renzo Martens
 
THE SOUND OF INSECTS: RECORD
OF A MUMMY
Directed by Peter Liechti
 
TRIMPIN: THE SOUND OF
INVENTION
Directed by Peter Esmonde
 

Audience Choice Prize
 
ANVIL! THE STORY OF ANVIL
Directed by Sascha Gervasi
 
THE COVE
Directed by Louie Psihoyos

EVERY LITTLE STEP
Directed by Adam del Deo and James D. Stern

FOOD, INC.
Directed by Robert Kenner

GOOD HAIR
Directed by Jeff Stilson