The 2020 Cinema Eye Honors Documentary Award (CEHA) Winners

By Matt Neglia 

The Cinema Eye Honors Award (CEHA) winners were announced yesterday representing the best in documentary filmmaking for 2020.

Click below to see the winners.

Outstanding Nonfiction Feature
“Boys State”
“Collective”
“Dick Johnson is Dead”
“Gunda”
“Time”

Outstanding Direction
“Collective” - Alexander Nanau
“Dick Johnson is Dead” - Kirsten Johnson
“Gunda” - Victor Kossakovsky
“Notturno” - Gianfranco Rosi
“Time” - Garrett Bradley

Outstanding Editing
“Boys State”
“City Hall”
“Collective”
“Gunda”
“MLK/FBI”
“Time”

Outstanding Production
“76 Days”
“Collective”
“The Dissident”
“Notturno”
“A Thousand Cuts”
“Welcome to Chechnya”

Outstanding Cinematography
“Gunda”
“My Octopus Teacher”
“Notturno”
“Stray”
“The Truffle Hunters”

Outstanding Original Score
“Bloody Nose, Empty Pockets”
“Bulletproof”
“The Mole Agent”
“The Reason I Jump”
“Time”
“The Truffle Hunters”

Outstanding Graphic Design or Animation
“Coded Bias”
“Feels Good Man”
“My Psychedelic Love Story”
“Slay the Dragon”
“The Social Dilemma”

Outstanding Debut
“Feels Good Man” - Arthur Jones
“Mr Soul!” - Melissa Haizlip
“Softie” - Sam Soko
“Some Kind of Heaven” - Lance Oppenheim
“Stray” - Elizabeth Lo
“Time” - Garrett Bradley

Outstanding Nonfiction Short
“Huntsville Station”
“John Was Trying to Contact Aliens”
“A Love Song for Latasha”
“See You Next Time”
“Then Comes The Evening”

Audience Choice Prize
“Boys State”
“Crip Camp”
“Dick Johnson is Dead”
“I Am Greta”
“John Lewis: Good Trouble”
“The Mole Agent”
“My Octopus Teacher”
“The Social Dilemma”
“Time”
“The Truffle Hunters”

Spotlight
“Acasa, My Home”
“The Earth is Blue as an Orange”
“Jacinta”
“Landfall”
“Mayor”
“Through the Night”

Heterodox
“Bloody Nose, Empty Pockets”
“I Carry You With Me”
“Never Rarely Sometimes Always”
“Nomadland”
“Ridge” (Säsong)

The Unforgettables (Non-Competitive Honor)
“Boys State”
“Collective”
“Crip Camp”
“Dick Johnson is Dead”
“Gunda”
“I Am Greta”
“John Lewis: Good Trouble”
“Mayor”
“The Mole Agent”
“Mucho Mucho Amor”
“Softie”
“A Thousand Cuts”
“Through the Night”
“Time”
“Welcome to Chechnya”

Outstanding Achievement in Nonfiction Film for Broadcast
“Welcome to Chechnya” Directed by David France (HBO)

Outstanding Achievement in Nonfiction Series for Broadcast
“I’ll Be Gone in the Dark” Series Directed by Liz Garbus, Episodes Directed by Liz Garbus, Myles Kane, Josh Koury and Elizabeth Wolff (HBO)

Outstanding Achievement in Editing in a Nonfiction Film or Series for Broadcast
David Tedeschi and Damian Rodriguez “Rolling Thunder Revue: A Bob Dylan Story” by Martin Scorsese (Netflix)

Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography in a Nonfiction Film or Series for Broadcast
Thorsten Thielow “I’ll Be Gone in the Dark” (HBO)

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